Doom Editing Digest Vol. 01 Nr. 112

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doom-editing-digest       Saturday, 7 January 1995      Volume 01 : Number 112 

Re: Bad news for all programmers - using GIF means $$$! 

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From: cgasparo@cymbal.aix.calpoly.edu 
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 15:49:42 -0800 
Subject: Re: Bad news for all programmers - using GIF means $$$! 

> 
>I don't see what the big deal is about GIF ?  There are dozens (literally  
>dozens) of conversion programs that deal in GIFs - and will convert them  
>to any number of other formats. 
> 
>The BMP format is trivial to decode - why not use that?  I'm sure many  
>users have access to at least *one* program that'll do a GIF->BMP  
>conversion, should they need it. 

Well, the fact that GIF is so entrenched and common is one point for it. 
Plus the fact that GIF's are smaller than BMPs. Take a copy of vpic 
(grat program) and convert a gif to a bmp. Now look at the size 
difference. Gif uses 256 colors. Now, I know this is limited but it 
means that most any system out there can view it. I have noticed that 
the color quantizing on some of the other formats to fit 256 color 
limit is lacking. To tell you the truth, I'll wait for the Compuserve 
police to come and beat me up for converting my targas to GIFs when I 
raytrace. 
Steve 
(targa, now there's a big format) 

 
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