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Video
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Targa to Gif conversion
Currently the hardware overlay containing graphics elements and text on all KiSS players, is limited to 8-bits (256 colors) with a fixed palette. This might change in the future.
This document will describe how to get stuff from photoshop into the final
gif file in the unusual palette format used by the KiSS player. You can download the conversion software
here or use the on-line batch converter.
The .tga files must be 24 or 32-bit. Creating 32-bit targa files in Photoshop is a bit tricky so i've added
a guide on how to do this.
At last, a brief summary of the main converter application:
TGA2GIF.EXE
Version 2.0A Copyright 1990-1992 Stephen B. Coy. TGA mods by Drew Wells
Alpha channel support and FS dither improvements: Joachim Michaelis, 2004.
Usage: TGA2GIF <input targa file> <output gif file> [-d] [-k] [-o] [-r (#)] [-m (#)] [-f (#)] [-p pal_file]
where:
| -d | use Floyd Steinberg dithering (recommended)
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| -k | use KML specific palette (recommended)
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-p <palette file>
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Palette file is 256 lines in RED GREEN BLUE ALPHA format like this:
50 60 70 0
80 100 120 127
120 130 160 255
etc...
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Notice that for alpha: 0=transparent, 255=solid
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| -o | use ordered dithering
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| -r # | add random noise +- #
defaults to +-8 if # not given
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| -m | choose palette with median cut
defaults to popularity |
| -m # | limit median cut pixel count to #
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| -f # | use a fixed palette, fast but (sometimes) ugly
# determines which palette to use
0 = grey scale
1 = 8 red * 8 green * 4 blue shades
2 = 6 red * 7 green * 6 blue shades
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KiSS suggests using this program like this:
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TGA2GIF -d -k input.tga output.gif |
Or, if you don't want dithering, try this:
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TGA2GIF -k input.tga output.gif |
Website by Joachim Michaelis
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