How can I transform a jpeg in bif ?

[Arduino]

Can I do it ?

[shand994]

Yes you can.

Save the Jpeg as a BMP, open up bifreader, file > new > Then click file > import bmp, then select the bmp you want as a bif. And there you go.

TIP - before you import you new bmp, open an existing MTW bif in bifreader, this will load a color pallette to the bifreader, if you dont do this, you will have a bif with only two colors, black and green, i think it is.

Another thing, the background of you bmp, should be the same green as the backgrounds for the existing bifs.

hope this helps

[Arduino]

Thank you Shad http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[barocca]

OR
make your image,
colour the background green RGB=(0 128 0),
save your file as anything you like,
use ACDC to convert to TGA,
then download the CA bif/buf utils,
open CA's util purpgrab,
drop the tga into purgrab,
then open bif reader and open the bif created by purpgrab,
(delete the lbm - it wont work)
then click the little pallette icon in bifreader,
then select the SECOND colour in the pallette, (it's green 0 128 0) and replace the rgb numbers with (240 0 240) - makes it purple,
then EXPORT the image as a bmp,
then open the bmp in photoshop or similar,
change the purple background to green (0 128 0),
save the file using same name,
then IMPORT the file back into bifreader,
then save the bif.

sounds like a lot of mucking around?
it is...
but with a little bit of experimentation the images will work.