GIF files are always represented as one raster channel, with a pseudocolour table. GIF files do not have any inherent concept of georeferencing. Comments, and other extensions to the GIF format are ignored.
Export of GIF files is supported. These files are exported with a type of "GIF". The exported image can only have one channel, and a pseudocolor table. If no pseudocolor table is provided during the export then a linear greyscale table will be used. Georeferencing, and metadata will be saved in an associated .aux file, but this will only be used by other PCI applications.
GIF format does not have any options at this time. At this time it is not possible to produce ``interlaced'', or progressively displayed GIF files.
In order to save a 24-bit image to a GIF file it is necessary to first convert the image to an 8-bit pseudocolored image. Within EASI/PACE this can be accomplished using the CMPRSS8 or related programs.
PCI would like to thank John Bradley, author of the XV image viewer, from which PCI's GIF translator was derived. PCI would also like to thank Patrick J. Naughton, Michael Mauldin, David Rowley, Spencer W. Thomas, Jim McKie, Steve Davies, Ken Turkowski, James A Woods, and Joe Orost who contributed to the GIF translator within XV.
See Also: FEXPORT, FIMPORT, CMPRSS8