From: Mike J. Brown <mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: alt.rave imaga archive info
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 12:58:56 GMT
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The alt.rave image archive
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Welcome!  This filespace is reserved for JPEG and GIF images of people
on the alt.rave newsgroup.  Interesting rave flyers are also here.
Vitamin B (bbehlen@soda.berkeley.edu) maintains an archive of mostly
text files for alt.rave and the sfraves mailing list at soda.berkeley.edu.
Check there for other interesting tidbits.

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How to contribute something to alt.rave image archive
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IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SCANNER...
 
 You can scan your own photographs and flyers.  Store them in JPEG-JFIF 
 (not JPEG-TIFF) format if you can.  Otherwise use GIF format.  Transfer 
 the images via ftp to the directory pub/incoming/pictures/alt.rave here 
 at cs.uwp.edu.  Upon approval they will be moved to 
 pub/music/pictures/alt.rave.  
 
 GIFs will eventually be converted to JPEGs as I get around to it.  Why 
 JPEG?  JPEGs save a considerable amount of space with virtually no 
 deterioration in picture quality, and JPEG format works best with 
 photographs and other complex images.

 JPEG<-->GIF conversion software is available at the usual mirror sites.
 For the PC I highly recommend the JPEG development group's jpeg3.zip
 which is available at ftp.uu.net and mirrored at garbo.uwasa.fi,
 wuarchive.wustl.edu, and many other sites.  'archie jpeg3.zip' for a list.
 The programs are well-documented and easy to figure out.  Conversion time
 is about 3 minutes on my 12MHz 286+287.  

 For the Macintosh there are a number of useful JPEG and GIF programs
 available at archive.umich.edu in /macintosh/graphics/graphicsutil.
 I haven't tried them all, but here are descriptions of a few:

 /mac/util/graphicsutil/imageryjpeg0.6.cpt.hqx
   73      5/6/92    BinHex4.0,Compact1.33

   A utility to convert back and forth between JPEG and GIF formats.
   From the makers of Imagery.

 /mac/graphics/graphicsutil/jpegview1.1.cpt.hqx
   201     7/19/92    BinHex4.0,Compact1.33

   A REAL JPEG viewer for the Mac.  Similar in style to QuickGif...
   open pictures easily.  Includes some "autotypers" to change blank
   icons to JPEG icons.  Requires System 7 and Quicktime.
	       [this is very good, btw  --Mike]

 /mac/graphics/graphicsutil/gifconverter2.3b2.cpt.hqx
   325      9/15/92    BinHex4.0,Compact1.33

   View Gifs, JPEGs, PICTs, and save them in a variety of formats.
   You can cut and paste pieces into new documents,
   do limited manipulations, etc.  Doesn't seem to work on
   black/white machines.  Beta version supports 24-bit color & JPEG
   files (with QuickTime installed). No docs for the beta version, so
   the other version is still online for less "daring" users.
   Fixes from 2.3b1 include no clipping on JPEG files, System 6 operation,
   dither to one-bit works properly, handles 32-bit color files properly,
   and no more "Unimplemented Trap" errors handling PICTs on compact Macs.

 /mac/util/graphicsutil/giftyper1.0.cpt.hqx
   24    11/21/91    BinHex4.0,Compact1.33

   So you transferred a lot of gifs to your mac from somewhere out on
   the internet.  Trouble is, they don't have a type or creator.
   Drop the files on this, and your GIF viewer will recognize it a
   lot easier.  Needs System 7.

 /mac/graphics/graphicsutil/photoshopjpeg.cpt.hqx
   125     8/20/91    BinHex4.0,Compact1.33

   PhotoShop JPEG Compression and Decompression modules.

 Note: QuickTime is available from ftp.apple.com.

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IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SCANNER...

 You can send your photos and flyers to be scanned to this person:
	
	Oscar Fowler
	1834 East Seventh Street
	Tucson, Arizona 85719-5511

 He will scan them and upload them as time permits.  Include return
 postage if you want them back.  Email: omh@hacks.arizona.edu

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Other notes...

 Email me if you have questions, problems, etc. 
 
 Let me know what you want the description next to the filename to say,
 otherwise I'll make something up.

 For more interesting news, read alt.graphics.pixutils.

 SOMEBODY!
 Please point me toward some more good GIF and JPEG software for
 various platforms.  Something which can do the conversions on UNIX
 would be great.

 Mike Brown
 mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

Orb be in u, Orb be out u.
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