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From: dfrancis@dsoft.UUCP (Dennis Heffernan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HAM registers (long), was: Re: MacII Graphics to Amiga
Message-ID: <712@dsoft.UUCP>
Date: 19 Feb 90 23:00:23 GMT
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	RE Converting MacII graphics to Amy

	SOMEwhere out there, supposedly, is a program that converts GIF files to
Digi-View files (called IP files, I belive.)  I can't seem to find it.  If such a beast exists, it would solve your problems.  Assu

ming you have Digi-View,
of course.

	I've got (from BIX) a program that takes advantage of Digi-PAINT's
ability to read a scan line at a time from its rexx port to feed TMP format 
pics (from GIFTOTMP, part of a GIF to IFF converter and GIF to SHAM) into
Digi-
Paint.  DP does a nice rendering job, BUT the utility makes no attempt at 
chosing a palette.  You have to fiddle with the 16-color palette yourself
until
you get results you like.  The only real advantage to this is that you can 
take big GIFs and turn them into HAM super bitmaps, if you have the RAM, and
turn THEM into Dynamic HiRes shots with Digi-View 4.0.

	If anyone out there has seen the GIF to IP (or whatever Digi-View likes
to call its raw RGB format), lemme know where you saw it.  (I don't even know
what FTP is, let alone have access to it, so I'd appreciate BBS's or pay
services.)


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