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From: kengo@rpi.edu (Kenneth M Goldenberg)
Subject: Re: GIF -> Dynamic HiRes
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andrewsr@u2.rutgers.edu (Rich Andrews) writes:
>I just downloaded Shazam from Fish 449.  The Dynamic HiRes pictures
>are quite good.  The documentation mentions that the pictures were
>actually converted from PD GIFs.  Where can I get a conversion
>program?

Well, what you can do is get a copy of giftorgb which will convert to a
21 bit (?) format that can be read by DigiView 4.0., which can then write
Dynamic HiRes.  Of course this requires you to own the DigiView software.
It's the best method I've found for converting GIFs.


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