AmigaExamples/tools/imagecon/README.md

imagecon

Generate amiga data/files from a PNG image file.

usage

    imagecon: --input <input.png> [options]
    Options:
      --output <output prefix>
      --colors <max colors>
      --quantize
      --output-palette
      --override-palette <palette file>
      --verbose

The following files will be generated:

1. .bin binary interleave bitplane data
2. -copper-list.s m68k assembler syntax copper list with no symbols
3. .pal (optional) palette file listing the palette colors as hex

options

--output > Specify the prefix for the output file set. Extentions will be added to this. Default is the input file name minus the extension.

--colors > Specify the maximum number of colors allowed in the palette. Acceptable values are from 2 to 32.

--quantize Convert the image to use less colors.

--output-palette Generate a palette file of the final palette used. Output will be the output file with the ".pal" extension.

--override-palette > Specify a palette file to use that will override the image or quantized palette. Also overrides the --colors option.

--verbose Display debugging information

example

    ./imagecon --input full_color.png --output image-data --quantize --colors 32 --palette