This is version 3.0 of Fast Eddie™ (now shareware) copyright 1992-1995, LizardTech, Santa Fe, New Mexico USA.
Have you ever wondered why the miracles of modern science can’t create a better 8-bit image? Have you ever worked your artistic soul into a frenzy creating a beautifully rendered image, only to have it look awful when shown in 8-bit color? YOUR TROUBLES ARE OVER!
Fast Eddie is a revolutionary shareware application for Macintosh that converts and compresses 24-bit color images without a loss of image quality. Fast Eddie creates an eight-bit optimal color palette for PICT images that is used to represent a specific image.
Fast Eddie is unlike any other method of converting images from 24 to 8-bit (such as deBabbleizer and Photoshop). While those applications use the most popular or high frequency colors in an image, Fast Eddie uses patented vector quantization technology that concentrates on the low frequency information in an image--producing excellent color detail and beautiful reproductions of your 24-bit images.
Registration of Fast Eddie (US$25) includes support for multiple images, Power PC™ native code (that runs eight times faster than the unregistered version), technical support and a generous upgrade offer to Fast Eddie’s big brother, Planet Color.
The unregistered version of Fast Eddie uses drag and drop for single images and includes only the 68K code.
