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From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: DCTV, COLORBURST, TOASTER tech info wanted
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Date: 22 Mar 91 19:18:51 GMT
References: <1991Mar15.175626.20090@e2big.mko.dec.com> <eNa3y3w164w@graphics.rent.com>
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In article <eNa3y3w164w@graphics.rent.com> bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm) writes:
>BTW, I've saved several 24bit IFF images and they are not
>that large.  300K is nothing.  Compared to TARGA and Toaster images
>which run in the >750K range, I'd say the IFF 24bit format is quite
>compact.

However, 24bit IFF size varies greatly depending on image complexity.
I have created many 24bit IFFs that are over 850K. The Toaster Frame
format is however a constant size (about 710K) regardless of complexity.
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