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From: jon@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: To start off with...  GIF to IFF
Keywords: GIF, IFF
Message-ID: <17415@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 91 15:23:34 GMT
References: <1991Jan9.081253.3104@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <1991Jan9.081253.3104@Neon.Stanford.EDU> farrar@Neon.Stanford.EDU (David S. Farrar) writes:
>1.  What kinds of GIF->IFF convertors are there out there?
>2.  What kind of limitations do they have (pessimist here)
>3.  Where can they be found?
>4.  What kind of Amiga format do they convert to?  320x200x5, HAM,
>    640x400x4, dynamic hires, dynamic HAM, etc.
>
>Any information would be appreciated!
>
1) The most unkosher, but simplest converter is a program called SNAP.
   This program will either capture graphics or text and keep them
   in memory for later use.
   If you want to capture a graphic, just go the the screen, draw
   'the box' it gives you around what you want to copy (ie: the GIF picture
   being displayed) and it'll keep it for you.  You then are able to
   save it to disk as an IFF file.

2) Problem: to capture a whole-screen pic, I think you need more than 1MEG, but 
   I'm not sure about that.

3) I think it's on FISH disk 247

4) it will capture any displayed picture.


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