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Re: BMP2DAT Re: Painted baseplates
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:38:28 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Heather Patey writes:
> > From the discussions I've read it's apparently not difficult to transfer a
> > bitmap onto a planar surface (to make torsos etc.) but what about studded
> > surfaces?
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> You reminded me of a question I had once before. I've used BMP2DAT a few
> times with success limited by my own ineptitude, but it always seems to
> generate really big DAT files. Am I doing something wrong, or is this the
> nature of the beast?
It's the nature of the beast. LDraw is very inefficient at storing raster
images, which is what BMP2DAT utilities create.
Steve
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 | | Re: BMP2DAT Re: Painted baseplates
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| Speaking about BMP2DAT - I am currently re-writing that program. So far, I've just made a slighly improved scan function, and eliminated the need of manual "vertical sync" adjustments. My wild plan is to integrate LDS, LDD, and BMP2DAT, so that you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | BMP2DAT Re: Painted baseplates
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| (...) You reminded me of a question I had once before. I've used BMP2DAT a few times with success limited by my own ineptitude, but it always seems to generate really big DAT files. Am I doing something wrong, or is this the nature of the beast? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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