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==Usage== |
==Usage== |
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GIFs are suitable for sharp-edged line art with a limited number of colors, such as logos. This takes advantage of the format's lossless compression, which favors flat areas of uniform color with well defined edges.<ref name=karunya2012>{{cite conference|chapter=Comparison of platform independent electronic document distribution techniques|first1=D.R.|last1=Marur|first2=V.|last2=Bhaskar|title=2012 International Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS)|date=March 2012|conference=International Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS)|conference-url=http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.htm?Conf_ID=19586|book-title=Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS)|publisher=IEEE|location=Karunya University; Coimbatore, India|pages=297–301|isbn=9781457715457|doi=10.1109/ICDCSyst.2012.6188724|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-date=2 July 2017|url=http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.htm?Conf_ID=19586|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702070125/http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.htm?Conf_ID=19586|url-status= |
GIFs are suitable for sharp-edged line art with a limited number of colors, such as logos. This takes advantage of the format's lossless compression, which favors flat areas of uniform color with well defined edges.<ref name=karunya2012>{{cite conference|chapter=Comparison of platform independent electronic document distribution techniques|first1=D.R.|last1=Marur|first2=V.|last2=Bhaskar|title=2012 International Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS)|date=March 2012|conference=International Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS)|conference-url=http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.htm?Conf_ID=19586|book-title=Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS)|publisher=IEEE|location=Karunya University; Coimbatore, India|pages=297–301|isbn=9781457715457|doi=10.1109/ICDCSyst.2012.6188724|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-date=2 July 2017|url=http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.htm?Conf_ID=19586|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702070125/http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.htm?Conf_ID=19586|url-status=live}}</ref> They can also be used to store low-color [[Sprite (computer graphics)|sprite]] data for games.<ref name=proandroid11>{{cite book|author1=S. Chin|author2=D. Iverson|author3=O. Campesato|author4=P. Trani|title=Pro Android Flash|date=2011|publisher=Apress|location=New York|isbn=9781430232315|page=350|url=http://yuliana.lecturer.pens.ac.id/Android/Buku/Pro-Android-Flash.pdf|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110502/http://yuliana.lecturer.pens.ac.id/Android/Buku/Pro-Android-Flash.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> GIFs can be used for small animations and low-resolution video clips, or as reactions in online messaging used to convey emotion and feelings instead of using words. They are popular on social media platforms such as [[Tumblr]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bakhshi |first1=Saeideh |last2=Shamma |first2=David A. |last3=Kennedy |first3=Lyndon |last4=Song |first4=Yale |last5=de Juan |first5=Paloma |last6=Kaye |first6=Joseph "Jofish" |title=Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |chapter=Fast, Cheap, and Good: Why Animated GIFs Engage Us |date=7 May 2016 |pages=575–586 |doi=10.1145/2858036.2858532 |isbn=9781450333627 |s2cid=7417853 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858532 |access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref> [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Highfield |first1=Tim |last2=Leaver |first2=Tama |title=Instagrammatics and digital methods: studying visual social media, from selfies and GIFs to memes and emoji |journal=Communication Research and Practice |date=2016 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=47–62 |doi=10.1080/22041451.2016.1155332 |s2cid=148538216 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2016.1155332 |access-date=17 August 2022|hdl=20.500.11937/36939 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> |
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==File format== |
==File format== |