From:	Miguel Guerreiro <a14616 AT aaual DOT ualg DOT pt>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Help, BMP files wont load in grabber.
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:32:49 +0000
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Alleycat wrote:

> This is very fustrating...  Please help me!
>
> Here's the problem...
>
> I am making tiles in Adobe Photo Shop 5.0.  These tiles are stored as 24 bit
> BMP files.  Yet, when I try to make a .dat file with the grabber that comes
> with Allegro 3.0, it always crashes when I try to read in the BMP's.  Oddly
> enough, the BMP files that came with windows as screen backgrounds and
> screen tiles all work just fine.  I must be doing something incorrectly, but
> what?
>
> Any suggestions on how I might be able to fix this problem?  I'd really
> appriciate any help you have to offer.  Thank you!
>
> reply E-mail:
> alleycat AT fclass DOT net

You can't read 24-bit BMP's in grabber, convert them to 16-bit and you'll be
fine.
Had the same problem myself, but then I used Windows Paint to save them in
16-bit mode and it was solved.

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