GIF’s stands for Graphics Interchange Format. This file format is a bitmap image that was introduced in 1987 by CompuServe. GIF can contain a maximum of about 256 colours. A GIF animation is a graphic image that moves. This animation is mostly seen online. An example of animated GIF could be letters that get bigger magically. GIF animations consists of many pictures such as frames.
Animated GIF’s can be used in many ways such as advertisement, Interactive video games, animated cartoons and sometimes movies.
Advantages of Animated GIF’s
It is important to check the memory of data files that contains images, this is because the bigger the image size, the more space it will take. In order to make sure that you don’t lose this important space, you can decrease the number of colours that you use or even decrease the amount of frames that you use. This is an advantage because you are able to alter different things to make your that your animations can still look sensible. Using animated GIF’s means that you can out your images on a transparent background. This is a benefit of animated GIF because this means that your animation will look clearer and attractive. Transparent images look more professional because it doesn’t make any mess.
GIF animation can be used on websites to make the webpage look more professional. This is an advantage because it would make the website look more appealing.
Depending on the images, GIF animations can be worth quite a small file size. This means that when you open up a file containing GIF animation, it is able to load faster. Furthermore, even though it loads quicker, it is still able to load with fantastic quality.
Disadvantages of Animated GIF’s
A disadvantage of GIF animation format is that it is limited to 256 colours. It cannot exceed more than this. This means that the animation will become less clear. When you turn videos into GIF animation, the colours will