From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Mar 2 3:33:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 02B0614C29 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 03:33:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpilgrim@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 18767 invoked by alias); 2 Mar 1999 11:32:51 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org@fixme Received: (qmail 18754 invoked by uid 0); 2 Mar 1999 11:32:50 -0000 Received: from bdsl224.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.169.224) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 2 Mar 1999 11:32:50 -0000 Message-ID: <36DBCC64.934E57AE@uswest.net> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 03:32:52 -0800 From: Nocturne Organization: Neatly stacked heaps of digital chaos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Saunders Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.1 Release splash image References: <001001be649f$2f8251c0$69d4fea9@pacer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [format recovered] John Saunders wrote: >Nocturne wrote: >>I didn't see it mention which encoding method to use for the bitmap. >>Should the bitmaps be run-length or RGB? > >I don't think 256 color BMPs can be RGB encoded. I just used the >BMP that GIMP saved. Windows bitmaps can be saved in RLE, where all the data for each color is grouped together, or RGB where are all the data for each pixel is grouped together. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message