Re: JPEG viewers w/out GNO/ME??

[o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (mark lyon)]

Elizabeth Lucero (blinky@northcoast.com) wrote:

: I'm hoping to find a way to view JPEG's on my GS, thus far i've found 
: nothing that can work without GNO, and i would like to know how it works 
: with that.  thanx!

: Sealth

Currently there are 2 programs that will view JPEG images on the GS:

SecondView Pro - commercial program ($29.95 ?) from Sequential Systems:
	needs a SecondSight video board.

JPEGView Prerelease - A simple viewer that will let you see grayscale
        images on the SHR screen.  Scrolling isn't too convenient, but
	it's free.  Should be on the ftp sites.

The ORCA/GNO shell utilities are ported versions of the IJG (Independent
JPEG Group) code.  They will convert JPEG images into a number of other
image formats - most notably GIFs, which can be viewed with a number
of GIF viewers.  The IJG programs will also convert images into the JPEG
format from GIF, PBM, BMP, etc.  There are (I believe) 2 versions around:
one is version 4 of the IJG code, and the other is version 6.  The version
4 port always produces bluescale images (I have heard rumors of a version
4 somewhere that works, but I've never found it).  Version 6 produces
full color images.

Hope this helps,

Mark Marr-Lyon
o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu