mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) (03/22/91)
In article <1991Mar21.164333.13074@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Napalm) writes:
on a slightly diffrent note: a friend of mine was showing me a program
called The Art department and when he loaded up an iff, the program was
telling him that 24 bit data was being loaded, or somthing that confused
me. can someone clear this up for me?
The Art Department works with 24-bit images. It's used for importing
data from various source into the Amiga, and turning it into images
displayable on an Amiga. When it reads in an image (no matter what the
format), it converts it to either 24-bit color, or to 8-bit grey scale
(if all the colors are grey), and tells you which it did. This means
if you load in a 2-color image (say red & blue), it's going to turn it
into a 24-bit image.
It's still an invaluable tool to have around. The professional version
is even better, as it allows exporting images in multiple formats
after you've played with them.
<mike
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Not about anything else, either.sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Napalm) (03/22/91)
heres a simple question. Why the big deal over 24 bit graphics? More specifically wouldnt making 24 bit graphics standard on an amiga 500 make alot of old things <like some paint programs and old 8 bit iff images> suddenly incompatible? He ALWAYS talks about 24 bit graphics, as if there were no amiga boards that allowed you to use/create 8 bit graphics. I give up. on a slightly diffrent note: a friend of mine was showing me a program called The Art department and when he loaded up an iff, the program was telling him that 24 bit data was being loaded, or somthing that confused me. can someone clear this up for me? <also change the followups since Im sure they wanna keep flames out of csag and graphics out of csaa :-D >