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In article <96196.090048U41602@uicvm.uic.edu>
	   U41602@uicvm.uic.edu "Rich Chong" writes:

> I have a 256 color 40x40 BMP that i'd like to turn into an ICON.
> My attempts with OS/2's ICON Editor, using cut and paste, pallete,
> and various device forms, leave me with a 256 color 40x40 icon that
> looks 16color, and loses the nice color gradations in the bmp.
> Any pointers on which is the proper form to use and steps to get
> what I want? I didnt see anything specific on Hobbes to do the
> conversion, or did i miss it?  Thanks
>				       rich

Use PMView, available from Hobbes -- or at least from their Dec
95 CD-ROM as PMVIEW92.ZIP, which is where I got mine.  Shareware
(but in no way limited) and worth every cent.  (Am now registered
and awaiting free upgrade to v0.93 -- where is it, guys? <g>)

I just tried an experiment: took a JPEG file; selected an area
(380 pixels square) containing the image I wanted; shrank it to
40x40; converted colour to 256 bit; output image as an OS/2 Warp
bitmap (you can also choose OS/2 2.1 or Win3.1); went out to the
system and dragged the bitmap from its directory into the icon
field of the settings notebook of a testfile; and -- bingo!
--
Andrew Stephenson

In <96196.090048U41602@uicvm.uic.edu>, Rich Chong <U41602@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>I have a 256 color 40x40 BMP that i'd like to turn into an ICON.
>My attempts with OS/2's ICON Editor, using cut and paste, pallete,
>and various device forms, leave me with a 256 color 40x40 icon that
>looks 16color, and loses the nice color gradations in the bmp.
>Any pointers on which is the proper form to use and steps to get
>what I want? I didnt see anything specific on Hobbes to do the
>conversion, or did i miss it?  Thanks
>                                     rich

The only way I've been able to do it is a collosal pain in the ass
using the Icon editor.

First load the bitmap.
Save the palate with some arbitrary name.
Copy the image to the clip board.
From the file meny create a new icon.
Go to the devices menu and add the appropriate type (I forgot the
name)
Load the previously saved palate.
Paste the image.

You might have to transpose the last two steps.



Edmond Dantes
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Rich Chong (U41602@uicvm.uic.edu) wrote:
: I have a 256 color 40x40 BMP that i'd like to turn into an ICON.
: My attempts with OS/2's ICON Editor, using cut and paste, pallete,
: and various device forms, leave me with a 256 color 40x40 icon that
: looks 16color, and loses the nice color gradations in the bmp.
: Any pointers on which is the proper form to use and steps to get
: what I want? I didnt see anything specific on Hobbes to do the
: conversion, or did i miss it?  Thanks
:                                      rich

Hello,                                                                     
                                                                           
PMView 0.93 can do this for you. It supports more than 30 different file   
formats and lets you convert to WinICO, OS/2 1.2 ICO and OS/2 2.0 ICO      
                                                                           
The beta version of PMView 0.93 is currently only available to registered  
users. The official version of PMView 0.92 can be downloaded from PMView's 
web pages: http://www.wilmington.net/bmtmicro/pmview                       
                                                                           
Best regards,                                                              
        Peter Nielsen (pnielsen@abo.fi)                                    
        [Author of PMView]