APNG -> GIF

[AF]

I can find tonnes of GIF -> APNG stuff but nothing to make the trip from APNG back to GIF, anyone help?

[Hoi]

APNG is an extension of the PNG format, adding support for animated images. It is intended to be a replacement for simple animated images that have traditionally used the GIF format, while adding support for 24-bit images and 8-bit transparency. APNG is a simpler alternative to MNG, providing a spec suitable for the most common usage of animated images on the Internet. APNG is backwards-compatible with PNG; any PNG decoder should be able to ignore the APNG-specific chunks and display a single image.

shoudnt be a problem just change the extension to .gif

[rattle]

I never knew that renaming extensions changed the file header and structure to the new format.

http://www.gamani.com/gmgdown.htm
I guess it works both ways...

[Hoi]

I never knew that renaming extensions changed the file header and structure to the new format.

http://www.gamani.com/gmgdown.htm
I guess it works both ways...

you didnt read my quote

APNG is an extension of the PNG format......any PNG decoder should be able to ignore the APNG-specific chunks and display a single image.

[Felix the Cat]

I'm gonna change all of my PNGs to MP3s so I can listen to my pictures!



Hoi: Changing the extension to .gif will NOT convert it to .gif. Your quoted bit says that a .png reader should be able to read .apng (or whatever the extension is). While that's neat and all, it doesn't answer AF's question because it's not a way to convert it to .gif.

[Hoi]

I'm gonna change all of my PNGs to MP3s so I can listen to my pictures!



Hoi: Changing the extension to .gif will NOT convert it to .gif. Your quoted bit says that a .png reader should be able to read .apng (or whatever the extension is). While that's neat and all, it doesn't answer AF's question because it's not a way to convert it to .gif.

ooh i should read! but anyway what a thought is that apng is just gif with some extra data, so you could just open it without converting, but if you really want to convert i have no idea

[AF]

Nah its a normal png with the extra animation frames appended to the end.

[rattle]

ooh i should read!

Or google
http://wiki.mozilla.org/APNG_Specification

[Hoi]

Nah its a normal png with the extra animation frames appended to the end.

hmm felix confused me he was suddenly talking about gifs

[AF]

file extensions are just a part of the file name and have nothing to do with the contents. They're a cultural convention and there's nothing enforcing them.

Thus renaming the file extension does not change the files contents.

[Peet]

They're a cultural convention and there's nothing enforcing them.

Well, except for the fact that windows associates files' extensions with applications rather than their headers.

[AF]

Indeed, all contextual, but renaming a GIF to .exe doesn't make it a program no matter how hard windows tries to run it.

[Felix the Cat]

Nah its a normal png with the extra animation frames appended to the end.

hmm felix confused me he was suddenly talking about gifs

Uh.

That's kinda sorta what AF asked about.

[Hoi]

file extensions are just a part of the file name and have nothing to do with the contents. They're a cultural convention and there's nothing enforcing them.

Thus renaming the file extension does not change the files contents.

i am not saying that, i jsut want to say, you can jsut make it .png its readable anyway, but if you really want to convert it that wont help

[rattle]

wat
Rename a .png file to a .png file? Think before hitting submit (or reply)

[Hoi]

wat
Rename a .png file to a .png file? Think before hitting submit (or reply)

HUH? i dont understand it anymore, do you want to convert a apng animation to a gif animation?

[AF]

hmmm confusion circles loose their entertainment value quickly, dont worry Hoi

[rattle]

Quit wasting my time...

[AF]

HURRAH!