CompuServe Thread

Amiga to Mac

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#10057From: Alex KowalskiJul 8, 1991 8:41 PM
Does anyone know of a way to get 24bit iff pictures to display on a Macintosh with a 24bit color board? Can I use a program like Cross-Dos to make an IBM disk to be read on the Mac? What utilities do I need to get the picture in a format that is usable by the Mac? Thank You Alex – via Whap!
#10111From: Steve Bennett/SYSOPJul 9, 1991 8:37 PM
You can probably use something like Art Department Professional to convert the IFF image to TIFF format (I *think* TIFF has support for a 24 bit mode…) and then use Cross-Dos or Messy-Dos to copy the file to an IBM disk, then on the Mac use Apple File Exchange to read the IBM disk (assuming, of course, that the Mac in question has the 1.4 Meg drive, not the 800K drive…), or use something like Dos-2-Mac (I think that's what it's called) to copy direct to a Mac disk. Presumably you have some kind of TIFF viewer on the Mac to view the image. –>Steve Bennett
#10113From: SyndesisJul 9, 1991 8:47 PM
I just checked PhotoShop 2.0 on the Mac: it loads 256 color IFF images, but not 24 bit IFF or enhanced 64 colors or any other of the newer Amiga IFF modes. So TIFF is probably the safer bet. Use Art Dept. Pro to get to TIFF.