gillooly@vixvax.mgi.com (06/15/91)
OK, maybe you have all had this request before, but I could use everyones advice. Does anyone know of a program for the Macintosh that I can use to convert one bitmap format to others. We have had quite good success with Adobe PhotoShop, but it only has a limited number of file types that it can read. Commerical software is OK, we are not necessarily looking for something in the public domain, or shareware. As an aside does any of you know what the best way to hook up a 9-track tape drive to a Macintosh? Any what brands of 9-tracks are good? At Management Graphics, we build the Solitaire Image Recorders, and we need to produce film from customer supplied bitmaps as testing for our film recorders. ------------------------------------------------------------- William B. Gillooly Jr. Applications Specialist Management Graphics, Inc. 612-854-1220 1401 East 79th Street 612-854-6913 FAX Minneapolis, MN 55425 gillooly@mgi.com
rotberg@dms.UUCP (Ed Rotberg) (06/18/91)
From article <1991Jun14.135822.1065@vixvax.mgi.com>, by gillooly@vixvax.mgi.com: > Does anyone know of a program for the Macintosh that I can use to > convert one bitmap format to others. We have had quite good success > with Adobe PhotoShop, but it only has a limited number of file types > that it can read. I have mentioned this before, but here goes. Equilibrium Software in San Rafael, CA, will be coming out with a program called deBabelizer in the very near future (I don't have an exact date yet, but the programmer is a perfectionist and he's not letting it go until it's perfect.) DeBabelizer will not only convert between MANY bitmap formats (including MAC, IBM, Aplle II, Atari ST, Sun, Amiga, and C-64 specific formats as well as TIFF, ILBM, Halo, .... about 35 or so) but allows you t do many other operations on those graphics files such as color reduction (with or without dithering), scaling rotation, compiling catalogues, re-mapping one image to another palette and MANY MANY more. One of the best features of the program is that the input and output readers and writers are modular and adding new formats is simply a matter of dropping the appropriate code resource into the proper folder. This is also true of many of the "edit" functions available. Another GREAT feature is the built in scripting/batch capability, allowing you to create a script of multiple operations to be performed on a large (or small) group of files. Although the program is not yet available to the consumer market in general, I believe that site liscences are available. I have been a beta tester/contributor since the start of the program and I find it ESSENTIAL - couldn't get by without it. It's also in constant use here at the office (Atari Games Corp.) Contact: Equilibrium 914 Mission Avenue 2nd Floor San Rafael, CA 94901 (415) 457-6333 * (415) 457-6243 Ask for Sean Barger (pronounced Barjer) Tell 'em Ed Rotberg sent ya. - Ed Rotberg -