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Posted By

Majikeyric
on 2016-01-16
05:37:17
 gfx tools + graphic file formats

Hi!

What are the major Plussy gfx tools for bitmap gfx (native+PC windows) ? (I have read about Botticelli....)

And where can I find documentation about their graphic file formats ?

Thanks

Posted By

Csabo
on 2016-01-16
14:17:35
 Re: gfx tools + graphic file formats

Native: well, Botticelli and Multi Botticelli are mostly it. The format is pretty simple, exactly what you would have in memory on the real machine (from $1800-$3F40):
- luminance map (40*25 = 1000 bytes, padded to 1024)
- color map (40*25 = 1000 bytes, padded to 1024)
- bitmap (40*8*25 = 8000 or $1F40)

For the PC: check out carrion's blog for some cool PhotoShop stuff. AFAIK Chronos does draw with tablet -> PhotoShop -> p4fliconv -> Multi Botticelli. For wiring pics from PC to Plus/4, almost everyone uses p4fliconv, which is part of plus4emu. (I have my own PC drawing program called Csabo's Gfx Edit, but almost no-one uses it besides me.)

Hopefully this is enough to get you started, let me know if you have more questions.

Posted By

Majikeyric
on 2016-01-17
11:18:47
 Re: gfx tools + graphic file formats

Thank you very much for all this very useful information Csabo happy
This is more than enough to get me started!

Posted By

MMS
on 2016-01-24
19:51:21
 Re: gfx tools + graphic file formats

Worth to mention the PETSCII, as a standard gfx format accross Commodores.

BUT with extra colors Plus/4 has the PETSCII art may step to a higher level.
The CBM Program Studio has a great toolset to create title screens or PETSCII art (though it still does not support extended color mode).
It can directly covert it into Assembler (or BASIC lines happy ) you can integrate into your program. It is real fun to work with.



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