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From: bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: RGB-->IFF
Message-ID: <3i8ay1w163w@graphics.rent.com>
Date: 5 Mar 91 00:07:25 GMT
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amgreene@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Marc Greene) writes:

> *sigh*  I really don't want to start a flame war on comp.sys.amiga. 
> But I still need a way to get at those frame grabs.
> 
> - Andrew Greene

Ooops..sorry if I came on a bit strong in that first message.  It was
a lousy day.  At any rate, I believe you can control the Toaster
completely via Arexx scripts.  I think the calls are floating around
somewhere if you need them.  I don't remember who had them but I
remember seeing them posted.

I just wish they had designed some software tools for developers and
hackers to work with like the guys at Truevision did.  It would have
gone a long way in alleviating problems such as the one you describe.

I can't see any reason to eat up 5 megs of ram just to grab some
frames to 24-bit files or "shallower" bit planes.  The TARGA init's
itself on powerup and you can control it for capture and saving of
images with programs that take up around 10K each.  Makes you wonder.

-- Bob

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