Re: Convert 3200

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 Daniel Webster wrote...
>I just purchased Brutal Deluxe's Convert 3200 and I am really
>disappointed!  The pictures it produces are no what I expected.  I am
>interested in the opinions of other owners of this software.  It seems
>to allow NO options in the conversion of each picture, so if you are not
>happy with the results of the conversion there is not much you can do.

No, you are wrong. Please read the internal documentation. There
is an option for advanced users that allow them to alter the conversion
algorithm !

>The results of 16 color GIF conversions look poor.  SuperConvert (a
>commercial program) does a far superior job of converting GIFs into 16
>color pictures, plus it allows a 'dither' and 'closest match' option.

The options you are talking about are interesting for greyscale pictures
and not for color pictures.

>In fact pictures converted to 16 colors with SuperConvert look at least
>as good as those done in 256 colors with Convert 3200.

Please post me the pictures. I would really appreciate to test by myself
(St Thomas is back)

>As far as
>conversion of GIFs to 3200 colors, GIF3200 does a better job, and that
>is freeware.  Additionally it allows the user some control over the
>conversion process.

Yes, which ones ? Please refer to first paragraph that concerns the
internal
conversion algorithm ! Documentation again...

>Admittedly Convert 3200 is fast, but its speed
>seems to have been achieved at the cost of overall picture quality.

Sorry, there is no correlation between the speed and the image quality !
A colorful picture with 256 different shades will produce a bad 16 color
picture on the IIgs whichever program you use.

>Convert3200 does not seem to allow producing pictures any larger than
>320X200.  That is a real surprise since most paint programs allow you to
>work with 320x400 pictures.  The user interface is nice to look at, but
>clumsy.

The original idea was to use this program for Apple IIgs programmers
or graphists for the Apple IIgs. I mean that you will never see a game
with 1280*768*24bit color picture moving all around the screen.
The machine is unable to support such resolution. If you want to see
some beautiful pictures, just use another personal computer or the
SecondSight and my ThirdView program.
Sorry you complain about the interface !

>Unless I am missing something here, I can't see any real use
>for this program, except to do a rough convert of pictures you later
>intend to convert with either SuperConvert or GIF3200.  At least if
>Convert3200 did JPEGS it would have some use to me.  
>

Yes, C3200 allows a rough conversion, color removal process,
a great batch file conversions, operates very quickly (the fastest
program ever made except my version !)

>In the options section there is a check box that says 'I Believe in
>God'.  I checked this hoping for a miracle.  No such luck.

Alleluiah !!!!

>Additionally (not to nit pick) it would have been nice to receive a
>printed manual or some sort of printed material with the disks.  Not
>that $20 is alot of money, but there are better freeware/shareware
>programs out there.
>
>Opinions?
>

Please first read the internal documentation and print it. At such a
price we canno't afford to send a printed manual. Sorry for that !

I hope that the new version will be useful for you.

Antoine Vignau
 (Brutal Deluxe Software)

  
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