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- From: d90gth@pyton.csd.uu.se (Gunnar Thalin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Photochrome problem (was Re: GIF/RAW/RCS/SPC ETC.
- Message-ID: <D90GTH.92Dec26134820@pyton.csd.uu.se>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 13:48:20 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.154036.2457@sae.com> <20DEC92.17531573@meena.cc.uregina.ca>
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- Organization: Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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- In-reply-to: dave@admiral.uucp's message of 24 Dec 92 07:09:49 GMT
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- I snagged a copy of Pchrome 3.0 from a.a, and tried it out on my old 1040 ST
- (no e). Worked just fine, great in fact, even better than my old viewer,
- DigiSpec (and to think, I paid $50 for DigiSpec).
-
- But I wanted to see the 32k color mode. So, I trekked down to my "local" dealer
- (about 30-40 miles away) since he has an STe, plus he carries 'Migas, so I
- figured, great chance for a head to head comparison...
-
- Unfortunately, all I had in terms of pictures were old 256 color GIFs. Well,
- no problem, there was a 24 bit IFF on the 3000 they had set up. So, I got the
- salesguy to transfer it to a DOS-format disk, and I loaded it up. No go. It
- would display just a bunch o' garbage on the screen. So, I figure "Ok, it
- can only handle MOST IFF's, I guess not 24-bit ones...".
-
- So, we go back to the 3000, and convert the pic, via ADPro, into Targa format.
- This, I KNOW Pchrome can display. So, back to the STe,and load up. Still
- no dice. More garbage on the screen. Well, by now, the store was closing, so
- I had to leave.
-
- What's the deal? I can accept that it didn't do it in IFF format, the docs
- say it doesn't handle every one, but it's supposed to do Targa files, isn't
- it? I mean, the option is there on the screen!
-
- The machine I tried this on was a Mega4STe, in 8 Mhz mode. I tried it in
- 16 Mhz-buffered mode, but it wouldn't even display GIFs at that speed, not
- surprisingly.
-
- I know Pchrome seems to have a few minor(?) bugs. One is that it doesn't
- seem to handle Targa files bigger than 320x200, equal or less than this
- works fine on my STe though.
- (To fix this and the fact that you can't look at a
- complete Gif bigger than 320x200 without loosing aspect, I wrote a
- simple rescaling-program for Targas and Gifs of any size into a Targa
- of any size. Anybody wants it? Email me.)
-
- /Gunnar Thalin Email: d90gth@csd.uu.se
-