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Reply-To: burkart@ifspm.unizh.ch
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Martin Burkart
burkart@ifspm.unizh.ch
ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF GIFSaver.tiox V1.0
ZURICH, CH, Feb 07, 1996 -- The first release of GIFSaver.tiox, an
'I/O-extension' module for TIFFanyII has been made publicly available at
these ftp sites:
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Graphics/convertors
/GIFSaver.tiox.NIHS.b.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/pub/next/Graphics/convertors/GIFSaver.tiox.NIHS.b.tar.gz
ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/GIFSaver.tiox.NIHS.b.tar.gz
(should be moved to pub/next/binaries/graphics soon)
The GIFSaver.tiox module extends TIFFanyII to allow saving of GIF files via the
"Save To..."-panel. It has been written to simplify the creation of images for
WorldWidWeb pages, thus supporting interlaced-GIFs and transparency.
The extension features...
- Automatic conversion of the image's alpha-channel (if present) into GIF89
transparency information.
- An improved median-cut algorithm for selecting a good color palette.
- Writing of interlaced and non-interlaced GIF images.
- Floyd-Steinberg dithering.
- A NetScape-Mode, that uses the same palette as the NetScape Navigator uses
on 8-bit systems.
The GIFSaver.tiox is compiled for HP, Intel, NeXT and Sparc computers. This
module requires TIFFanyII V2.30 or later. (With the exception that it does
not work with Version 2.30N ... and nobody seems to know why :-))
Installation
After unzip'ing and untar'ing, just copy the GIFSaver.tiox bundle into
your ~/Library/TIFFany/Modules or /LocalLibrary/TIFFany/Modules folder.
The option 'Save GIF' will be available in the 'Save To...'-panel after
relaunching TIFFanyII.
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