Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!umix!umich!mibte!gamma!ulysses!thumper!faline!bellcore!tness7!petro!swrinde!dpmizar!com50!ems!pwcs!stag!daemon From: dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP (John Stanley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: (none) Message-ID: <404@stag.UUCP> Date: 4 May 88 19:40:30 GMT Sender: daemon@stag.UUCP Lines: 26 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? --- John Stanley (dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP) Software Consultant / Dynasoft Systems