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Why Urdu Nastaliq Is Hard for OCR (With Real Results)
I ran the same Urdu text in Naskh and Nastaliq through browser OCR. Naskh read perfectly, Nastaliq lost about one letter in five. Results, causes and tips.
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What changes when an image becomes a GIF
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Browsers cannot write GIF files from a canvas, so this converter loads a small GIF encoder (gif.js 1.0.1, served from this site) and encodes the image in your browser. It accepts JPG, PNG, WebP or BMP up to 10 MB and makes a GIF with one frame.
- Colors
- This is the big one. A GIF holds at most 256 colors. The encoder picks the 256 that best fit your image and does not dither, so photos and soft gradients show visible bands and blotches. Logos, icons and simple drawings with few colors look fine.
- Transparency
- Not kept. The encoder writes no transparent color, so transparent areas of a PNG or WebP come out black.
- Animation
- The result is a still GIF with one frame. This tool does not join several images into an animation, and an animated WebP input gives only its first frame.
- Quality
- There is no setting to change. The 256 color limit decides how it looks.
- Speed
- Encoding runs in two background workers in your browser, so the page stays usable. A large photo can take a few seconds, since every pixel has to be matched to one of the 256 colors.
- File size
- For a photo the GIF is often larger than the JPG it came from and looks worse. For a small flat graphic it can be compact.
- When to use it
- A system, forum or old software accepts only GIF, or you need a simple icon in GIF form. For a photo, JPG or WebP is the better format almost every time.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Animation, color banding and transparency, answered for image to GIF.
Can I make an animated GIF from several images?
No. The converter takes one file and writes a GIF with a single frame.
Why does my photo look blotchy as a GIF?
GIF is limited to 256 colors and this encoder does not dither, so smooth shading turns into visible bands. That is a limit of the format.
What happened to my transparent background?
It turned black. The GIF is written without a transparent color, so convert images with transparency to PNG or WebP instead.
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