Wikipedia talk:How to improve image quality

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Hi, this may not be the right place to ask, but can somebody recommend a free software for Windows which is able to create animated gif's? I wanna make a little animation for an article. Thanks Jakob.scholbach (talk) 19:43, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gif creation software:

You may find freeware/GNL/OPEN source software here

http://download.cnet.com/windows/animation-software/1950-2186_4-0.html?filter=licenseName%3D%22Free%22%7C&filterName=licenseName%3DFree%7C&tag=ltcol;narrow —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidzoni (talk • contribs) 13:15, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Downsampling image files

Should downsampling of image files be encouraged, as the project page currently suggests? A parallel page in Wikimedia Commons actually mentions downsampling as a common problem that should be avoided by file uploaders. A related question is how to evaluate image files - should it be always done according to the 100% view (full resolution), or not necessarily? I think it is important to try to reach a consensus on these issues. At the present state it seems that the matter has never beem seriously discussed in Wikipedia. I started a similar discussion in Commons. Gidip (talk) 20:19, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]