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- From: singh@wwa.com (singh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Workbench Colors
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 03:55:42 GMT
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- Message-ID: <singh-2403952202540001@pool4-020.wwa.com>
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- In article <oj6ravo7g6v.fsf@hpsrk.fc.hp.com>, koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve
- Koren) wrote:
-
- > scn@plato.nmia.com (Scott C Nichols) wrote:
- >
- > > a 1024x768x16 workbench screen.
- >
- > > when use multiview to view several jpgs at once, it seems like the jpgs
- > > are only using the same 8 bit window of color. Why aren't they using the
- >
- > Because datatypes can currently only handle 8 bit color, and poorly at
- > that.
- >
- > Best bet: register CyberShow (its pretty cheap; you can get a
- > grescale-only demo from Aminet). It will both show pictures on 16 bit
- > screens in real live 16 bit depth, and show pictures on 8 bit screens
- > *much* better than datatypes viewers such as multiview will do. It will
- > also show them many times faster, and let you pan and zoom.
- >
- > The current set of datatypes are almost useless due to their low display
- > quality, slow speed, and inability to use 16 and 24 bit screen depths.
- >
- > - steve
-
-
- I thought I read somewhere someone wrote a 24 bit datatype. I haven't
- sought it out yet, but what I remember reading was that it worked pretty
- well, albeit a *little* buggy.
-
-
- wavegirl
-