[Coco] Is there a way to import JPGs or BMPs to a CoCo picture file format that can be used in a program, game etc?

[RJLCyberPunk]

Where is this Viewer by Robert Gault? Is it a separate program you are 
talking about or is one of the dithering options in the viewer?

For some reason I could not attach the small picture of the dithering 
options as a picture on this email, but anywhow again if it's a separate 
program where can I find it and again even if do let's say I use the save 
option. What format does Projector saves in and how does one read the file 
from Disk Extended Color Basic, if anybody has the source code that is BASIC 
code please post it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Is there a way to import JPGs or BMPs to a CoCo picture 
file format that can be used in a program, game etc?


> At 01:11 AM 1/15/2010, you wrote:
>>I know there are viewers but are there applications that preferably can 
>>run on a PC and convert JPG,BMP etc files to a Coco picture file say a 
>>CoCo 3 picture file that one could then use in a program, game etc? If so 
>>please let me know where I can obtain or preferably download it from 
>>thanks...
>
>
> Yes, in a way.  The VCC CoCo emulator is a Windows program.  Use it to run 
> my Projector-3 program for the 6309 CoCo 3.  Just set VCC to 6309 and 
> 512k.  Using P-3, you can use Robert Gault's BMP viewer (it's a P-3 codec 
> file) and then convert the loaded image into many formats, including 
> CoCoMax 3.
>
> The source code to Projector-3 has been available for years and comes as a 
> Rainbow IDE project as well.  Just load the project and click GO and it 
> will rebuild the software disk (virtual disk).  Once you get the hang of 
> that, you can make us proud by adding new encoding routines to the 
> numerous codec files loaded by the program.
>
> Now that I'm on this subject, someone could easily add a new graphics mode 
> to the array.sys file (array.asm)... and the mode I'd like to see is this 
> new CMP artifact mode claiming to show ~256 colors.
>
> Robert Gault can confirm that adding a new format to P-3 is easier than it 
> sounds, yet many years have gone by with almost no contributions by the 
> public.  The reason it's easier than writing a complete viewer is that 
> P-3's shell and array driver handles almost all of the routines you'd need 
> to deal with file management, color processing, dithering, and graphics 
> modes.  You basically just need to turn a stream of colors into file 
> bytes, or a stream of file bytes into a stream of colors, and let P-3 do 
> the rest.
>
>
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