Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: GIF viewers are inconsistent
Message-ID: <4817@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 29 Jun 89 13:15:42 GMT
References: <5300015@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <5300023@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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I said:
> 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.

In article <5300023@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> Even as an Amiga owner, I find the IFF documentation to be much harder to
> read that either GIF or TIFF format documentation.

Maybe so, but remember that IFF (1) covers more ground, and (2) is
extensible and customisable. I can store sound samples in an IFF file,
or I can add custom chunks that will be ignored by others. And I've
done both.

You mention that TIFF allows custom information, too. If it doesn't let
you specify a palette, does that mean a TIFF file always includes a full
set of RGB bitplanes (12 or 24 bitplanes)?
-- 
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