[comp.sys.amiga.graphics] Information on Graphics Formats

zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) (02/24/91)

	Pardon my ignorance, I don't own an Amiga, but I use one at school.
(I'm not a doctor. . .)
	Anyway, is the IFF picture storage format simple?  Are there any
Amiga picture formats which ARE simple?  I am looking to write a program
on the UNIX I use at home from dial-up to calculate an image and
save it as a graphic viewable on a computer I use.
	If anyone knows of a way to convert an array of integers
into an Amiga picture file in C, please tell me.

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zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM

peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (02/26/91)

In article <1991Feb24.015807.14640@ddsw1.MCS.COM> zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes:
>
>	Anyway, is the IFF picture storage format simple?

Not really, but straightforward once you understand the mechanisms.
But to port pic files to the Amiga means in addition that you must
learn a bit about the available graphics modes on the Amiga, because
every IFF file comes with detailed informations about which mode to
use with which sizes etc.

>  Are there any
>Amiga picture formats which ARE simple? 

There might exist also other specialized formats (e.g. for some
digitizers) but it is highly recommended to stick to the pure
IFF standard. Luckily, this *IS* a standard and will prosper even
more with any new application following it.

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