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#Help with AMGIF.LZH

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#33026From: Vicki JacobsJul 8, 1993 1:17 PM
Hello, Need some help here… I've downloaded AMGIF.LZH and have read the file Amgif.Notes in it but didn't find anything in there to tell me just how to use this program. Do I just place the extracted file AMGIF in the C directory? If so, I'll also need to know what the commands are for using it. I've also downloaded VGIF20.ARC but was warned by my system that is was "skipping corrupt/extraneous data" in addition to "operation not entirely successful" "no files extracted". Does this mean that I should throw this copy away and download it again? Has anyone reading this had success opening up VGIF20.ARC? Thank you for your help, Vicki
#33084From: Steve AhlstromJul 9, 1993 12:05 PM
Vicky, VGIF20.ARC is a file compressed with the program ARC. Did you use ARC or PKAX to decompress it? I downloaded that file about 3 days ago and using PKAX it decompressed correctly. I appears you are looking for a program to display GIF files. The best (non-commercial) program available is ViewTek. It's in the Graphics Utilities library … I don't know the filename offhand. -sja
#33294From: Vicki JacobsJul 15, 1993 9:40 PM
Steve, Thanks for your reply. Sorry it's taken me a while to check back here. I don't have PKAX. Looks like I'll have to get that. I hope that VGIF20.ARC is the program I'm looking for –one that converts IFFs to GIFs. I'm working on a series of drawings which the SysOps on my forum has to convert to GIF for me. I'd like to do the conversions myself. Vicki
#33306From: Steve AhlstromJul 16, 1993 1:16 PM
Vicki, By far, the best tools to use for IFF to GIF conversion are all commerical. I'd suggest ADPro, ImageFX, ImageMaster (listed in alphabetical order). All of these will allow you to tweak your images for their best possible look before converting to GIF. -sja