Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!eric From: eric@topaz.rutgers.edu (Eric Lavitsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Converting Sculpt --> DigiView Message-ID: Date: 19 Mar 90 19:25:59 GMT References: <1862@crash.cts.com> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 61 In article <1862@crash.cts.com> bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury) writes: > In-Reply-To: message from kamal.syed@f480.n250.z1.fidonet.org > > > Hi all. I was wondering if anyone out there knows of a program that > > will, or knows how to, convert from Sculpt R,G,B files to (preferably) > > DigiView RGB format, or to 24-bit IFF format? I have tried using > > ImageLink, but it allows you to specify only one filename for an input > > file, and when tracing from Sculpt 4D, I saved three seperate data files > > for each of the red, green, and blue data. I rendered in 24bitplane > > mode, 720x480, 10x10 ratio...This was the first time I've attempted to > > do this, so I'm still a bit confused... > > > > Kamal Syed Did you try calling us for support? ImageLink is a fully supported product. If you send in your registration card, you will be able to receive full telephone support. I would suggest, however, that you carefully read the manual section on the sculpt file module before calling. > Yes, a user on my system has written a Shareware program called RGBExchange > and it does what you are looking for. It asks for the 3 Sculpt filenames > (red, green and blue files) and then it converts it to Digiview. It also > supports Digiview 4.0 (DDHR) as well as resizing which Imagelink doesn't > support. Besides supporting that, it also will convert to TARGA and a > multitude of other Image file types. The new version of ImageLink (2.0) fully supports resizing and aspect ratio conversion for abritrarily large images. It will be shipping on April 15. The new version also includes modules for Compuserve GIF, Caligari Broadcast, 8-bit IFF, 32-bit Macintosh PICT2 bitmaps, and PC-Paintbrush format in addition to Sculpt, TARGA, DigiView 3.0 and Turbo Silver RGBN and RGB8. > I believe this program is your best bet because it's better than >Imagelink for the money. Imagelink is $300 while RGBExchange is a >$20 shareware fee. That's one users opinion. It really depends what it is you're trying to accomplish. ImageLink has no image size limitations and also has the capability to directly control a TARGA board for frame-by-frame animation (you should have seen the tape we showed at AmiExpo) and soon digital slide film recorders for 4,000 line film output. ImageLink has full ARexx support. Many of our customers use it on their ethernet networks as an image conversion server for all their platforms. We also have a number of new formats coming out which will be available at no charge to registered owners (TIFF, IFF-ARes, Sun Rasterfile etc.). ImageLink is a fully supported commercial product. If you need the features ImageLink supports (like conversion to Mac formats), it can be found at certain dealers for closer to $200. All of our customers think it's well worth it. > -- Bob -Eric Active Circuits, Inc. -- Eric Lavitsky UUCP: ...rutgers!tstream!eric Active Circuits, Inc. eric@topaz.rutgers.edu 201-223-5999 BIX: eric