On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:26:40 -0400 Charlie Murphy <cmsmur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This format was designed to _be_ an intermediate format. It's essentially > a protocol for sending raw pixels across pipes. If we write small scripts > that use ImageMagick, both the conversion and viewing problems are solved. > ImageMagick has the `convert' and `display' commands which work well from > scripts. > > Please correct me if I'm wrong (really, I'm not angry here), but it seems > like writing a new converter and a new viewer is unnecessary work. > > A better way of developing the format is to confirm whether it's useful > or not. I could take a game like SuperTux and swap SDL_image with a > loader for this format. I think there's more to it than just being an intermediate format. My tests showed that especially for line-art, it beats png by far (I got results with over 60%!). Given the simplicity of the format, you could write a coder easily. Cheers FRIGN -- FRIGN <d...@frign.de>
