JagView - A utility for displaying *.bmp files

[GroovyBee]

This is a utility I created at the weekend :-

 

http://www.jagware.org/index.php?showtopic=1027

 

It is a Windows GUI tool that will convert 24BPP Windows *.bmp file directly into a Jaguar ROM image that can be viewed in 16BPP on real hardware. Just press the "Browse..." button and choose an image and then use the "Convert" button to process it. A new file will be created that has a *.rom file extension. The ROM image is padded to the nearest 1MB so it can be used in emulators like VJ without conversion.

 

Some notes :-

Images must be 24BPP, 8BPP images are not supported at this time.

Images larger than 320 c 200 (w x h) will be cropped to 320 x 200.

Images smaller than 320 x 200 will be displayed in the centre of the screen.

 

The utility is ideal for pixel artists who want to create in-game assets without needing a programmer to implement the features they need or to check out how screenshots or mock-ups would look.

 

The application has been tested on XP fine and the ROMs on a PAL jaguar. (many thanks fto sh3-rg for testing)

 

Load and execute the final ROM at 0x802000.

 

Any problems let me know.

[doctorclu]

Wow.. so is this the ability to display a image, or a collection of images?

 

I was using another Jaguar Image Viewer this weekend, which I believe was made by the Jagware folks. Really came in handy. So this will be fun to play with as well.

[GroovyBee]

Wow.. so is this the ability to display a image, or a collection of images?

 

Just a single image at the moment. It'd need a bit more work to make a slide show viewer.