From: Mihai Moise <moisemih AT ift DOT ulaval DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: [Q] truecolor images in Allegro?
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:51:26 -0400
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Mark Fleig wrote:
> 
> Can someone point me to a spot of code that demonstrates how to display, or
> at least create and save a 24bit image under DJGPP/Allegro? I know the pcx
> routine only handles a 256pallete, but someone must have a format routine
> for a fullpallete .PCX or .BMP or .PPM? Anyone?


Allegro does not support 24bpp modes AFAIK. Take a look at svgalib,
grxlib ( now did I spell it wrong, and if so will I be shot? ), and
jlib. All pointers on DJ's web site.

For loading and saving 24bpp BMP images, someone wrote a GIMP plug-in
which does it and is easy to hack. It should not be far from the main
GIMP page which is at scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/~gimp.

Mihai