---
name: "gifburst"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "giflib-tools"
version: "4.1.6-11+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gifburst"
---

# gifburst(1)

The gifburst program takes a named GIF file and breaks it into equal-sized tiles. This is useful if a GIF is too large for your viewer, so you have to look at it in sections.

## NAME

gifburst -  The gifburst program takes a named GIF file and breaks it into equal-sized tiles.  This is useful if a GIF is too large for your viewer, so you have  to look at it in sections.

## USAGE

**gifburst \[-s n\] \[-p b\] gif-file**

## MEMORY REQUIRED

Proportional to the size of the largest pasted image.

## OPTIONS

- \[-s nnn\]

   Specify the number of pieces.  Valid values are presently 4 (2x2) and 6 (2x3).  Default is 4.

- \[-p nnn\]

   Specify the number of pixels of overlap between interior boundaries of pieces.  Default 20.

## Note:

The gifburst program is written on Perl, using the C utilities.  You must have  both the giflib utilities and Perl installed to run it.

## AUTHOR

Eric S. Raymond \<esr@snark.thyrsus.com\>

Man page created by T.Gridel \<tgridel@free.fr\>, originally written by Eric S. Raymond \<esr@thyrsus.com\>