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bit targa format

    06-Sep-94 15:20:31
Sb: #8-bit targa format
Fm: Marc Reinig 72410,77
To: GreG tsadilas 74774,232
GreG, I used the 8-bit Targa output format today and am having problems getting most graphics programs to read it. It is an image with a lot of blue. When I 24-bit Targa's and 256 color TIF's they are fine. But, when I generate 8-bit Targa's, almost everything see's the blue as red: VPIC, CSHOW, Photo Shop Pro, DTA, GWS all see the Targa image as red and the TIF image correctly as blue. GDS won't even recognize the format. Are all these programs reading the palette wrong? The interesting thing is that DFV (same author as DTA) reads it correctly. Any ideas? -Marco