Re: [Gimp-user] BMP Image
On Sat, 2016-10-01 at 00:55 +0200, Ricardo10 wrote: > "The trick with using Gimp, is that when you are finished > you need to set the skin to BMP > and then select (on the menu bar) "Image/Mode/mode/Indexed" > and then save the file. It will now be in the correct format for the > game." > > some image for a game..i guess Gimp only saves in 24 bit > indexed..wich then > i have to run the file into an application that > reduces it to 8 bit indexed format so it can be used in the > game.. No, if you convert the image to "Indexed" mode, GIMP will export as 8- bit indexed. If prompted, you probably do want the option to use run- length encoding. Liam [ankh] -- Liam R. E. Quin On the Internet no-one can hear your chains rattle. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] BMP Image
>Read the docs and you will soon know more than me: For instance, I >just >went poking around and found out that the GIF format uses LZW >compression. Just converting to an indexed format would not compress >an >image /nearly/ as much as doing that /then/ squashing it with LZW. > >But not knowing that has not prevented me from using the format >successfully, in its proper place (animated dealie-bobs for websites, >ror instance), for a lng time. This stuff is actually simple, >from >a practical end-user point of view. > >;o) Ok...gonna try that later on..Thanks This is what i was trying to do last night for the 1st time...some instructions to save the image i was working on: "The trick with using Gimp, is that when you are finished you need to set the skin to BMP and then select (on the menu bar) "Image/Mode/mode/Indexed" and then save the file. It will now be in the correct format for the game." some image for a game..i guess Gimp only saves in 24 bit indexed..wich then i have to run the file into an application that reduces it to 8 bit indexed format so it can be used in the game.. Thanks -- Ricardo10 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] BMP Image
>Hello, > >I'm a newbie too, but have you tried Exporting it? From that dialog >box you can choose Windows Bitmap (bmp). I'm afraid I don't know what >indexes are in this context. > >Cheers, >p@ttyJ Thanks Patty..I did use the Export option..but that's where i got lost.maybe a did something wrongit was my 1st time with gimp. I'm gonna try today...thanks.. :) -- Ricardo10 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] BMP Image
On 09/30/2016 06:22 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: > Do control+e to open the Export menu, type in a file name ending in > .bmp, and click the magic button... > > I was not aware that .bmp images can be indexed; the most common indexed > format is .gif. Depending on the number of colors in the .bmp image, > .gif may give acceptable results and a much smaller file size on disc. > > The logical reason to convert a .bmp file to an indexed format would be > to get a that smaller file size for the same size image - .bmp uses /no/ > compression to reduce file size, and the result is /big/ image files, > while .gif uses an efficient file compression method (that's what > indexing is, more or less). > > Check here for lots more details - also other pages in the same part of > the website: > > https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html > > :o) Read the docs and you will soon know more than me: For instance, I just went poking around and found out that the GIF format uses LZW compression. Just converting to an indexed format would not compress an image /nearly/ as much as doing that /then/ squashing it with LZW. But not knowing that has not prevented me from using the format successfully, in its proper place (animated dealie-bobs for websites, ror instance), for a lng time. This stuff is actually simple, from a practical end-user point of view. ;o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] BMP Image
Do control+e to open the Export menu, type in a file name ending in .bmp, and click the magic button... I was not aware that .bmp images can be indexed; the most common indexed format is .gif. Depending on the number of colors in the .bmp image, .gif may give acceptable results and a much smaller file size on disc. The logical reason to convert a .bmp file to an indexed format would be to get a that smaller file size for the same size image - .bmp uses /no/ compression to reduce file size, and the result is /big/ image files, while .gif uses an efficient file compression method (that's what indexing is, more or less). Check here for lots more details - also other pages in the same part of the website: https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html :o) On 09/30/2016 05:27 PM, pattyJ wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a newbie too, but have you tried Exporting it? From that dialog box you > can > choose Windows Bitmap (bmp). I'm afraid I don't know what indexes are in this > context. > > Cheers, > p@ttyJ > >> Hello everyone. >> >> 100% Gimp beginner here as u gonna see in my question... :) >> >> How to save an image into BMP? ant then make it indexed? >> >> Thanks to whom may Reply. > ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] BMP Image
Hello everyone. 100% Gimp beginner here as u gonna see in my question... :) How to save an image into BMP? ant then make it indexed? Thanks to whom may Reply. -- Ricardo10 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] BMP Image
Hello, I'm a newbie too, but have you tried Exporting it? From that dialog box you can choose Windows Bitmap (bmp). I'm afraid I don't know what indexes are in this context. Cheers, p@ttyJ >Hello everyone. > >100% Gimp beginner here as u gonna see in my question... :) > >How to save an image into BMP? ant then make it indexed? > >Thanks to whom may Reply. -- pattyJ (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
