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From: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Using GIF`s as wallpaper
Message-ID: <7528@fy.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 13 Jun 90 21:44:23 GMT
References: <1990Jun12.222700.2270@sj.ate.slb.com>
Reply-To: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <1990Jun12.222700.2270@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
>GCP 4.2 (available from compuserve or other ftp sites) can convert a GIF to
>PC paintbrush .PCX files. From this point you can use Windows Paintbrush to
>load the .PCX file and save as .BMP file.

I tried this, but the translation process didn't seem to work that well.  If
I went from GIF->PCX->BMP I seemed to lose the picture quality when I reread
the PCX in paintbrush (PC paintbrush vs pbrush for windows?).  What worked
better was getting the GIF into paintbrush via the clipboard.  The only 
remaining problem is the picture seems to get clipped by paintbrush (it's
OK in the clipboard) so my BMP didn't produce a full screen wallpaper.

>The rest is easy.

Oh, well.  How about some more hints for us dummies :-).

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