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- TGA2BMP.EXE is a simple DOS command line utility we've included
- that will convert a Type 1, 2 or 3 Targa file to either a 16 or
- 256 color BMP file.
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- This is a very basic utility, not full of great capabilities.
- The intent is simply to give the POPOUT user an easy mechanism
- of converting Targa files to BMP format so that they can be
- viewed using Paintbrush. This utility is NOT a generic
- TGA to BMP converter! There is a possibility that the
- resultant BMP image may be upside down. The primary reason
- for including this utility is to give the user the ability
- to take a depth-encoded greyscale Targa file generated by the
- PLY2POP utility, and convert it to BMP format so that it
- could be viewed using Paintbrush. That's all. The EXAMPI2.BMP
- image was generated by using a raytracing program to generate
- a depth encoded Targa image, then using PLY2POP to convert the
- image to greyscale. TGA2BMP was then used on the result to
- generate EXAMPI2.BMP so we could include it with this diskette
- in such a way as to use Paintbrush to let you view it.
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- All that aside, here's how the utility works:
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- Type 1 Targa files will convert to 16-color BMP images by
- treating ONLY THE RED as depth information, and will use
- 16 colors compatible with the POPOUT BMP Source File. Type 1
- Targa files will convert to 256-color BMP using all 256 colors.
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- Type 2 Targa files will convert to either 16 or 256 color BMP
- by looking ONLY AT THE RED channel. When converting to 16-color
- BMP, TGA2BMP will use the 16 colors compatible with the POPOUT
- BMP Source File.
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- Type 3 Targa files will convert nicely into either 16 or 256
- color BMP files. Like with the other Targa formats, the
- conversion to 16 color BMP files will use the POPOUT Source
- File colors. The EXAMPI2.BMP image was generated from a
- Type 3 Targa generated by PLY2POP.
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