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| From | Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| Subject | Re: Sprite files |
| Date | 2025-02-28 12:38 +0100 |
| Organization | Jean-Michel |
| Message-ID | <5bfb3bf65b.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr> (permalink) |
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In message <711937f65b.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> On 28 Feb 2025 as I do recall,
> druck wrote:
>> On 26/02/2025 22:04, Harriet Bazley wrote:
>>> On 26 Feb 2025 as I do recall,
>>> Jean-Michel wrote:
>>> I tried saving a 2 colour monochrome file at 300% scale from GView, but
>>> it crashed Paint when I double-clicked on it, and gave an Xsprbadbpp
>>> error when I dragged it into SharpEye. :-(
>>>
>>> (ChangeFSI can display it, and reports it as "RISC OS sprite, 744 by
>>> 1052 pixels, 32 bits per pixel" - DPlngScan reports it as 'Type 6.
>>> Palette entries 0")
>>
>> That isn't a monochrome sprite, they are 1 bit per pixel.
>>
> That's what my copy of GView (v1.52) apparently generates when 'Colour
> depth' is set to 'monochrome'.... :-(
> And the visual output in the window certainly appears black and white
> with no greyscale, so I don't know what's going on. Switching the radio
> icon to '16 colours' instead of 'monochrome' saves a sprite that still
> crashes !Paint 2.55, but which ChangeFSI reports as being 4 bits per
> pixel - since when has Paint been unable to display a 16-colour sprite?
> In fact on experiment *all* sprites saved out from GView's 'Save' option
> currently appear to be crashing Paint, whatever colour depth or scaling
> factor is set - and is apparently being obeyed in the visual display -
> and whether or not the 'Use GhostScript sprite device' option at the
> bottom of the choices is ticked. So I really don't know what is going
> on!
Can you specify the version of the Ghostscript you use. I have no problem
with version 8.54.
I had installed the more recent version but I think it generated the
problem of monochrome sprite. Too bad because it's a VFP version!
> The filesize of the generated spritefile varies plausibly according
> to the colour depth requested, and they all load correctly if dragged
> into ChangeFSI but give an "Internal error: abort on data transfer"
> error if I double-click on them. Maybe I need to reboot....
--
Jean-Michel
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