[TYPO3-english] gif_compress() function

[Christopher Torgalson]

Hi,

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:00 AM, J. Bakshi <joydeep at infoservices.in> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> As suggested I'm using ImageMagik - 4.2.9 with typo3.
>
> gif compression is enable as well as the lzw path is set with myvar_
>
> But the image processing section of typo3 reports
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> *GIF to GIF, 150 pixels wide
>
>
> *Your server:                   Reference:
> 7.0 K, 150x120 pixels    3.8 K, 150x120 pixels
> *File size is very different from reference*71593912*
> Note on gif_compress() function:*The 'gif_compress' method used was 'IM'.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> and
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> *Write GIF
>
> *Your server:                         Reference:
> 21 K, 170x136 pixels        14.4 K, 170x136 pixels*
> File size is very different from reference*2179914794*
> Note on gif_compress() function:*The 'gif_compress' method used was 'IM'.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I have also set lzw with blank space ( so that it can use GD), then with
> the  IM path but without myvar_ in lzw but still no success.
> The GIF part always report the size mismatch problem ( it is really a
> huge difference ).
>
> Is there any way to fix it ?


There is no reason to use IM 4.2.9 and there hasn't been for several
years. The current 6.x series shoul have LZW compression built-in.

-- 
Christopher Torgalson
http://www.typo3apprentice.com/