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- BMP2TGA.EXE is a DOS command line utility we've included that
- will convert either a 16 or 256 color BMP file to a Type 1
- Targa file.
-
- This is a very simple utility, and is not full of bells and
- whistles. The intent is simply to give the POPOUT user an
- easy mechanism to convert Paintbrush-viewable BMP images into
- Targa format. Note that this is NOT a generic BMP to TGA
- converter!
-
- The PRIMARY reason for including this utility was to give
- the user the ability to convert the EXAMPI2.BMP image into
- TGA format so it could be used as a POPOUT Source File.
- Using this utility on non-depth encoded, non-greyscale
- TGA images may result in an undesired resultant image.
-
- All that aside, here's how the utility works:
-
- If the BMP file is 16 color, BMP2TGA expects that the 16 colors
- be the same colors defined in POPOUT.PAL. These colors are listed
- in the POPOUT.HLP help file. These 16 colors will be converted
- to shades of grey in the resultant targa file. Colors other than
- these 16 will be translated to black in the targa file. Remember,
- there's really no need to do this; POPOUT will accept the 16-color
- BMP file as a Source File just as easily as it will accept the
- Targa file.
-
- If the BMP file is 256 color, the resultant targa file is
- suitable either as a POPOUT Source File or Background File.
- Be careful with this. Since POPOUT will accept Type 1 Targa
- files as valid Source Images, you may be temped to take any
- old 256-color BMP file and convert it. This doesn't mean
- that you'll like the results. Remember, your generic old
- 256-color images do not contain any depth information, and
- POPOUT will not therefore be able to generate a stereogram
- with a meaningful content.
-
- The usage of the utility is:
- bmp2tga input_bmp output_tga
-
- where input_bmp is the name of the 16 or 256 color BMP you
- want to convert, and
- where output_tga is the name of the Type 1 TGA file that
- you want bmp2tga to create.
-
- The EXAMPI2.BMP sample image can be converted to a usable
- POPOUT source file using BMP2TGA. Type:
- BMP2TGA EXAMPI2.BMP EXAMPI2.TGA
-