<!doctype HTML public "-//W3O//DTD W3 HTML 2.0//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>gifburst</TITLE> <link rev=made href=mailto:esr@snark.thyrsus.com> </HEAD> <BODY> Go to <a href="index.html">index page</a>. <CENTER><H1>gifburst</H1></CENTER> The gifburst program takes a named GIF file and breaks it into equal-sized tiles. This is useful if a GIF is too large for your viewer, so you have to look at it in sections.<P> <H1>Usage:</H1> <pre> gifburst [-s n] [-p b] gif-file </pre> <H1>Memory required:</H1> Proportional to the size of the largest pasted image. <H1>Options:</H1> <DT> [-s nnn] <DD> Specify the number of pieces. Valid values are presently 4 (2x2) and 6 (2x3). Default is 4. <DT> [-p nnn] <DD> Specify the number of pixels of overlap between interior boundaries of pieces. Default 20. <H1>Note:</H1> The gifburst program is written on Perl, using the C utilities. You must have both the giflib utilities and Perl installed to run it.<P> <H1>Author:</H1> Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com><P> <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
