README for the Perl module Image::ParseGIF Copyright (c) 1999/2000 University of New South Wales Benjamin Low . All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the Artistic License for more details. DESCRIPTION ----------- This module parses a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) image into its component 'parts' (a GIF is essentially made up of one or more images - multiple images typically are used for animated gifs). Why, oh why? - this module can be used by a WWW/CGI application to provide 'real-time' feedback to a client without using client-side scripts or undue network inefficiencies. An example application is provided. - animated GIFs can be de-animated by simply extracting one frame (typically the first or last). - thanks to the colour table filters contributed by Ed Halley, 'printer-friendly' (greyscale, deanimated) images can easily be generated. I'm sure other uses could be found... See perldoc Image::ParseGIF for full documentation. INSTALLATION ------------ To install, unpack the archive and in the newly created directory type: perl Makefile.PL make make install Use perl Makefile.PL PREFIX= to install somewhere other than the default.