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From: knoll@well.sf.ca.us (John Knoll)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: Re: Image file format poll results
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Date: 28 Feb 91 09:08:26 GMT
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Oh, come on. "The IFF format is an EXCELLENT structure...."  I disagree
in that the image format (ILBM) really bites.

The pixel values are stored in bitplanes, so if you want to read the value
of a single pixel of an 8-bit image, you have to access 8 bytes in different
locations, mask out the bits you don't want, and assemble a real byte.

I find this kinda stupid.