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From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang)
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Subject: Re: GIF Viewer
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Date: 18 Feb 91 04:18:39 GMT
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In article <1991Feb16.233633.19276@ddsw1.MCS.COM> zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes:
>
>	Which is the best GIF viewer for a //gs?  Does the new
>SHRConvert handle 640 pics without cutting off the edge? (Mine cuts
>off the right half.)

The new SHRConvert (SuperConvert) doesn't have a GIF option, due to
some kind of legal thing about the LZW algorithms, I think. SHRConvert
cuts off the edge of the picture because it has a limit of
64K/picture. Currently, the only decent GIF viewer for the GS is Jonah
Stitch's GIF3200. It's relatively fast, supports 3200 colors, and you
can view any size picture, although there is no scrolling yet, you
have to pick which 320x200 section of the picture you want to view
beforehand. Also, Todd Whitesel is working on a GIF viewer, and it
sounds better than GIF3200. Todd can definitely provide more info
about it than I can, since I've never seen the program before...




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