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Started by KodeNerd June 05, 2008 07:39 PM

3 comments, last by Anon Mike 15 years, 10 months ago

KodeNerd

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June 05, 2008 07:39 PM

I have looked on Google for how monochrome bitmaps are stored yet always came up with ones that do not load monochrome versions, does anyone have any that they could share?

------------George Gough

fpsgamer

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June 05, 2008 07:45 PM

You could use a full fledged image loading library: DevIL

KodeNerd

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June 05, 2008 08:30 PM

I will check it out even though I would prefer to write it myself. Thanks.

------------George Gough

Corman

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June 05, 2008 08:37 PM

Monochrome bitmaps can use just one bitplane alone, use one channel in an RGB file, or use all 3 channels together using a formula like "Y = 0.3*R + 0.59*G + 0.11*B". So basically there isn't one single approach to storage, usage, or formats.

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Anon Mike

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June 06, 2008 12:24 PM

How they're stored where? The answer is different depending on whether you mean in memory, in a file, what OS and/or graphics library you're using, etc.

-Mike