Euphoria Graphics is low-resolution or "lo-res" graphics with its own format for storing and loading images or movies. The file extension is ".egf" which stands for Euphoria Graphics Format (or Euphoria Graphics File). The format is similar to that of a 2-color bitmap file but is even more compressed.
(In fact, there are two different compression schemes applied, and
the smaller result is what is saved.) The .egf format can contain movies as well as still
images. Due to the need to show images rapidly, the Viewer converts
its frames to bitmaps and uses standard win32lib functions to draw those
to the Window.
The current program for creating and viewing .egf still or movie images is EGF Viewer. Here is a screenshot:
To use EGF Viewer, click the FILE menu to Open an egf file, then use SHOW ==> Show to view the image or movie. Use STOP ==> Stop to halt the movie (a still image is already halted). To view this html document, use HELP ==> Help (note: keep help files with EGF Viewer).
To create a movie (IrfanView is a free program which speeds up the development process), do the following :
- 1) Either create or copy a series of 2-color bitmap images to a folder. (EGF Viewer currently only shows black-and-white images.)
- 2) Rename the files to a simple ordered series, such as A001.bmp, A002.bmp, . . A142.bmp. The order of the files is important!
- 3) Use CREATE ==> Movie and select the series of bitmap files.
- 4) Done! You can now view the movie, and you can save it for loading and viewing at any time. To save, use FILE ==> Save EGF.
Thanks to:
- Robert Craig of RDS for the open source Euphoria Programming Language Link: http://www.rapideuphoria.com/
- Derek Parnell and all others associated with win32lib
- Judith Evans for Judith's IDE (Win32Lib IDE)which makes Windows programming so-o much easier
- Ryan Johnson for idle.e
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The current program for creating and viewing .egf still or movie images is EGF Viewer. Here is a screenshot:
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To use EGF Viewer, click the FILE menu to Open an egf file, then use SHOW ==> Show to view the image or movie. Use STOP ==> Stop to halt the movie (a still image is already halted). To view this html document, use HELP ==> Help (note: keep help files with EGF Viewer).
To create a movie (IrfanView is a free program which speeds up the development process), do the following :
- 1) Either create or copy a series of 2-color bitmap images to a folder. (EGF Viewer currently only shows black-and-white images.)
- 2) Rename the files to a simple ordered series, such as A001.bmp, A002.bmp, . . A142.bmp. The order of the files is important!
- 3) Use CREATE ==> Movie and select the series of bitmap files.
- 4) Done! You can now view the movie, and you can save it for loading and viewing at any time. To save, use FILE ==> Save EGF.
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Thanks to:
- Robert Craig of RDS for the open source Euphoria Programming Language Link: http://www.rapideuphoria.com/
- Derek Parnell and all others associated with win32lib
- Judith Evans for Judith's IDE (Win32Lib IDE)which makes Windows programming so-o much easier
- Ryan Johnson for idle.e
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EGF Viewer by Quark, 2007 Use freely, modify the code as you please, take credit for
your own work as you wish, and all responsibility for use of the program and its effects are yours.
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[End document]EGF Viewer by Quark, 2007 Use freely, modify the code as you please, take credit for
your own work as you wish, and all responsibility for use of the program and its effects are yours.
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