Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 23:34:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hpscan Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960422233321.15146u-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199604230248.EAA20683@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > As Richard Chang wrote: > > > oh okay, never knew there was a hpscan/pkg/DESCR file. > > All ports have it... Guess I just never really noticed it... > > is ppm formats quality as good as gif files? > > PPM is just raw pixels, in 24-bit format. Rather bloated files, but > full resolution and color depth. Oh okay... > > hmmm, okay. any ideas how to do transparent gifs? does either > > xv or xpaint do this? > > This is in the ``Authoring for the Web FAQ''. At least, netpbm does > it, as well as interlaced GIF. Where can I obtain that FAQ? Is transparent gifs covered in the man pages for netpbm? > GIF is a non-optimal format for scanned photos, better use JPEG. The > usual savage for a Web page photo is between 70 and 90 percent > compared to GIF. The only problem is only GIFs can be transparent... Richard
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