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From: schwartz@ils.nwu.edu (Diane Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: how are gifs stored?
Keywords: Truecolor
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Date: 22 Mar 91 21:08:10 GMT
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Does an 1150x900 TrueColor (24 bit?) image REALLY take up 24Meg of
memory when it is loaded into an X pixmap?  If not, why not and how
much does it really take up?

Thanks for any help.

-diane

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