OLD Digiview Format to be converted.

[Rowbeartoe]

Ok, someone finally helped me find these old Digi-View pictures.  Apparently I ran into them too a while back but couldn't display them so I had no idea I had them.  The original Digiview format will not work with my verison of XNVIEW (1.61) or old PaintPro 5.0.  These programs normally display HAM and IFF pictures.  My question is what PC program can I use to convert the old Digiview files to normal Amiga HAM6 files such as LBM or IFF?  I read somewhere about these pictures needing Pixmate to convert old Digiview. I also read about the files being RAW and to convert them to FBN or something?

Help!   I have the pictures, but can I display them on the PC?

Thanks.
 

[Rowbeartoe]

JPG sucks so I will never convert anything to JPG.  BMP, PNG, or TGA keeps pictures identical to the original.  As far as using my AMIGA, I'm still in the processes of learning how to exchange files between the PC and my real Amiga.  Currently the PC is the fastest way for me to convert and save Amiga pictures.  

I think once I get these pictures, I'll put them in the Gallery-  Call it the NewTek collection or something.  I have a lot thanks to Digipaint and the Newtek demo reels.  And someone also helped me get that DynamicHiRes picture in PNG format to share as well from Demoreel 3.  =)

[Rowbeartoe]

Best way for anyone to really see what JPG does to a picture is to have them save an Amiga HAM6 picture to JPG and then have the computer count the colors.  Hahaha- it's amazing.  Best example, the dynamic hires picture called "the look" from the Newtek demoreel 3 has 65 colors.  I saved it to a default JPG setting and now have 35809!  From a 4096 color Amiga.  Hahaha- WTF?

Avoid JPG EVERYONE!  BTW- I hate all MPGs too!

I have had problems with GIF too because I think its palette is only 262,144?  Not sure of the specifics but remember having a problem converting a 32 or 16 color picture from the Amiga or Atari ST.  The 256 color gif image kept on dithering some of the colors.  WTF?  Hahahaha.  Isn't 262,144 enough to copy the Amiga or ST?

[Rowbeartoe]

I'm going to upload them in PNG format.  Unless I'm mistaken this should keep the pictures looking identicle?  I will be uploading my NewTek collection soon.  Another request I was asked for recently was a Sachs collection in the original formats.  Most of mine are in GIF format.  Can anyone make a Sachs collection?

Thanks EVERYONE and great topic about JPG too!  =)

[Rowbeartoe]

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=14448

The above link is to an Atar ST Forum that I used to upload the NewTek collection of Amiga pictures in PNG format.  I had a hard time uploading them to Aminet- so perhaps someone here can upload them with better success than I had.

It's a great collection with pictures ranging from 320x200 HAM6 to overscan highres 4096 color dynamic HiRes.  1986-1990.  All pictures could be displayed on the Original Amiga OSC.  =)

Thanks everyone for your help.  =)