If using the "next" icon, gif43 will take you on a "journey" of images, or you can select from the menu. You can view several "types" of GIF files, such as GIF animation or GIF montages which includes photos.
You can also view Shockwave files, and view and enter QuickTime movies, such as actors showreels or film companies showreels.
GIF file format is the most standard file format for images on the web, and stands for "Graphic Interchange Format". These files have a .gif file extension to the file name. Programs such as Microsoft's MsPaint and Photo Editor can create GIF files.
GIF animation is a "feature" of web browsers whereby a collection of GIF type images are played from one file, one after the other like a projector playing film, giving animation. It was discovered by chance early in Netscape's beta test program, and is now almost universally accepted by all web browsers. You do NOT need any additional programs or plug-ins to play GIF animation.
GIF animation
Stopping and starting the gif animation, etc
To enter a GIF file to gif43 simply attach the file to an email and Email entry to gif43
If you are under fourteen years include your age. Note make sure when copying and pasting a GIF animation file that you do this OUTSIDE Word otherwise the file will just be a "static" gif file.
A "montage" here is a collection of still images shown one after the other or on top of each other such as a collection of photographs, like a "slideshow". The images may apper anywhere on the screen i.e. not necessarily overlapping each other, and one image may "dissolve" (i.e. melt) into the other.
The Marilyn collection gives a feeling of the wonder and absolute beauty of Marilyn Monroe. Note this inovative idea of GIF as photos is we beleive different to anything else on the web (at the moment others have lots of web pages which have to be individually loaded), but takes a total of 3MB of file space as the pictures are of high quality. GIF Montages
To enter you own montage to gif43:
Send entry to gif43
The Casting Book here is a particular type of "montage" being a collection of photographs and brief information of actors and actresses. This a new venture for gif43. Any actor or actress can apply to have his/her details put on gif43, for free. And any casting director can view the casting book also for free. Casting Book
To apply for your details to be put onto the Casting Book send an email to gif43 with two attachments which are both 200 wide and 305 high, each containing a photograph of yourself, and also including any "art work" you want. Or you can send two different sized attachments but the total size should not exceed a total width of 400 and height of 305. The files can be either GIF or JPEG file types and the total file space including all artwork should not exceed 40KB.
The "art work" can be any basic information about yourself that you want to include under both or either of the two photos of yourself, such as your playing age and height, etc and ending with your email address, and or your web site, and or your agent's email address (Do NOT include your telephone number unless you have to.) Subject to space you can also include other information e.g. special skills, accents spoken, etc.
Enter your details to Casting Book
You can get an idea by looking at the Casting Book
If you are outside the UK please also include your country in the subject.
A QuickTime file can be streamed down from the web site and at the same time played on your computer. To play a QuickTime movie file you must have QuickTime installed on your computer. It is likely to already been installed on your computer. If not, you can obtain a free download
Note if takes about twenty minutes to download the free version.
If you have previously downloaded a large QuickTime zip program file from Gif43 to disk, and want to later re-play, rather than downloading to disk again when given the option to save to the disk folder previously saved to, RIGHT_CLICK the file and Select OPEN to open the previously saved file. (If you prevously ran the WinZip program directly select NO when get message asking if want to overwrite as do not need to extract again.)
For zip downloaded files, if the QuickTime movie does not automatically play, CLICK the large middle button (whether a QuickTime movie automatically plays when opened or not is determined by the QuickTime preferences that have been set up). Quick Time Movies
Priorty is given to original and "small" QuickTime files i.e. under 5MB. If over 5MB please send email with brief details to find out first if would be interested.
To enter your QuickTime file to gif43: Send QuickTime file to gif43
To return to Gif animation, etc previously looked at use BACK from the web toolbar, or select the image from the menu on the left.