CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu (10/02/90)
I have the need for some msdos software which will take a gif file of
640*480*256 or other large sizes and convert it to a file of 320*200*256.
I have seen some software to do this but it requires a vga board to do so.
When I have these files converted they will be viewed on a different machine so
I only need the basic rescaling program, to be run on a very small pc.
John T.jmerrill@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Jason Merrill) (10/03/90)
In article <90274.163809CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu> CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > > I have the need for some msdos software which will take a gif file of >640*480*256 or other large sizes and convert it to a file of 320*200*256. >I have seen some software to do this but it requires a vga board to do so. >When I have these files converted they will be viewed on a different machine so > I only need the basic rescaling program, to be run on a very small pc. How small is small? PicLab, by Daniel Crocker and the Stone Soup Group, is a DOS image manipulation package that imports and exports GIFs, but works in 24-bit color. Since very few displays actually support 24-bit color (and the version I have, 1.82, doesn't support any that do), all manipulation is display-independent. However, you will need 2 or 3 megs of free hard disk space to run it, as it uses files for its temporary storage. I belive Simtel has it, but I also think it only has version 1.5 something. Wuarchive has the latest version. -- Jason Merrill jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu
clouds@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) (10/03/90)
>In article <90274.163809CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu> CXS128@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >> >> I have the need for some msdos software which will take a gif file of >>640*480*256 or other large sizes and convert it to a file of 320*200*256. >>I have seen some software to do this but it requires a vga board to do so. >> I only need the basic rescaling program, to be run on a very small pc. > Hum.. well, if you can get from GIF to TIFF or PCX, you could use the CONVERT program that comes with Deluxe Paint II Enhanced. It does resizing, palette reduction, and a couple of other nifty things, and as far as I can tell it would run with a mono card on an XT... all you will see is text prompts. 'Course, then you have to get back to GIF :-) Deluxe Paint II Enhanced is from Electronic Arts, lists for $135, street price under $100, and it's a great paint program--supports many many monitor cards too. --Kathy (Sorry about the roundabout reply--I'm a net.novice.unskilled.in.unix) ========================================================================== | Kathy Strong | "Welcome to FUBAR Corp., where there's | | (Clouds moving slowly) | never enough time to do a job right, | | clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu | but always enough time to do it over." | ==========================================================================