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From: nkopp AT grfn DOT org
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Subject: Re: Allegro's Grabber
Date: 17 Jun 1996 21:56:54 -0700
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In article <835052153snz AT flag DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>, Ben says...
>
>Hi All,
>
>I just designed a few nice images to be used as sprites in the Allegro library.
>
>I saved the screen as a 320 x 200 256 colour PCX file.  However, upon loading
>it in to the grabber program, when trying to grab an image from the PCX file,
>the dotted box seems to be on a grid, not allowing me to cut my images out
>properly.  Is there any way to fix this?  I looked at the code for the
>grabber routine, but couldn't find a way around this.
>
>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>-- 
>Cheers,
>
>Ben                                     -=Look for "Moo-Juice" on the IRC=-
>

The grabber doesn't work on a cut & paste system.  It works on a "grab" system.
That was new to me, too, so it took some getting used to.  You need to save each
sprite as a separate PCX file.  Then, in grabber, create a new bitmap or RLE
item and then load one of the PCX files.  Next choose "grab".  This will copy
the PCX to your bitmap.  You may need to adjust the x/y sizes of the bitmap
first.  You'll also want to grab the pallete.  Hope this helps.

-Nathan Kopp (Impulse)
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