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From: rotberg@dms.UUCP (Ed Rotberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Bitmap converting programs??????????
Message-ID: <1261@dms.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 91 16:50:48 GMT
References: <1991Jun14.135822.1065@vixvax.mgi.com>
Organization: Atari Games Inc., Milpitas, CA
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From article <1991Jun14.135822.1065@vixvax.mgi.com>, by gillooly@vixvax.mgi.com:
> Does anyone know of a program for the Macintosh that I can use to 
> convert one bitmap format to others.  We have had quite good success 
> with Adobe PhotoShop, but it only has a limited number of file types 
> that it can read.


I have mentioned this before, but here goes.  Equilibrium Software in
San Rafael, CA, will be coming out with a program called deBabelizer
in the very near future (I don't have an exact date yet, but the programmer
is a perfectionist and he's not letting it go until it's perfect.)

DeBabelizer will not only convert between MANY bitmap formats (including
MAC, IBM, Aplle II, Atari ST, Sun, Amiga, and C-64 specific formats as
well as TIFF, ILBM, Halo, .... about 35 or so) but allows you t do
many other operations on those graphics files such as color reduction
(with or without dithering), scaling rotation, compiling catalogues,
re-mapping one image to another palette and MANY MANY more.  One of the
best features of the program is that the input and output readers and
writers are modular and adding new formats is simply a matter of
dropping the appropriate code resource into the proper folder.  This
is also true of many of the "edit" functions available.  Another
GREAT feature is the built in scripting/batch capability, allowing you
to create a script of multiple operations to be performed on a
large (or small) group of files.

Although the program is not yet available to the consumer market in
general, I believe that site liscences are available.

I have been a beta tester/contributor since the start of the program
and I find it ESSENTIAL - couldn't get by without it.  It's also in
constant use here at the office (Atari Games Corp.)

Contact:
	Equilibrium
	914 Mission Avenue
	2nd Floor
	San Rafael, CA 94901

	(415) 457-6333 * (415) 457-6243
	
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