In article <085c01c0b255$78863700$1e01a8c0@asusp5a>, Andreas Berger
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>> >what is the best, and where to get, image-viewer for the classic QL?
>> >(jpeg, gif ect.) I have now seen an JPEG-viewer for my C64 with a
>> >usefuel dithering (IFLI), i assume a QL can do that better/faster?
>
>> OpenWorld is one that was written some time ago and caters for 3
>> different image formats - but not JPEG.
>
>too bad.
No ... OpenWorld is an excellent program. It was written in the early
1990's, though, and has not been upgraded to the image file formats that
are now common on, say, the internet, e.g, TIFF and JPEG.
Still a program worth having on a black box QL system, and now it is
freeware.
>> JPEG expects a minimum of 256 colours, I believe, although it can be
>> 'dithered' to render with less colours.
>
>i think so. the C64 had also only a limited palette and the 0.9 MHz CPU
>is also not that runner ....
>
>> The 2 new programs - Photo and Photon ( very similar names ... ) - both
>> need extended software / hardware, I believe.
>
>I would like to use it on an GoldCard-Classic QL
>
>> Not sure what the specification required for Photon is, as I have not
>> used it.
>
>I will try this.
Good luck ... let us know what works, or does not, as the case maybe.
--
Malcolm Cadman
