Re: [artworks] Sprite conversion
- From: Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:59:21 +0200
John McCartney <j.mccartney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article
<CACW8oO4s9Rso+BN7dRnwykRyfTqaAPK1R6cjS+B6vc6yD1Gk0w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Kell Gatherer <kell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you have DPlngScan, you can do it in one operation.
Load the sprite into DPlngScan, then use the menu Colour
Change format > and change it to 32bpp
You can then drag straight out of DPlngScan into the Artworks window.
I just knew there would be a simpler way than mine. :-(
In fact, I was nearly there before my first post but I only changed it to
8bpp. My brain said that that was enough and, fool that I am, I believed
it.
Your brain was right, but it forgot to tell you that you have to switch off
the "New sprites" configuration option in DPlngScan. When set (and it is set
by default), DPlngScan always saves in the "new" sprite format. If it is
unset, it only uses the "new" sprite format for 32k and 16M colour sprites.
Converting to 32bpp colour would be completely over the top for a b/w scan,
even 8bpp is big waste of memory. Best not to change anything in DPlngScan,
just resave with "New sprites" disabled, and ArtWorks will load it.
ArtWorks should really be updated to accept "new format" sprites with 256
colours or less, but there are more useful things on my list for the tiny
amount of development time available these days.
Martin
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