Re: bmp

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

Rubywand (rubywand@swbell.net) wrote:


: tturner@ecn.ab.ca writes ...
: > 
: > Supertimer (supertimer@aol.com) wrote:
: > : Ronald Clark <ron@pacifier.com> wrote:
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:       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. 

--> That's not a problem - I have three phone lines, several xfer
    packages and Crossworks (and cablew) so I have several ways to
    get the ~Dazzledraw" file over to one of my PC's. I'm more
    concerned with the actual conversion tools and will use whatever
    one(s) will do the trick. Not knowing, could not tell . . .

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:       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.

    This helps. I presume then, that the "Dazzledraw" file is in DHR
    format? This I didn't know. I have 816-Paint; so it appears as
    though I can get at least that far. I have a GS, but not Convert
    3200 or SuperConvert; so I'll try it by:

    DHR --> SHR --> xfer to PC --> Deluxe Paint --> BMP (or whatever).

    Appreciate the info. Thanks . . .
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