#RLE Format conversion
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What's the RLE format, and hoe do I convert to IFF. I use hamgif for GIF.
Will this work? Dan Cole
Dan,
RLE stands for Run Length Encoded, a method whereby the bitmap image is
compressed. There are two differing formats going by that name, however.
The Compuserve RLE method is perhaps one of the earliest attempts at
compressing image information in a standard way. I believe it calls for a
256 by 192 bitmap and is strictly B/W. It was designed to allow 'real time'
viewing online of RLE graphics, as it can be treated as a text file.
It even has a 'switch' in it that was meant to trigger viewing software
in terminals. It has been superceded by GIF, though it is still supported
and you will still find RLE files here and there.
The other RLE is primarily an IBM/Clone format. Color and varying
resolution/sizes are supported by it. I have not seen support for it
around here nor, for the matter, much of it 'in the real world'. As such, I
have little information on it.
If it's the Compuserve variety you're interested in, look for NEWRLE here
in the Viewers lib. If it's not here, you might try to find it in
GRAPHSUPPORT. It's an offline RLE viewing program and requires you to
operate it from CLI. I have not tested it under 2.04, so be warned.
Hope this helps,
Doug
Heh. RLE is the format which Compuserve used *before* GIF was invented.
It's a monochrome 256 x 192 pixel format, encoded as run lengths of
alternating black & white dots. To my knowledge, three RLE display
programs exist for the Amiga. You can "BRO /KEY:RLE" here in LIB 14, but
it's possible those files are long gone, in which case they're almost
certainly in the Graphic Support Forum (GO PICS). If you still have
trouble finding an RLE display program, let me know. I have all of them
somewhere on my disks. (Not surprising since I wrote one of them…
<grin>)
–>Steve Bennett
Dan,
RLE is not a color format. The letters stand for Run Length Encoded,
whatever that means. I uploaded a program a week or so ago that will
convert IFF-RLE and RLE-IFF, if my memory serves right. Look in the
Graphic Utilities library and you should find several programs that will do
this. Try searching with RLE for your keyword.
Betty