billj@uop.edu (Snugglupagus) (04/09/91)
smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes: >This may be ignorant of me, but I just found out something >really cool when viewing .gif files with Cshow. Instead of >using the options which are built into Cshow for viewing >files up to 640x480x256, you can get TWICE the detail >if you view files by using the special drivers that come >with Cshow. [some stuff deleted] nooooooo kidding..... i've been using the paradise driver for quite some time now... ever since i downloaded the file. but yes, there is a marked difference in picture quality. >If you have any of the following .gif files, they are GREATLY >improved this way: [list deleted] actually, i always thought the stuff from a.s.p. was kinda nice... ;-) >Now, can somebody tell me why the two different drivers >do this? Note: Many of my files have been converted >from .jpg to .gif with alchemy. Does this have anything >to do with it? i have no idea whatsoever. however, i DO know that it has nothing to do with jpeg compression. none of my gifs have ever been jpeg'd. in fact, i thought there was a significant loss in picture quality with them compressed like that. try some 'pure' gif files. you'll probably notice a bigger difference. snugglupagus (yes, i have a .signature. no, nn doesn't like it.)
robeson@brahms.udel.edu (Scott M Robeson) (04/09/91)
In article <1991Apr9.043240.27736@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) writes: ... >Now, can somebody tell me why the two different drivers >do this? Note: Many of my files have been converted >from .jpg to .gif with alchemy. Does this have anything >to do with it? Read the document files that come with Cshow. In the ordinary drivers (i.e., non-tweaked), every other line of the image is sampled and displayed, giving that grainy appearance. The document files also indicate which graphics cards are supported and how to enable them.