PCX
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:28 pm
Does anybody know much about writing this format?
It's odd because PCX has been around since the late 80's, and I can't find much about
it online, some white papers or even pseudo code........nothing!
I did manage to find some source code for VB, but it's:
1. In German and not a lot of comments
2. It's 24 bit only (at least I think it is....I need 8 bit)
3. doesn't work!
(images save totally messed up!)
At the moment I'm using the FreeImage.DLL (another nice free dll that has dissapeared) to read PCX files,
and I have only just discovered that it doesn't write them! :-\ (It does write bmp,jpg and gifs though....
but it's pointless for RND)
This is a shame because FreeImage can load 27 image formats (even CBM64 koala and Amiga IFF), and has
an absolutely AMAZING colour reduction algorithm that is better than Paintshop Pro's!
It's odd because PCX has been around since the late 80's, and I can't find much about
it online, some white papers or even pseudo code........nothing!
I did manage to find some source code for VB, but it's:
1. In German and not a lot of comments
2. It's 24 bit only (at least I think it is....I need 8 bit)
3. doesn't work!
(images save totally messed up!)At the moment I'm using the FreeImage.DLL (another nice free dll that has dissapeared) to read PCX files,
and I have only just discovered that it doesn't write them! :-\ (It does write bmp,jpg and gifs though....
but it's pointless for RND)
This is a shame because FreeImage can load 27 image formats (even CBM64 koala and Amiga IFF), and has
an absolutely AMAZING colour reduction algorithm that is better than Paintshop Pro's!
