-=> On 22 Jul 96  12:01:18 you wrote to me <=-

Hi Dave,

Sorry about the delay, I've been having BBS troubles.

MO>> where an eight colour photo popped up at the top of the screen
MO>> in Spot that matched the message's author.  

MS> That sounds like a cute idea, and it shouldn't really be too
MS> difficult.  I don't use Spot, but I've written a little shell
MS> program which can render ILBMs almost anywhere.  :) It can even
MS> handle 24 bit & it can dither images, if desired.  It runs on
MS> all Amigas, but it doesn't take advantage of HAM, EHB or AGA
MS> modes.

DF> Sounds useful for a project like this.

I hope so.  :) I originally wrote it so I could turn HTML pages into
AmigaGuide files.  Then I realized it is handy for importing 24 bit
files into DPaint IV, since it's basically the opposite of a screen
grabber.

MS> However, I was wondering how you proposed to get the source
MS> images?

DF> If there's enough general interest in this within the echo I'm
DF> happy to offer the services of my flatbed scanner to generate
DF> the necessary images.  People could send suitable hardcopy
DF> images to me and I'll scan 'em and produce consistent sized
DF> images.

That's fantastic!  Thanks Dave!

Is it OK for the people who already have digitized portraits to post
them in the echo?  In order to minimize traffic, we could use a
roster system to allow (say) 10 people per week to post their
portraits.

MS> Also, I'm curious to see what the inhabitants of this echo
MS> really look like.

DF> Nothing like what you imagine would be my guess.  Nobody that
DF> I've met from this echo has turned out to look like I expected
DF> yet...

Yes, it's amazing how strong our visual imaginations can be.

MS> Maybe we should do an "echo pix disk", like they do in the
MS> international AMIGA echo.  I wonder how many of us have a
MS> suitable digitized photo?

DF> I have a means of doing the digitizing if that helps...  

I think it will.  :)

Michael Stapleton of Graphic Bits.

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