marc@porsche944.Eng.Sun.COM (Marc Schneider) (08/23/90)
In article <12345@netcom.UUCP> marcos@netcom.UUCP (Marcos H. Woehrmann) writes: > > >I'm working on some software which will convert between various image >file formats and have been thinking about which formats to support. >Some, like GIF and mac PICT are obvious, but I know there are lots of >others. > >Therefore I'm conducting a survey: if you are using one or more image >file formats please mail me and let me know which ones (don't post, >I'll summarize the results in few weeks). I'm especially intersted in >16 & 24 bit formats (and 8 bit formats on non-IBM PCs and Macs). > >You don't have to tell me why the file format you are using is the >best; this is not a talent show, it's a popularity contest. > >marcos > Why Sun Raster, TIFF 5.0, Postscript, & EPS.... -Marc :^) ********************************************************************* * * * * Marc T. Schneider * "By not saying no to facism, you're * * Sun Microsystems, Inc. * saying yes" -Consolidated * * 2550 Garcia Ave MS 21-01 * * * Mountain View, Ca 94043 * Ph:(415) 336-6747 Fax: (415) 336-3936 * * * * *********************************************************************
marcos@netcom.UUCP (Marcos H. Woehrmann) (08/23/90)
In article <12345@netcom.UUCP>, marcos@netcom.UUCP (Marcos H. Woehrmann) writes: > > I'm working on some software which will convert between various image > file formats and have been thinking about which formats to support. > Some, like GIF and mac PICT are obvious, but I know there are lots of > others. > > Therefore I'm conducting a survey: if you are using one or more image > file formats please mail me and let me know which ones (don't post, > I'll summarize the results in few weeks). I'm especially intersted in > 16 & 24 bit formats (and 8 bit formats on non-IBM PCs and Macs). > Several people (>7) have sent me mail telling me I'm foolish for writing another Image File Format Converter; I should be starting with PBMPLUS and adding the features I need. Well, if that many people bothered to send me mail, there must be hundreds who are thinking the same thing (and who's mail is making its way to me now). So to avoid having to answer everyone individually I'll post the reasons I'm not using PBMPLUS: 1. I'm planning to sell my software (at least as shareware and probably as a commercial product). PBMPLUS documentation states: "Permission to use, copy ... for any purpose and WITHOUT FEE (emphasis mine) is hereby granted...". I'm not a lawyer (nor do I play one on TV) but I feel that Jef wouldn't approve of my selling his software. 2. My software will run on an IBM PC under MS-DOS and a MAC under MacOS 6.0.x (as well as Suns, Decs, and all of the other unix boxes). The last I checked PBMPLUS does not work unless you have lots of memory (I posted a question to the net a while ago asking if anyone had gotten PBMPLUS to compile under MS-DOS; I got one reply from someone who had gotten a couple of the modules to work with small images). My software won't require more than 256k of actual memory (though it will use more if you have it). 3. My software will be better than PBMPLUS :-). How many people still use the first word processor (WordStar, in my case) or spreadsheet (VisiCalc) they ever used? Just because there is a package out there doesn't mean that someone shouldn't write a better one. So, please answer my survey. (Oh, one more thing, if you mention a really obscure file format, give me a hint where I might find the description). marcos -- Marcos H. Woehrmann {claris|apple}!netcom!marcos or marcos@netcom "These are but a few examples of what can happen when the human mind is employed to learn, to probe, to question as opposed to merely keeping the ears from touching." -- rec.humor.funny 90.07.16
marcos@netcom.UUCP (08/27/90)
I'm working on some software which will convert between various image
file formats and have been thinking about which formats to support.
Some, like GIF and mac PICT are obvious, but I know there are lots of
others.
Therefore I'm conducting a survey: if you are using one or more image
file formats please mail me and let me know which ones (don't post,
I'll summarize the results in few weeks). I'm especially intersted in
16 & 24 bit formats (and 8 bit formats on non-IBM PCs and Macs).
You don't have to tell me why the file format you are using is the
best; this is not a talent show, it's a popularity contest.
marcos
--
Marcos H. Woehrmann {claris|apple}!netcom!marcos or marcos@netcom
"These are but a few examples of what can happen when the human mind is
employed to learn, to probe, to question as opposed to merely keeping
the ears from touching." -- rec.humor.funny 90.07.16carlo@eagle.cvs.rochester.edu (Carlo Tiana) (08/27/90)
In article <FooBarnetcom.UUCP> marcos@netcom.UUCP writes: >I'm working on some software which will convert between various image >file formats and have been thinking about which formats to support. (this reply bounced - but maybe it's just as well that everyone sees this before we all send this poor fellow mail saying the same thing...) You should check the "frequently asked questions" posting for this newsgroup (it appears monthly). In it, a package called pbm by Jeff Poskanzer is mentioned, which does exactly what you are trying to do. You can still go right ahead and rewrite it (though it *is* a fantastic package as it is, with even a mailing list for users), but you should look at it anyway since it can convert to and from most known image formats, among being able to do many other things. Carlo. -- carlo@cvs.rochester.edu
rslau@nihal.usc.edu.UUCP (08/27/90)
> I'm working on some software which will convert between various image > file formats and have been thinking about which formats to support. > Some, like GIF and mac PICT are obvious, but I know there are lots of > others. Have you heard of Jeff Poskanzer's PBM and PBM Plus packages? A gazillion formats to PBM (Portable BitMap) and vice versa... Usually available from your friendly neighborhood ftp site. -ribbit -- Robert Lau . In a manner of speaking, semantics won't do Systems Programmer . In this life that we live, we only make do rslau@usc.edu . And the way that we feel might have to be sacrificed rslau@uscvm, rslau@gamera -- W Tong, "In a Manner of Speaking", M L Gore
scott@mdbs.uucp (Scott Hicks) (09/01/90)
In article <RSLAU.90Aug23131738@nihal.usc.edu> rslau@nihal.usc.edu (Robert Lau) writes: >> <Stuff about formats> > >Have you heard of Jeff Poskanzer's PBM and PBM Plus packages? A gazillion >formats to PBM (Portable BitMap) and vice versa... Usually available from >your friendly neighborhood ftp site. > >-ribbit Speaking of friendly neighborhood ftp sites, can anybody be a little more specific. I would like to get a copy of PBM Plus but can not find it in any of the really obvious places. I have a really old and incomplete copy of PBM and I would like to upgrade to the latest set of utilities. Thanks in advance. BTW - Please post this as I do not seem to have mush luck receiving mail from the world at large. If you absolutely must mail try using pur-ee!mdbs!scott Scott Hicks