| Re: gif from true color image [message #28825 is a reply to message #28822] |
Wed, 16 January 2002 03:51   |
Martin Downing
Messages: 136
Registered: September 1998
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"Klaus Scipal" <kscipal@ipf.tuwien.ac.at> wrote in message
news:a23kpo$kil$1@news.tuwien.ac.at...
> Hi
>
> I hope this turns out to be a simple question
>
> I am displaying some images on a true color device. My problem is when I
> want to save these images as gifs, some colors get "distorted" (i.e white
> becomes gray etc). I know the reason, transforming the image from true
color
> to 256 colors.
>
> So is there a way to preserve colors, i.e the gif image looks like the
true
> color image on my device (I know I can change the settings of my computer
to
> 256 colors but this is annoying).
>
> Klaus
>
Well seeing as gifs only supported 8bit images and anyway are no longer
supported by IDL after 5.3, I'd take the advice in the manual and switch to
using PNG which will save 24 bit true color images.
cheers
Martin
Quoting from IDL5.4 help: "GIF SUPPORT"
Research Systems is no longer able to support reading and writing GIF
(Graphics Interchange Format) images or LZW (Lempel-Zif-Welch) compression
for TIFF images. The LZW technology has been patented by the Unisys
Corporation. Note that any users of GIF/LZW technology are required to enter
into a license agreement with Unisys Corporation.
The following are the related changes to IDL:
� READ_GIF, WRITE_GIF, and QUERY_GIF � These routines no longer are able to
read, write, and query GIF files. If you use these routines in any IDL
application, when executing, IDL will produce an error message and execution
will halt.
As an alternative to GIF, you can use the Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
format. This allows you to easily search and replace many of your calls to
READ_GIF, WRITE_GIF, and QUERY_GIF with READ_PNG, WRITE_PNG, and QUERY_PNG.
If you are currently using any GIF files in your IDL applications, you will
need to convert them to PNG.
The PNG format is a new standard intended to replace GIF as a dominant
network format. PNG handles 8-bit and 24-bit images and uses a lossless
compression scheme to compress images. For more information, see READ_PNG,
WRITE_PNG, and QUERY_PNG.
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