I'd like to use the PDF-XChange viewer for technical manuals.
It would be great to have animated GIF images animate!
I have used Animated GIF images for many technical subjects and would not consider using the flash player as Acrobat uses... GIFs have are lot smaller to distribute.
Does PDF-XChange animate GIFs ? I do understand that there are limitations when it comes to hard copy, but most of my manuals are read with a computer.
The GIF patent has expired many year ago so I can't understand the reluctance for developers to it it.
Animated GIF images
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hansw
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Animated GIF images
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Ivan - Tracker Software
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Re: Animated GIF images
Please note PDF into name of PDF-XChange Viewer.
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Bhikkhu Pesala
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Re: Animated GIF images
Does the PDF specification support animated GIF images? Apparently Adobe Reader will show only the first frame. Try using Shockwave Flash instead.
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Ivan - Tracker Software
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Re: Animated GIF images
No, PDF specification doesn't support animated images. (and more importantly - the PDF specification doesn't support LZW compression used by GIF files).
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