> Perhaps it would be better to do the conversion > on the PC end. What with Photoshop handy, the > image could be scaled and converted to a SAM > equivalent palette before using another utility to > write the actual file in the appropriate format.
This I do, I use Paint Shop Pro to crop& dither the images, a handy palette file of Sam greyscales but the palette still gets screwed on conversion, even when I replace the palette with greys, it still looks wierd. > How many simultaneous colors can the SAM display > in what graphic modes (the FAQ is not very > explicit save the 512x192 mode)? Can all 128 > be used? Yep, if you use line interrupts but this is not practical for images, the best I have seen is 32 colours in Mode 4 that still looks alright. Has anbody got a converter that can take a 32/256 BMP and do this? > If so, what is the bit plane arrangement? > How many levels per channel (RGB)? With 128 > colors, something must be weird. If every channel > can have the same number of levels then the total > number of colors should be the number of levels > cubed (i.e. 8 levels per channel would be > 8 red x 8 green x 8 blue = 512 colors, like on an > Atari ST). I know that the Sam palette is weird and has 128 colours and that's as far as me and the palette go, any enlightenment from others? Dan Doore. -~-~-~-~-~
