BITMAP or TGA? which one??

Started by robert_s August 18, 2001 05:57 AM

2 comments, last by robert_s 23 years, 6 months ago

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August 18, 2001 05:57 AM

Hi guys!! I've seen many examples on This site of eg. heightmaps saved as .bmp and others as .tga which then were used in demos. To be honest I don't know really much about tga and therefore I would like to ask you guys for an explanation! What is the diffenrence between .bmp & .tga. The advantages & disadvantages of using both? (I guess .bmp eats more memory?)What is the best format to use for heightmaps? maybe some other then these 2 above? Thanks all! Edited by - robert_s on August 18, 2001 6:59:54 AM

Daaark

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August 18, 2001 06:00 AM

I know TGA lets you save an alpha channel with it.

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TheSalmon

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August 18, 2001 06:14 AM

You can have compression on a TGA as well.

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der_meista

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August 18, 2001 06:23 AM

thats a simple question:

tga is the best choice, because it has
- compression
- multiple pixel formats (up to 32bit)
- has alpha channel

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