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From: crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (I'm Outta Here!) Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Gif to IFF
Summary: Here's one good reason for a converter...
Message-ID: <512@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>
Date: 21 Apr 89 18:07:20 GMT
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barry@eos.UUCP (Kenn Barry) writes:
< odin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Jon Granrose) writes:
< >raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams) writes:
< >>does anybody have a file to transfer GIF files to IFF so I can import
< >>them into Professional Page?
< >
< >	I don't think there actually is a program to do this.  I have looked
< >on Compuserve (the originator of the GIF protocol) and not been able to find
< >one.
< >I am not a proficient Amiga programmer (I'm
< >still learning Unix) but I would not think it would be too hard of a program
< >to write.  It would definately make things easier on people who handle lots
< >of GIf images.  Any comments?
< 
< 	Just one: in what way would it be easier to have a GIF->IFF
< converter, than just using a GIF display program, and capturing the
< image?  I don't see the advantage in ease of use. The only limitation
< I've found in the screen-capture method is that GIFs that are larger
< than the Amiga screen may get chopped. I get around that by using
< the FBM utilities to resize the GIF image first, and then capture
< the resized image.
< 	The size problem would make a good GIF->IFF converter a
< bit harder to write than you might think. Ideally, the converter
< should scrunch a big GIF pic down to Amiga size, and arbitrary
< resizing is not straightforward, especially on color pics, which
< need to be RGB-separated before resizing, if you don't want severe
< degradation of the image.
< 
< -  QQQCLC  -                                    Kenn Barry

I'm not sure what you mean by 'Amiga size'.  Why does everyone assume that
an image has to fit in its entirety on a single screen?  I have SEVERAL
IFF files created with DPaint that are far larger than the screen dimensions.
I don't want to have an image scrunched down.  There is too much loss of
detail.

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