I know y'all are discussing DOS-based GIF -> PNG converters, but in case no one has checked, Linux comes with gif2png, an open source converter that could be used in Xfractint. Scott On Friday 08 November 2002 21:40, Tim wrote:
Rich wrote:
I think there are open source GIF/PNG converters out there, so we don't need to write one. We just need to modify it to pass along the fractint-specific data, which probably gets dropped in the conversion.
When PNG was designed, we designed a chunk to preserve GIF extension blocks. I doubt anyone has ever used it :-) This is a REALLY simple way to initially store Fractint data. basically, just store it the same way. It's not a permanent solution, but would work well.
I think I would rather write a dedicated GIF <-> PNG converter for fractint than use another tool, though there is no harm basing ours on someone elses if the source is available.
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