OpenEuphoria

Re: Pixmap "depth"

• Posted by "Greg Haberek" <ghaberek at wowway.com> Aug 11, 2004
• 391 views

Perhaps they mean color depth? 2, 8, 16, 256, or 24-bit (16 million) colors.
Its only a suggestion but it might be right.

~Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Beaty" <travis at travisbeaty.us>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: Pixmap "depth"


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> Hello all!
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> Graphics is not my fort=E9, but I'm having to wrap some graphics
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> Could someone please define the meaning of a pixmap's depth?  During=20
> testing, I tried two different images ... one, a pixmap icon, and the=20
> other, a JPEG image from my digital camera.  Both reported a "depth" of=20
> 16.  Because I don't know what "depth" means, I can't tell whether that=20
> is the right answer, or whether I screwed something up.
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> Thanks,
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> Travis Beaty.
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