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From: lsrei@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Dr S T May)
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Subject: Re: images of drosophila
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Date: 13 Sep 93 17:19:15 GMT
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I do have some enhancer trap line digital pictures..(GIF/JPEGs)
but I'm not sure if they would be appropriate to post to the newsgroup 
as they are much larger than text files (stating the obvious). Rather 
than send these directly though..I thought I'd write to the newsgroup as I 
think it would be good for the community to build access to digital
images (like the arabidopsis community already has) because (amongst other 
reasons)- it saves money on film...stores easier...copies easily
..is (almost) instantly transferrable..can be labelled and anotated..
and DOESN'T take much storage space for reasonable quality pictures that 
can be used for comparison/screening of potential lines of interest. 
For anybody who is unfamiliar with computer graphics...the procedures for
getting pictures onto your machine are relatively easy. Packages to do
this can be obtained FREE...OR for minimal payment from a variety of sources
for whatever machine you've got. Most places have scanners to input
pictures into files suitable for sending by E-mail..some have digitisers
from video..and images can be grabbed from sources such as confocal
microscopes FOR FREE. I emphasise the free, because the cost of commercial
packages CAN be high.
If anyone would like a sample enhancer trap line picture (sorry the line
itself has gone) or even a confocal picture..please email me.
Sean

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