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Patrick, There are two programs you can find on the service which work quite well: Hamsharp and Wasp. They convert GIF to HAM (a form of IFF) graphics. Commercially, Art Department Professional 2 will convert any graphical file type to any other graphical file type. Are you trying to load them into a paint program? Bob K.

[76703,2006] Lib:14 WASP.LHA/Bin Bytes: 101797, Count: 201, 26-May-92 Last:19-Nov-92 Title : Wasp 2.0 beta, graphic format converter Keywords: WASP 2.0 BETA CONVERT GIF IFF PPM SRGR COMPARE SOURCE Wasp 2.0 beta. Converts pictures from GIF and IFF format to IFF format. Input formats supported: GIF (87a), IFF hires, lores, HAM, EHB, sliced hires, lores, and HAM, dynamic hires, lores and HAM, 24-bits IFF, more. Output formats supported: IFF hires, lores, HAM, EHB, sliced hires, lores, and HAM, dynamic hires, lores and HAM, 24-bits IFF, SRGR, PPM, P6 (binary 24-bits RGB) only. [76004,1771] Lib:14 CVT.LZH/Bin Bytes: 58144, Count: 201, 25-Jul-91 Last:15-Nov-92 Title : Convert: Various image formats to 24 bit IFF, v2. Keywords: CONVERT CVT IFF GIF TARGA RGB8 RGBN DKB QRT SHAM This is "convert", a program that reads various image formats and writes "vanilla" 24 bit IFF (no "CLUT" chunks or other esoterica). It can read ASDG's 24 bit IFF; std 24 bit IFF; many other IFF files; Dynamic HiRes; SHAM; ARZ0; ARZ1; AHAM; Sculpt raw RGB; 1/2 bright; HAM; Many Targa iamge types; HAM-E REG and HAME modes; RGB8; RGBN; more. It can scale images very well, also – this is support s/w for the HAM-E system. Version 2.7 [76702,337] Lib:14 GIFMAC.LZH/Bin Bytes: 36753, Count: 155, 28-Nov-90 Last:12-Nov-92 Title : Convert GIF files to SHAM format Keywords: GIFMACHINE VERSION 2 GIF CONVERT SHAM IFF CHRIS WICHURA GIFMachine is a program that converts pictures in CIS's GIF format to SHAM format. This is version 2.0, and requires AmigaDos 2.0 to run. Includes Lattice C source for the program. Version 1.0 of this program had more than 70 downloads. By Chris Wichura. [73250,2773] Lib:14 SHAMSP.LZH/Bin Bytes: 12997, Count: 462, 09-Oct-90 Last:03-Nov-92 Title : Convert GIF to high-resolution SHAM format Keywords: GIF SHAM CONVERT SHAMSHARP HAMSHARP 1.6 LAU <continued>

This Amiga program converts GIF files to IFF files (using HAM if required. It takes a while to run (typically 3 minutes) but produces HAM images with few color errors. It is also useful for showing full PAL pictures when used in conjunction with PAL-capable IFF viewers. This is freely distributable, copyright (C) 1989 by Ken C.M. Lau. [76702,337] Lib:14 HAMSHA.LZH/Bin Bytes: 23575, Count: 687, 28-Jan-90 Last:19-Nov-92 Title : GREAT GIF to IFF conversion program. Version 1.5 Keywords: HAMSHARP1.5 GIF IFF CONVERT HAMSHARP will convert GIF to IFF, using HAM mode if needed. This is version 1.5 of the program, with better quality pictures, and using less memory than earlier versions. by Ken C.M. Lau [72235,572] Lib:14 SAVEIF.ARC/Bin Bytes: 14720, Count: 768, 05-Dec-87 Last:08-Oct-92 Title : Save any screen to IFF format, use with paint prg Keywords: SAVEIFF IFF GIF SCREENSAVE UTILITY SAVEIFF is a utility which will allow you to save a graphics screen (or any Amiga screen, for that matter) to an IFF format file, which can then be loaded into your favourite paint program. This is especially fun to use with the GIF utilities — to get pictures done on other machines and then tweak them so that they show off their true colors on the Amiga.