ao@elixir.lne.kth.se (Anders Ohlsson) (03/20/91)
Hi there! Does anyone know of a program to convert 640x480x256 GIFs to BMPs, so that they can be used as wallpaper in Windows 3.0? I have tried a program called GIF2BMP version 1.0 (found it on garbo.uwasa.fi) but it doesn't seem to be able to handle larger pictures than 320x200, it just throws them up... Please respond via email to ao@elixir.lne.kth.se. I'll be more than happy to post a summary if there's a demand for it. Thanks in advance, Anders Ohlsson ao@elixir.lne.kth.se
nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu) (03/21/91)
ao@elixir.lne.kth.se (Anders Ohlsson) writes: > Does anyone know of a program to convert 640x480x256 GIFs to > BMPs, so that they can be used as wallpaper in Windows 3.0? > I have tried a program called GIF2BMP version 1.0 (found it > on garbo.uwasa.fi) but it doesn't seem to be able to handle > larger pictures than 320x200, it just throws them up... You got that right - major bomb. > I'll be more than happy to post a summary if there's a demand > for it. I'd probably give a limb or two for it, especially if it works for 800x600 or even 1024x768. nye
stephenc@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Stephen Chung) (03/22/91)
I have been using PICLAB to convert large GIF's to BMP's. This's what I do: 1. Run PICLAB and load the GIF 2. UNMAP 3. set PALETTE 16 4. PLOAD *windows-palette-file* *note: the windows palette file is just a 16-line file containing the RGB values of the windows palette. 5. MAP 6. Save the new GIF The new GIF will be a 16-color picture with the WIndows palette, which you can use Grafworks (GWS) to convert into BMP format. I usually found that the dithering PICLAB performs make the resulting BMP look much better. With color pictures, though, the Windows palette is completely inadequate. I usually ended up using only the four gray colors and convert the color GIF into a black & white BMP. Hope this helps. - Stephen
nan@math.ksu.edu (Nan Zou) (03/22/91)
ao@elixir.lne.kth.se (Anders Ohlsson) writes: > Does anyone know of a program to convert 640x480x256 GIFs to > BMPs, so that they can be used as wallpaper in Windows 3.0? > I have tried a program called GIF2BMP version 1.0 (found it > on garbo.uwasa.fi) but it doesn't seem to be able to handle > larger pictures than 320x200, it just throws them up... A couple suggestions, first, GIF2BMP works fine for me, I've used it to convert 1024x768x256 .gif to .bmp files. Maybe your GIF2BMP version is old, I think mine is ver 1.1, not really sure. You can find it on cica.cica.indiana.edu, directory /pub/pc/win3/util. There are some other ways to convert gif to bmp. One of them is to use a program called wingif, the lastest version is on cica, directory /pub/pc/win3/upload. You can use this program to read in a gif file then save it as .bmp. There are lots of other ways to do this, I won't mention them all. -- Nan Zou | Bitnet : nan@ksuvm Kansas State University | Internet: nan@math.ksu.edu #include <std_disclaimer.h> | nan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
hartung@crl.ucsd.edu (Jeff Hartung) (03/23/91)
I believe that GrafWorks or Pic Lab (or both?) can do this. I know _ONE_ of them does convert GIF to Win3 BMP format because because I used it to do so and now have several 640x480x256 fractal wallpaper BMP files. -- --Jeff Hartung-- Disclaimer: My opinions only, etc., etc., BLAH! BLAH! BLAH!... InterNet - hartung@crl.ucsd.edu or ps299bx@igrad1.ucsd.edu UUCP - ucsd!crl.ucsd.edu!hartung BITNET - hartung@ucsd
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (03/23/91)
In article <1991Mar21.182850.8025@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> stephenc@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Stephen Chung) writes: >I have been using PICLAB to convert large GIF's to BMP's. This's >what I do: > > 1. Run PICLAB and load the GIF > 2. UNMAP > 3. set PALETTE 16 > 4. PLOAD *windows-palette-file* > > *note: the windows palette file is just a 16-line file > containing the RGB values of the windows palette. > > 5. MAP > 6. Save the new GIF > >The new GIF will be a 16-color picture with the WIndows palette, >which you can use Grafworks (GWS) to convert into BMP format. I >usually found that the dithering PICLAB performs make the resulting >BMP look much better. With color pictures, though, the Windows >palette is completely inadequate. I usually ended up using only >the four gray colors and convert the color GIF into a black & white >BMP. > An even easier way is to get wingif from cica. Load the file in (it understands GIF), then save the file selecting .BMP as the output file type. Very easy, works for me. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254