Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!pacbell!barn!everexn!exactus!dave From: dave@exactus.UUCP (David Salas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Commodore and "standards" Message-ID: Date: 8 Jan 91 15:28:10 GMT References: <1672@madnix.UUCP> Organization: Exactus Inc, Santa Rosa, CA Lines: 50 > >There are some programs for the IBM that do support the IFF standard, > >among them, the best graphics converter I have ever seen, Hijaak 2.0 > >not only converts IFF to just about any format (including PCX, GIF, TIFF, > >MacPaint, EPS, HPGL, WPG just to name a few), it does the convertion in > >just a few seconds. Very amazing program. > perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) writes: > Actually, PC programs are supporting IFF but only the simple IFF modes > like 2 to 32 colors. PC programs do not, in general, understand EHB or > HAM files and also know nothing of IFF24. I believe that Hijaak 2.01 DOES understand IFF24. I could be wrong though. > > To convert a 32 color IFF to a 32 color PCX should not take *more* than > a few seconds. No argument there, but some of the IFF->GIF converters I have seen on the Amiga are extremely slow, and do not work as good as Hijaak 2.0x. Does AdPro support GIF? > DPIIe also has its own 8 bit variant of IFF which is not backwards > compatible with IFF. They use it when saving 256 color images. This > is fully supported in our TAD and ADPro. Do you mean that ADPro can convert DP's 8 bit format into HAM, EHB or any other IFF format? > The best bet for Amiga to/from Anything image conversion is our ADPro. > Recently released, it comes with input and output support for many non-Amiga > formats and still others are available optionally. And of course, it does > understand all IFF variations. > > pk > Is GIF and EPS among those other formats?!? If so, what's the average time for converting IFF to GIF and viceversa? Dave +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | David Salas | Exactus : David Salas | | President | Genie : EXAC-DAVE | | Exactus Information Services | UUCP : exactus!dave | | (707) 524-2548 @ 2400 (8N1) | Fax : (707) 524-2546 | | (707) 524-2553 @ 9600/1400 (V32/HST) | Voice : (707) 524-2547 | +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+