More newb questions.

[B00tDisk]

Okay, I've got WinUAE installed, 3.1 set up on a "hard-drive" (folder, actually), got P96 installed...now for the next question:

I want to set up some backdrop images for folders and for my amiga desktop.  I also want to use extant .JPEGs from the PC side.  How do I do this without converting them to .ILBMs or .IFFs?

[DethKnight]

make sure you have the supporting classes and datatypes for the image formats you hope to use

then just plug them into the prefs/patterns settings

(large wallpapers tend to increase "boot-time")

[B00tDisk]

DethKnight wrote:
make sure you have the supporting classes and datatypes for the image formats you hope to use

then just plug them into the prefs/patterns settings

(large wallpapers tend to increase "boot-time")

'k.

I've got a jpeg datatype...but still no dice.  Multiview just up and quits when I try to view .JPGs with it.

(Man, setting up an Amiga after 10+ years is humbling...easy to use my eye!)

[DethKnight]

Im using warpjpeg.datatype
and if I remember correctly I had to
update my picture.datatype

I found them on a website which must be registered to
 Mork form Ork
http://www.nanunanu.org/~oliver/

ps: I've also uploaded a proof-of-concept screenshot in the images here on amiga.org under category Workbench Screenshot

[DethKnight]

Multiview just up and quits when I try to view .JPGs with it

Don't be so certain...give it massive amounts of time to render the image. My multiview seemed to "quit" also, but I sat it out for a loooooong time, then it finally produced the image. BTW I have discovered that my favorite image format of all time (raw tiff) loads and renders way way way faster than JPG on my emulation. And this is on a P3/933.

I've determined that multiview could benefit from a "busy" indicator

[B00tDisk]

DethKnight wrote:

Multiview just up and quits when I try to view .JPGs with it

Don't be so certain...give it massive amounts of time to render the image. My multiview seemed to "quit" also, but I sat it out for a loooooong time, then it finally produced the image. BTW I have discovered that my favorite image format of all time (raw tiff) loads and renders way way way faster than JPG on my emulation. And this is on a P3/933.

I've determined that multiview could benefit from a "busy" indicator

Thanks...I'll give it a spin again and see what happens.

[B00tDisk]

B00tDisk wrote:

DethKnight wrote:

Multiview just up and quits when I try to view .JPGs with it

Don't be so certain...give it massive amounts of time to render the image. My multiview seemed to "quit" also, but I sat it out for a loooooong time, then it finally produced the image. BTW I have discovered that my favorite image format of all time (raw tiff) loads and renders way way way faster than JPG on my emulation. And this is on a P3/933.

I've determined that multiview could benefit from a "busy" indicator

Thanks...I'll give it a spin again and see what happens.

Hmm, still no joy.  I'd like to get this feature working somehow or the other...that or find a tool to convert a few of my .jpg files to .iff or .ilbm so's I can use them as backdrops! :-)

[Trooper]

Xnview is a very good image viewer and can convert from and to iff-ilbm format, Plus it free.

Get it here.

http://www.xnview.com/

Trooper

[DethKnight]

also make sure you have rtg.library and uaegfx.library installed in your emulation
configure your emulation to have some RTG memory
pick a uaegfx screenmode from Prefs

I use gimp for my conversions but I will second XnView

inside the emulation you can use rend105.lha (Rend24) from aminet or grinder
Rend24 is proof that the emualtor will reproduce HAM banding and fringing