Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!decwrl!claris!outpost.UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Bitmap-only PICT resource Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 90 09:01:01 GMT Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 30 X-Mailer: uMail - Mac Release: 0.1.4 In article <504@psych.psy.uq.oz.au>, strasser@psych.psy.uq.oz.au (Michael Strasser) writes: > > I want to create a PICT resource for a splash screen and about... dialog > which contains text as a bitmap. I want to do this so it can be shown on > any Mac, regardless of which fonts are installed. > > I've tried pasting a PICT image from SuperPaint, both directly and through > the Scrapbook, but each time the text is stored as text with its font etc. > > Please mail any replies to me as news items expire very quickly here. I'm not a SuperPaint user, but both MacPaint and even HyperCard will do what you want. Another trick to save space is to break your bit map into small chucks and cut them out individually then composite them in MacDraw (or equivalent). This can sometimes save a fair amount of memory (remember to command-select to get the minimum size bitmap). Another related trick is to color the "white bits" transparent in MacDraw II. This can be helpful if there is something overlapping your picture (say a button in a dialog). And one last one, you can "colorize" your bitmaps in MacDraw II. These colors are old style colors so they revert back to black on non color quickdraw machines. This is often good, though not always. -- michael peirce -- Michael Peirce -- {apple,decwrl}!claris!outpost!peirce -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- and Consulting -- (408) 244-6554