[Gimp-user] BMP Image

[Ricardo10 <forums gimpusers com>]

> 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 loooong 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................

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