What Is GIF and GIF Data Recovery
What is GIF?
Information of GIF-The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.
The format is almost universally used to support up to 8 bits per pixel, thus allowing a single image to reference a palette of up to 256 distinct colors chosen from the 24-bit RGB color space. Although the format can technically support24-bit color, this is considered bad practice and results in inflated image sizes. It also supports animations and allows a separate palette of up to 256 colors for each frame. The normal color limitation makes the GIF format unsuitable for reproducing color photographs and other images with continuous color, but it is well-suited for simpler images such as graphics or logos with solid areas of color.
GIF images are compressed using the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) lossless data compression technique to reduce the file size without degrading the visual quality. This compression technique was patented in 1985. Controversy over the licensing agreement between the software patent holder, Unisys, and CompuServe in 1994 spurred the development of the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) standard. All the relevant patents have now expired.
Causes of GIF Files Loss
We may lose the GIF files saved on our Mac due to any of the below mentioned reasons:
Accidental Deletion: Accidental deletion of photos is one of the common reasons of losing them. There can be various causes of accidental deletion of photos, such as:
●Delete GIF files by pressing ‘Shift+Delete’ without backing up.
●Empty the ‘Trash’ on your Mac without their backup.
Unexpected Formatting of Storage Device: Unwanted or unexpected formatting of storage device without taking their backup also leads to GIF files loss. Some very prominent causes of formatting are:
●Virus infected storage device.
●Suddenly power outage while your Mac is low battery but you are still using it.
Perform GIF Recovery Successfully
After we learn about the reasons of GIF files loss, now let’s recover GIF on Mac with a powerful recovery tool-uFlysoft GIF Recovery.
1. Free download GIF Recovery and launch it on your Mac.
2. Select the drive where the lost GIF files located to scan.
3. After scanning finished, all the recoverable GIF files will be listed by the file formats. Click on any file or use up &down keys.
4. Now you can recover your lost GIF files easily by clicking the button “Recover”.
All you need to do is following the easy steps above, after these, you will find all of your lost GIF files are coming back to you just in a few minutes.
Tips
1. Not only the photos, but also the video/audio files can be recovered by using uFlysoft GIF Recovery Software.
2. If you are a Windows user, have a try on uFlysoft Photo Recovery, the powerful photo recovery software which enables you to recover photos, movies and music easily on your Windows computer.
