Re: VRML & Texture frustrations

Bernie Roehl (broehl@coulomb.uwaterloo.ca)
Mon, 23 Oct 1995 19:07:48 -0400


Michael Plitkins writes:
> Yes, tme texture problems are frustrating. We only basically support
> .JPG because tmere are royalty issues with Unisys involved if you
> want to support .GIF in a commercial product.

Right, which is why a lot of people won't be supporting GIF.

> It's only
> recently that it's become clear that .GIF and .JPG are expected to be
> supported with .PNG as a someday replacement for .GIF.

That's not what my notes say; .JPG required, .PNG recommeneded, .GIF *not*
recommended (for tme reason you mentioned above).

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   Bernie Roehl
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