(ASAP) DISAPPEAR GIF 89a PLAINTEXT extension

[anthony]

Yes the GIF file format allows for a "comment" attribute. It does not however allow 'label' meta-data attributes.

This is looked at as part of the "montage" command in IM examples.
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/montage/#label

Specifically...

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   convert -comment 'my_comment'   rose:      rose.gif

OR

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  convert rose: -set comment 'my_comment'  rose.gif

You can see these with...

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  identify -format 'file: %f\ncomment: %c'  rose.gif

which returned...

file: rose.gif
comment: my_comment

Now if this is dissappearing it is because you did not try to preserve the meta-data.

For example overlaying a GIF onto another image will use the other images meta-data. The GIF meta-data will not be merged! To preserve the meta-data the 'destination' or 'background' image must be used in alpha composition.