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From: tohanson@gonzo.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Hanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: screen dumps
Keywords: icut image screen dump plugh aardvark
Message-ID: <1990Aug30.134629.2677@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 30 Aug 90 13:46:29 GMT
References: <18239@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au>
Reply-To: tohanson@gonzo.UUCP (Jeff Hanson)
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Organization: NASA/Lewis Research Center, Cleveland
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Sorry, mail bounced, Post follows.

Neil Van Domselaar writes

>         I am currently doing a project on an Iris, in which I need to save 
> any section of the screen to an rgb file or similar image file format. I 
> have looked at icut but don't have the source code (is it available?). Could 
> anyone provide information concerning methods of dumping portions of screen.

Install the dev.sw.giftssrc, also know as 4Dgifts for the answers you
seek.  (SGI image format described, source for icut, etc.).

EVERYONE should load this software.  In fact, it should be a default inst item.

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