Hello all people,
How create picture in screen 5 with a PC computer for using in MSX basic program ?

(Sorry for my bad english)

Here are two methods. First of all, make sure you use a maximum of 16 colors and 256x212 resolution.
Now you can do two things:
- You can save the picture in GIF format. On MSX you can load the GIF with a viewer and convert it into normal MSX format.
- Or, you can save the picture in PCX format. Download CNVS from http://www.msxhans.msx2.com/pashans.htm and use it to convert to MSX format.

I'm sure there are some other options, but these are two that popped up in my head

Thank you

I'm wondering what you're developing

You can also simply save the file in a 4-bit raw format (in my experience Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro for some reason don't want to do that >.< why, I don't know), and save the palette to a raw format aswell (or convert it manually, there are only 16 colors and with the help of a calculator...). Then load the raw file into the VRAM, convert the palette from 24-bit to 9-bit with a little Basic program, and put it at the appropriate place.

~Grauw

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I'm wondering what you're developing

Hello ,I'm want try to convert my little game (rpg) on Atari ST (but it's not finish).
But I'm a beginer in MSX basic and ASM Z80 .
You can see the preview of Atari ST and donwload this version on my site ,
jeanchristophe.meric.free.fr/pages/dqpage02.htm

(sorry for my english)

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(in my experience Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro for some reason don't want to do that >.< why, I don't know),

Wouldn't it be easier to mention programs that DO work with this technique?

kirem - I hope you'll enjoy developing the game on MSX. MSX is a relatively easy platform to develop software for. Especially if you ask for the help of the MSX-heavyweights on this forum. Feel free to ask anything.

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Wouldn't it be easier to mention programs that DO work with this technique?

Well considering I don't know them... ^_^ At the moment I'm using 8-bit raw files and converting them to 4-bit. Next time I need to convert some graphics I'll code a small BMP2GE5 program, BMP file format isn't hard at all so...

~Grauw

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Next time I need to convert some graphics I'll code a small BMP2GE5 program, BMP file format isn't hard at all so... ~Grauw

No need to do that... Download BMP2MSX from :
ftp://www.imasy.or.jp/~hra/Download.htm

Features:

* Output for SCREEN2/3/4/5/6/7/8/10/11/12.
* Interace mode.
* Number of 192/212 line selection.
* One part / all appointment function of a palette.
* An all partly automatic generation function of a palette.
* Error spread.
* A setting parameter save and load.

~NYYRIKKI

I just use photoshop. Creat a new file, index color it to 16 colours. And start pixelling. It works fine. BiFi transformed my gfx to MSX format this way.

RAW format rules! (the secret is out now )

Wasn't much of a secret anyway...

Hmmm... if you're using Windows, why not use NewAge (or Age98 or whatever it's called)? Great tool, I used it to view GE5 files all the time when I was still using Windows! You can find it at funet, I think it's right here ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msx/othersys/age98.zip

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RAW format rules! (the secret is out now ) Wasn't much of a secret anyway...

RAW format? what is raw format?

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Hmmm... if you're using Windows, why not use NewAge (or Age98 or whatever it's called)? Great tool, I used it to view GE5 files all the time when I was still using Windows! You can find it at funet, I think it's right here ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msx/othersys/age98.zip

Nice software. Won't say otherwise. But... There's better software for PC
If you really insist on using the AGE interface, you'd better just switch on your MSX and start pixelling on that. The PC versions of that program aren't as good as the MSX version.