Path: utzoo!dciem!trigraph!john
From: john@trigraph.UUCP (John Chew)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Wanted: Specs for GIF Format
Message-ID: <387@trigraph.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 88 15:52:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: trigraph.387
Posted: Wed May 25 11:52:18 1988
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In article <2469@ut-emx.UUCP> jjr@ut-emx.UUCP (Jeff Rodriguez) writes:
>Would somebody please send me the specifications for the GIF format?
...
>Also, has anybody done a study of the various image formats that people
>use.  If so, I would appreciate very much a summary of the various formats.
>
>			Jeff Rodriguez
>			jjr@emx.utexas.edu

When I posted a similar message to comp.sys.mac.programmer and comp.std.misc
concerning TIFF (Tag Image File Format), several people pointed out that
in the most recent (May 1988) issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools
is an article which deals mainly with TIFF but briefly compares it to:
EPS, PICT, PICT2, RIFF and MacPaint formats.  I realize that only the first
two are supported on non-Macintosh machines, but you might be interested
nonetheless.

If you get any information about the GIF format, I'd appreciate it if you
would mail me a copy or post a reference.

Thanks

John