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9 Aug 2024 01:22:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 3.5 update in p.a.f-a-q  
From: Fabien Mosen
Date: 3 Sep 2000 17:16:36
Message: <39B2BEA7.BD73C875@skynet.be>
Christoph Hormann wrote:
> 
> ryan constantine wrote:
> >
> > did you all see it?  of the maybe features, the one i'll be happiest
> > about if it is included is solid triangle mesh since i've used it as a
> > main feature of my models.
> 
> I wonder whether GIF support will be removed as in megapov. There is nothing
> about it in the list, but it says, that there will be TIFF file support and IIRC
> several TIFF subformats use the LZW algorithm just like GIF.

It will, because of the Unisys issue.  As of TIFF, it's just the 
compressed format who use lzw, and it's rarely used in graphics...

Fabien.


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