Importing
and Exporting Bitmaps and Height Maps
Annihilator 1.0 will allow you to import 2 kinds of bitmaps,
a 256 color bitmap for section graphics and a 256 color greyscale or greenscale
bitmap for height mapping. It will aslo export a bitmap and a greyscale
heightmap.
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Importing Bitmaps
To import a bitmap as a section, you must have a map started.
Then go to the Sections menu and choose Import Bmp. You will
be presented with a dialog asking you to specify a path for the bitmap
and height map You may either browse for the images, or type in the path
NOTE:. A height map is not required to import a
bitmap.
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Importing a heightmap for the whole map
To import a heightmap for the whole map, go to the Maps
menu and choose Import Height Map from the list. The height map
MUST be 256 color gray or greenscale and be 1/16 of the size of the map
for it to work correctly.
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Exporting Bitmaps
To export a bitmap, select an area in the workspace
. Go to the Sections menu and choose Export Bmp and you will
be prompted to specify a location for the bitmap. Choose a name and directory
and then press save to save the bitmap.
You can also export a bitmap of a section in the Section
Palette by right-clicking on it and choosing Export BMP from the
pop up menu
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Exporting a height map
There are two different ways to export a height map.
You can either choose to export the height map for the entire map, or you
can choose to export the height map for a section.
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Exporting a sections' height map
To export a sections height map, you must right-click
the particular section you want in the Section Palette. You will get a
pop-up menu that will allow you to do several things,but the one we're
concerned with now is the export height map item.
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Exporting the heightmap for the whole map
To export the heightmap for the whole map, go to the
Maps menu and choose Export Height Map from the list. It
will again prompt you to name the file and give it a location.