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Date:      Tue, 23 Apr 1996 04:48:35 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Richard Chang)
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hpscan
Message-ID:  <199604230248.EAA20683@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960421231537.15146g-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> from "Richard Chang" at Apr 21, 96 11:16:58 pm

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As Richard Chang wrote:

> 	oh okay, never knew there was a hpscan/pkg/DESCR file.

All ports have 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.

> 	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.

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.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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