Re: bmp

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

tturner@ecn.ab.ca () wrote:

>--> Hey, I was just wondering: Does anyone know if there is a listing
>    somewhere that shows the common A2, Mac, Amiga & PC (picture) formats
>    and what tools can convert between what formats? Sort of a `Rosetta
>    Stone' for graphic conversions between non-compatible platforms? :-)
>    (ie: A2 - DazzleDraw, 816-Paint, FantaVision, PrintShop, MousePaint,
>              Designer Pen, PixIt, Blazing Paddles, Take One, Graphtrix,
>              The Complete Drawing Package, Koala Micro Illustrator,
>              Delta Drawing, Byte Paint, Zoom Grafix, Poor Boy Graphics,
>              The Graphics Magician, The New PrintShop, etcetera.
>    Formats - PSG, DHR, SHR, ...?
> Converters - ...?
>       A2GS - ...?

On the Apple IIGS, SuperConvert 4, Prism, and Convert 3200
will get you most of the A2 formats you talk of above and also
Amiga and PC IFF, GIF and BMP files and MacPaint images.
SuperConvert even supports Atari ST and Commodore 64/128
graphics.

Naturally, 3200 mode is the best mode for viewing many color
images (for example, Amiga HAM mode graphics).

>    Formats - ...?
> Converters - ...?
>         PC - Paint, Deluxe Paint, PC Paint, PrintShop, Corel Draw,
>              LViewPro, etcetera.
>    Formats - BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, TIFF, WPG, ...?
> Converters - ...?

Corel Draw can read Postscript (PS) files.  Using ANY IIGS
program and the LaserWriter driver, you can print a PS
file to disk on the IIGS, transfer that file to the Windows PC,
and import the PS image.

This works great for AWGS or GWIII page layouts or
getting AWGS word processor files over.  But PS won't
get you color (at least not the IIGS LaserWriter driver's
output).

For color images, it is better to use SuperConvert or
Convert 3200 to convert to GIF or TIFF.  GIF can handle
the IIGS' 256 color mode and most 3200 color graphics
pretty well.  TIFF can handle those few 3200 color graphics
that actually have more than 256 colors.

>        Mac - ...?       (and so on - not that my `design' is any good;
>                          but hopefully it gets the idea across!  :-> )

The Mac has an excellent program (Debabelizer?) that
can actually read IIGS SHR/APF graphics.