On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Amy Tanner wrote:

> Can gimp save GIF files?  The gif file format is greyed out when I try
> a Save-As.
> 
> If you need transparency, is there any option other than GIF?  I'd like to
> use all JPEG because of the GIF patent mess, but...

PNG will support both transparency and animation IIRC.  Otherwise I
believe there's some 'nonfree' addon to the GIMP that adds full GIF
support.