[comp.sys.amiga.graphics] GIF-IFF converter that doesn't require mondo RAM

peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) (04/05/91)

I have a couple of GIF viewers that work reasonably well for GIFs with a small
palette, but I can't find one that will let me save to IFF. All the GIF-IFF
converters want to do a perfect job of generating Sliced HAM images, and my
base A3000-16 doesn't have enough RAM to run any.

Is there a GIF-IFF converter that's no more aggressive than HAMGIF or VirtGIF,
that I could use on my really-1-meg-available-machine? Or a screen-snapshotter
that will save a displayed screen to IFF form, so I can use an existing GIF
viewer?

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-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.

tony@uc780.umd.edu (04/06/91)

>Is there a GIF-IFF converter that's no more aggressive than HAMGIF or VirtGIF,
>that I could use on my really-1-meg-available-machine? Or a screen-snapshotter
>that will save a displayed screen to IFF form, so I can use an existing GIF
>viewer?
>-- 
>Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
><peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.

The docs that come with VirtGIF indicate that with the $15 shareware
fee, you would get a slightly different version of the program that
includes the ability to save the image in IFF format.

If you don't see that info box when you're running the program, there's
a menu selection called "INFO" which shows the same stuff.

--Tony
  (tony@uc780.umd.edu   tony@uc780.bitnet)

jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) (04/10/91)

Quoted from <1991Apr5.115800.8804@sugar.hackercorp.com> by peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva):

> that I could use on my really-1-meg-available-machine? Or a screen-snapshotter
> that will save a displayed screen to IFF form, so I can use an existing GIF

    Lots. Almost as many as there are GIF viewers and converters.
    "ScreenX" works, as did "VScreen". Even "Snap" has a graphics clipping
    thing built in.

    You could also try one of the conversion tools that lets you say
    where you want the conversion to be done, so you can use your HD
    instead of RAM. Almost as efficient as virtual memory, eh? :)

> Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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