Re: saving gifs at 400 dpi

by =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Bergeron <stephberg(at)videotron.ca>

Date:	Thu, 06 Aug 1998 15:57:27 -0400
To:	Blue <blue(at)bluesarthouse.com>
Cc:	hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
In-Reply-To:	bluetapp
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At 11:10 AM 06/08/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello everyone:
>Excuse my ignorance but is it possible to save a .gif image at a resolution
>higher than 72 dpi?  I have a client who wants to receive her image as a
>.gif file at 400 dpi.  Everytime I try to save it that way (in Photopaint)
>it shifts back down to 72.  I have no trouble keeping the .cpt file at
>400dpi but when I convert it to .gif, the .gif file always shifts back. =
 Any
>advice?

.gif files cannot be saved at a higher resolution than 72 dpi.  This is a=20
limitation of the gif format itself.  You should use another format to save=
=20
the file at 400 dpi like TIFF or JPEG.

HTH!

St=E9phane Bergeron

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