More Image problems

[MisterX]

Grusse Klaus ;))

I didn't think I could answer this today or in 2 weeks time - I tried
upgrading my PC's cpu from 1.8 to 3GHz and 99% compatible Mobo wouldn't
compute or start! 

PCs are horrible right?

BIOS tests a gogo to make the 400/533MHZ FSB eat the 800MHz FSB of the new
cpu + web searches = all OK but mobo says nono! So Bought a new modobordo
(+ram (150$) but the power supply I had in my space PC case didn't have the
12V cable!!! ARGH! So I had to strip my main PC down!!! When my pc works,
all the drives start acting up (the dual IDE master/slave/cable select
juggling!!) Even my suspension on the Z3 wouldn't adjust today!!! My 21"
screen went down (2nd in 3 months!), bought a new LCD to claim my desk space
back but now it has problems displaying "black" only! What a day! Im staying
away from RunRev ;)

But after I got the drives (all 3 for a total of 450GBS!) in, the old OS
booted and self updated (against my wishes ;)! Amazed, cause it's been such
a bad luck day even with the Z3! So I can actually reply this mail today and
im flabergasted by the OS in MS - for once!!! I thought only old MacOS CPUs
could boot on any harddisk!!! If you didn't get your scsi ids or cables or
termination wrong! ;)

But back to the image problems...

> Hi Chipp,
> 
> > Xavier,
> >
> > I could be wrong, but I would think as soon as Rev 
> 'imports' an image, 
> > it is converted to it's own internal format.
> 
> well, almost :-)

Almost intuitive right ? ;)

> This will happen only if you edit (or fake to do so like: 
> click with any paint tool and UNDO immediately) the imported image.
> 
> HINT: This is especially useful when working with custom cursors!!!

you mean you know how to make transparent 8 bit-color cursors?
Been searching for 18 months! :)

> > That format supports 32-bit images (24 + 8 alpha) and so 
> exporting is 
> > a simple matter of choosing what format you wish to save as (see 
> > export command).
> >
> > I always leave the .gif/.png/.bmp extension on my images, just so I 
> > know how they were originally created.
> 
> And we can always:
> export img xyz to file "xyz.jpg" AS JPEG ## Or PNG or GIF 
> (yes, even GIF, but looks AWFUL :-D

Writing it without "as something" resulted in something that wasn't
something to a standard gif displayer! I didn't try back in Rev... Wish as
<format> it worked... but not as I wanted >;)

> > MisterX wrote:
> >> Hum... Working with images is not innocent work!
> 
> Innocent?
> I know what that means but in this context...?

It wasn't intuitive again! ;) lots of possible errors without any warning,
result or error (im so surprised actually! No file and no error!). When I
tried to script "save as it" (where it = the paintcompression) it wouldn't
work! But the ugly dynamic script worked of course! 

> >> I would like to export an image. Simple...
> 
> Sure, very simple, if you know how ;-)

That's my point! it's not innocently easy while it could really be!!! save
img x as thisfile shoult be enough of a default!!! IMOHO naturally... It's
been improved since MC days but not a lot...

Im going to send you a nice little stack for your review and you'll see what
I mean!!! !

> >> But image names do not always have the .gif or .png or 
> .jpg in their 
> >> names.
> 
> Your problem ;-)

Actually, no. Everyone who doesn't know the handy paintcompression property
which I didn't see in the doc or see also (upcoming web note ;) -
imagecompression or imageformat would have been more, eh, intuitive maybe,
no? I know how hard it gets to find names for functions after a few hundreds
but that one baffles me - while we do paint in a painting, we are talking
about an image control or object... so imagecompression would be cool as in
"i'll try any word that sounds common sense in my script, and it works


> But if you know the format you can simply:
> ...
> put img xyz into url("binfile:filename.jpg") ##or whatever...
> ...

The gif displayer from the dark side agrees with you ;) (cynical grin)

> >> If you use the command line export img id x to file 
> thisfile you get nothing!

That must have been a taoist script! Nothing in guise of something makes
something of anything! It created this mail thread in the least ;)

Xav