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Re: ADPro JPEG loader

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From: Glenn Nielsen
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:03
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In <4ij6lk$m2i@mo6.rc.tudelft.nl>, 
Wooly Mittens <4g9a42$fq0@mo6.rc.tudelft.nl> writes:

> gruel@hondo.cyberverse.com (Nick) wrote:
> >
> > 
> > I just picked up a second-hand copy of ADPro v2.5 and to my surprise, 
> > found that the supplied -updated- JPEG loader can't recognize jpegs that 
> > include Photoshop or Applemark header hunks (I'm not too savvy with the 
> > fileformat tech stuff, but I think those are just hunks added by the 
> > software which saves or creates the image).  Those are just two examples, 
> > it may be that it doesn't recognize anything but vanilla jpeg files.
> > 
> > This is rather silly since my oooold version of ADPro (v2.0.1) could at 
> > least recognize, load and manipulate those jpegs with Photoshop 
> > identifiers in the header (though it does balk at those with Applemark ids).
> > 
> > This is progress?
> > 
> > I even tried an unregistered copy of HamLab and it reads, loads and 
> > manipulates them all, albeit with a warning that it doesn't recognize the 
> > JFIF revision for some of them.
> > 
> > A'right...bitching over with, does anyone know where I can get a 
> > non-braindead jpeg loader for use with ADPro?  I'm not sure if ASDG is 
> > still around, or still supporting the Amiga, or if they bother with 
> > people who buy their products second-hand, so any info would be useful.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > -Nick
> 
> Why not replace your new jpeg loader with the working old one?
> 
> I have done this myself with other loader/saver/operator-modules,
> Heck Adpro is modular so it should work with the Jpeg loader too.
> 
> You have off course kept a backup have you ;)
> 
> Wooly Mittens.

   PEGGER has the ability to load JPEGs created on a Mac.
And is designed to work in the background even for AdPro,
automatically decompressing the JPEGs to IFF24, etc.


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From: Glenn-EWS@express-way.COM (Glenn Nielsen)
Subject: Re: ADPro JPEG loader
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Date: 26 Mar 96 01:03:28 CDT
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