ao@elixir.lne.kth.se (Anders Ohlsson) (03/20/91)
Hi there! Does anyone know of a program to convert 640x480x256 GIFs to BMPs, so that they can be used as wallpaper in Windows 3.0? I have tried a program called GIF2BMP version 1.0 (found it on garbo.uwasa.fi) but it doesn't seem to be able to handle larger pictures than 320x200, it just throws them up... Please respond via email to ao@elixir.lne.kth.se. I'll be more than happy to post a summary if there's a demand for it. Thanks in advance, Anders Ohlsson ao@elixir.lne.kth.se
nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu) (03/21/91)
ao@elixir.lne.kth.se (Anders Ohlsson) writes: > Does anyone know of a program to convert 640x480x256 GIFs to > BMPs, so that they can be used as wallpaper in Windows 3.0? > I have tried a program called GIF2BMP version 1.0 (found it > on garbo.uwasa.fi) but it doesn't seem to be able to handle > larger pictures than 320x200, it just throws them up... You got that right - major bomb. > I'll be more than happy to post a summary if there's a demand > for it. I'd probably give a limb or two for it, especially if it works for 800x600 or even 1024x768. nye
stephenc@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Stephen Chung) (03/22/91)
I have been using PICLAB to convert large GIF's to BMP's. This's what I do: 1. Run PICLAB and load the GIF 2. UNMAP 3. set PALETTE 16 4. PLOAD *windows-palette-file* *note: the windows palette file is just a 16-line file containing the RGB values of the windows palette. 5. MAP 6. Save the new GIF The new GIF will be a 16-color picture with the WIndows palette, which you can use Grafworks (GWS) to convert into BMP format. I usually found that the dithering PICLAB performs make the resulting BMP look much better. With color pictures, though, the Windows palette is completely inadequate. I usually ended up using only the four gray colors and convert the color GIF into a black & white BMP. Hope this helps. - Stephen