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From: Roger.Hausmann@f270.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Roger Hausmann)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Color Gifs & Targa TGA --> GIF
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Date: 4 Aug 89 06:33:44 GMT
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We have been working with GIF's here at Kingdom Productions for a while 
now and even though I'm not a programmer, I know that the color GIF's 
can basically come from a variety of sources. Scanning is just one 
way of getting these images. We are using SCR2GIF, a shareware program 
by Bill Fleisher of Kentwood, MI successfully. This is a screen capture 
utility, which will then also convert captured screen (can be generated 
with just about any program) to GIF format. Another way generate GIF 
is through Hijaak, by Inset Systems, a really universal conversion 
program (It supports a whole lot of different formats, GIF is one of 
them.) Yet another program we're working with is ColoRIX by Rix Softworks, 
it supports 800x600 resolution with 256 colors. ColoRiX imports all 
Targa formats and exports them. It's possible to import Targa and then 
generate (through ColoRiX) a .SCR file -which in turn can be made in 
to a GIF with the Help of SCR2GIF. By the way: We make hi-resolution 
slides from all of the above...call me at (713) 526-2331 or call our 
board at (713) 630-0553. Roger Hausmann. Kingdom Productions. Houston,TX