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From: jss@cbmvax.UUCP (John Schilling QA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Gif to IFF
Message-ID: <6676@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 Apr 89 03:35:33 GMT
References: <4330@alvin.mcnc.org> <6930@saturn.ucsc.edu> <3310@eos.UUCP> <512@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>
Reply-To: jss@cbmvax.UUCP (John Schilling QA)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <512@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com> crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (Chris (I'm Outta Here!) Seaman) writes:
>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.
>
>-- 
>Chris Seaman            |    o\  /o
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All right already!!!  Ther IS A GIF to IFF and a IFF to GIF converter.
Both programs have been in exsistance for over a year.  They are
located on COMPUSERVE in the GRAPHICS libraries.  One program is called AMGIF and the other is called Giffy.  Will someone get the damn things and upload them
to the net?  I can't, my C-Serv account is history.  I hate VI!!!

D					John Schilling, QA
					CBM, Inc.

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