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From: dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP (John Stanley)
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Date: 4 May 88 19:40:30 GMT
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Subject: Re: GIF/IFF Picture formats


In article <39602G15@PSUVM>, G15@PSUVM.BITNET (John F. Gbruoski) writes:
 > Are there any PD programs capable of displaying (or converting to
 > Degas, Neo, etc) pictures in IFF or GIF format?  I'm more interested in
 > GIF than in IFF (note:  I don't have access to Compuserve.).

  There is a program called GIFSHOW which does a reasonable
job.  If you have the BARREL brogram by Moshe Braner, you could
then capture a copy of the screen and save it to disk in Degas
format.


In <203@obie.UUCP>, wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes:
 >Have you looked at TIFF (Tag Image File Format) yet?  It is becoming
 >very popular in the MS-DOS world, and will be the file format of
 >choice in OS/2.  Perhaps we should strive for this additional bit of
 >compatibility.  The spec for it, I am told, is huge.  

  1)  What, if any is the relationship between IFF and TIFF??
  2)  What is the standard 3 character file extension for TIFF files?

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John Stanley (dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP)
Software Consultant / Dynasoft Systems