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- From: worman@cis.ohio-state.edu (robert worman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: GIF files to STartUp Screens
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 18:33:23 -0500
- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
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- Message-ID: <1k9qg3INNcbv@skink.cis.ohio-state.edu>
- References: <1993Jan26.214719.2994@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <tcora-270193141015@b329-gator-1.pica.army.mil>
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- In article <tcora-270193141015@b329-gator-1.pica.army.mil> tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan26.214719.2994@sbcs.sunysb.edu>,
- >wdennen@csws6.ic.sunysb.edu (William Dennen) wrote:
- >>
- >>
- >> How do I make a GIF file into a startup screen or desktop background?
- >>
- >> I want to preserve the color, etc.
- >
- >GIFConverter should do it for you (I'm pretty sure).
- >
- GifConverter (shareware) can indeed do this. One thing to make sure to
- do with your image is change the palette from "apple icon colors" to "standard
- 256 colors", or whatever your system supports. Otherwise you picture looks
- pretty strange.
-
- As for putting it on the desktop, I used to use 'DeskPict' (freeware)
- but I have recently switched to 'ColorDesk' (shareware). Colordesk allows much
- easier switching of pictures, and the 'stretch to fit' is an optional setting
- where DeskPict does it to the picture, like it or not.
-
- good luck,
-
- rob
-
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