Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!petunia!csuchico.edu!ekrimen
From: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Graphics on the STE - v. generally speaking...
Message-ID: <1991Apr03.075034.16133@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 91 07:50:34 GMT
References: <1245@exua.exeter.ac.uk> <1991Apr3.051045.1894@ns.network.com>
Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET)
Organization: California State University, Chico
Lines: 29

logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan) writes:

- >4)     Is it possible to get Gif images to look remotely nice on a STE?
-
- No.  Even ST's in color mode have only 8 shades of grey, and the 
- STe's have only 16.  In high-res mode you just got on or off.
 
I must disagree -- assuming by 'remotely nice' we mean as good as 
VGA.  One may convert GIFs to Spectrum 512 format.  Perhaps the best
utility for converting them is DIGISPEC, a commercial desk accessory. 
There are other GIF conversion programs for the ST, but some will not 
do Spectrum 512 format, and others won't convert to Spectrum 512 as 
well as Digispec.

I think a good comparison is the CLOWN pic: it looks good in VGA, and 
as good or better in Spec512 format on an ST, IMHO.


I agree with John though, in that, if you want a GIF converted to the 
standard low-res's 16 colors (DEGAS or NEOchrome pic), then it's
usually not worth the effort.



-- 
         Ed Krimen  ...............................................
   |||   Video Production Major, California State University, Chico
   |||   INTERNET: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu  FREENET: al661 
  / | \  SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261        FIDONET: 1:119/4.0