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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Deepblue on August 10, 2003, 04:19:24 pm

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 10, 2003, 04:19:24 pm

Is there anyway I can use Bright to convert a bunch of bmp files into PCX files with a shared pallete?

Title: Bright help
Post by: Odyssey on August 10, 2003, 04:22:51 pm

No idea. Irfanview is great at batch conversions though

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 10, 2003, 04:30:40 pm

But not for matching palletes

Title: Bright help
Post by: Odyssey on August 10, 2003, 04:43:27 pm

There's a palette option in there, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Oh well. Sorry, false lead.
Bright come with any help files?

Title: Bright help
Post by: Vilkacis on August 10, 2003, 04:47:54 pm

This is the command line I usually use:

BRIGHT "image".bmp -colors 256 -common -rgb

Just the name of the image is needed any sequence behind it can be ignored, Bright will figure it out by itself.

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 10, 2003, 05:02:56 pm

Where do I put that line?

Title: Bright help
Post by: Vilkacis on August 10, 2003, 06:00:22 pm

.bat file or DOS prompt.

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 10, 2003, 10:52:48 pm

Under C:\WINDOWS or something else?

Title: Bright help
Post by: Bobboau on August 10, 2003, 10:59:18 pm

put that in a text file in the same folder as bright and you're files and then rename the file so that it has a .bat extention, then double click on it,

though I generaly go the
bright nameoffile*.tga -common
route myself

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 10, 2003, 11:12:16 pm

Okay I tried both methods but each time all it does is open bright.

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2003, 02:10:12 am

Hello?

Title: Bright help
Post by: FreeTerran on August 11, 2003, 05:30:54 am

BRIGHT image*.bmp -colors 256 -common -rgb

or this i can't remember try both

BRIGHT image*.bmp -colors 256 -common -rgb

image=name of image

the bat name must be "bright_cfg.bat"

bright.exe, bright_cfg.bat and the iamges must be in the same directory

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2003, 09:51:05 am

Thanks FT I had named the bat file execute.bat

Title: Bright help
Post by: FreeTerran on August 11, 2003, 09:57:42 am

Has is work fine ?
Well np ;)

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2003, 10:17:24 am

YeargH!!! all it did was open up bright again. Does it change the bmp files in the bright folder or is the output somewhere else?
Okay what should happen when I click on bright_cfg.bat?

Title: Bright help
Post by: FreeTerran on August 11, 2003, 10:25:48 am

Uhm you must press the bat to convert (not the exe) and the files will be in the same directory as pcx

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2003, 10:27:54 am

ahhh. I am clicking the bat file but the current pics are all in BMP do I need to convert to PCX first?

Title: Bright help
Post by: FreeTerran on August 11, 2003, 10:31:24 am

No....
1. put all in one folder (pics bright.exe and the .bat

2. correct the image name in the bright .bat if you want convert more then one picture with the same pallete put after the imagename an * .bmp or ****.bmp i can't remember try both

3 save the .bat

4 double klick on the bat now they convert fine ;)

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2003, 10:31:38 am

Just tried the same thing with PCX. still doesn't work. Someone just want to send me the bat file they made?

Title: Bright help
Post by: FreeTerran on August 11, 2003, 10:35:08 am

post you bat here and the name of the images and are that more then one ?

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2003, 10:35:59 am

Okay it worked this time. Thanks a lot FT. :cool:

Title: Bright help
Post by: FreeTerran on August 11, 2003, 10:37:34 am

OK after some problems you have find it out ;) np

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2003, 11:31:28 am

Wait no it didnt. :lol:
Argh forget it I will just compile a pallete using multiple frames of my ani.

Title: Bright help
Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2003, 11:32:00 am

Actually is this (http://www.geocities.com/deepinfinities/SS_Claymore.ani) good enough? :thepimp:

Title: Bright help
Post by: FreeTerran on August 11, 2003, 01:04:41 pm

Ouch! sorry but its...its...**** fading of the colors