Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!apple!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!outbound!roger_earl From: roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Roger Earl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: GIF viewer Message-ID: Date: 13 Mar 91 21:30:35 GMT Organization: Outbound Communications Lines: 18 tony@ni.umd.edu (Tony) writes... >Can anyone point me towards a GIF viewer for the Amiga? Well first of all, although its said that GIFs are intended for all machines, the Amiga was never really intended to show GIFs. GIFs always take quite a bit of time to show on the screen (although I think 30 minutes is a bit ridiculous, usually its 1 to 3 minutes). There is a GIF viewer called VirtGIF 2.0 that is Shareware which is fairly quick and scrolls around the screen for non-standard Amiga resolutions. But the preferable thing to do is to convert the GIF to a HAM using a program such as HamSharp (PD or Shareware, I forget which). This may take a while (8-10 minutes) but once its done you can view the HAM in a split second anytime you want. __ |__) _ __ GEnie: R.EARL4 | \ (_) (_/ UUCP: roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca _/