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Graphics/!MakeGIF/Docs/Updates
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Micro User » MU 1990-11.adf » PD-Stuff |
| Filename: | Graphics/!MakeGIF/Docs/Updates |
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| File size: | 05E2 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Updates since version 1.00
1.01 - Palette of 256-colour sprites accepted and reflected correctly now.
(Used to use standard 256-colour palette for all 256-colour sprites)
1.02 - Translator version 5.10 has new filetype range. MakeGIF follows
suit and now filetypes GIF files with &695.
1.03 - Forgot to rename the save GIF file icon.
1.04 - Tidied up message passing. DataSave(Ack) and DataLoad(Ack) are now
directed specifically (not broadcast). DataLoad broadcast resulted
in other applications picking up saves erroneously.
- Saves from other applications to MakeGIF are accepted via
Wimp$Scrap.
- Double-click on sprite file no longer loads it to ensure !Paint
grabs them.
1.05 - Smaller width for iconbar menu and program info window.
1.10 - Moved machinecode to module 'MakeGIF'.
- Speeded up the compression by around 12%.
- MakeGIF now grabs all 'Next' memory (used to limit to 200K).
- Some cosmetic changes ('Save as', new iconbar icon).
2.00 - MakeGIF will also accept Translator's 'Clear' files as input.
Because Clear files preserve all the input image information
(in contrast to Archimedes sprites), conversions from most
filetypes accepted by Translator to GIF can be made without
loss of image information.
- Created templates for windows.
- MakeGIF module is killed on quitting if there are no other
MakeGIFs active.
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