GraphicsGale is a very good pixel-level animation production software. You can use it to retouch and depict pictures. It can be used to create icons, animations, and even AVI files. GraphicsGale is a good helper for animation production and can be previewed in real time. This feature will definitely bring great convenience to your animation production.
Basic introduction to Graphicsgale
The formats supported by GraphicsGale include BMP, CUR, JPEG, PNG, TGA, and AVI.
You can use GraphicsGale to create a windows icon file, which supports alpha channels.
In addition, you can also Windows cursor files.
At the same time, it can help you view and manage all pictures and animation files on the disk.
In GaleBrowser, multiple frames can be displayed on the same page, which reduces the cumbersome operation.
The software has a built-in batch conversion tool that can help you quickly convert one or more formats.
Compared with GraphicsGale Professional Edition, the free version lacks some output and input format support, including GIF, icons, cursors, and animated cursors.
The rest of the functions are the same as the professional version, so if you don’t need these formats, you can enjoy the software for free for life.
GraphicsGale main features:
The main feature of GraphicsGale is that you can use it to edit a windows icon file and it supports alpha channel. Also able to edit windows cursor files. GaleBrowser helps you view and manage all picture and animation files on your disk. In GaleBrowser, multiple frames can be displayed on the same page, which reduces the cumbersome operation. The software has a built-in batch conversion tool that can help you quickly convert one or more formats.
File format
Bits per pixel and maximum number of colors
GraphicsGale supports the following formats.
Maximum number of bits of color per pixel
12
416
8256
1532,768
1665,536
2416,777,216
There is a palette for 1, 4, and 8 bits per pixel formats. Palettes have hues of colors, and pixels are assigned the number of colors in the palette. The colors of the palette are specified as red, green, and blue values. The range of each value is 256
The 15, 16, and 24-bit-per-pixel formats do not have a palette, and a pixel is assigned a red, green, and blue value. Color values have the following ranges.
red, green, blue
15 digits 32 32 32
16 bits 32 64 32
24 bits 256 256 256
Palettes can be used when editing images at 15, 16, 24 bits per pixel, but palettes are just for help in selecting a color in this case.
Palettes can be used to help select colors when editing 15, 16, and 24 bits per pixel images, but the colors of the edited images will not be affected by the palette
32 bits per pixel
32 bits per pixel 24 bits per pixel format with 8 bits alpha channel. Alpha channel is transparency.
32 bits per pixel requires the use of alpha channels supported by software. (such as WindowsXP icon)
File format
GraphicsGale supports the following file formats.
Description
GraphicsGale original format * .GAL
Windows Bitmap*.bmp
DIB format* .DIB
Windows Icon* .ICO
Window cursor*.CUR
Windows Animated Cursor* .ANI
JPEG format*. PEG
GIF *.GIF
PNG * .PNG
TARGA * .TGA
AVI * .AVI
*Cannot edit audio
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