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Re: Lack of color brilliance in GIF pictures?

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From: Izumi Ohzawa
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:38
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In article <1992Dec23.071448.20157@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> lmccullo@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael McCulloch) 
>>Florian Gutzwiller writes
>>
>>> If I compare the color brillance of GIF prictures on a NeXT 16bit
>>> system and a Sun 8 bit display the Sun is much more brillant. This
>>> is not a monitor problem for sure. I'm using ImageViewer.
>
>
>The dithering required of an NS color for a paletted image surely
>is -- and I do sweat it. 

Whatever it is, I don't think it's the dithering on NS color.
GIF images appear similarly washed out on NeXTdimension as on NS color,
and ND doesn't dither.

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