Re: [Pysdl-devel] Comparison of blit speed by file format

[Eric J. <ea...@ri...>]

> 
> Wow! Not only did that make the PNG and BMP times the same, it cut
> them by about 40%! Very nice. Thanks for your help.

I second that wow! However, I'm having a little problem. Whenever I
call either convert() or convert_display(), the alpha channel seems
to be lost. This is coming off of PNGs. If I don't call the convert,
the blit is much slower, but the alpha is preserved. Any ideas?