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- Subject: Re: USING GIF ON THE C64
- Date: 21 Jan 1996 02:27:41 GMT
- Organization: Brussels Free Universities (VUB/ULB), Belgium
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- Thomas Karlsen (sledge@algonet.se) wrote:
- : On Thu, 11 Jan 1996 mello.med@shands.ufl.edu wrote:
-
- : > I was wondering if anyone could help me out on this question?
- : > I understand that CompuServe developed GIF for a way for all
- : > computers to exchange pictures/graphic information. I know that
- : > you have to have a machine specific viewier such as VGIF64, and
- : > that the C64 is limited to only 16 colors but can you still view
- : > GIF's from an IBM etc. machine with a VGIF64 viewer? Do they
- : > have to be converted somehow? Can you view them even if they
- : > have 256 colors+?
-
- : Yes, there would be no problem to view pictures with more colors then 16.
- : The viewer will "re-build" it so that it will look as good as possible. A
- : better program to do so with pictures from PC and Amigas will be GoDot! a
- : German developed program that works like Photoshop or ArtDepartment Pro
- : on PC and Amiga. You can scale, choose amount of colors and then even
- : save it in IFLI format (320x200 with 16x16 colors on the C64). And that
- : looks VERY good.
-
- : It have full CMD support and 64NET support. Works faster when a Flash8 or
- : Super CPU 64 is added (when it comes). It costs 49.- DM (the full version
- : with 64NET support and IFLI). There's also a Shareware version released,
- : but then you will only be able to save in FLI (160x200 in 16colors).
-
- : The program can be ordered from:
-
- : Performance Peripherals
- : Silcherstrasse 16
- : D-53332 Bornheim
- : GERMANY
-
- : Fax: +49-2227-3221
-
- : I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE PROGRAM, you can't be without it and it has a
- : very nice GUI implemented, very professional.
-
- : Thomas
-