[comp.graphics] Converting to GIF, getting images to the Mac II.

carlson@lance.tis.llnl.gov (John Carlson) (08/16/89)

I have successfully transferred both color and b/w Sun raster images
to the Macintosh.  To do this, I use the following software:


	1)  Giffer 1.0.3 on the Macintosh which displays GIF files.
	Copy and paste.  Available on sumex-aim.stanford.edu via anon ftp.

	2)  A GIFEncode routine.  Also on sumex-aim.

	3)  A program that reads a sun raster file and calls GIFEncode.
	This is trivial.  Programs that read in another format and
	call GIFEncode should be easy to write.


Now my raster conversion inventory includes:

Naugton, Rector, Rowley, Thomas, me, et al.
	GIF <-> Sun raster

Utah toolkit
	RLE <-> macpaint
	RLE <-  Sun raster
	RLE  -> PostScript

XIM
	XIM <-> RLE
	XIM <-  XWD
	XIM  -> PostScript

me
	XIM <-> Sun raster

X distribution
	XWD  -> PostScript

I am interested in utilities that convert formats to postscript.

John Carlson

The opinions above are mine, not my employer's.

pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) (09/05/89)

Other image conversion packages to look into:

Fuzzy Pixmap Manipulation, by Michael Maulding.  Available via FTP in
nl.cs.cmu.edu:/usr/mlm/ftp, and also in your nearest comp.sources.unix
archive.

HIPS, from the Human Information Processing Laboratory at NYU.  For
availability contact Michael Landy, Psychology Dept., NYU, 6 Washington
Place, Room 980, New York NY 10003.  This package is *not* free.

ALV Toolkit, available via email to alv-users-request@cs.bris.ac.uk.

Img-whatnot, by Paul Raveling.  Available via FTP on venera.isi.edu.

And OF COURSE, my own soon-to-be-released color upgrade to the PBM
package.
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Jef

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