Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!schizo!rosen From: rosen@tristar.samsung.com (MFHorn) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: More Windows Bmp files from Gifs Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 91 18:40:10 GMT References: <1991Mar1.010837.3577@ducvax.auburn.edu> <26876@netcom.COM> Sender: news@samsung.COM Reply-To: rosen@samsung.com Organization: Samsung Software America, Inc. Lines: 23 In-reply-to: wolf@netcom.COM's message of 5 Mar 91 05:29:55 GMT In article <26876@netcom.COM> wolf@netcom.COM (Buckskin Tech.) writes: > chapman@ducvax.auburn.edu writes: > > > (1) WinGIF converts EVERY 256 color file to an 8 color file. > > (2) The GIF2BMP does a similiar thing. > > I would venture that WinGIF is actually creating a 256-color BMP file, but > your video driver is only supporting 16 colors. I'm having the same problem with wingif and gif2bmp. It's not my driver; I can display 256 color bmp files, but > If you open "Windows Setup" > and check the video display selection, you'll probably see "VGA 640x480 16 > colors". ...I'll have to check to be sure.. -- Andy Rosen | rosen@samsung.com | "I got this guitar Samsung Software America | ...!uunet!samsung!rosen | and I learned how One Corporate Drive | (508) 685-7200 | to make it talk" Andover, MA 01810 | | -Thunder Road