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How to convert ico to gif?

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CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format

Extension	.gif
Category	🔵 images
Programs	🔵 Adobe Photoshop 🔵 Apple Preview 🔵 Corel Paint Shop Pro 🔵 Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery Viewer
Description	🔵 GIF, Graphics Interchange Format, is one of the most popular bitmap image formats on the World Wide Web, allowing you to share images. It also supports transparent views of various animations. Such files are used to develop web advertising with sequentially changing pictures and the graphics shell of video files. They use scan-line images with the depth parameters up to 256 colors of the RGB palette. The process of compressing files in GIF does not affect the quality in any way, as there is no loss because of the compression technique. Due to this, it is possible to convert to other formats while preserving the original image properties. Many applications open the extension to view and process images and video content installed on PCs and mobile devices regardless of OS.
Technical details	🔵 The format was developed by Compuserve specialists, especially for its use in the web environment, which provided broad public access to data on such files. The extension uses the LZW algorithm to carry out a parallel process with the removal of segments containing insufficient information. This ensures the preservation of high-quality pictures. Thanks to the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm, the format handles graphic files with repeating sections well, particularly images with a large number of single-color pixels horizontally. Interlaced data storage is also possible. Scan-line data is compressed to the smallest size. Reducing the number of colors required to create an image is provided by removing shades unnecessary to perform this process. The range of available GIF colors is from 2 (black and white) to 256 while reducing the number of colors leads to a decrease in the file size.
Developer	🔵 CompuServe
MIME type	🔵 image/gif

Microsoft icon file

Extension	.ico
Category	🔵 images
Programs	🔵 Adobe Photoshop 🔵 Microsoft Paint 🔵 Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
Description	🔵 ICO – is a special format for displaying icons, shortcuts, icons in Windows OS. It represents two bitmaps. The first is the image mask, and the second is the icon displayed on the front. It is used to connect a picture with an OS file. Users of devices with operating systems from Microsoft can edit the ICO files to create unique icons. It can be converted to files with popular JEPG and PNG extensions. Saving files in ICO is used when developing graphics in indicators, icons, and similar graphical elements. They are used as an icon and site logo. Any application opens them for viewing images and special programs like ACDSee or Axialis IconWorkshop.
Technical details	🔵 The .ico extension is used from the first versions of Windows OS, gradually adding in size and a maximum number of supported hues. For example, the "seven" can help icons up to 256x256 pixels in 32 bits. To ensure the compatibility with earlier versions of Windows, it is better to use eight-bit icon versions.
Developer	🔵 Microsoft
MIME type	🔵 image/ico 🔵 image/x-icon 🔵 application/ico 🔵 application/x-ico 🔵 application/x-win-bitmap 🔵 image/x-win-bitmap 🔵 application/octet-stream

FAQ

❓ How can I convert gif to ico?

Firstly, select a gif to ico file you want to convert or drag and drop it. Secondly, select a format you want to convert your file to. Then click convert and wait until your file is converted

⏳ How long should I wait to convert gif to ico?

Images conversion usually takes a few seconds. You will convert gif to ico very quickly.

🛡️ Is it secure to convert gif to ico on OnlineConvertFree?

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