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From: msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Image file format
Keywords: image, format.
Message-ID: <4611@draak.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 23 Nov 89 15:55:26 GMT
References: <5506@cps3xx.UUCP>
Reply-To: msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <5506@cps3xx.UUCP> dulimart@cpsvax.UUCP (Hansye S. Dulimarta) writes:
>I am currently working with a hand scanner (the COMPLETE hand scanner).
>One of the softwares has the option to save the scanned image either as
>(1) Image file, (2) Dr. Halo file, (3) PC Paintbrush file, (4) WIndows
>Paint file.
>Could somebody tell me the way each format stores the image. I need this
>info in order to decode the image from the scanner and use it for other
>purpose.

Get a copy of VPIC.
(VPIC21.ARC in MSDOS.GIF at Simtel)

It loads and saves several graphic formats (among others
(2) (3) and (4) ).