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Feb 17^th, 2007 at 7:47pm

fighter25 Offline
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I happen to have Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9 and I want to repaint the IRIS Raptor for the airshow. Well when I open the file it says drawing failed what should I do? Huh

Thank you to anyone with advice. Cool

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Reply #1 - Feb 18^th, 2007 at 3:21am

gryshnak Offline
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Bitmap files come in two varieties: normal (24 bit) and extended (32 bit). Your computer is looking for 24 bit. The Raptor files are 32 bit so it won't open them.

You need to download DXTBMP.EXE, it's on this site and several others as well (do a Google search). It's free. Use that to open each bitmap, then save it as a 24 bit image (make sure you're working on a copy, not the original). You can then open it and work on it happily. When you're finished, use DXTBMP.EXE again and save it as an extended bitmap which converts it back to a 32 bit image.

You might also take a look at FS Repaint from Abacus Cool

Gryshnak

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Reply #2 - Feb 18^th, 2007 at 5:37am