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Clarified that LZW encoding is always used for GIFs [ci skip]
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docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst

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Pillow reads GIF87a and GIF89a versions of the GIF file format. The library
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writes LZW encoded files in GIF87a by default, unless GIF89a features
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are used or GIF89a is already in use.
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writes files in GIF87a by default, unless GIF89a features are used or GIF89a is
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already in use. Files are written with LZW encoding.
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GIF files are initially read as grayscale (``L``) or palette mode (``P``)
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images. Seeking to later frames in a ``P`` image will change the image to

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