• @over_clox
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    7 months ago

    GIFs have a grainy pixelated look to them? Well no crap, the format comes from the year 1989 and is limited to 256 colors.

    That’s totally normal believe it or not.

    Edit: GIF is actually older than Linux

    • zewm
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      17 months ago

      On windows they are clear…

      • @over_clox
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        7 months ago

        That means they blurred them for your viewing pleasure. They’re still 256 color animations where the format was invented in 1989.

        Edit: The process GIF uses to store semi-video quality is called error diffusion. Look it up. 256 color palette is rather limited.

        • zewm
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          17 months ago

          I’m not going to keep going back and forth about it. The fidelity of gifs on windows and Linux clients of discord differ greatly.

          • @over_clox
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            27 months ago

            Then try a different GIF decoding library, duh. You actually have options with Linux.