[comp.sys.atari.st] GIF

currier@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Bob Currier - DCAC Network Comm. Specialist) (01/27/89)

Does anyone know of a PD program that will:
   A.  Convert Degas pictures to GIF format
   B.  Incorporate GIF format in an art program

Something along the lines of the Giffer for the Mac would be ideal.

Thanks for the help!

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eahsnsr@nmt.edu (Eric A. Hobbs) (04/04/91)

...in regards to loss of detail when displaying GIFS larger
   than 320 x 200 :

Why not use the QuickGIF viewers available at atari.archive? There
are two viewers (B&W and Color). They are both very small .TTP
files, they're faster than other viewers I have seen, and you don't
lose much, if any, picture detail. They both create a virtual screen
that you can scroll around. They are still limited to 16 colors. To
get around the 8 greyscale handicap, the B&W viewer allows you to select
from one of 6 palettes that introduce the 8 shades of another color on 
top of the 8 pure grey shades. While this introduces a false color into
the picture, the results are usually very good.


Just my $0.025 cents worth.


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