tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 09 21:58:59 1995
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Re: my rendered trefoil
- From: [email protected] (Jim Boniface)
- Subject: Re: my rendered trefoil
- Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 21:59:08 -0700
>I think David is asking how to transfer the image into your WIN.COM
>file in order to display the image at start-up, i.e., instead of the
>'Windows 3.x' blue logo, rather than converting it to wallpaper.
>Unfortunately, David, you can't. The image has to first be converted
>into a 4-bit .RLE image, which is just a compressed .BMP. It would
>actually be a three-step process. First, you'd have to change the .GIF
>into a .BMP, such as with LView, as Jim stated, then compress it into
>an .RLE, using a program such as BMP2RLE, or something similar, and
>then alter/create a new WIN.COM file, which is the file that the start-
>up logo is stored in, the same exact file that executes when you type
>'win'. I know BMP2RLE will convert a .BMP straight into the WIN.COM
>file for you, skipping the .RLE converson all together, at least to you
>it would look like it was skipped... However, there are stand alone
>programs that will transfer an .RLE into your WIN.COM file. The
>problem, though, is this: Jim's .GIF is, first of all, superb, but
>unfortunately, it's also huge. It's over 430K. When converted to a
>.BMP, it grows to almost 770K. Windows places a limit on the size of
>the .RLE that can be placed into the WIN.COM file, and that limit is
>about 58K. Even after compression of the .BMP, the .RLE would be much
>too large to place into the WIN.COM file. So, unless you are able to
>shrink the size of the .BMP and/or cut away at the sides or somehow get
>it to under 58K as an .RLE, we'll have to settle for keeping it as
>wallpaper. Too bad, too...great GIF...
Opps! geuss I was a TAD off huh? See what happens when you stay up all
night rendering pictures :)
I could re-render it in a different resolution (I used 1024 x 768) that
would change the initial file size wouldn't it? I rendered it in the high
resolution because I made it for myself (I'm lazy) and didn't expect people
to like it as much as everyone has said so I left it. (damn, sorry about the
wasted bandwidth :P) ANYWAY I can change it anyway anyone would like, just
let me know!
Qapla!
Jim
[email protected]