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- From: molinari@xnet.com (MrWolf)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: wbpattern,magic selector & jpg
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 13:48:38 GMT
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- >MrWolf (molinari@xnet.com) wrote:
- >: Is there any way to use wbpattern & magic selector with jpegs, gifs or
- >: wavs? I'm tired of converting stuff.....
-
- >WBPattern uses Datatypes to load in graphics, so any picture type which you
- >have a Datatype for should work fine. Note that using GIFs and JPEGs will
- >probably take longer to be processed than simple IFFs, so you could end up
- >increasing your boot time considerably if you use them. I use an uncompressed
- >ILBM to speed things up.
-
- >The above applies to OS3.0+. If you have an earlier version than that, you
- >won't have datatypes and so will have to convert the pictures manually.
-
- >As for Magic Selector, I wouldn't know, since I don't use it. What is it
- >anyway?
-
- >-- Mat.
-
- It hooks up to wb pattern and changes the pics every 5 min or however long ya
- set it....it said error when i tried to load a jpeg but the pic came up a few
- minutes later.....still had a pesky error requestor..... so it's not like i
- didn't try it already....
- i just wanna save a lil hd space.....
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