RE: Display Picture.
- Posted by Sam <samuelc at teleport.com> Apr 08, 2002
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euman at bellsouth.net wrote: > Hello Sam, > > read_bitmap( ) can only read in 256 color images and cannot handle RLE > encoded images. > > Personally I use 256 color images because there is a good chance that > later down the > road in your development you will be pressed with having to have the > ability to to > run or display your program on a computer that isnt equiped with > hardware to handle > any higher resolution that 640 width - 480 height - 256 colors. You > should keep this in > mind when you start a project by asking who your target audience will > be. If its an desktop > application for business this is certain to be an issue. On the other > hand, if you're a gamer > then high color sure makes for a nice look but there is a penalty that > must be paid for > the higher color, in speed. If you can hone the talent of the DOS world > and there are some > nice looking games written that only use 256 colors in DOS then you'll > be better off in future endevores. > > Im saying this because I myself fell into this lazy way of graphics > handling and only recently > did I discover how Windows handles palettes and this came after writing > thousands of lines > in a nice GUI only to re-write code due to the very fact that my app > would not look or > function properly on the lesser machines. > > Hopefully words of wisdom and if I can help you with this I certainly > will.. > Thanks for the words of wisdom. I made a quick sketch in Paint and saved it in 256 format. Still get message `attempt to subscript an atom.' And the `Bitmap' demo displayed it with only the bottom portion showing. What do you think?? Is there a way to display other pictures (.jpg, .gif)??