WDV91@ccvax.iastate.edu (NetMonster) (11/13/89)
I have a problem, related to converting GIF images to Amiga IFF
format. At the university, I have access to a really nice Xerox
full-page scanner. I often use it to digitize images, which I can
then use in my Amiga desktop publishing programs. I do this by
saving the images in PCX format, converting them to GIF format, and
then converting the GIF images to IFF format.
Unfortunately, this works well for small images, but doesn't
work at all for images larger than 640x400 pixels. Since the
scanner has a resolution of 300 dpi, 640x400 isn't very big!
The problem is on the Amiga side. I have been totally unable
to find any GIF converters whatsoever which will convert images
larger than 640x400. There is the program VirtGIF, which will
allow me to view images larger than 640x400, but I cannot save
them. I have been told to use a screen shot program (which I have
a million of), but this doesn't work. VirtGIF does not use a true
virtual screen, but a kludge which acts like a virtual screen.
Thus, all the screen grabbers in the world will only grab the
visible 640x400 portion of the screen.
I need a GIF-to-IFF converter which will allow me to convert
an image of, say 800x600, to an IFF file with the same resolution.
Since the Amiga can easily handle images as large as 1024x1024 (or
as large as 2800x2800 with the new chipset), I don't know why
such converters have not yet been written for the Amiga.
I have checked literally everywhere for such a program (EXEC-PC,
BBS systems, CI$, GEnie, FTP systems, etc..) with no luck. If
anyone runs across such a program, I would appreciate knowing about
it.
-MB-