Here is the GIF code I found from the net. Other places to check out are comp.sources.unix for giftops & gif2ras. This letter contains a shar file a GIF decoder, encoder, and docs. I know the decoder works, I can do big 800x600x256 GIFs on my frame grabber at work now. Credit to Tom Friedel for this code from his BBS: Tom Friedel Public Access Unix BBS tpf@prism.gatech.edu ...gatech!emory!jdyx!tpf (404) 320-7624 (404) 321-5020