WMZ to GIF Converter

Compressed Windows Metafile (WMZ) is a Windows Metafile (WMF) that has been compressed with gzip. Like WMF, it can hold both vector drawing commands and bitmap data, so the artwork scales cleanly to any size. Microsoft used WMZ extensively for the clip-art libraries bundled with Microsoft Office, where the compression kept large collections of graphics small.

How to open a WMZ file?

The most direct way is to insert the file into a Microsoft Office application such as Word or PowerPoint, which decompress and render WMZ automatically on Windows.

Image programs that read WMZ include XnView MP, IrfanView, and CorelDRAW. Alternatively, because WMZ is a gzip archive, renaming it to .gz and extracting it with 7-Zip yields a plain WMF you can open in Inkscape. Our WMZ to PNG tool converts it in one step.

Developed by: Microsoft

Initial Release: 1998

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a type of bitmap file format that relies on pixels to form simple images using the RGB color model. Unlike the uncompressed BMP file format, GIF uses lossless compression and supports animation without audio. The most common use of GIF is in animated form as advertisements, emotion-based replies on social media, and memes, which often go viral on the Internet. 

How to open a GIF file?

Almost all web browsers support GIF, which gives it a distinct advantage over other image formats, such as PNG. Furthermore, GIF opens on Apple’s mobile devices, including iPhone and iPad, which makes it more popular than Adobe Flash.

GIFs open easily on almost all image-viewer applications, web browsers, and operating systems. To open a GIF for the purposes of editing it, use an application such as Adobe Photoshop. On Windows, open GIFs with Microsoft Photos, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Roxio Creator NXT Pro, and others. On macOS, use Adobe image viewers and editors, including Adobe Illustrator.

Developed by: CompuServe, Inc.

Initial Release: 15 June 1987

Useful links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF