CompuServe Messages

Paul, Rend24 assembles ANIMs in the new AGA modes and scan rates. VT (ViewTek) plays AGA ANIMs and will also display IFFs and true-color formats such as JPEG and IFF24 in HAM8 mode. Other than that you can find commercial software support for AGA in AdPro and ImageMaster. Every DCTV animation I've seen was in actuality an IFF ANIM file.. If your reference to JPEG-like compression meant the relative size of a DCTV image to other 'true color' formats, then HAM8 is just as good. I don't as yet have AGA-capable paint software, since I don't own ImageMaster and DPaintIV-AGA hasn't arrived yet (it was 'free' with the A4000 Power-up deal). However, I don't have much of a need for one. I don't know if it's released yet, but DCTV Paint seems to be history with Digital Creations.. their new Brilliance program has been advertised recently. Still, I'll be happy with DPaintIV-AGA; the demo I downloaded works great. I suggest you start spending less time with DCTV and give yourself a chance to acquire some AGA software. <G> -Chris