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From: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Displaying GIF files on desktop using custom palette
Message-ID: <1990Aug28.051637.11492@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 90 05:16:37 GMT
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Reply-To: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
Organization: Unemployed Mac Fanatics, Inc.
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>> However, I'm unable to use the picture file's custom palette.
>> This limits the quality of the pictures that I wish to display.
>> Either 'DeskPict' is unable to recognise the picture's custom palette,
>> or the custom palette is being lost in the GIF to PICT conversion.
>I believe the problem is that DeskPict will only use the System palette.

Someone wrote an INIT (cRGB INIT, I believe) which reads the CLUT from
the picture, I do believe. The commercial version of DeskPict, DeskPicture,
a part of the NOW Utilities, has an option to use the picture's color table.

Robert

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