trans and layers in image format

On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 04:02:21PM -0700, der.hans wrote:
> Am 24. Sep, 2000 schwäzte der.hans so:
>
> > moin, moin,
> >
> > what image format (that gimp knows) allows one to save both transparency
> > info and layers? png doesn't seem to be saving layer info, but saves
> > transparency. jpg and bmp won't save either. Don't think gif will do
> > layers. Don't know other image formats.
>
> OK, gif[1] will do layers and transparencies :), but it can only do 256
> colors. Is there anything that will do 65k colors and transparencies and
> layers :).
>

IIRC, gif can do as many colors as you want. It's an indexed image
type, so using a lot of colors with gif isn't as smooth as it is with
other image types, but I believe it can be done. Not sure how to do
it under gimp, though.

> [1] I was downloading gimp-nonfree, e.g. with gif support, when I wrote
> the first time :).
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans

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