arenberg@trwrb.UUCP (Jeff Arenberg) (02/19/88)
Lately I've been playing around with PICT files on a Mac II with an interest in converting them for viewing on a GS. In a book titled something like "Apple IIGS Technical Reference" (NOT the Apple official version) there is a brief mention of using pictures with Quickdraw II. There is a handle in the GrafPort record called PicSav but there are no toolbox routines that seem to use it. Does anyone know if there some plan to create a PICT like file in a future release of Quickdraw II? On a separate note, I downloaded GIFFER 1.0 off of GEnie yesterday. This program will display a number of different picture formats, but most notably the GIF type. (The GIF format let different computers display the same picture.) Does anyone know where I can get any technical information on the GIF format? I would also like to find a source for some pictures other than GEnie. It takes about 20 minutes to download each one. Thanks, Jeff Arenberg ------------------------------------------------------------ UUCP : ( ucbvax, ihnp4, uscvax ) !trwrb!trwcsed!arenberg ARPA : jarenberg@ecla.usc.edu GEnie: shifty ------------------------------------------------------------
jwhitnel@csi.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) (02/23/88)
In article <768@trwcsed.trwrb.UUCP> arenberg@trwcsed.UUCP (Jeff Arenberg) writes: > Does anyone know where I can get any technical information >on the GIF format? I would also like to find a source for some pictures >other than GEnie. It takes about 20 minutes to download each one. Compurserve is the creator of the GIF format. There is a large libary there (GO PICS) of pictures of all shapes and sizes in GIF format. Everything from small 320x200x16 up to a few 640x480x256 monsters for the MAC II. I believe technical details describing the format are there as well. > >Jeff Arenberg Jerry Whitnell Been through Hell? Communication Solutions, Inc. What did you bring back for me? - A. Brilliant