Re: Exporting large APF images?

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article <58pg5s$j9b@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>, 
ug0a@rzstud2.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Alexander Siegfried) writes...

>Heya Mitch,
> 
>I'm sorry to tell, but there is currently no way to export
>large APF screens to other platforms. :(
> 
>GraphicConverter on the Mac can't handle large APF files, nor
>does it handle multiple palette APF screens.
> 
> -- Clue / Ninjaforce

    There is a solution to this, but it's rather a hassle and by no 
means simple or quick, as it involving a couple of steps and another 
computer. If your image is only two screens wide, by two screens long
(i.e. no greater than 640x400 or 1280x400) then there is no problem.
A program like SuperConvert 3.0 will export to GIF or TIFF just fine.

    If your image is larger, say ~280x600, as mine was, then your best 
bet is to cut it into two separate images (a top half and bottom half) 
and then export those "pieces" into a Mac or PC graphics program. From
there you'll have to glue the pieces back, like a jigsaw puzzle, though
you need a good eye to line up the pixels _exactly_ where they were cut.
Once this is done, you can save it as a GIF, TIFF, JPEG, BMP, etc. At
least until SuperConvert is updated, although I'm not sure what became
of version 4.0 or whether it would even have this capability.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca