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Re: converting GIF ---===> BMP

#16133
From: Meir I Green
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:13
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Actually, PMFractl seems to be very adept at this!

In article <C1Ev52.Fn1@panix.com> os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.) writes:
>In <C1E44w.2q4@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l) writes:
>
>>nsorathi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Nilesh Sorathia) writes:
>
>>>Is there a program out that will convert 1024x768x256 GIF to
>>>1024x768x256 BMP?  I have a program called GWS that's suppose to convert
>>>the files, but everytime I try converting it gives me an error saying
>>>something like "file can't be converted".  I tried all the GIFs I have
>>>and none of them worked.
>>>What I'm trying to do is make a BMP for the background of OS/2.
>>>Does anyone have any suggestions?
>>>If so, my E-Mail address is "Nsorathia@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu"
>
>>Ditto.  Where does one pick up a program that does such a conversion? 
>
>Get the Image Toolkit and Image Browser from the CD-ROM.  The Image Toolkit
>can load GIFs (plus BMPS, etc.) and can save in BMP format.  Load the image
>into IBROW and save as a BMP with the attributes you like.
>
>Cheers,
>Q
>-- 
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