Re: Gif borders & Animations

Bruce Carter (bcarter@mentor.idbsu.edu)
Sun, 14 Jul 1996 15:24:57 EDT

At 11:43 PM 7/12/96, Paul Sample wrote:
>I am seeking instruction on how to use the Mac programs "Transperancy"
>and "Gif Animator". I want to get rid of the white border that appears
>around the gif images on my web page. I would also like to add the
>animations to my page yet I really green at this.

The applications are pretty self-explanatory, Transparency turns a color in
your GIF file transparent (I think GIFConverter and others can do the same
thing) and GIF Animator lets you create animated GIF files from multiple
images.

>I also have been told that I should incorporate beginning programing
>with our computer classes. I have heard that Basic is where to start
>since I have never done progamming before. Please advise on the best
>software to use and references if possible.

I would hesitate to use Basic these days in an intro class. It's easy to
develop a lot of bad habits with Basic. For pure teaching purposes Pascal
is better, and for practicality and applicability C and C++ are much more
marketable.

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