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- From: John_Miller@mindlink.bc.ca (John Miller)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Subject: Re: JPEG decompressor XCMD wanted
- Message-ID: <14614@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 23:13:34 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- > Does anyone know if there is a XCMD that decompresses JPEG images?
- > I have a very PICT-heavy stack that I hope will become smaller if
- > the PICTs are JPEGs instead.
-
- Consider using QuickTime.
-
- PictCompressor, or some other program, can be used to
- save the compressed image as a PICT file or as a
- PICT resource. QuickTime adds new features to
- QuickDraw pictures that support image compression.
-
- These compressed pictures are therefore magically
- handled by the system when a program/XCMD calls
- DrawPicture. If used with QuickTime, HyperCard's
- Picture XCMD can be used to display pictures that
- internally use JPEG compression.
-
- Users without QuickTime installed should see
- a message that says something like "This
- picture requires QuickTime to display".
- (The picture is supposed to contain this
- message for non-QT systems, but I've
- never actually tried it.)
-
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