#TPaint
John,
If experience is the best teacher then I should be very smart after working
with files and the Toaster. However, something came up today that I just don't
understand.
I was trying to pull a file of clip art into Toaster Paint. The file came from
a BMP file off of a PC. I was able to pull it into AD Pro. I then scaled it and
reduced it in size. It looked fine in AD Pro. I then saved it as a Framestore
in the Framestore directory. Giving it the proper number and name. I also saved
it in the same directory as an IFF file.
When I went back into the Toaster, I checked the file listing and found the
framestore number and file name listed. I then went into TPaint and tried to
pull it in as LOAD FRAME. However, when I went into the directory, the number
and name of the file was not there. It showed up in the Switcher directory but
not in the TPaint directory.
This was the second file that I had transfered this way. The first file was
fine. Both files started out as CGM files and were pulled into HIJACK on our
PC. However, the first file was a 4 bit file whereas the second was an 8 bit.
Both files were converted by HIJACK into BMP files.
After spending two hours trying all kinds of different saves, I finally went
back to the original CGM file and used a different one that was a 4 bit file.
This time it work.
The files that worked came from a program called Task Force. The file that did
not work came from Corell Draw. Any idea why a file would not show up in the
TPaint directory buy did show up in the Switcher directory?
Fred