However, the size of the file is the sum of the GIF files used to create the sequence, and that can add up quickly.

GIF files of all the commercial cane manufacturers in North America until he'd found a match.

Many GIF files have a single image that fills the entire logical screen.

The images may also function as animation frames in an animated GIF file, but again these need not fill the entire logical screen.

Microsoft's Paint program saves a small black and white image as the following GIF file.

GIF files are shown with full animation, even when zoomed.

"A GIF file contains, among other things, green bytes describing the packing method for the image."

As a result, however, GIF files can be extremely small in file size.

Outside the world of web browsers, support is fairly hit-or-miss for transparent GIF files.

It should show up as a black and white GIF file like some of the ones we're using in this article.