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first, let me say i do not know asp, php or any other serverside language. still, my question is, can i *create* pictures with it?

i want to take smiley tiles (e.g., eyes, mouth, etc.) and tile them to form smilies. that way you could create two eyes smilies like mine : : )

so, i have like 10 little gifs, and i need to tile them and form one bigger gif. is it possible with either ASP or PHP? i could use BMPs and then simply cut-and-paste the bmp's contents, i.e. creating a new bmp, writing my own header, and then just blit the little bmp tiles into it. but this wouldnt work with gif, cuz they're compressed. but surely there is a way to *create* gifs in one of those langauges, right? tell me which one, or which one is easier, and i'll learn it.









[Flexibal>

You can do this easily in PHP with gd. (The gif patent doesn't expire until next year, so if you want gif support you'll need a "hacked" version. Or just use png.)

png is fine. only... does it allow animations, like gif?

lzh sucks.

and thanksies.




[Flexibal>

png animations are mng. GD doesn't support these, and neither do most browsers without special plugins. GD doesn't support animated gifs either...