fboerio@uceng.UC.EDU (F. J. Boerio) (06/28/90)
Hi, I would like to know if anyone could tell me the format that Windows
3.0 expects bitmaps (.BMP extension) to be in. It would be fantastic if
they were something like TIFF, Gif, Raster, or something like that.
Thanks in advance.
- Jim
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F.J. Booerio: fboerio@uceng.uc.edu
University of Cincinnati
Department of Materials Sciencewallwey@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM) (06/29/90)
In article <5301@uceng.UC.EDU> fboerio@uceng.UC.EDU (F. J. Boerio) writes: > >Hi, I would like to know if anyone could tell me the format that Windows >3.0 expects bitmaps (.BMP extension) to be in. It would be fantastic if >they were something like TIFF, Gif, Raster, or something like that. > >Thanks in advance. > > - Jim > >-- >F.J. Booerio: fboerio@uceng.uc.edu >University of Cincinnati >Department of Materials Science From what I understand, BMP is Window's (OS/2's) own graphics file format. There are ways to make the other Graphics formats into BMP. Personally I have been trying the ShareWare program GCP42 (I think) that runs in Windows. (It seems to run fine in standard mode despite the warning windows gives you when you try to run it.) GCP allows you to load in GIF pictures and then save them in a couple of formats. I save the loaded picture in the PCX format. At that point I run PaintBrush that came with windows and load the PCX picture. From PaintBrush you can save the picture in BMP format. If you save the BMP picture in your Windows' directory, you can use it as the 'wallpaper' background. I have had good luck so far using this setup! -Dean Wallwey ****************************************************************************** *-Dean Wallwey wallwey@snoopy.colorado.edu or wallwey@128.138.238.103 * *"If people drove cars like they run computers, 5% of the driving populating * *would die every business day in automobile accidents!" * * #define DISCLAIMER \ * * The above comments are my own and not necessarly that of my employer or\ * * school. grammer, spelling errors, real heavy flames > NULL * ******************************************************************************
bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) (06/29/90)
In article <22886@boulder.Colorado.EDU> wallwey@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM) writes: >warning windows gives you when you try to run it.) GCP allows you to >load in GIF pictures and then save them in a couple of formats. I save >the loaded picture in the PCX format. At that point I run PaintBrush >that came with windows and load the PCX picture. From PaintBrush you >can save the picture in BMP format. If you save the BMP picture in your >Windows' directory, you can use it as the 'wallpaper' background. I have >had good luck so far using this setup! Sheeeze! Why does everyone save to PCX when all they want to do is get the GIF into PaintBrush? Come on folks, USE THE CLIPBOARD. The power of the windows environment includes the (almost) seamless ability to share data via the clipboard. (I was sold on this when I used windows 1.4(!), windows Write and Twin spreadsheet, to build a rather spiffy report for one of my compsci masters courses.) * Bruce Benson + Internet - bwb@sei.cmu.edu + + * Software Engineering Institute + Compuserv - 76226,3407 + >--|> * Carnegie Mellon University + Voice - 412 268 8496 + + * Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 + + US Air Force
albertw@yoda.chips.com (albertw) (06/30/90)
Well, I don't know the structure of the Windows 3.0 Bitmaps, but if all you want is to put a nice graphics on the background, you can use the paintbrush app to convert a PCX file to the Windows BMP file.