At 06:43 PM 2/16/03 -0000, you wrote:
Jim Muth said on Friday, February 14, 2003 8:30 PM
The version generated by the parameter file *IS* the altered image. When I alter an image in a separate program, I make only color changes, which I then save as a GIF file, load into Fractint and encode into a normal parameter file.
I'm missing something here. I tried taking one of the FOTD images into Corel Photopaint, changed the brightness, contrast and intensity and re-saved as a GIF file. Restoring the new file into Fractint doesn't allow me to zoom in so I guess the par info saved with the original GIF has been lost. Where have I gone wrong?
Apparently, the Corel program strips out the encoded GIF data when it saves a GIF file. When you save the altered image, do not overwrite the original. Then load the altered image into Fractint and save the new colors as a *.map file. Reload the original unaltered image into Fractint and load the *.map file that you have just saved into the original. Save the resulting image, which now contains both data and altered colors. Jim M.