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- SONIC DEVELOPMENTS - CONVERTERS PACK - IBM to IFF Docs by POD
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- Here are some hints on converting from Amigas to PC's and
- vica versa.
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- - Have a copy of Graphic Workshop and VGIF on your PC
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- - It helps to have a VGA card in your PC
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- - A 3.5" drive is essential!
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- - In GWS (Graphic Workshop), L changes Logged Drive
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- - PAL pictures have the bottom half chopped off. Always Use 320x200!
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- - Medres Pictures always f**k up! The PC thinks the scale is 320x400
- in Lo-Res, doubling the height of the picture. (Aaaaaargh!)
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- - Ham pictures don't convert on a PC. Transfer them to GIF on your
- Amiga first! (AmGIF)
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- - Use HamSharp to convert PC GIF's to Ham.
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- - Save you files as GIF pics on the PC, and use VGIF to create a
- slideshow of your favourite Amiga pics. (This is guaranteed to
- really piss off any PC owners in the room.)
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- - Use an Action Replay to freeze game screens and convert them
- to the PC.
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- - Beast II and Speedball II screens do not go down well with PC Users.
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- - Extra Halfbright screens do not work on a PC. Convert them to 32
- or 4096 colours first.
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- - Use Messydos to write IFF files to a MS-Dos disk directly from DPaint.
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- - Freeze the "Kickstart" screen and load it into a PC. Watch as lamers
- insert Amiga disks into the PC and wonder why they won't load!
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- - Freeze a Guru Meditation screen, and use DPaint on the PC to colour
- rotate the flashing red box. Leave it running on a PC.
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- - Use PixMate or Butcher to convert Halfbright or Pal screens to the
- correct formats for conversion.
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- - Instead of converting GIF's to Ham, try displaying GIF's directly
- with the VirtGIF program on this disk.
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- - Convert PCX's or other PC files to GIF with GWS and then display
- them on your Amiga.
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- - Create a slideshow of your favourite CGA graphics (er, perhaps not).
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- - Don't bother trying to rescale a Pal screen on GWS. It won't work!
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- - Try and get a copy of AAConvert (Comes with Autodesk Animator) as
- you can convert IFF pics and Zoetrope/DPaintII anims as well!
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- - Experiment, and have fun!
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