TK. Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 This time a question by me ;-)Under Linux I've a small but really usefull tool called "xpaint" which allows me to edit bitmaps for the graphical display very efficiently. It provides a high zoom level of 20 and more and it features a grid view which is very important for editingsmall characters and icons. Does anybody know a tool for Windows which offers similar features?high zoom factorgrid viewbasic drawing tools (pen, line, circle)text editingtwo-colour bitmapsoptionally export to the .xpm file formatIt's not for me, but for the users who want to change the bitmaps for their MIDIbox NG. ;-)Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLightX Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 MSPaint can do most of that, exept the zoom isn't that high and a grid is not available, and the export isn't there. I use it to create almost everything I need graphically, but then again the prog sucks a*s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d2k Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 there are lots...Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand will do all that with ease, but I'm sure there'll be a few freeware apps about too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogic Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 Photoshop is enough for this, but I am wandering what is .xpm file format?I am sure there is no need for windows specific software for bitmap editing - maybe there are some java applets around the web with similar capabilities? There were some for editing mobile phone logos, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris_FX_freak Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 Hi TAs I see you want to use it for the icons on the LCD of the MIOS so I only suggesting using an icon editor http://www.iconcool.com/Otherwise (if i got it wrong ) the photosop or the photopaint or the paint shop pro will be the best Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted February 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 Problem is, that MSpain(t) isn't really usable and the others are commercial solutions. I haven't found a freeware which can be used on the same erconomic way like xpaint, although xpaint does exists for more than 5 years now ;-)However, I will add support for .bmp files into my converting script, so that this format can also be used. ".xpm" is a special unix format which contains the picture in ASCII text (one character for every pixel), so that it also can be edited with a texteditor.Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TzanhZsu Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 the best way is to use the gimp, i think *g* It's free, it's good, and .. TATAAA... there is a windows version, too. Do i have to say more? Maybe THE GIMP REALY KICKS ASS?;)TzZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted February 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 A Windows version of gimp? Cool! Yes, gimp is also one of my favourite tools, but it doesn't offer a grid mode for bitmaps - or where can I find this feature? Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TzanhZsu Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 No, there is no grid-mode, but you can zoom that much, that shouldnt be a problem *g*TzZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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