Re: Oversized graphics

[hochstrasse@urz.unibas.ch]

In article <1993Apr19.063932.18151@r-node.hub.org>, taob@r-node.hub.org (Brian Tao) writes:
>     I've converted several GIF's to oversized Apple Preferred Format
> pictures.  GIFview does a nice job of displaying them in dithered
> 16-level greyscale, and the resulting pictures print out superbly on a
> high-resolution laser or bubblejet printer (using a halftone screen at
> 75 lpi/300 dpi or 90 lpi/360 dpi).  I have three anime pics (one each
> from Iczer One, Orange Road and Dominion), a "Heathers" photo and a
> nicely done scan of a Mercedes 560 SEL.
> 
>     They range from about 80K to over 150K (around 550x780), or about
> five times the size of your average "normal-sized" APF.  As far as I
> know, the only available program that can handle oversized pics is
> Platinum Paint 2.0.  Even SuperConvert will truncate them to fit the

*** Other programs I tested:

    - Quickie 3.0 by Vitesse. I think the limits are 900x900 pixels.
      After loading and discarding some large files it crashes
      sometimes on my system (I have the impression, that 2.0 was
      more stable...) but I use it quite often to create large pics.

    - BeagleDraw. Yes, this oldie is really very useful! Although it's
      a DRAWING PROGRAM, you can load bitmaps and 'glue' them together.
      Seems to be very stable.  

> obsolete 64K barrier. However, if there's any interest, I can upload my
> conversions to an FTP site.

*** I'm always interested in more GIFs (Murphy's laws, modified)!!!!
 
-- Urs

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