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- From: hankduck@postoffice.ptd.net (hankduckman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: HELP with converting and importing gfx files
- Date: 21 Feb 1996 01:37:39 GMT
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- m> Hi all!
- m> I'm trying to transfer some files from a Macintosh to my Amiga. Actually
- m> I'm rendering an animation and generating PICT frames: I then convert them
- m> into IFF files (using Adobe Photoshop's plug-in module) or JPEG at
- m> high-quality setting (same as above). All the files are transferred on a
- m> Syquest270 and brought over to my 3000 to be assembled and viewed on my
- m> Picasso board.
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- m> The problem is that many (or all) of the files are garbled after the
- m> conversion and the Amiga can't properly display them. I have tried to use
- m> both an MS-DOS formatted cartridge (using PC Exchange on the Mac side and
- m> CrossDOS on the other) and a MAC formatted one (using AmiCDFileSystem
- m> which can read MAC-formatted CD's and HD's) but the result is the same.
- m> Also using GraphicConverter and different conversion utilities on the Mac
- m> and on the Amiga didn't help much, so I suspect the fault lies in the disk
- m> format and in particular format used by the Mac (the resource fork is not
- m> properly decoded, I guess...)
-
- m> I'm sure it's not a problem with memory or machines (the Mac is a PPC
- m> 8100/80AV with 56 MB RAM, the Amiga has only 8MB, but this should be
- m> enough to convert and display a single frame). I tried to exchange a few
- m> frames using AccessPC on the Mac (instead of PC Exchange) with floppy
- m> disks and it seems to work, even if this is of no practical use.
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- m> Can anyone help me?
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-
- Marco;
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- There are some extra bits in the Mac files that need to be stripped before you can
- access them on an Amiga. I think it involves the first 128 bits. One such utility
- is called "DeMac". There may be others I'm not familiar with. "DeMac" may not be
- practical for your purposes since it only does one file at a time, but maybe not.
-
- I don't have doc with it. I'll send you a copy.
-
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- Cordially;
-
- Hank Duckman
-
- from beautiful northwest New Jersey where the deer and the bear run free
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- Amiga 2000, GVP '040@33, 64 megs ram PicassoII , Emplant, Opalvision, VLab
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