NAME

       giftool - GIF transformation tool

SYNOPSIS

       giftool [-a aspect] [-b bgcolor] [-d delaytime] [-i interlacing] [-n imagelist] [-p left,top]
               [-s width,height] [-t transcolor] [-u sort-flag] [-x disposal] [-z sort-flag]

DESCRIPTION

       A filter for transforming GIFS. With no options, it's an expensive copy of a GIF in standard input to
       standard output. Options specify filtering operations and are performed in the order specified on the
       command line.

       The -n option selects images, allowing the tool to act on a subset of images in a multi-image GIF. This
       option takes a comma-separated list of decimal integers which are interpreted as 1-origin image indices;
       these are the images that will be acted on. If no -n option is specified, the tool will select and
       transform all images.

       The -b option takes a decimal integer argument and uses it to set the (0-origin) screen background color
       index.

       The -f option accepts a printf-style format string and substitutes into it the values of image-descriptor
       and graphics-control fields. The string is formatted and output once for each selected image. Normal
       C-style escapes \b, \f, \n, \r, \t. \v, and \xNN are interpreted; also \e produces ESC (ASCII 0x1b). The
       following format cookies are substituted:

       %a
           Pixel aspect byte.

       %b
           Screen background color.

       %d
           Image delay time

       %h
           Image height (y dimension)

       %n
           Image index

       %p
           Image position (as an x,y pair)

       %s
           Screen size (as an x,y pair)

       %t
           Image transparent-color index

       %u
           Image user-input flag (boolean)

       %v
           GIF version string

       %w
           Image width (x dimension)

       %x
           Image GIF89 disposal mode

       %z
           Image's color table sort flag (boolean, false if no local color map)

       Boolean substitutions may take a prefix to modify how they are displayed:

       1
           "1" or "0"

       o
           "on" or "off"

       t
           "t" or "f"

       y
           "yes" or "no"

       Thus, for example, "%oz" displays image sort flags using the strings "on" and "off". The default with no
       prefix is numeric.

       The -a option takes an unsigned decimal integer argument and uses it to set the aspect-ratio bye in the
       logical screen descriptor block.

       The -b option takes an unsigned decimal integer argument and uses it to set the background color index in
       the logical screen descriptor block.

       The -d option takes a decimal integer argument and uses it to set a delay time, in hundredths of a
       second, on selected images.

       The -i option sets or clears interlaccing in selected images. Acceptable arguments are "1", "0", "yes",
       "no", "on", "off", "t", "f"

       The -p option takes a (0-origin) x,y coordinate-pair and sets it as the preferred upper-left-corner
       coordinates of selected images.

       The -s option takes a (0-origin) x,y coordinate-pair and sets it as the expected display screen size.

       The -t option takes a decimal integer argument and uses it to set the (0-origin) index of the
       transparency color in selected images.

       The -u option sets or clears the user-input flag in selected images. Acceptable arguments are "1", "0",
       "yes", "no", "on", "off", "t", "f".

       The -x option takes a decimal integer argument and uses it to set the GIF89 disposal mode in selected
       images.

       The -z option sets or clears the color-table sort flag in selected images. Acceptable arguments are "1",
       "0", "yes", "no", "on", "off", "t", "f".

       Note that the -a, -b, -p, -s, and -z options are included to complete the ability to modify all fields
       defined in the GIF standard, but should have no effect on how an image renders on browsers or modern
       viewers.

AUTHOR

       Eric S. Raymond.

GIFLIB                                             3 June 2012                                        GIFTOOL(1)