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From: DonH@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Switching LW4 Video Modes on the Fly
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Date: Fri, 5 May 95 08:22:28 PDT
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I recently received LW4/PC. Many people have been frustrated by the
fact that it seems to run a lot slower in 24 bit versus 8 bit even with a very
fast video card. Also, Modeler suggests it be run in 8 bit. It's not realistic
to have to reload Windows at a different resolution each time you want to
switch video modes. Sample renderings with 256 colors look terrible. I have th
Matrox Ultima2 card which allows hotkey switching between 4 different
resolutions without exiting Windows. I can work with 8 bit in Modeler and 24bt
in Layout or stay in 8 bit for all operations and view the output file in 24bt
with a simple image viewer. For thoses whose card does not have this function,
there used to be a Windows program called Anyview which did the same
thing. I think I read that this function will also be included in Win 95.
