Re: bmp

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

tturner@ecn.ab.ca writes ...
> 
> Supertimer (supertimer@aol.com) wrote:
> : Ronald Clark <ron@pacifier.com> wrote:
> 
> : >is there a program for the //gs that will open bmp files?
> 
> : SuperConvert 4, Prism, Convert 3200.
> 
> --> I'm curious: I presume the `bmp' would need to be xferred to an A2
>     diskette or HD (whatever format) amd then converted using the above
>     mentioned software? It seems unlikely that the software indicated,
>     would be able to read a `PC'-formatted diskette? (not counting any
>     ability that GSOS might have via software add-ons)


      Usually, you transfer the file from PC or Mac to the GS via a NULL
modem connection. This gets around any need to mess with diskette
formats. 


> 
>     And a turn-about: what about a "Dazzledraw" picture? Does anyone
>     know if it is possible for any `PC' software to read (ie: convert)
>     a "Dazzledraw" file and save it into any of the common `PC' formats?
>     Or is there a need for an A2 package to do somekind of intermediary
>     conversion from "Dazzledraw" format to some other A2 format that
>     could then be read by some `PC' software (after, undoubtedly, being
>     xferred to a `PC') and saved in one of the standard `PC' formats?
>     (ie: "Dazzledraw" to `BMP' or "Dazzledraw" to `SHR' to `BMP'...?)
>     Just curious. I have such a picture and do wish to archive it on my
>     DOS-BOX machine, as well as further enhance it; which is why I ask.

 ....

      Yes; the usual route would be DHR (double-hires) ---> SHR --->
BMP. ("SHR" may be a plain unpacked super-res screen or a standard
packed super-res format, probably Apple Preferred.)  There is at least
one PC DOS program, Deluxe Paint, which can convert super-res to a PC
format; but, it is easier to handle conversions on the GS.

      You can convert the double-hires pic to super-res using
SuperConvert, Paint 816 utilities, etc.. Once you have a super-res pic,
you can convert it to .gif, .bmp, .pcx, ... using a utility like
SuperConvert or Convert 3200. The .bmp or whatever pic could, then, be
transferred to the PC via NULL modem and processed using a PC paint
program.



Rubywand