Re: PCX query

Dan Johnston (mailto:djohnsto@LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:46:27 -0700

Message-Id: <199710222243.PAA42148@dns.ccit.arizona.edu>
Date:         Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:46:27 -0700
From: Dan Johnston <mailto:djohnsto@LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: PCX query
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

I have had some success transforming 1-bit TIFFS into GIFs. At crt
resolutions the aliasing may be too much if you use 1-bit GIFs, but if
you translate into 3-bit (8-level) GIFs the files are quite compact and
well anti-aliased. In Photoshop, I believe you have to translate first
into 24-bit RGB before going to GIF.

-Dan Johnston Library Photo Service, UC Berkeley

On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Robert A. Baron wrote:

> What's the best way to turn a pcx file into something web-compatible. When
> I turn it into a jpg file (with very little compression) I get multitudes
> of artifacts -- very visible in b&w. Is there a 1-bit/depth image format
> for web images?
> r.baron
> mailto:rabaron@pipeline.com
>