addison@pollux.usc.edu (Richard Addison) (06/12/90)
I know this sort of thing comes up often, but as can happen in a very active newsgroup, I didn't follow the discussion closely before because it wasn't relative to my needs at the time. I'm looking for recommendations for programs that convert true-color images (12 bits-per-pixel or better) to HAM IFF ILBM files. My target size (and source) are 320 by 400 images. I desire the highest quality conversion. This is the most important item, though I'd also like to be able to control the program from a CLI command line or through an AREXX port. Currently the files are in TGA format, but I have the means to do format shuffling to other true-color formats. Going to HAM, though, requires a bit more work. I can do it now, but I am hoping for better results. I am arare of the various Sliced-HAM and Dynamic-HAM modes that play with the copper lists. I'd like to avoid these if possible because of the additional bandwidth required for display. If such a Copper-HAM mode conversion provides me with significantly better pictures, however, I'd consider using it. I'd like recommendations for PD, shareware, and commercial conversion programs. I have ftp access, so I can grap the PD conversion programs that are recommended for testing. For a commercial recommendation, I'd like to hear how it compares to other conversion programs. Feel free to post (if it's not too redundant) or send email. I'll summarize what I see in email and what my choice is. Obviously, the choice will depend, in part, on the images I have. Thanks! --Richard Addison
perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) (06/15/90)
In article <25253@usc.edu> addison@pollux.usc.edu (Richard Addison) writes: >I'm looking for recommendations for programs that convert true-color >images (12 bits-per-pixel or better) to HAM IFF ILBM files. My target >size (and source) are 320 by 400 images. I desire the highest quality >conversion. I, of course, suggest The Art Department. Brad Schenk, a 24 bit-plane artist of the first rank, covers TAD in his first column in the next issue of Info. Look for his review there. Our TGA module supports formats 1, 2, 9 and 10 as well as some others which are less common. Any supported number of bit-planes are supported by this module. We are about to release our TIF module which supports Intel and Motorola byte orders, Fax formats, NEXT and PIXAR formats, and just about every other odd quirk in the TIF standard. pk -- Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ``We look for things. Things that make us go.'' UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry CIS: 76004,1765 PLINK: pk-asdg