Re: Rayshade: Targa-24 viewer?

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From: John Dowdal
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:26

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In article <1992Nov15.224013.1436@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>In article <mortenk.72.721864053@dhhalden.no> mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov13.114236.7135@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> "leo richardson" <UKI6@DKAUNI2.BITNET> writes:
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have Rayshade for OS2.  The readme tells that this program outputs
>>>the Targa-24 format. Where can I get a viewer for Targa-24 pictures?
>>>
>>I think CSHOW will do the trick.
>
>Doesn't CSHOW quantize the picture down to an 8-bit VGA/sVGA image?

I've found a nice "kludge" to view Targa's and to greatly reduce their
size while producing a better image than cshow.  Using the JPEG 3
compression program:
cjpeg -Q 85 -o targa.tga jpeg.jpg
djpeg -G jpeg.jpg gif.gif
This produces a 256 color .GIF file and a small 24 bit JPEG file....
The .GIF views MUCH better than the Targa.
This uses all free, easy to use software...

John

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