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From: jeh@sisd.kodak.com (Ed Hanway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: GIF viewing again and again
Keywords: GIF, graphics, IFF, conversion
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Date: 23 Aug 90 15:58:11 GMT
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In article <5338@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> djb1@ukc.ac.uk (David Beckett) writes:
>	Does anyone have a decent GIF --> ILBM/HAM converted that WORKS
>	and preferably does the following:
>
>	* Converts to overscan pictures and ALLOWS YOU TO SAVE THEM!
>
>	* Converts to HAM pictures, when there are too many colours
>
>	* WORKS!

I like HamLab, but then I'm slightly biased because I wrote it.  With its
dithering option turned off, it produces results more or less like
ShamSharp (HAM only, though, no SHAM yet), except you can control whether
you want the picture squashed horizontally or not. With dithering turned
on, it produces results that are, in my opinion, comparable to images that
I've seen that are produced by high-powered software like ASDG's 
The Art Department.

HamLab is $15 demoware (or "crippleware" to some).  There is a
freely-distributable demo version that includes all features (including save)
but crops any pictures larger than 512 x 512 pixels.  The full version works
for me on 1152 x 900 color images.  The demo is available on BBS's around
the US. I don't know if it has made it to Europe yet.

Ed Hanway