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- From: chrisl@cbmvax.commodore.com (Christian Ludwig - CATS)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: IFF8 & IFF miscellaneous questions
- Message-ID: <37066@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 15:38:03 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.232309.18659@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- Reply-To: chrisl@cbmvax.commodore.com (Christian Ludwig - CATS)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1992Nov10.232309.18659@fcom.cc.utah.edu> val@news.ccutah.edu (Val Kartchner) writes:
- >Let's say that I want to use a 256-color (8-bit) grey-scale image for a
- >depth map in Imagine. Is there a way to do this without going to IFF24
- >which will encode it as three separate intensity images (RGB)?
-
- I'm not sure of what Imagine can and can't do.
-
- >
- >Now that AGA is out, will there be an IFF form to allow 256-color palletes in
- >images (without resorting to IFF24)?
- >
-
- IFF FORM ILBM has handled 8 bit CMAPs all along. Just write out 8 planes
- of data, and a 256 entry CMAP with 8 bits per gun. Nothing new or different
- required.
-
- >What are the current IFF forms with brief descriptions? (Is there an FTP
- >site available for this? Commodore should really place their PD source
- >code and software on commodore.com and allow anonymous FTP.) Let me start:
-
- If we had a direct connection... :-)
-
- >
- > Graphics ILBM InterLeaved BitMap (Various hunks for graphics modes)
- > Music SMUS Standard MUSic (no one uses)
- > Text FTXT Formatted TeXT (no one uses)
- > ...
-
- All documented in lots of places. Blue Libraries book, Grey Devices book,
- the IFF book that _was_ available to anyone (and is now available to no one.)
-
- >--
- >|===== The previous was my opinion -- val@csulx.weber.edu =====///============|
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-
-
- /// Christian Ludwig - Commodore CATS (chrisl@cbmvax.commodore.com)
- ///
- \\\/// The opinions expressed may not reflect the official position of my
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