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From: alpowell@images.cs.und.ac.za
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: File formats
Summary: Info on file formats.
Keywords: Graphic file formats
Message-ID: <1991Mar12.191456.9336@images.cs.und.ac.za>
Date: 12 Mar 91 19:14:56 GMT
Organization: Univ. Natal, Durban, S. Africa
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There seems to be a lot of interest in the various file formats used
by various drawing programs. Why doesn't some helpful person summarise 
the various formats (TIFF, GIF, PCX, etc.) information (eg. what is data
and what is header, what sort of compression is applied to the data (if 
at all), etc) and repost it ?


I know that many people (myself included) would find it most useful.
P.S. Some of us don't have access to anonymous ftp, so that avenue is
not open to us, hence this posting.

Thanks, Al.