home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
ARM Club 3
/
TheARMClub_PDCD3.iso
/
hensa
/
converters
/
gifpack_1
/
ReadMe
Wrap
Text File
|
1995-10-17
|
3KB
|
130 lines
GifPack
-------
Index
-----
Contents of archive
gif2spr
giftrans
spr2gif
gif2gif
Contacting the Author
Contents of archive
-------------------
ReadMe This file
bin.spr2gif version 1.3
bin.gif2gif version 1.1
bin.gif2spr version 1.06a
bin.giftrans version 1.10.2A
Docs.gif2spr help file for gif2spr
Docs.gif2spr_2 gif2spr help file in html
Docs.giftrans help file for giftrans
gif2spr
-------
Purpose: convert gif files to sprites retaining as much of the orginal
information as possible.
options:
-q don't print error messages
-v print progress information
-o file output filename
-h help info
-? help info
for further usage information read the gif2spr text file.
giftrans
--------
Purpose: modify the contents of gif files and print information about the
contents of them.
options:
-t Specify the transparent color
-T Index of the transparent color is the background color index
-B Specify the transparent color's new value
-b Specify the background color
-g Change a color in the global color table
-c Add a comment
-C Remove old comment
-l Only list the color table
-L Verbose output of GIFs contents
-V Verbose output while converting
-o Pathname of output GIF file
Colors may be specified as index or in the #rrggbb form.
Since giftrans does not contain any decompression code it cannot generate
interlaced gifs. giftrans will print the gif file to stdout if you don't
specify a destination file. For further usage information read the
giftrans text file.
spr2gif
-------
Purpose: generate gif files from sprites.
Options:
-q don't print error messages
-v print progress information
-i generate interlaced gif
-N generate gif89a format file
-T # make the colour index # the transparent colour
-A attempt automatic transparency generation using sprite mask
-o file output filename
-h help info
-? help info
When making a gif file with transparency you must include the -N option
to enable the extra features. If your sprite has a mask and that mask is
of one colour then you can use the -A option to make the gif transparency
automatically, the best way to create a mask like this is to disable
the mask in !Paint, re-enable it and use the global fill option to create
the mask. spr2gif will accept new sprites as long as you don't try to make
a transparency using the sprite's mask.
spr2gif does not process your images in any way, it attempts to convert
your sprite loosing as little information as possible, a consquence of this
is that it cannot be used to convert 16, 24, or 32 bpp sprites. If you wish
to do convert such a sprite then you should use an image processing package
or !ChangeFSI to optimise the palette for the reduced colour resolution.
A quick way to find the colour index when using the -T option is to select
the desired colour in !Paint and read the number from the colour selection
window.
gif2gif
--------
Purpose: modify a gif file after the original image is lost
options:
-q don't print error messages
-v print progress information
-i generate interlaced gif
-N generate gif89a format file
-T # make the colour index # the transparent colour
-o file output filename
-h help info
-? help info
Usage is the same as spr2gif
Contacting the Author
---------------------
bug reports, comments or suggestions are welcome.
simon@bigblue.demon.co.uk
or
Simon Truss
23 Charlton Gardens,
Coulsdon
Surrey
CR5 1AS