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From: bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: RGB-->IFF
Message-ID: <3Xa0X4w163w@graphics.rent.com>
Date: 3 Mar 91 23:26:01 GMT
References: <1991Mar3.155053.17880@athena.mit.edu>
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amgreene@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Marc Greene) writes:

> In article <19439@cbmvax.commodore.com> raible@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Raib
> >
> >Sure, use ToasterPaint to load the frame, and save as an RGB. These are
> >really 24-bit IFFs. Now use TAD,ImageLink,etc. to convert these 24bit
> >IFFs to the IFF type desired. Wakarimaska ???
> 
> Not good enough, I'm afraid.  I only have 5 Meg, and TPaint complains
> about not enough memory if I have run anything before the switcher.
> (I assume I'm fragmenting my memory.)  And what I want to do is have
> AREXX control the process of <grab,save as framestore,convert to normal
> 24-bit IFF,convert to other-format IFF>.  TPaint is a slow memory hog
> if you don't want to do any painting.  
> 
> I wish Transfer24 would be upgraded to support FrameStores.
> 
> -- Andrew Greene

Huh?  Not good enough??  C'mon..splerge and get another meg or two so
you can "easily" convert your images.  I say it IS good enough.
What's not good enough is the amount of memory you have in your
machine.  Why is it everyone expects 24-bit image manipulation and
software to run under the same curcumstances as typical Amiga mode
images?

Granted, I think they should have allowed a straight 24-bit IFF save
right from the switcher if you want it.  Or, better yet, if all we
wanted to do was some frame stores, we should have a program that
doesn't require loading up the whole switcher to do that.

It's SO much easier to do these things with my TARGA board.  Save a
frame, convert it to IFF with ADPro and that's it..simple.

-- Bob

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