Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!olivea!apple!agate!ucbvax!gnh-starport.cts.com!scottg From: scottg@gnh-starport.cts.com (Scott Gentry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: 3200 Gif converters Message-ID: Date: 1 Dec 90 10:35:44 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 X-Unparsable-Date: Fri Nov 30 90 at 11:36:05 (EST) In a previous post, Yong Su Kim said something like... "I was playing around with Jonah Stich's 3200 gif converter, and it struck me that there had to be a better way of converting gifs into 3200 colour pictures on the GS. Jonah's program is extremely slow in converting gifs into 3200 colour modes using the Median Cut algorithim. I don't really see why he uses the median cut algorithim since median cut algorithim involves areas. " Maybe, but you try it sometime. It ain't the easiest thing in the world to do. Jonah's median cut does work on each scan line as it processes therefore, the only area the algorithm works with is a 1 x Width area. Now, then I know for a fact that the next version on GIF 3200 (probably not called GIF 3200) will be lots faster, but it's still using the median cut. It's pretty accurate, too. Tell ya what, for what it does, NOW, GIF 3200 honks. I think perhaps you should adjust your expectations. There is NO easy way to make 3200 color pictures. _______________________________________________________________________________ | Scott Gentry * ALPE AFL Scott * I never said that!| | 2051 Mercator Drive * GEnie W.GENTRY * But you never | | Reston, VA 22091 * UUCP: uunet!ingr!ne1300! * know! | | (703) 264-5652 * brnded!scott * Do You? | |_____________________________________________________________________________|