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- !Help File for !TexPix 1.00 - Kuldip S Pardesi
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This little utility allows images in sprite format to be converted to
- textfiles and then even animated. Given a Mode 0 image, TexPix will
- scan the image and find an appropriate ASCII symbol to replace each
- character size block on screen.
-
- Loading !TexPix
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Simply double click on the !TexPix icon from the filer window, TexPix
- will install on the icon bar.
-
- Converting Images to Text
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- TexPix will only convert sprites which are in MODE 0. If you have sprites
- in other MODES they will first have to be converted to a MODE 0 sprite
- either using the PD version of CHANGE-FSI or TRANSLATOR.
-
- Once you have a MODE 0 sprite you can convert it to text. To do this,
- simply drag the spritefile onto the TexPix icon. A savebox will appear
- from which the textfile can be dragged to a filer window. When this is done
- TexPix will start to scan the image, you will be able to see this being
- done. When completed the textfile will contain a text-picture. You can view
- it using !Edit and even print it out.
-
- HINT : Best results are obtained from sprites containing high contrast
- between objects. To acheive a higher contrast when using CHANGE-FSI
- set the 'Disable dithering' flag to on, or if you are using
- TRANSLATOR turn 'Error Spreading' to 'Off'.
- To ensure the correct colours are being converted to text, it is best
- to have the sprite palette flag set on.
-
- Animating Text Files
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you convert a number of images into textfiles you can produce an
- animation Textpix file. To do this create a directory of a suitable name
- and into this store the text-pictures with the filenames set to :
-
- 'TexPix'+sequence number, ie. if you had four textfiles, they would be
-
- TexPix1 TexPix2 TexPix3 TexPix4
-
- Then simply drag the directory onto the TexPix Icon, a savebox will pop up
- from which the TexPix animation file can be dragged to a filer window to
- be saved.
-
- Viewing a TexPix Animation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Simply drag the TexPix Animation file onto the TexPix icon. The animation
- will be displayed. Click a mouse button to stop animation.
-
- Desktop Mode
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Included inside this application is a mode module from a previous Archimedes
- World cover disk. Called 'NewModes' it provides a Mode 90 which gives a
- more compact view of TexPix pictures when viewing with !Edit.
-
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- ,###" "############## #####
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- ####################################"""""""""
-
- Kuldip S Pardesi - Email - archie@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
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