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

[Rich <leg...@xm...>]

In article <F23...@FR...>,
    Andrew Grant <ag...@cl...>  writes:

> resources in their native format and that format also has to be supported by
> 3rd party tools such as photoshop.

Well it seems that the PS support is what's lacking here, even for
something as brain-dead simple as TGA.

> Ideally it'll also support palettised
> images (with alpha) so we can allow artists to control colour reduction.

PNG supports palettised images w/alpha, but the PS support is problematic,
apparently.

> Both TIFFs and PSD seem to fit these requirements which is cool, although
> I'm eyeing PSD with suspicion it being an Adobe thing :)

I don't know if TIFF supports palettised images w/alpha off the top of
my head.  Its been a long time since I looked at the TIFF 6 spec.
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