Saving as a Gif file causes fuzz??

[MegaMamaTX]

I dont know why, but when I save an image as a .gif file, it ends up looking fuzzy.

Whats the deal?? Anyone know?

Here is an example:

Picture saved as a jpg:

Picture saved as a .gif:

[I Like Pi]

GIFs are limited to a palette of 256 colors, so they are bad for photographic data but good for simple diagrams. JPEG is the best format for photos, unless you need a lossless compression (use PNG or HD Photo).

[MegaMamaTX]

GIFs are limited to a palette of 256 colors, so they are bad for photographic data but good for simple diagrams. JPEG is the best format for photos, unless you need a lossless compression (use PNG or HD Photo).

Thank you! Im trying to make an animated siggy using pictures, but they fuzzed out. So now I think I need a new animation software... one that doesnt require gif images.

Thanks again for your answer!

[david.atwell]

There isn't one, unless you only want your animation to be viewable on Firefox 3. Animated PNGs are supported on that browser.

Other than that, it's only animated GIFs. Sorry, it's just the way things work. JPG, BMP, TIF - these filetypes are not animation-capable.