Short: GIF anim Banner that trashes PCs (and supports Amiga!) Author: Chris Covell (ccovell@direct.ca) Uploader: Chris Covell Type: pix/anim Requires: Program that views GIF anims (Ibrowse, Voyager,etc) Architecture: generic This is an animating GIF that trashes Windows. It is very simple, direct, and to-the-point: Windows is the worst OS on the face of the planet, yet millions of people continue to use it. I created the animation entirely in Deluxe Paint 5, in 16 colours, at 350x50, using a dynamically changing palette. If anybody wants me to send them the original ANIM file, then e-mail me. I then converted the individual frames to GIFs, and used WhirlGIF© to make the animating GIF. Only problem was, the file was around 67k! You see, there are differences between the IFF ANIM format and GIF-animations. WhirlGIF saves the 50 frames as 50 individual GIF files packed together, whereas ANIMs save the deltas -- or changes -- between frames, for a smaller file size. It's a good thing that WhirlGIF can also save the dynamically-changing palette for each frame! But 67k for a GIF anim is way too big! Sooo... I then used GifBuilder© on the Macintosh (Using SS) to make the GIF animation smaller. The program optimizes the GIF by saving the smallest rectangular portion where the changes are from the previous frame. This really cuts down on the file size! The stupid thing is that the GIF no longer has a dynamic palette; it uses the palette from the first frame. So that looked cruddy! I was forced to make the program re-map the frames to a 32-colour static palette in order for it to look "better". So, there it is. The final GIF is 28254 bytes big, has the right timing, and looks pretty good. The intermediate GIF is 67571 bytes big, has the wrong timing, but looks perfect. I'm uploading this GIF to AmiNet in the hopes that EVERYBODY will put it on EVERY web page that they possibly can! It's not to make me famous, or anything; I just want to spread the gospel about the power and enjoyment that is Amiga, and spit on the torture that is Windows! If people want me to make more of these banners, then all of you should e-mail me and I'll try to think of some more to make/animate. I hope you enjoy what I have here. Other things of mine which you should check out are: pix/boot/Win95BURN.lha ;My Windows'95 trasher. Burn, baby burn!!! pix/boot/Win95BURN.jpg ;A JPEG version of that pic. pix/boot/WinBURN24.lha ;A 24-bit IFF version of that pic. pix/wb/BeBoxWBs.lha ;Some pics of my WB using the BeIcons. pix/wb/JapanWB.lha ;A Japanese Workbench. ;-) pix/wb/HAMBrowse.lha ;A Pic showing how to browse the WWW in HAM! pix/icon/BeIcons_2.lha ;A set of NewIcons in the BeOS style! (and more!) gfx/aga/HUGEBench.lha ;Some monitor settings for a HUGE Workbench! And of course, my webpage at http://www.dsoe.com/zyx/covell/ It has lots of stuff that you might enjoy exploring. See ya!