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From: 850031m@aucs.uucp (GORDON R. MAC GREGOR)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: RGB to HAM IFF
Message-ID: <1989Oct8.153400.9118@aucs.uucp>
Date: 8 Oct 89 15:34:00 GMT
References: <495@nigel.udel.EDU> <333@amgraf.UUCP>
Reply-To: 850031m@aucs.UUCP (GORDON R. MAC GREGOR)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia
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In article <333@amgraf.UUCP> huver@amgraf.UUCP (Huver) writes:
>
>In article <495@nigel.udel.EDU>, webb@udel.edu (David Webb) forwarded comment
>from Fred Mitchell (mitchell@cbmvax.uucp) on converting RGB bitmap to HAM:
>
>But the original question was:
>>>
>>>   Has anyone worked out a method of converting RGBs to HAM. I have
>>>   three B/W images (8 bits/pixel), and I would like to covert them
>>>   to a HAM image. If somebody could show me the way I would not writing
>>>   the C-code and making it public...
>  [...]     
>For original poster's benefit: HAM is for color, not B/W, display.  Its only
>purpose in life is to let you show 4096 colors, not 4096 gray levels, from a
>16-entry color palette.
>
>-huver  ...!uunet!amgraf!huver

I believe the origional question was stated quite clearly.  He has 3 B&W
images corresponding to the Red, Green and Blue color intensities of the 
in-color picture.  

Were Digi-View the only ones to come up with a good RGB to HAM algorithm?
Methinks this be the question.

						    -ross