CompuServe Thread

Lightwave can import .tga bitmaps, otherwise you'll have to convert whatever image you save into the Amiga IFF24 format either on the Amiga side or with something on the PC like Hijaak. If you can make a 752×480 24-bit image on the pC, it will fill the screen.

Just "export" your Corel file to a .tga file on a 1.44M floppy. Set your resolution to 752×480 and the DPI to 75. That will give you a file of just over 1M. Make sure you've got CrossDos running and just bring in the file as you would any other file. Before the current version of LW, I had to go through all sorts of hoops and programs to get the job done. This is really easy. The only problems I've seen are in Corel itself. It seems to "greek" really small text during the export, so you'll have to watch out if you're using small text.

I've had alot of success with ImageF/X on the Amiga doing what you want to do. Although you could export graphics as .tga files, with ImageF/X you can use a number of other file formats as well: .BMP, .GIF, and .TIF files work great. If you have Pixel 3D you could save the save the graphic as a 2 or 4 color IFF (in ImageF/X), then convert it to a LightWave object in Pixel 3D. I've done this quite a few times with mixed results.

I think people have covered the file format issue and given you a bunch of options. I just wanted to add one hint in terms of the way of transferring the files. If you're just doing one or two, disks are the way to go-but for multiple files and the occasional large graphic you might want to consider using a null modem cable between your PC and the Amiga. Then you can xfer files using any comm program. I use ProComm on the PC and downloaded the FREE program Backtalk from one of the Amiga forums. You also might want to consider downloading both Amiga and PC versions of the LHA/LZH archiving program since it is the only one I've found so far that works reliably on both platforms. It can be a handy tool for really big xfers. -dk