GIF. This is the Graphics Interchange Format created by CompuServe for storing and exchanging color raster images. LEADTOOLS supports transparency as well as local and global palettes.
Animated GIF. This is a multipage GIF format that can be played as an animation by displaying the images sequentially. LEADTOOLS lets you create and play the animations.
These files are LZW compressed.
The file constants associated with this file format are:
| Constant | Read Support | Write Support | Description |
| Gif | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 BPP | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 BPP | CompuServe GIF. |
Required DLL: Leadtools.Codecs.Gif.Dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.
Related Formats: FLC - Flic Animation Format, PNG - Portable Network Graphics Format.