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#GIF data decoder

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#16878From: Michael A McCormickNov 24, 1991 10:46 PM
Is there a program segment anyone knows about that will decode a GIF file into the data needed to make an Intuition Image file? I'd hate to reinvent the wheel when it's likely someone's already written the function. Thanks, Mike McCormick
#16933From: John PendergrassNov 25, 1991 8:12 PM
Michael, well, there are certainly a number of GIF–>IFF converters around. PD, Shareware and Commercial programs. There are also a number of IFF–>'C' programs (is that what you want to do? Imbed images in the code directly") around. Given that GIF isn't a 'native' Amiga format, I don't expect that there are any GIF–>'C' converters here. Maybe so, but I haven't heard of any. TTFN –jp–seattle–
#16965From: Michael A McCormickNov 26, 1991 8:25 PM
Well, I know a lot of people have written 'show' utilities to show GIF pictures. I just don't have the source code for any of them. Anyway, I've already written an IFF converter. Mike McC
#17021From: Khalid AldoseriNov 28, 1991 7:55 PM
Mike, you might want to look at DKBSRC.lzh in Lib 5. It has a file called gifdecod.c which shows how to read/decode a GIF file. I believe this was written originally by Steve Bennet, so he might be able to help, too. Khalid.