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>Summary
Summary
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The following is a short summary of the most important things that you can
do with Translator. You are strongly advised to find out more by experimenting
and reading 'Guide' (but I recognize some of you are too lazy, hence this
summary !).
- Images may be converted either automatically to the ideal mode and palette
or to any mode and any palette of your choice
- Simple or Floyd Steinberg error diffusion techniques ensure maximum image
quality in all situations
- Images may be (pre-)scaled using any scaling ratio, both X and Y seperately
- Images may be converted to black and white images
- Images may be colour-separated (using the RGB resolution settings)
- Images may be inverted
- Images may be gamma-corrected (for scanner input)
- The images' dynamic range may be expanded to full-scale
- Images may be black-corrected
- Images may be saved, (post-)scaled down to any size, as sprite files
- Images may be saved as Translator Clear files. Clear files preserve all image
information, and, among other things, ensure non-loss conversion to GIF
and TIFF formats using !Creator.
- Images can be examined easily by zoom options and a magnifier window.
A few simple examples :
- Creation of desktop icons from images
1. Set 'Output mode' = 'Current'
2. Select mode 12
3. Ensure the desktop palette is the current palette
4. Set 'Output palette' = 'Current'
5. Set 'Error spreading' = 'Floyd Steinberg' (if you want maximum quality)
6. Set the appropiate scaling factors (for 34x17 pixel icons, choose 34:x
for X and 17:y for Y)
7. Load the image
8. Save the image as a sprite using 'Whole' or 'Full'.
- Creation of GIF, TIFF or AIM files from any input image (with !Creator)
1. Select output to a Clear file by dragging the Clear file icon in the
'Clear output' submenu to a filer window
2. Set any pre-scaling and other (colour) conversions you want (if you want
an AIM file, set pre-scaling to 256:x and 256:y)
3. Load the image
4. Select GIF, TIFF or AIM in !Creator
5. Drag the created Clear file to !Creator
6. In the save file window, enter a filename and drag the file icon to a
filer window
- Creation of sample images of (say) 100x100 pixels of your image library
1. Set the 'x' and 'y' scaling factors both to '100' (i.e. 100:x and 100:y)
2. If you want all sprites defined in the same mode, use 'Output mode' =
'Current', and 'Output palette' as appropiate (usually = 'Current')
3. Set 'Error spreading' = 'Floyd Steinberg' (if you want maximum quality)
4. One by one, load all your images and save them as 'Whole' or 'Full'
sprites
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Set 'Error spr| 000009d0 65 61 64 69 6e 67 27 20 3d 20 27 46 6c 6f 79 64 |eading' = 'Floyd| 000009e0 20 53 74 65 69 6e 62 65 72 67 27 20 28 69 66 20 | Steinberg' (if | 000009f0 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 6d 61 78 69 6d 75 6d |you want maximum| 00000a00 20 71 75 61 6c 69 74 79 29 0a 20 20 34 2e 20 4f | quality). 4. O| 00000a10 6e 65 20 62 79 20 6f 6e 65 2c 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 |ne by one, load | 00000a20 61 6c 6c 20 79 6f 75 72 20 69 6d 61 67 65 73 20 |all your images | 00000a30 61 6e 64 20 73 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 6d 20 61 73 |and save them as| 00000a40 20 27 57 68 6f 6c 65 27 20 6f 72 20 27 46 75 6c | 'Whole' or 'Ful| 00000a50 6c 27 0a 20 20 20 20 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 73 0a |l'. sprites.| 00000a60 0a |.| 00000a61
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