https://sourceforge.net/p/lores/home/Home/Recent changes to HomeenFri, 17 Jun 2011 22:39:47 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/lores/home/Home/<pre>--- v1 +++ v2 @@ -1,5 +1,31 @@ -Welcome to your wiki! - -This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage]. - -The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/lores/home/markdown_syntax/) syntax. +I spent a lot of time looking for a tool to reduce the color depth of true color images without creating bands of color in the resulting image. After searching the web for a solution, I hacked together a program with components taken from other open-source code-sets. + +It is my hope that my efforts will benefit others who might have the same need. + +Get the source from [SVN](https://lores.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lores "Subversion repository for LoRes"). Email me if you have any questions arya (dot) webhost (at) gmail (dot) com. + +Features (current v0.2) +------------------------ +- Convert 24-bit, 32-bit images to 24-bit or 32-bit dithered images with a 16-bit color depth. +- User specified source and destination folders. +- Traverse sub-directories of source folder for images to convert. +- Mirror source directory structure in the destination folder for convenience. +- Supports multiple image formats such as png, bmp, jpg, etc. (v0.2) +- Outputs rgb565 and rgb666 color depths. (v0.2) + +Usage +----- +**LoRes {--source=srcfolder | --file=srcfile } \[--dest=destfolder --nodither --outcolor=bpp --hexdump\]** + +- **--file** source file to convert (cannot be used with --source) +- **--source** source folder (and sub-folders) to scan for images to convert (cannot be used with --file) +- **--dest** destination folder for converted images (defaults to ./converted) +- **--outcolor** 16 for rgb565 (default), 18 for rgb666 +- **--nodither** used to test the difference between the dithered and non-dithered image +- ** --hexdump** dump output file pixel data to a text file (slow) + +History +------- +- **v0.01 - July 27, 2010**: Works with 24-bit and 32-bit png images. Traverse sub-directories of source folder. +- **v0.02 - Aug 01, 2010**: Works with png, bmp and jpg images. Supports rgb565 and rgb666 output color depths. + </pre>Anonymous CowardFri, 17 Jun 2011 22:39:47 -0000https://sourceforge.net706ec774f2404e512fc2cca8f38391c876868ae5https://sourceforge.net/p/lores/home/Home/Welcome to your wiki! This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage]. The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/lores/home/markdown_syntax/) syntax. Anonymous CowardFri, 17 Jun 2011 22:39:45 -0000https://sourceforge.net14b559f639d1791ebd79027f048e7dba088d03ba