Any GIMP users here? (Help needed)

[Paul.Saenger]

Hello my fellow subsimmers.

I have spent the whole day yesterday trying to create a .gif image out of some screenshots I took from a DVD.

So here is what I did. I took the screencaps (which where in the .png format), converted then via GIMP to .jpg files and saved them.

Next step I opened the first imaged and added the others as layers. Then I saved the whole thing as a single .gif file, also via GIMP.

Now, there is a small problem. The pictures all appear blocky and look quite surreal. You can hardly identify a single face anymore.

Can anyone help me out here? What did I do wrong?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul

[Spoon 11th]

Dont convert .png to .jpg you will loose data and image quality that way.

[Paul.Saenger]

Alright, no further need to reply here.

I figured it out on my own - Floyd-Steinberg was the solution.

[Onkel Neal]

What is Floyd Steinberg? Fill us in, someone else using Gimp may need your aquired wisdom. :)

[Kratos]

What is Floyd Steinberg? Fill us in, someone else using Gimp may need your aquired wisdom. :)

i think its a dither plugin for gimp ;)