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by tangman41

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Where can I go to find a program to open GIF files? I have Quick Time,But when I try to open a gif file Windows tells me it cannot find QuickTime Player.exe.I went to Apple to try to redownload Quick Time but didnt help,What am I missing here?

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by chrisaaaaaa23

GIF files are actually IMAGE files. They can be opened with a variety of graphics applications such as Paint Shop Pro, PhotoShop etc...
You can also view GIF images in Internet Explorer by using the File->Open menu item..

by computechie

I beleive that Quicktime will only open Jpg's the last I remember, but you can find free software that will view them, just go to www.download.com, and browse through the image viewers, find one you think you'll like and install it. I'd guess 99% ofthem will view gif's. Hope this helps you out.

by parier

You can open Internet Explorer and use the File Open menu or you can just drag the inage onto Internet Explorer and the photo will display.

hope this helps!
Eric

by ebob

As mentioned in some of the other replies, you can open GIF files for viewing in any Web Browser. (Typically, most PCs and MACs will default to your default web browser as being the viewer for GIF files.)

For editing, there a lot of tools of available. Paint Shop Pro is my favourite. However, if you're talking about an animated GIF file, then you need something like Animation Shop (both from JASC). Alternatively, go to ZDNet, or C|Net and search for other tools.

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