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[REBOL] Re: compression

From: carl:cybercraft at: 14-Sep-2001 21:28

On 13-Sep-01, Hallvard Ystad wrote:
> Carl Read skrev (02.49 13.09.2001): >> A quick suggestion off the top of my head. Work out the format of >> REBOL bmp files and build a binary image to that format, convert it >> using to-image and then save it as a png file. > Good idea. I know there are different BMPs, e.g. I've heard about a > "windows BMP format". Are you suggesting there is also a "rebol BMP > format"?
Well, not quite, just the format of REBOL bitmaps. (: I've not looked at bmp formats, but I assume they might allow for alpha channels and other stuff. If so, does this have any bearing on what REBOL expects of a bmp? Except I've found a problem with my suggestion above - there's no save/png in Core. (At least not in the free version.) Which I think means you're back to working out a gif, (or png? it's an open format, so info should be widely available), routine of your own. Not such a good idea afterall... I take it bmp files would be too big for what you're doing with them? -- Carl Read