But I do want to display a 256colors image. I guess a runlength algorithm
can not help much.

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"Patricio Mart�nez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Maybe you can use bits, not bytes to record each pixel of the screen.
320*320/8
> = 12.8KBytes.
>
> Other method you can use to reduce the size is this : see if there are
repetitions
> of black or white dots, then save the 0 or 1 of a white or black dot and
the
> number of repetitions.
>
> An interesting idea is to use the first bit (0=white, 1=black) and the
remaining
> 7 bits to know how many repetitions are. Of course there are better
methods
> with a smaller compression rate. But the algorithm for this will be very
simple.
>
>
> Patricio
>
> >I want to use the HI-resolution of Sony's CLIE, but a 320*320 bitmap
would
>
> >be more than 102400 bytes large.
> >
> >Any simple method to smooth it away?
> >
> >I hate to divide a picture into several parts.
> >
> >Thanks a lot in advance.
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> >Hong Yu
> >
> >
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