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- Short: DataType picture converter. Any->IFF. Wildcards.
- Author: christon.powertech.no (Christopher Naas)
- Uploader: christon.powertech.no (Christopher Naas)
- Type: gfx/conv
-
- XtoILBM 3.0 is a picture converter that uses datatypes to convert ANY
- pictureformat to IFF.
-
- XtoILBM takes 3 arguments, source, destination, and optionally,
- DisplayModeID for the converted picture.
- XtoILBM supports wildcards, so there's no longer any need for
- scripts.
-
- **
-
- If you use wildcards, the destionation argument will be appended to
- the names of the converted files.
- An example:
-
- 1> CD IFF:
- 1> XtoILBM GIF:#?.GIF .IFF
-
- The above CD's to an assign called IFF: (great place for storing
- IFF's ;), and calls XtoILBM to convert all the GIF files in the GIF:
- assign to ILBM files, append .IFF to the filenames and save them in
- the IFF: assign (since that's the current directory).
-
- **
-
- If you do not use wildcards, the converted file will be saved as the
- filename given as the outfile, including path.
- An example:
-
- XtoILBM JPG:Apollo.JPG IFF:Apollo.Ham8
-
- XtoILBM will load the source image, and save the ILBM as the
- specified destination file in the specified destination directory.
-
- **
-
- If you want, you can define a DisplayModeID for the converted image
- to use.
- An example:
-
- XtoILBM JPG:Apollo.JPG IFF:Apollo.Ham8 ID 692229
-
- This saves the converted image as a DBLPAL HighRes Laced image.
-
- **
-
- XtoILBM is especially usefull for people who haven't got a lot of
- memory, or just need to make speedy conversions. The wildcard option
- is great for converting a lot of files at once, using only one
- command :)
-
-
- XtoILBM was programmed in SAS/C 6.51, and tested on an A4000/040/14.
- It should work on any Amiga with the datatypes.library installed.
-
-
- If you use this program, you have to let me know. You can either
- send me a postcard, or just EMail me. But either way, you have to
- let me know you are using it ;)
-
- Contact me,
-
- Christopher Naas
- Solv. 3a
- 1533 Moss
- Norway
-
- TLF: +47 6925 1264
- BBS: +47 6925 6117
- EMail: christon@powertech.no (Christ on Powertechno)
-
-
- History:
- 01.09.94 Received a bug report from Ralph Seichter, who
- claimed XtoILBM gave two enforcerhits when started with
- no arguments. As I was unable to reproduce this myself,
- I rewrote the argumentparsing, and the result was a much
- emproved XtoILBM2, 338 bytes smaller executable :)
- Thanks, Ralph!
-
- 27.05.95 Added wildcard support, the DisplayModeID
- argument and more detailed error messages.
-
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- 4980 3145 36.8% 28-May-95 12:31:14 XtoILBM
- 2577 1228 52.3% 28-May-95 11:30:54 XtoILBM.readme
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- 7557 4373 42.1% 29-May-95 10:22:38 2 files
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