tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post3036191079024995296..comments2023-10-14T04:05:08.546-07:00Comments on Diary of a Technocratic Anarchist: Time isn't freeForrest Higgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-43351448724089740242010-03-22T10:09:36.819-07:002010-03-22T10:09:36.819-07:00.Net will happily support GIF and PNG images... th....Net will happily support GIF and PNG images... the latter would be useful if you are using (or intending to use) more than 8 bits of colour coding information, which is the max you can fit in a GIF file.<br /><br />It might also matter than the .net System.Drawing stuff does not play nicely with 8bit image formats... you can't create Graphics objects from them, for example. Depending on what you do in your UI, this might make using GIFs impossible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244441167231999087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-3403204923032587172010-03-22T07:26:06.135-07:002010-03-22T07:26:06.135-07:00Renoir: I'll check those out. I didn't k...Renoir: I'll check those out. I didn't know that .NET Image supported GIF. Mind, I have the disk space for the moment, so I'm not particularly worried about saving disk space.<br /><br />Gimp looks like fun. :-)Forrest Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-86627943785900761232010-03-22T07:03:27.238-07:002010-03-22T07:03:27.238-07:00Hi Forrest,
Have you looked at saving a .gif inst...Hi Forrest,<br /><br />Have you looked at saving a .gif instead of .bmp files? .Net seems to handle both, it might just need changing a flag somewhere.<br />(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/47591zc7.aspx). gif files will save you megabytes.<br /><br />Also, given how you're editing a number of graphics files (if you're doing this a lot), something like Gimp with the GAP (gimp animation plugin) will allow you to load each file one-after-the other, so might be easier for multiple editing.<br /><br />:-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046079586632841601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-58504978961633593562010-03-21T10:40:21.096-07:002010-03-21T10:40:21.096-07:00Peter: It's not a silly question, but I am co...Peter: It's not a silly question, but I am colour coding things. :-)Forrest Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-16086069125312756542010-03-21T10:00:55.649-07:002010-03-21T10:00:55.649-07:00Hey Forest,
This is a silly quesiton that you'...Hey Forest,<br /><br />This is a silly quesiton that you've probably already thought about, but are the images stored as 24-bit BMPs? You might be able to reduce the size to 1/24th (if you're not colour coding things) by using 1-bit bitmaps?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09748593214168860068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-21053479081256589952010-03-20T21:47:21.626-07:002010-03-20T21:47:21.626-07:00Bart: Thanks for the link. I know if I ever get ...Bart: Thanks for the link. I know if I ever get this code in shape enough to really distribute it that I'll want to do image compression, so that isn't really off the table in the longer run.<br /><br />Freds: Yeah, I got a Seagate. It is amazing how hard disk price/byte has dropped over the years. Back in 1981, I got a 5 mbyte hard drive for a little 8 bit multiuser computing system. It cost $5,000. I paid about $100/terabyte for this one. :-)Forrest Higgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208965471464716174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-89890240329983894632010-03-20T17:50:29.346-07:002010-03-20T17:50:29.346-07:00LOL! Yes time is valuable; but creative time is p...LOL! Yes time is valuable; but creative time is priceless. I was eyeing 2tb drives at fry’s recently just for disk to disk backup.Fredshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092731901892918338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-68543168396923727882010-03-20T17:25:06.849-07:002010-03-20T17:25:06.849-07:00its kinda funny how that works eh. i have been the...its kinda funny how that works eh. i have been there too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988319309314632650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681518.post-86434144305989737202010-03-20T17:08:00.417-07:002010-03-20T17:08:00.417-07:00Hi Forrest,
Just wanted to let you know about http...Hi Forrest,<br />Just wanted to let you know about http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/ in case you didn't already. I don't know if you meant adapting this or something else. I believe you can use it directly from vb.net just by adding a reference to it.<br /><br />I have enjoyed your posts for a long time now.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />BartBart Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090971246625848937noreply@blogger.com