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Re: LDraw parts images from TomS
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:50:15 GMT
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On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:48:48 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
> blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
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> > Oh, wait--the trick is to get it to generate gif images. Which I
> > don't think it can do, since it's a free program.
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> There are currently many free programs that generate GIF output, like
> Gimp. But this is potentially dangerous, since the GIF algorithm is
> patented. For more information, look at:
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> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
I used the term 'free program' in reference to gnu.org's definitions.
Maybe LDLite is actually semi-free? If so, it could write .gif files.
> Anyway, I understand that the planned UNIX/Linux version of LDLITE will
> output the image in PPM format, which can be converted to GIF by another
> program, like, say "ppmtogif".
Cool. Does PPM allow transparent sections?
Steve
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| [Steve] (...) Absolutely, yes, they could. [Steve] (...) [Fredrik] (...) [Steve] (...) My interpretation of the ppm file format (from the ppm manpage) is that it doesn't, but ppmtogif can be told which color to make transparent during the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) There are currently many free programs that generate GIF output, like Gimp. But this is potentially dangerous, since the GIF algorithm is patented. For more information, look at: (URL) I understand that the planned UNIX/Linux version of LDLITE (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad)
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