gt5116b@prism.gatech.EDU (TUREK,GABRIELLA) (02/06/91)
I'm would like to know if there is a way to transform sun standard color raster images to GIF format. If so, with what and where do i find it. Please aswer to me directly as i usually don't read these news groups. Thank you Gaby gt5116b@prism.gatech.edu
blochc@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (charles bloch) (02/06/91)
In article <21276@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt5116b@prism.gatech.EDU (TUREK,GABRIELLA) writes: >I'm would like to know if there is a way to transform sun >standard color raster images to GIF format. If so, with what >and where do i find it. >Please aswer to me directly as i usually don't read >these news groups. >Thank you Gaby gt5116b@prism.gatech.edu Actually, it would be better if someone could POST the answer, as this question has up (at least once a day) in this newgroup, alt.graphics, alt.graphics.pixutils, and alt.sex.pictures.d. I'm not sure where the right place to ask this question is (evidently no one else is either, or it wouldn't be posted everywhere), but it would be nice to see the answer posted to all of the above groups, to try to stop the frequent questions. I have seen the general answer (in a FAQ posting as well as from other users) to 1) get PBMPLUS if you don't already have it (ftp site given) 2) use rasttoppm followed by ppmtogif to get the desired results. I tried to follow the above prescription, but 1) PBMPLUS does not have rasttoppm in it, and 2) PBMPLUS has many files and seems to require more technical expertise to compile the right codes than I have. Others have run in to the same 2 problems and posted saying so. So who can make it easier for us amateurs? Thanks on behalf of a multitude of dummies... -- # Chuck Bloch blochc@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu # # IUCF blochc@gold.bitnet # # 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane IND::VENUS::CBLOCH # # Bloomington IN 47408 chip%valnet@news.cs.indiana.edu #
warwick@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison) (02/06/91)
Use the "fbm" and "pbm" conversion software.
From the bottom of man entries:
fbm: by Michael L. Mauldin mlm@cs.cmu.edu (May 1989 address)
pbm: by Jef Poskanzer (1988)
So just find out if you have fbm & pbm available, then read the man entries.
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