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From: shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Bitmap File Formats
Keywords: bitmap file format TIFF GEM GIF PCX Macpaint EPS
Message-ID: <21194@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 15 Oct 90 18:32:39 GMT
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To answer yet another Frequently Asked Question:

What you need is a brand new book called _Bit-Mapped Graphics_
by Steve Rimmer.  Publisher is Windcrest.  Price is $26.95.
Cody's and Stanford Book Store should have it (I got mine at
Cody's).
 
Quoting from the back cover:
 
****************************************************************
You'll learn how to:
 
* Navigate through MacPaint, GEM/IMG, PC Paintbrush, GIF, and
  Tiff graphics file formats
 
* Use different types of graphics drivers -- including
  Hercules, CGA, EGA, and VGA
 
* Reproduce graphics on LaserJet, dot matrix, and PostScript
  printers.
 
* Create bit-mapped graphics with object-oriented programming
  techniques
 
* Use dithering and other algorithmic image manipulation
  methods
****************************************************************
 
I've just cracked the cover so I can't review it yet;  I'll post
when I know more.  A brief thumbing-through reveals a lot of C
source and a sprinkling of 8086 assembler.  Looks like a lot of
meat.
 
Ken (shiva@well.sf.ca.us)