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From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: ADPro 24->8 questions...
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Date: 24 Jun 91 22:15:38 GMT
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In article <1991Jun23.080423.18422@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> cowgilc@prism.cs.orst.edu (Clayton Cowgill) writes:
>I've been trying to get ADPro to make a decent GIF out of screens saved as
>24bit IFF (ILBM?) from DCTV.
>
>Any ideas? I'm using a friend's ADPro, so it's hard to just spend hours 
>messing around trying to tweak it right...

I use a 24bit version of ilbmtoppm and then use the PD program 'xv' to
convert the 24bit ppm file to a GIF. This yields great results. I don't
know why but the GIF's I have seen ADPro create from 24bit IFFs look
absolutely terrible.
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