On 10/15/2014 05:11 PM, Brenton Horne wrote: > Thanks, the images came out perfectly, the only problem now is that when > I compile these pics into a single GIF utilizing GIMP I get a > significant image blur. > > I customized the sizes of the PNG files produced (by adjusting sizeX & > Y) to 1362x617 (the size of my Jmol when it's maximized) and animated > them and got this [1 <http://i.imgur.com/r64a3sI.gifv>]. I realized, > that seeing how the GIF file was 7.6 MB (because of the size of the > frames and the number of them [180]) it might be simply because my PC > was overloaded by the shear size of the file, so I altered the number of > frames to 60 (whilst modifying the angle difference to 6 degrees) and > still got a significantly blurred GIF [2 > <http://i.imgur.com/pkonsDx.gifv>]. I then, out of desperation resized > the files to 400x181 but even then the GIF was significantly blurred [3 > <http://i.imgur.com/JAYUjmK.gifv>]. > > I have been able to create animated GIFs with GIMP from Jmol PNGs that > had a size of 1362x617 and with 60 frames with no problem in the past > when the background was opaque, so I'm guessing it's something going on > with these transparent PNGs. > I can't really say something from looking at the GIF files. If you could provide the GIMP XCF-File, saved immediately after loading the images as layers before setting to 'indexed' mode I could check it in GIMP. Have you manually set 'indexed' mode using 'Floyd Steinberg' rastering or just saved the GIF file in 'RGB' mode?
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