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Convert Amiga IFF to linux
« on: September 13, 2008, 05:08:17 PM »
Hi all, this might be a tuff one.

I use Ubuntu 8.04 with all updates, and I have a load of Amiga IFF clipart I would like to convert so I can import them to Linux, so far I don't have any thing on Ubuntu that will do the job.
I have tried synaptics manager on Ubuntu but no good.

Is there any thing that will do the job?
I don't want to use the Amiga unless I use Amikit as its faster.

TIA,
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Re: Convert Amiga IFF to linux
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2008, 05:15:37 PM »
Your best bet is probably to convert the images to another format. I'm sure there is some open-source batch converter for Linux.
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Re: Convert Amiga IFF to linux
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2008, 05:18:02 PM »
Yes I just found XnView tha will do the job, but I am  problems trying to get it installed.

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Re: Convert Amiga IFF to linux
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2008, 06:30:54 PM »
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ilbmtoppm < pic.ilbm | pnmtopng - > pic.png

To batch it you can use something like:

First have a script file ilbmtopng:
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#! /bin/sh
echo processing $1...
ilbmtoppm < $1 | pnmtopng - > $1.png

(Remeber to chmod u+x it)

Then use it like this:
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find somedir \( -iname '*.iff' -o -iname '*.ilbm' \) -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -r -n1 ./ilbmtopng

NOTE: If you don't have netpbm package you can install it with:
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sudo apt-get install netpbm
 

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Re: Convert Amiga IFF to linux
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2008, 06:46:37 PM »
Ahhh thank you for that info.

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