Two new free programs from Duncan Neithercut were recently added to my
website.
Eddicon is an icon/sprite editor to create sprites in mode 64 or mode
4 or to save them as .bmp for use in Wolfgang Lenerz program. Existing
sprites in a variety of modes such as 32 and 33 (QXL/QPC and Q40/Q60)
can be loaded and edited. Or sprites can be created from scratch. The
editor has a number of novel features including an independently
editable alpha channel, undo function and a simple merge to combine 2
sprites of the same size, and other features such as home directory
and colour theme awareness. It is in an alpha/beta status but is fully
usable, but there may still be bugs due to the complexity of the
program, that require additional users to identify.
Complementary to Eddicon above, this is a program to concatenate a
list of sprites into a single library file that can be loaded by
LRESPR or linked into a Qliberated program using the REMark $$asmb
directive. The addresses of the sprites in the library may be accessed
through a single keyword that is part of the library file. This makes
it straightforward to add multiple high colour sprites to Qliberated
programs. Eddicon uses this system for its mode64 icons although the
sprite library maker program will work with sprites of any mode and a
mixture of modes in a single file.
Both packages may be downloaded from my website at
http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/sprites/index.html
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