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Bilboo
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Posted: 11th Jan 2004 04:16
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Hi,

I've 40 images (it's an explosion) that I'd like to convert into one big bitmap (say 8*5) for ease of loading, any ideas on the easiest way to do it?

Thanks in advance
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indi
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Posted: 11th Jan 2004 04:28
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write a x and y for loop to corespond with the layout
eg: x = 1 to 8 : y = 1 to 5

also say each image is 32 x 32
x*32 and y*32 becuase its the amount of divisions

you could paste them all to a bitmap area and then export the bitmap or save the file out.
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Bilboo
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Posted: 11th Jan 2004 04:34
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Thanks for the quick reply.

Is there anyway to use a paint package to do the same job? Just trying to same myself some time by avoiding writing a script to do it.

Thanks again
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indi
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Posted: 11th Jan 2004 04:39
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yes most art packages can stitch up images like that no problems.
open one at a time and copy the whole area into memory then paste them one at a time into a large space. you may have to use an art package that uses layers or it might be messy.
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Bilboo
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I'll have a go at that.

Thanks for your time
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indi
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Posted: 11th Jan 2004 04:46
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cheers mate.
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Bilboo
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Posted: 11th Jan 2004 16:55
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Hi again,

I decided to try out indi's first suggestion and write a small script in DB Pro to load the images and create a bitmap, which has worked great.

My only question now is how do you save the bitmap back to the HD? I hope I haven't missed anything obvious but I gone through the reference manual and just can't see how you do it.

Thanks in advance
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Mentor
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Posted: 11th Jan 2004 17:44 Edited at: 11th Jan 2004 17:45
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you still have the save image command, make the bitmap into an image and save that as a .bmp, then load it as a bitmap when you want it, it isn`t in the manual since they removed the command in pro but replaced it after some complaints on a later patch, so make sure you have patch 5.2, cheers.

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Bilboo
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Thanks Mentor,

Managed to get it all working.
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