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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: GIF viewers are inconsistent
Message-ID: <4711@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 23 Jun 89 14:24:14 GMT
References: <4623@ficc.uu.net> <12315@well.UUCP>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <12315@well.UUCP>, pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) writes:
> In the referenced message, peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) wrote:
> }GIF is restricted to 256 unique colors? How is one to convert Amiga HAM
> }images (with up to 4096 unique colors) to GIF? Some will work, but others
> }won't.

> To say nothing of converting professional-quality 24 bit deep images to
> a 256-element colormap.  This is known as the color quantization problem.
> If you read comp.graphics for a while, you will be sure to see solutions
> posted.

So, basically, GIF is an inadequate format. Too bad it's so popular.

So, what does that leave? IFF/ILBM should do a better job, but it's not
popular outside the Amiga.

What about this 'TIFF' format?
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