km2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenneth E. Mohnkern) (04/24/91)
Where can one find info on PICS files? Any of the Tech Notes cover this?
We need to do some file conversions.
Thanks,
ken
ken mohnkern # the graphics deli # the robotics institute # pittsburgh pavanover@bcsaic.UUCP (Jann VanOver) (04/27/91)
In article <Uc5Mn8S00WBN014ZE_@andrew.cmu.edu> km2a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenneth E. Mohnkern) writes: >Where can one find info on PICS files? Any of the Tech Notes cover this? > Seen on this newsgroup in January: [= [= Here's a summary of the PICS File Format: [= [= % File Type: 'PICS' [= % A PICS animation is composed of many PICT resources, starting at id 128 [= % Numbering is contiguous (128, 129, 130, I) [= % Number of frames is equal to Count1Resources('PICT') [= % PICT resource 128 describes the complete first animation frame. The [= picFrame field of the PICT describes the complete screen size of the [= whole animation (all subsequent frames will be drawn within this rect). [= % The following PICT resources (129, 130, I) can be either: [= % complete frames with the same picFrame as PICT 128 [= % an update to the previous frame of a smaller area [= % a null picFrame (no change in the animation) [= % 'INFO' resource (optional), id 128, consiting of: [= % BWColor (integer): 0 if black & white PICTS, 1 if color PICTS [= % Depth (integer): 1,2,4,8,16 preferred color depth [= % Speed (integer): 1 to 200 preferred speed in frames/sec. [= A negative value means, show the frame for abs(value) seconds. [= % Version (integer): version number (currently zero) [= % Creator (longint): signature of creator application [= % Largest (longint): size of the largest frame in bytes [= Thanks to: [= -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com [= -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place [= -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 [= -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE Reposted by me, Jann VanOver vanover@atc.boeing.com