Newsgroups: comp.graphics Path: utzoo!utgpu!topix From: topix@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Munroe) Subject: Re: Transfering Mac picts to be read into Alias on the SGI. Message-ID: <1991Jan29.040933.3132@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Keywords: Alias, SGI, Mac, Renderman, RIB Organization: UTCS Public Access References: <29620@usc> Distribution: na Date: Tue, 29 Jan 91 04:09:33 GMT In article Reid Ellis writes: >In <29620@usc> robertl@skat.usc.edu (Robert Letterman) writes: >|Does anyone know of a way to convert Macintosh pict or tiff files to a >|format readable by the program Alias running on a Silicon Graphics >|Iris for the purpose of texture mapping. > >You can use the beta version of the new PBM package -- it includes >some utilities for reading PICT files now and I think it has a filter >for output of SGI image files. Once you have the SGI image files, >I've seen a utility posted here a while ago called "toalias" that >converts from SGI Image format to Alias PIX format. > >|Also does anyone know of a filter that allows Alias to output RIB files >|for use with Pixar's Renderman. > >Can't help you there, sorry.. > Reid >-- >Reid Ellis 176 Brookbanks Drive, Toronto ON, M3A 2T5 Canada >rae@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu || rae%alias@csri.toronto.edu >CDA0610@applelink.apple.com || +1 416 446 1644 The last time I looked the PICT -> PBM (actually PPM) utility did not handle PICT1 files (1 bit) or 16 or 32 bit PICT2 files. It also throws away all non-bitmap information - circles, rectangles, etc. Also (sorry to harp) it doesn't properly handle all PICT OpCodes, so there is a chance that, in addition to the aforementioned limitations, it will not work on some valid 2-8 bit images. Bob Munroe topix@utcs.utoronto.ca