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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: What is GIF?!!??
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0mmw@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Date: 6 Jan 93 10:43:18 PST
- References: <s1070422.726250096@giaeb>
- Organization: TAP
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- Quoted from <s1070422.726250096@giaeb> by s1070422@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (Damien Binding):
- > What is a GIF format. Is it just for PC or what. I have GIF viewer programs on
- > Amiga but have never come across any other picture format but iff.
-
- GIF is one of the standard formats on PCs. I think it's the most
- popular one too, though sometimes people mutter about JPEG.
- Anyway, most of the R18 pictures on bulletin boards come in GIF
- format. It allows for 256 colors, and has better compression than
- IFF pictures.
-
- Which reminds me. Wasn't Black Belt going to make some sort of
- picture compression scheme public towards the end of last year?
- Did that happen? Ben?
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