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From: hrlaser@crash.cts.com (Harv Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: DCTV, COLORBURST, TOASTER tech info wanted
Message-ID: <8025@crash.cts.com>
Date: 15 Mar 91 15:43:17 GMT
References: <8000@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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In article <8000@crash.cts.com> bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury, SysAdmin) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from hrlaser@crash.cts.com
>
>Re: No file format info for conversions from DCTV box...
>
>Hmm..I was under the assumption that it would save out 24-bit IFF files? 
>Am I mistaken?  If it saves 24-bit IFF's, then there is no need for the
>internal DCTV format, no?
>
>I was hoping to get DCTV as a Paintbox front-end to the Toaster since
>ToasterPaint is next to worthless.
>
Yes, DCTV saves out in three formats: their own proprietary "display"
format, which creates pictures about the same size a 16 color hi-res
interlaced overscanned picture would be, their own "raw" format, about
three times the filesize (used for quick saving and loading until they
put an actual "undo" in the software"), and IFF24, producing the usual
HUGE files.  So it would do what you want. What people want to do is
to save out in DCTV's "display" format and then convert those via something
like ADPro to other formats, but that can't be done unless/until DC 
releases the specs to that format. But IFF24 output from DCTV is fully
transportable like any one else's IFF24. 

And you're right.. DCTV Paint is really nice :)




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