Iris Image Lab format

[Michael Portuesi]

>>>>> On 7 Jan 91 21:18:32 GMT, rbriber at POLY1.NIST.GOV said:

> I find it quite odd that SGI doesn't document the 
> image file format officially, after all they do ship a significant number
> of .rgb and .bw images with the demo stuff.  I can understand not supporting
> the code in the 4Dgifts directory but the image file format seems really
> basic in many ways.

Yes, the image file format *is* basic in many ways, which is partly
why we have never officially documented it.  The SGI RGB file format
does not encode a lot of information necessary for serious image
processing, publishing, or visualization work.  We are currently
developing an officially supported image library, which will support
our own image format as well as other image formats.  Details about
features and availability are currently not available.

m.
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