Re: 24 Bit RGB to 8 Bit on Macintosh

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From: Erik Bertelsen
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1989 15:38

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In article <176@vsserv.scri.fsu.edu> pepke@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke) writes:


   This is enough for my needs, but I would like to modify it to accept and 
   produce other kinds of files as well; however, I need some help on which
   formats to support.  If you have a use for this application, and you have 
   a file format that you would like it to support, please send a complete and
   precise definition of the format and a small binhexed sample to me at the 
   INTERNET address below.  I can use formats for

Besides various product specific formats it would be nice if your application
could interpret the PICT-file formats used by Apple and other companies'
products. These products use a few new PICT opcodes besides those in IM-V for
direct RGB-values in each pixel instead of using colour lookup tables.

Lately I have seen several requests for information from Apple on the new
32-bit QD supported PICT formats, but I haven't seen any answers indicating
how to get this information.

Regards -
Erik Bertelsen
UNI-C, The Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education.

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Subject: Re: 24 Bit RGB to 8 Bit on Macintosh
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