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- From: phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S J Liddicott)
- Newsgroups: alt.galactic-guide
- Subject: Re: Graphic format
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 15:22:11 -0000
- Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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- References: <1993Jan25.165552.3741@cs.nott.ac.uk> <1993Jan26.123239.9166@cs.nott.ac.uk> <1993Jan26.132748.7630@cs.nott.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan26.132748.7630@cs.nott.ac.uk> pcxkrm@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (K.R.Marshall) writes:
- >To be honest - I'm going to have _real_ problems dealing with any form
- >of bit-mapped colour graphics on the Atari, as people will want to use
- >the higher resolutions for reading, and these only provide 4 or 2
- >colours! Even the lowest res allows only 16 colours on-screen, and I
- >really don't want to get into complicated dithering techniques, so I
- >think everyone should be aware that a graphics standard might limit
- >the systems for which the guide is workable. (Mind you, if it's only
- >the Atari that's the problem everyone might just turn around and say
- >"so what?" - but I don't think this is a healthy attitude!)
- >
- >Some kind of vector graphic system might be better - but this wouldn't
- >allow any nice scanned images etc.
-
- Well howabout different versions. I.E. a colour JPEG and a black & white
- GIFF, and your guide will request the correct one.
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