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Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
By James D. Murray and William vanRyper
928 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-058-9, $59.95 (US)


In addition to describing the details of the file formats, the Encyclopedia
of Graphics File Formats contains a detailed discussion of graphics
concepts and programming, covering such topics as types of graphics data
(vector, bitmap, metafile, scene description, animation, multimedia),
truecolor, palettes, and color--its perception, conversion, and
quantization. It describes in detail different methods of compressing
graphics data (e.g., run-length encoding, LZW, CCITT, JPEG) and ways of
converting from one type of file format to another. It also includes
information on new graphics initiatives, including JPEG (an emerging image
data compression standard of particular interest in multimedia technology)
and MPEG (a set of digital and audio compression standards for sound and
motion picture data).

The book comes with a CD-ROM on which we've included a collection of
resources that are hard for individuals to find (in many cases, they have
never before been available outside the organizations that developed them).
We've assembled original file format specification documents from such
vendors as Adobe, Aldus, Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Silicon Graphics, along
with test images and code examples for many of the formats. Also on the
CD-ROM is a set of publicly available software--for MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2,
UNIX, and Macintosh platforms--that will let you convert, view, and
manipulate graphics files and images.

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<H2><A NAME="clipart">Clip Art</A></H2>

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Date: Tue, 6 Sep 94 14:37:32 -0600
From: "Richard R. Lane" <[e-mail]>
Subject: clipart sources

Thanks to all who responded to my message seeking sources of clipart.
A number of you asked that I share what I learned.  Here it is....

From: [e-mail] (Betsy True)

We have a few rats & mice, and some base art of 
nurses/technicians that could be modified by us to be lab 
personnell.  We can draw equipment here for you, also, if you 
need something specific.
If you're interested, give us a call at 263-6028.

From: "Edward Smith" <[e-mail]>

Try the UW-Stevens Point Gopher.
     
     Path:   The Internet and Points Beyond/
             Internet Gold-Mines/
                Images
     
There is a very large collection at Florida State, 
somewhere in those directories.

From: (Jeff Finlay) <[e-mail]>

The Texas A&M Cooperative Extension Service has a clipart 
collection on gopher. To access it, point your Gopher client to: 
leviathan.tamu.edu On the resulting menu, select "Clip Art 
Collection." From there, you can search by keyword. It's a 
fairly good collection, maybe a third of it is of commercial 
quality by today's standards.

From: [e-mail]

You might try anonymous ftp to gatekeeper.dec.com  At one 
time they had a large collection of clipart, though I don't 
remember what subdirectory, or even whether they still do.

From: Ramakrishna Desiraju <[e-mail]>

One good source for clipart in general is provided on
PowerPoint for Macintosh.  If you need some help locating
this, please email me.

Another good source of clipart is IBM's storyboard and
Microsoft's Toolbook, but my knowledge of these two
is probably antiquated.

I remember seeing some pictures of animals in the database.
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<H2><A NAME="graphfile">Graphics File Formats</A></H2>

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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 09:41:00 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Sara Winge)
Subject: FYI/Graphics File Formats book

We have just published this guide to nearly 100 graphics file formats: from
major, standardized formats, like GIF, TIFF, TGA, and BMP to newer or
specialized formats, like SGI YAODL, Rayshade, and Facesaver. If you are a
graphics programmer who needs to know the details of a format (whether it's
big- or little-endian, how many colors can be stored, and precisely what
data appears in each bit or pixel) or anyone else who needs to deal with
the low-level technical details of graphics files, this book is for you. It
is for programmers on any platform-- MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, the
Macintosh, and others.

Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
By James D. Murray and William vanRyper
928 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-058-9, $59.95 (US)

In addition to describing the details of the file formats, the Encyclopedia
of Graphics File Formats contains a detailed discussion of graphics
concepts and programming, covering such topics as types of graphics data
(vector, bitmap, metafile, scene description, animation, multimedia),
truecolor, palettes, and color--its perception, conversion, and
quantization. It describes in detail different methods of compressing
graphics data (e.g., run-length encoding, LZW, CCITT, JPEG) and ways of
converting from one type of file format to another. It also includes
information on new graphics initiatives, including JPEG (an emerging image
data compression standard of particular interest in multimedia technology)
and MPEG (a set of digital and audio compression standards for sound and
motion picture data).

The book comes with a CD-ROM on which we've included a collection of
resources that are hard for individuals to find (in many cases, they have
never before been available outside the organizations that developed them).
We've assembled original file format specification documents from such
vendors as Adobe, Aldus, Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Silicon Graphics, along
with test images and code examples for many of the formats. Also on the
CD-ROM is a set of publicly available software--for MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2,
UNIX, and Macintosh platforms--that will let you convert, view, and
manipulate graphics files and images.
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<H2><A NAME="knowbuild">Knowledge Builder (image mgmt software)</A></H2>

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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:15:21 -0500
From: Kurt Foss <[e-mail]>
Subject: FWD: All-In-One Document Image Mgt

Mindworks' All-In-One Document Image Mgt System
 
 SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. 1994 OCT 6 (NB) -- Document
 image management specialist, MindWorks Corp., has introduced
 The Knowledge Builder, which the company says is a "complete
 document image storage and retrieval system."
 
 According to the company, the system allows users to manage
 critical information by scanning documents at high speed and
 storing them on disk.
 
 Mindworks President, El-Shimi, told Newsbytes that, unlike other
 such products available, The Knowledge Builder offers a "total
 software and hardware system" for the desktop by including
 Recollect Software, a full text retrieval software package with
 Fuzzy Search, a desktop scanner, and MindBank 270, which
 operates like a hard disk drive with unlimited capacity.
 
 "Many offices can benefit from a document imaging solution but
 find most systems to be too complicated for their needs. The
 Knowledge Builder was designed with the desktop user in mind,
 said El Shimi, adding that document imaging is considerably
 faster and takes up a lot less space.
 
 The bundled Recollect's OCR (optical character recognition)
 software automatically identifies all the "meaningful" words,
 and uses them to create a separate index for each document.
 
 To retrieve documents, the user types the word and every
 document with that word appears on screen with a "bulls-eye"
 on the pages where those words surface.
 
 "Most importantly," adds El Shimi, "you don't have to keep a look
 out for OCR mistakes on low-quality documents or mis-spellings
 because of Recollect's Fuzzy Search." For instance, if the system
 recognizes a word such as medical to be modical, you can still
 add modical and retrieve the document."
 
 The MindBank 270 allows each removable 270 megabyte (MB)
 magnetic cartridge to handle up to 4,500 pages. The first cartridge
 is included with the mechanism, as well as all the interface
 hardware and driver software needed. The MindWorks Scanner,
 which is built by Ricoh, is a high-quality grayscale flat-bed with
 a 30 page automatic document feeder.
 
 The Knowledge Builder Includes: the Recollect document image
 management software; a Ricoh grayscale desktop scanner with an
 automatic document feeder; the MindBank 270 removable magnetic
 cartridge storage device with one 270MB cartridge; and a SCSI
 (small computer system interface) interface kit. It carries a
 manufacturer's suggested list price of $2,995.
 
 MindWorks claims that all equipment has been optimized for
 compatibility and, therefore, no additional drivers or cables are
 needed for simple plug-and-play. The company directly handles
 technical support and sales. The software is available separately
 for users that already have a scanner and storage device.
 
 (Nick Anis/19941006/Press Contact: Erica Swerdlow, EBS Public
 Relations Inc., 708-520-3300, Adel El-Shimi, MindWorks,
 tel 800-396-MIND, fax [phone])
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