[net.micro.amiga] file compatibility

john13@garfield.UUCP (05/26/86)

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Regarding compatibility of various picture formats:

DPAINT, IMAGES, and GRAPHICCRAFT files (lo-res) are completely transferable
(ie you get the same picture with the same colours). the only thing that
might throw you is that IMAGES expects it's picture filenames to end in ".pic".
it won't recognize the files as being in the directory otherwise, so if you
use both, save from DPAINT as "masterpiece.pic" instead of "masterpiece".

minor quibble: DPAINT and GRAPHICCRAFT save their colour cycling data
differently, so that, for example, the artificial heart doesn't cycle
properly in DPAINT (only some direction arrows move). the champagne glasses
yield completely screwy cycling, it looks as if someone is stirring them
very rapidly.

and does anyone know what the "draw cycling" mentioned in GRAPHICCRAFT is?
it seems to be used in the night flight picture, but checking the colour
palette it seems as though it's just another range of colours that are
cycled.

DISCLAIMER: these opinions are entirely the result of my own bizarre imaginings. am i only dreaming that there is an amiga? do the drive doors *really* click
when no one is around to hear them? hmmm...

John Russell
 

jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) (05/30/86)

In article <1022@garfield.UUCP> john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell) writes:
>
>and does anyone know what the "draw cycling" mentioned in GRAPHICCRAFT is?
>it seems to be used in the night flight picture, but checking the colour
>palette it seems as though it's just another range of colours that are
>cycled.
>
it is a cycling of the (single) brush color while you draw.  It has no
particular properties with respect to a saved painting.

>DISCLAIMER: these opinions are entirely the result of my own bizarre imaginings. am i only dreaming that there is an amiga? do the drive doors *really* click
>when no one is around to hear them? hmmm...
>
hmm indeed.

carolyn@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner) (05/30/86)

In article <1022@garfield.UUCP> john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell) writes:
>
>and does anyone know what the "draw cycling" mentioned in GRAPHICCRAFT is?
>it seems to be used in the night flight picture, but checking the colour
>palette it seems as though it's just another range of colours that are
>cycled.
>
   
   Cycle Draw is a drawing mode in which the color of your brush is
cycled WHILE YOU DRAW.  The color range and speed determine which
colors will be cycled through and how fast your brush color will change.
The artist may have used cycle draw to fill the stages of the animation
with sequential colors from the palette.

 
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