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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!labtam!graeme
- From: graeme@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Graeme Gill)
- Subject: Re: 24 bit display of 24 bit images in X on DECStation 5000/240
- Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:33:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.043352.9984@labtam.labtam.oz.au>
- Summary: Try xli instead
- References: <1992Jul22.214630.5024@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Jul24.155012.12838@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Keywords: 24 bit
- Lines: 24
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- In article <1992Jul24.155012.12838@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, vesper@2draw.enet.dec.com () writes:
- >
- > |>In article <1992Jul22.214630.5024@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, dmc@ecn.purdue.edu (David M Chelberg) writes:
- > |>|>What I am interested in is in
- > |>|>displaying 24 bit images on a DECStation 5000/240 running Ultrix 4.2A
- > |>|>with their full 24 bits. I am aware of XV 2.21 and Xloadimage, but
- > |>|>they both appear to first convert to 8 bits.
- >
- > I just got a copy of XloadImage, and for the 24 bit Utah Raster Toolkit
- > run-length-encoded (RLE) images I have, it does indeed convert to
- > 8 bits. I have modified the rle.c file to support 24 bit truecolor.
- > I will send you a copy now, and send the Xloadimage developers a copy
- > once I get back from SIGGRAPH.
-
- Then you have an old copy of xloadimage. Save yourself some work
- and get a copy of xli instead (export.lcs.mit.edu /contrib/xli.*)
- I did the original rle.c for xloadimage and converted it to full 24 bit
- a long time ago. xli is an enhanced version of xloadimage and includes
- a 24 bit JPEG loader as well as numerous bug fixes, speed ups and minor
- enhancements. If you are after 24 bit display programs it is probably worth
- checking out ImageMagick on export as well.
-
- Graeme Gill
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