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From: rickk@hpvcla.HP.COM (Rick Klaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Startup Screens
Message-ID: <3770006@hpvcla.HP.COM>
Date: 30 Dec 87 23:37:06 GMT
References: <3621@husc6.harvard.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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Excuse me for being ignorant, BUT.... :-)

	Exactly how do I create a startup screen using giffer??  I have tried
saving the picture and then renaming it StartUpScreen in my system folder, but
all I get when I start up is a box of black & white graphics/mess.
	Also, I would appreciate some info on how to convert graphic pictures
(especially color ones) so that I can use then as a desk background.  I have
DeskPict and it works great, but the only background picture I can get is the
one that comes up in the DeskPict init screen.  It seems to need a picture
with a PICT resource, and all the pictures that I am able to access only
have a data fork with no resource fork.
	I have LOTS of experience with computer systems, but I am just starting
to work with some of the MAC II resource stuff (That explains the ignorance!).
Any hints anybody could give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Rick Klaus