On 11 Aug 2003, at 4:26, Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > I've had this problem for the last two development versions of the > Gimp: 1.3.17 and 1.3.18 > Hopefully, to maximize the clarity of the information that I have to > give you, and minimize the size of this e-mail, I will proceed with a > series of links to screen shots and brief, appropriate comments. > > 1. For the sake of accuracy, I first include a screen-shot of GIF that > has this problem, as viewed in a non-Gimp application: Gqview 1.3.2 > http://www.faith4miracle.org/01-GimpSS-GQVIEW.jpg > You will notice that the background is transparent, as represented by > the grey/light gray checks. No problem here. [...] > 5. Gimp 1.3.17: > http://www.faith4miracle.org/05-GimpSS-gimp-1.3.17.jpg > As you can clearly see, the background is now pink. Starting 1.3.17, the GIF plug-in has been changed in the following way (from plug-ins/common/gif.c, spacing edited to accommodate wrapping): " * REVISION HISTORY * * 2003-06-16 * 4.01.00 - Attempt to use the palette colour closest to * that of the GIMP's current brush background * colour for the GIF file's background index * hint for non-transparency-aware image * viewers. NOTE that this is merely a hint * and may be ignored by this plugin for * various (rare) reasons that would usually * entail writing a somewhat larger image * file." This may be related. -- branko collin collin@xxxxxxxxx
