Friday, September 30, 2016

The Story Behind Claquette

Thomas Zoechling:

Want to showcase an animation or an application feature? Instead of a static screenshot with paragraphs of text, a 3 second GIF works equally well and also draws more attention.

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The following sample images were created using different quantization techniques. They illustrate the quality impact of the used algorithm on the final image.

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The Image Descriptor section can be used to define a sub-image which does not provide pixel data for a full frame. Instead it contains coordinates and pixel data for a subsection of the full image.

By using frame differences and sub-images with a proper disposal mode, redundant image data can be avoided. Depending on the nature of the input video, this can greatly reduce the file size of the final GIF.

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