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brubin

11-13-2003, 07:40 PM

hi,
i think there is a tree, since i'm in a forest, but i don't see it! know that feeling?

on sgi or linux i know how to create xpm images for shelve icons, but how do you do that under windows?

does anyone have a fileformat-plugin for phostoshop for that?

is there a conversion utility somewhere?

how does imgcvt work under windows?
(i want my shell back!)

who can help?
please!

TIA

liquidhalf

11-13-2003, 08:20 PM

http://www.highend3d.com/files/?group=globaltools&section=NT&sort=

scroll to the bottom of the page... xpm to bmp and bmp to xpm

brubin

11-13-2003, 08:44 PM

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And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside [...] this thread and be strong
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THANX!
somehow i expected it to be there, but i guess i was looking too hard and i didnot see it! (*shame*)

again: THANX
s.

liquidhalf

11-13-2003, 08:51 PM

you're welcome :) glad to be of service. I had the same problem long ago. I couldn't see it.. and it was right there in front of my face.

NUKE-CG

11-14-2003, 02:55 AM

Yeah, I had to download the program lately to fix the missing icons for the Bonus Tools..

Alias should kill the XPM format, or atleast give us a way to convert them easily.. im_cvt.exe doesn't even support it.. what is up with that.. :shrug:

floid parkins

11-14-2003, 03:46 AM

I use sraight bmp files for my shelve icons

CraigT

11-14-2003, 02:36 PM

FWIW, Paint Shop Pro 8.0 can handle xpm files(along with a number of formats I never even heard of). I've got a question though- what do you do with the xpm files to get the texture samples to show up in Hypershade? I made some xpm samples but never found a way to use them.

Craig T

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