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- DEGASRAW.PRG
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- by Tom Hudson
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- Program for public distribution, not to be sold!
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- This program is a handy utility for those who want to include
- bitmaps in their programs or edit bitmaps which were stored
- without proper DEGAS or NeoChrome file headers. It performs
- two functions:
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- (1) Loading a DEGAS uncompressed or Neochrome picture file,
- saving the 32000-byte image portion of the file to a new
- file.
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- (2) Loading a raw, 32000-byte image file and saving it as a
- proper DEGAS or NeoChrome file.
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- Using the program.
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- When run, the program will display a file selector. You can
- pick the type of file to load with the buttons at the top.
- These are .PI1, .PI2, .PI3, .NEO or .RAW. Clicking on the
- CANCEL button will abort the program, returning to the
- desktop.
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- If the file picked is .PI1, .PI2, .PI3 or .NEO, the program
- will automatically create a file of the same name, but with a
- .RAW extension, and write the image data to the file. For
- example, clicking on the file FROON.PI1 will create a file in
- the same directory called FROON.RAW. The .RAW files are just
- that -- 32000 bytes in length, and contain just the raw
- 32000-byte screen data block. No color palette information
- is stored. When the file is successfully written to disk,
- the program returns to the file selector, where another file
- may be converted, or you may exit the program.
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- If the file picked is a .RAW file, the program reads 32000
- bytes from this file and asks for the format you want to save
- the file in. You have the choice of saving the file as a
- DEGAS or NeoChrome file.
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- If NeoChrome is chosen, the program writes out a file of the
- same name as the .RAW file, but with a .NEO extension. A
- dummy color palette is added, and the file is ready for
- editing by NeoChrome or DEGAS Elite.
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- If DEGAS is chosen, you have the choice of writing a low,
- medium or high resolution DEGAS file. Once you choose the
- resolution of the output file, the file is saved with a .PI1,
- .PI2 or .PI3 extension, depending on the resolution. The
- file is now ready for editing with DEGAS or DEGAS Elite.
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- In all cases, the original file is left as is on the disk.
- Care must be taken, however, if the file is converted a
- second time. If you convert the file FROON.RAW to FROON.PI1
- to edit it with DEGAS, then convert the FROON.PI1 file back
- to FROON.RAW, the original FROON.RAW file will be replaced by
- the new one. For this reason, you should always keep a
- backup copy of the .RAW file on another disk.
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- If you have any questions or comments about this program,
- please contact Tom Hudson via CompuServe at 76703,4224.
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