Allegro and photoshop bmp's

[Ophelius]

I'm trying to get Allegro to display a BMP drawn in photoshop. It displays it fine when drawn in Paint. Is it something to do with layers or the palette? Here's my code:

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'$include: "allegro.bi"

#define SCR_W			800 
#define SCR_H			600

dim shared VBuffer as BITMAP ptr

allegro_init

install_keyboard()

set_color_depth 16

if (set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, SCR_W, SCR_H, 0, 0) <> 0) then
      set_gfx_mode(GFX_TEXT, 0, 0, 0, 0)
      end 1
end if

VBuffer = load_bmp("temp3.bmp",0)

do
    
  poll_keyboard()
      if( key(KEY_ESC) <> 0 )then
	 	exit do
	  end if
      
  clear_bitmap(VBuffer)
  
  vsync()
    
  blit(VBuffer,screen,0,0,0,0,SCR_W,SCR_H)

loop 

destroy_bitmap(VBuffer)
set_gfx_mode(GFX_TEXT, 0, 0, 0, 0)
allegro_exit

The image is a 16-bit 800x600 image. Thanks for any help

[D.J.Peters]

The image is a 16-bit 800x600 image. Thanks for any help

Sorry but it seams to be an mistak a bitmap in *.bmp format has 8bit with a color palette or is in RGB 24bit not 16bit.

Joshy

[Ophelius]

that would explain why it works for images made in Paint, which saves them as 24-bit images. But it still won't work through PS after I converted the image to 24 bit. Anyone else have a clue?

[D.J.Peters]

Load the saved PS *.bmp in Paint and save it again as 24 bit (without compresion) and use 24 or 32 bit in Allegro too.

Joshy

[tunginobi]

16-bit bitmaps and FreeBASIC are a world of pain. Avoid this combination.

As for Allegro, it's been too long since I last used it, so I can't give you any useful advice in that regard.

[Ophelius]

oops, works now, thanks