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From: ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Guidelines for colour info on Clipboard?
Message-ID: <1334.26d586de@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 24 Aug 90 07:58:22 GMT
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Is there any kind of semi-common standard for representing colour information
on the Clipboard? When I copy a PICT to the Clipboard, it would be nice
if I could specify a "good" set of colours to use for displaying that
image, as well.

It is possible to extract this sort of information from the picture
automatically, but a) this takes a bit of time, and b) it might not always
give as good results as a hand-picked set of colours.

It would be easy enough to copy a "clut" or a "pltt" object (or both)
to the Clipboard along with the "PICT". Each type would have its pros
and cons; Do other people have any opinions on this? What do existing
colour applications try to do?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
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