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JordanR

Joined: 14th Jul 2010
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 Post #43985 Compressing bmp files?

Ok well I know how to compress the whole gfx file with pecompact but I found that it makes the client run slower since it takes longer to load. I just want to compress the single bmp files that i put into the gfx. I'm pretty sure FE does this to their gfx files and it works very effectively. I tried searching the forums but didn't really find any topics on this. Does anyone know what program I use to do this? Thanks for the help ^^

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Sausage

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 Post #43987 Re: Compressing bmp files?

The only way to compress DIB (BMP) files is with a primitive method called run-length encoding, however, this only supports 16 or 256 color paletted images. Photoshop can probably save them in this format.

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JordanR

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But wont that kinda screw with the pictures since your changing the colors that it has to read? Sorry if I'm wrong I'm not that intelligent when it comes to subjects like this lol.

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Sordie

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JordanR posted: (17th Jul 2010 08:55 am)

But wont that kinda screw with the pictures since your changing the colors that it has to read? Sorry if I'm wrong I'm not that intelligent when it comes to subjects like this lol.


No. That's not how RLE (Run length encoding) works. It works, in laymans terms, by saving runs of colours.

Example:
Red Red Red Red Red Red
becomes:
Red*6


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JordanR

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Hmm okay I think I understand a little. So an example is say i have an icon that is red and blue. Instead of reading it as RRRBBRRR it goes like 3R2B3R? Would this actually help me in preventing people from stealing my icons though? Because with such a simple method of compression wouldn't it be easy to decompress?

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 Post #44066 Re: Compressing bmp files?

No. There is no way of preventing people from stealing your graphics.

On a personal note; Why would you want to protect your graphics? You put a lot of time into them? Sausage put a lot of time into EOSERV. I put a lot of time into Seose and Kalandra. We've all put a lot of time into this forum.

It seems that some server owners like to take more than they give back to this community.


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