Mark Fleming, Queen's University at Kingston Ont. K7L 3N6
E-mail: markf@post.queensu.ca AppleLink: CDA0448
Phone: (613) 545-2039 Fax: (613) 545-6798
** The Author of NetDoctor, A Lab and Network Maintainer Package **
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 00:51 PST
From: rla20@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Roger Allen)
Here is the latest version of CyberGif.
Please put it into the ftp archives and replace V1.2.
#####CyberGif Version History
1.3 (January, 1993)
- Now allows all files that show up in "Open" dialog box to be
used in SlideShow!
- Fixes all known bombs that users had problems with.
- Fixes all known memory "leaks" that would force you to restart
CyberGif.
- Fixes problems some users had with multiple monitors.
1.2 (July, 1992)
- Fixes bomb some users had with bigger-than-the-screen GIFs.
1.1 (June, 1992)
- This version hopefully fixes the problems that some users had
with Mac LCs and the HDT Lightshow init. It also includes a way
to pause the slideshow.
1.0 (May, 1992)
- The first official release of CyberGif.
(Note: This is not the "next version" with lots of neat features that I have been working on for the past few months. This is basically a bug-fix version. Please bear with me while I finish up Version 2.0.
As a teaser, I'll tell you a few of the features Version 2.0 will have:
- Much-enhanced slide show. More controls and customization.
- GIF89a support.
- Works with any depth screen.
- Better dithering interface.
- and much, much, more!)
#####CyberGif Description
CyberGif is a Macintosh GIF viewer.
"Why another one?" you may ask. Well, I wasn't happy with the state-of-the-art in Macintosh GIF viewers. So, I tried the other gif viewers/editors and found the features that I wanted in a GIF viewer. These features include:
-Fast Decode & Display--see the gifs as you decode them.
-Small Program Size--only 54k! Save disk space for GIFs--not viewers!
-Dithering--CyberGif allows black & white Macs (w/ColorQD) to see GIF files! Please note that CyberGif does this AUTOMATICALLY only if all monitors hooked up to the Mac are in two color mode. Multiple monitors of differing depths may confuse CyberGif. A future version will fix this.
-Slide Show--just put the GIFs you want in a directory and watch the full screen show! Also note that the GIFs must be of type 'GIFf' to be seen in the slide show.
-Growable/Scrollable windows--you can choose to stretch/shrink the window!
-Fit Gif to Screen--and keeps the GIF proportions correct!
-Full Screen Window--for those times when a window and menu bar are too distracting!
-System Palette Option--see how the GIF would look as a background picture!
-Information Window--look at the current GIF's colors and much more!
-Flash--get rid of color residue that most GIF viewer leave in the background!
#####NOTES:
CyberGif has been developed and tested on a Macintosh IIcx running System 7.0 with both Virtual Memory and 32-bit mode on.
On any machine without Color Quickdraw, CyberGif dies a quick and ugly death. This will be fixed in a future version.
On multiple-monitor machines, automatic dithering will NOT work unless ALL screens are set to 1-bit mode.
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 09:30:35 -0600
From: DAVE@GERGA.TAMU.EDU (Dave Martin)
Subject: [*] Figger 1.0 GIF Utility
* * * N O T E * * *
Figger only runs on Macs with a 68020 or better, and requires Color QuickDraw.
* * * * * * * * * *
Figger is a new GIF utility which allows you to create edited GIF files
with separate "key" files for "unediting" the images. The primary purpose
of this is probably due to AOL's image guidelines -- this utility allows
one to "hide" or black out inappropriate portions of images so that the
file can be uploaded to the AOL libraries. The "key" file (with a ".FIG"
extension) can then be emailed to anyone interested in seeing the full
unedited image. Fairly limited use, but it is done rather well. As you
could probably guess by now, Figger essentially lets you place fig leaves
where needed (no, it does not cover the image with fig leaf images, though
I plan to suggest it to the author ;).
It is currently *real* slow when saving the edited GIF and its key file
(the author mentions that speeding the process up is the top priority for
the next release). Other than that, it works very well, and the key files
are small.
There is a separate utility, DisFigger, which can only build the complete
image file from the two parts but runs on Macs with 68000's (it doesn't do
any displaying). I'll try to get that uploaded when I can get it. There are
plans for a Windows/DOS version of Figger/DisFigger so that GIFs and FIGs
can be traded cross-platform.
I am not the author--I just downloaded it from AOL. It is shareware $18.
The author (Steve Daly) can be contacted at sdaly@aol.com.
-- Dave Martin - TAMU/GERG - DAVE@GERGA.TAMU.EDU - DBM@AOL.COM --
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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 21:02 CST
From: kam@genesis.mcs.com (Kevin Mitchell)
Subject: GIFConverter 2.3.1->2.3.2 Update part 01/01
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If you have GIFConverter version 2.3.1, you can use the updater in this
file to update to version 2.3.2, which fixes the following bugs:
Version 2.3.2 (3/7/93)
----------------------
o GIFConverter no longer crashes when opening JPEG/JFIF files on the
Macintosh Classic, SE, Plus, or other non-color Macintoshes.
o The images in the slide show are now in the right size and color.
o GIFConverter now properly saves GIF files that contain only one image,
and the one image has just been pasted into an empty document.
o GIFConverter no longer crashes when the shareware reminder window is
up and the user clicks in the menu bar or types a command key.
