GIF Images with eXodus

Question:

How do I make GIF images with Ferret from my Macintosh running eXodus?

Solution:

Ferret creates a GIF by drawing the image on your screen and then requesting it back from the X server, for example eXodus. For Ferret to create gif images with the FRAME/FILE=~your_file~.gif command, eXodus has to be configured to produce pseudo-color 256-bit color images.

On the eXodus 7.0 Settings menu, choose Server Settings, click on Screens, then Advanced Settings, then choose 256 Colors from the Colors box. Press the OK buttons as you exit the dialog boxes. Note that eXodus must do a reset, thus killing your X clients, before it can implement the new settings, so save what you need to before starting this process.

Contributed by Ned Cokelet, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Last modified: Jun 17 1999