franco@bbn.com (Frank A. Lonigro) (05/25/89)
What are the various ways I can display a GIF, PixelPaint or PICT file as a color(or greyscale) startupscreen and(or) backdrop on a MacII???? What programs do I need to display a color startup screen??? What programs do I need to display a color image as my backdrop??? What if the images in question were in GIF or PixelPaint format??? Thanks in advance, -franco ################################### ### ######### ##################### # Frank A. Lonigro # ### ######### ##################### # franco@bbn.com # ### ### ### ### # franco%bbn.com@relay.cs.net # ### ### ### ### ### ### ### # ...!harvard!bbn!franco # ### ### ### ### ### ### ### # BBN Inc., Cambridge, Mass. # ### ### ### ### ### ################################### ####################################### # "I think we need more violins on TV and less game shows!" - Gilda Radner #
d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) (05/27/89)
I found the FREE init DeskPict, which lets you have any color PICT
file (res id=0) in the background on a Mac II. There was only one
problem... The picture I want uses 254 colors + black and white,
and the pallette gets gobbled before I see what the picture looks
like... a girl in Andy Warhol colors isn't as good as one in techni
colors :-)
Anyone knows what to do about this ?
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Frank, The easiest way would be to use AOC Software's Dawn(tm) shareware INIT/cdev. Dawn originally started as another shareware INIT/cdev called ScreenMaster by Frank Price. Essentially, Dawn allows you to use any PixelPaint created StartUpScreen file, named StartUpPicture, to be display at boot with its custom palette information and there is another INIT called Restore INIT that restores the System palette. Dawn also lets you rotate between different StartUpPictures and associated snd files (optional). For GIF files, it's best to use Giffer 1.03 and it companion application, PICTPal. Save the GIF file as a PICT file and then use PICTPal to convert it into a PICT file that PixelPaint will accept with its custom palette info. For "backdrops," there's DeskPICT (shareware) and Microseed's ColorDesk, a part of the commercial package Screen Gems. Either will let you use PICT files for desktops. Note that these should be create with the System palette. Hope this helps. Fabian Ramirez SuperMac Technology fabian@cup.portal.com sun!cup.portal.com!fabian
dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) (05/28/89)
In article <18846@cup.portal.com> Fabian@cup.portal.com (Fabian Fabe Ramirez) writes: > For "backdrops," there's DeskPICT (shareware) and Microseed's ColorDesk, > a part of the commercial package Screen Gems. Either will let you use > PICT files for desktops. Note that these should be create with the > System palette. Here's my dream: a backdrop-INIT that would take a PICT file containing arbitrary colors, and would dither it into a near-equivalent image using only the system-palette colors. This should be relatively easy to do if the 32-bit Color QuickDraw extensions are installed, as the patches to CopyBits implement dithering. I was very impressed by how well the dithering works... a 24-bit color image looks very good when dithered into the 8-bit-deep default palette, and looks acceptable even when dithered into a 4-bit color environment. Well done, Apple! I'd even settle for a a utility-application that could take a standard PICT file, expand it to 24 bits, dither it down to 8, and save the resulting PICT in another file. This utility, used as a back end to Giffer or PixelPaint, could be used to create some really stunning full-color-range startup screens. Hmmm... I think I just defined my next programming project! -- Dave Platt FIDONET: Dave Platt on 1:204/444 VOICE: (415) 493-8805 UUCP: ...!{ames,sun,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@uunet.uu.net USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
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In article <18846@cup.portal.com>, Fabian@cup.portal.com (Fabian Fabe Ramirez) writes... } ---Stuff about Dawn deleted--- } }For GIF files, it's best to use Giffer 1.03 and it companion application, }PICTPal. Save the GIF file as a PICT file and then use PICTPal to convert it }into a PICT file that PixelPaint will accept with its custom palette info. } Where do you get Giffer 1.03??? I have 1.01, and haven't seen anything newer!!! Phil Hunt } }Fabian Ramirez ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil
jwhitnell@cup.portal.com (Jerry D Whitnell) (05/29/89)
Dave Platt writes.. | Here's my dream: a backdrop-INIT that would take a PICT file containing |arbitrary colors, and would dither it into a near-equivalent image using |only the system-palette colors. I have noticed that in 8-bit quickdraw, pictures with less then 256 colors keep all their original colors when used as a backdrop. Perhaps a utility that reduces from 256 to 128 might be enough? -- Jerry Whitnell Several Species of Small Furry jwhitnell@cup.portal.com Animals Gathered Together in a ..!sun!cup.portal.com!jwhitnell Cave and Grooving with a PICT. -- Pink Floyd
ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) (05/31/89)
If you want to display a 256 color picture as a desktop picture, there is a simple patch you can perform to the RestoreCLUT INIT that I believe comes with DeskPict. First you must have the DA called Klutz, or a similar program, that will save the CLUT of any picture into a file as a CLUT resource. From there, you can use ResEdit to replace the CLUT in the RestoreCLUT INIT with your picture CLUT. Then everytime you restart your system, the INIT will replace the system CLUT with your picture's. But, there are some programs that will call a special CLUT and that will screw up your picture. Still, this is the best solution I have found. Len Schultz
rdsesq@Jessica.stanford.edu (Rob Snevely) (06/01/89)
The CLUT that you install into RestoreClut must have a resource ID 200. However, RestoreClut bombs with 32Bit QuickDraw installed. I am trying to find a solution. If I do I will post. rob