poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (06/13/90)
I have come across a way to load GIF's as your desktop wallpaper in Windows
3.0. Basically you need a .BMP file to do this, which can be converted using
a couple of utilities.
GCP 4.2 (available from compuserve or other ftp sites) can convert a GIF to
PC paintbrush .PCX files. From this point you can use Windows Paintbrush to
load the .PCX file and save as .BMP file.
The rest is easy.
Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli) (06/13/90)
In <1990Jun12.222700.2270@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes: >I have come across a way to load GIF's as your desktop wallpaper in Windows >3.0. Basically you need a .BMP file to do this, which can be converted using >a couple of utilities. >GCP 4.2 (available from compuserve or other ftp sites) can convert a GIF to >PC paintbrush .PCX files. From this point you can use Windows Paintbrush to >load the .PCX file and save as .BMP file. gcp42s.arc is available via anonymous ftp from cica.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.20.22] in ~ftp/pub/pc/win3. -- michael regoli mr@cica.indiana.edu regoli@iubacs.bitnet ...rutgers!iuvax!cica!mr
bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) (06/14/90)
In article <1990Jun12.222700.2270@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes: >GCP 4.2 (available from compuserve or other ftp sites) can convert a GIF to >PC paintbrush .PCX files. From this point you can use Windows Paintbrush to >load the .PCX file and save as .BMP file. I tried this, but the translation process didn't seem to work that well. If I went from GIF->PCX->BMP I seemed to lose the picture quality when I reread the PCX in paintbrush (PC paintbrush vs pbrush for windows?). What worked better was getting the GIF into paintbrush via the clipboard. The only remaining problem is the picture seems to get clipped by paintbrush (it's OK in the clipboard) so my BMP didn't produce a full screen wallpaper. >The rest is easy. Oh, well. How about some more hints for us dummies :-). * 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
tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (06/14/90)
I had the mentioned problem of things getting clipped when pasted into pbrush from the clipboard. I found by accident that if you zoom out then paste you get the whole thing BUT I had to paste twice for some strange reason that I admit I just haven't looked into properly.
amf@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Andrew Fountain) (06/15/90)
In <7528@fy.sei.cmu.edu> bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) writes: > ...Using GCP The only >remaining problem is the picture seems to get clipped by paintbrush (it's >OK in the clipboard) so my BMP didn't produce a full screen wallpaper. zoom out and THEN paste. This is documented btw. -- amf@ecs.soton.ac.uk Dr. Andrew Fountain Tel: +44 703 592831 Dept of Electronics and Computer Science Fax: +44 703 593045 University of Southampton Telex: 47661 SOTONU G Southampton SO9 5NH England
kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES) (06/16/90)
In article <1990Jun14.143736.25369@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes: >I had the mentioned problem of things getting clipped when pasted into >pbrush from the clipboard. I found by accident that if you zoom out then paste >you get the whole thing BUT I had to paste twice for some strange reason that >I admit I just haven't looked into properly. This is a much confused issue because the user interface is too complicated. When viewing/editing a picture in the Normal View (not zoomed out or in) EVERYTHING is clipped to the window, including pasting. To paste larger images you must Zoom Out first as mentioned above. When something is pasted while zoomed out a rectangle the size of the image is placed in the upper-left corner of the image. You can move inside the rectangle and drag it around just like the scissor tools in normal mode. When the rectangle is positioned, click *outside* of the rectangle to paste the image down, just like the scissors in normal mode. Selecting paste again works "by accident" since Pasting will force the current object to be pasted down. All of this is documented in the manual, but it is a little obtuse. This will probably be one of the most common confusion for Paintbrush users. --Ken Sykes The opinions expressed are mine and not those of my employer.