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Article #13069Re: Startup Screen
From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 1990 17:08
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 1990 17:08
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[note the Followup line] In article <13500017@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu> resgroup@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu writes: > >Hi: > > Thanks for all of you for telling me how to download gif files to my Mac. >I have a new problem now. I'd like to save a gif picture as the startup >screen. I saved the file as a PICT=0 file in giffer1.06. It did come up as >a startup screen but the color is messed up. It looked more like a 4-bit color >gif files instead of a 8-bit file. Isn't it strange? I checked the >StartupScreen file with giffer but it was fine. > > Any ideas? This one comes up quite often. Your problem is that the default color table is used at startup, and not the color table for the picture. There are, I believe, INITs that will load in the correct CLUT-- I don't know the names offhand, but someone on the net should know... -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu ][, ][+, ///, ///+, //e, //c, IIGS, //c+ --- Any questions? Hey! Bush has NO LIPS!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Startup Screen Message-ID: <1990Jul13.170839.7768@eng.umd.edu> Date: 13 Jul 90 17:08:39 GMT References: <13500017@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 22