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Graphics/!Translatr/Docs/Summary
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Summary ------- The following is a short summary of the most important things that you can do with Translator 6.00. - Images may be converted automatically to the ideal mode and palette - Images may be converted to ANY mode and ANY palette of your choice, with error spreading preserving maximum quality - Images may be (pre-)scaled down using any scaling ratio for both X and Y, again with error spreading preserving maximum quality - Images may be converted to black and white images - Images may be colour separated (using the RGB resolution settings) - Images' colours may be 'inverted' - Images may be saved, (post-)scaled down to any size, as sprite files and/or as Clear files. Clear files preserve all image information and can be very easily handled by simple programs for further processing. Clear files may in turn be converted to GIF and TIFF files using !MakeGIF and !MakeTIFF. - Once an image is loaded, it may be displayed in any other mode (though for maximum quality, a non-ideal output mode should be chosen prior to loading with 'Output mode') A few special examples : - Creation of icons from images : choose 'Output mode' = 'Current', select mode 12, ensure the desktop palette is the current palette, choose 'Output palette' = 'Current', set error spreading to 'on' (if you want maximum quality), set the appropiate scaling factors (for 34x17 pixel icons and an input image of, say 123x456, choose 34:123 for X and 17:456 for Y), load the image, save the image using 'Whole'. - Creation of GIF or TIFF files from any input image : choose output to a Clear file using 'Clear output' and dragging the file icon in the subwindow to a filer window, set any pre-scaling if you want to scale down the image, ignore all other settings (they have no effect), load the image, drag the Clear file to !MakeGIF or !MakeTIFF to create the GIF or TIFF image.
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