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RE: [GD-Windows] Image formats (was [Algorithms] Scrolling starfi eld)

[brian h. <bri...@py...>]

> So that's one package we're not going to be "upgrading" to until this 
is
> fixed.

We, unfortunately, learned the hard way by upgrading on the assumption 
that, at the very worst, the upgrade wouldn't be worth the money.

> The benefits of PS7 are marginal

The scripting support in PS7 seems to be very nice -- you can access 
just about everything you need to with AppleScript, JavaScript or VB 
(your choice, although JS is the only one that's available on both Mac 
and PC).

That said, I haven't actually _used_ it, so for all I know, their 
scripting support may be completely broken as well.

-Hook

RE: [GD-Windows] Image formats (was [Algorithms] Scrolling starfi eld)

[Stefan B. <bo...@te...>]

> Sad to see we're not the only ones bitten by Adobe's TGA zealotism. I
> had a few and completely unproductive email exchanges with Adobe about

> this, in the end I gave up talking to them, and our artists simply 
> continued working with Photoshop 6.

   I found some Japanese utilities here:

     http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA017881/software.html

   One of them is a psd2tga.exe app... I haven't tried it yet so I can't
say whether it works with PS7 or not, or indeed if it is any good!

Cheers,
Stef! :)
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Stefan Boberg, R&D Manager - Team17 Software Ltd. 
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