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Mark

In message         Mark All writes:
> Interestingly enough, our project is being converted into A-ware for
> Windows;  we are using the VGA palatte (for conversion into
> Windows--why are there only about fifteen colors, since there is a full
> palatte available in Windows--these are the only colors compatable for
> both platforms?)

I read and answered you other message before I saw this one.

It is not necessary for you to use the VGA pallate on the APM side to convert to
the APW side.  Basically, once you IMPORT the image onto a display icon, it
becomes a bitmapped image.  This type of image will display on most windows
machines  (I'm assuming almost anyone will have the ability to display 16 bit
images which equals thousands of colors).  Our project includes over 500
digitized images so file space is a big factor for us.  We have decided to do
one of two things: 1. when we import into APM we are going to select the
QUICKTIME JPEG COMPRESSION box (you need to try this, the option is given when
you IMPORT GRAPHICS under the FILE menu).  When APM starts to import, it gives
you an options box where you can select from a list of options.  We plan on
choosing NONE on the compression and then select THOUSANDS OF COLORS.  This way
we get fairly high resolution and still save on the disk space.  We wanted to do
what Chis suggested to you, but we felt that we wanted to stay away from writing
XCMDs and DLLs to call the correct color table for the picture.  This doesn't
mean that if someone else writes the XCMD and DLL we wouldn't be interested in
it!    2.  We may choose to save two different versions of the same picture one
for APM (a 24 bit PICT then use JPEG compression) and one for the APW (24 bit
bitmap or BMP file).  This way we get the maximum resolution on both machines.

Just as an aside, we are keeping all of our pictures in libraries so as to make
the actual program smaller and also so that the picture libraries can be kept on
servers and other hard disks.

> So!  How does this affect the file's journey from Photoshop to Authorware
> on a Mac, to Windows, re:  palatte?

Experiment with the options I gave you above.

Again, good luck and let me know if you discover a new and better way.

John
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