But I do want to display a 256colors image. I guess a runlength algorithm can not help much.
-- Hong Yu "Patricio Mart�nez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:74512@palm-dev-forum... > > 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. > >-- > >Hong Yu > > > > > > > >-- > >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please > see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > > > http://www.hoy.net > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
