Hi again,
Well, the news isn't as good as I'd hoped.
Apparently color downsizing doesn't go down to 16 colors
for some reason. Even if I use a ColorList of 16 colors it
won't stick to the ones I've assigned. Does anyone have
a work around?
Let me know.
Thanks,
Rick
On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Rick Harrison <harri...@all-auctions.com> wrote:
> Hi again Thomas,
>
> Good news! Turns out the dictionary documentation was wrong again.
> The export image statement actually works under iOS in the simulator just
> fine!
> Looks like someone forgot to update the dictionary for this.
>
> So, that problem has been solved! Yea!!!
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Rick Harrison <harri...@all-auctions.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> I was looking at export image late last night without much success.
>>
>> If one exports to a variable and then sets the imageData to the variable
>> it comes out as a mishmash.
>>
>> I looked into your suggestion of "optimized" this morning and it complained
>> about the syntax. I found out a couple of things to make it work.
>>
>> 1. The term optimized is in the wrong position in the dictionary.
>>
>> 2, Exporting to another image container instead of a variable works.
>>
>> If you use as the dictionary suggests:
>>
>> export image to {file filePath | container} as {gif | png} with colorCount
>> [optimized] color palette
>>
>> so:
>>
>> export "image1" to tImage as png with 16 optimized color palette
>>
>> doesn't work.
>>
>> If you use:
>>
>> export image "Image1" to image "Image2" as png with 16 color optimized
>> palette
>>
>> it works!
>>
>> Unfortunately according to the documentation, it won't work under iOS, so I
>> guess
>> it's back to the drawing board.
>>
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgra...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Rick,
>>>
>>> Have you checked out "export with palette" in the dictionary? It works on
>>> the palette of the image which could be set to 16 color count?
>>>
>>> export "image1" to tImage as png with 16 optimized color palette
>>>
>>> If the optimized palette form is used, then a palette with the colorCount
>>> colors will be generated that does its best to approximate all the colors
>>> present in the image. The image will be color-matched to this palette
>>> before export. If colorList is not specified, a 256 entry palette will be
>>> generated.
>>>
>>>
>>> export with palette
>>>
>>> Type: command
>>>
>>> Syntax:
>>> export image to {file filePath | container} as {gif | png} with standard
>>> palette
>>> export image to {file filePath | container} as {gif | png} with optimized
>>> palette
>>> export image to {file filePath | container} as {gif | png} with colorCount
>>> [optimized] color palette
>>> export image to {file filePath | container} as {gif | png} with palette
>>> colorList
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Tom McGrath III
>>> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
>>> 3mcgr...@comcast.net
>>>
>>> On Nov 26, 2012, at 10:02 PM, Rick Harrison <harri...@all-auctions.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to
>>>> downsize the colors of an image using LiveCode.
>>>>
>>>> Example: The incoming image has millions of colors,
>>>> and I want the color table of the image just to use 16 colors.
>>>>
>>>> Any way to do this? Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Rick
>>>>
>>
>>
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