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[ShayEr]

Hi,

This is an old school image-to-code addin for Paint.NET 3.0, it will take an image and will convert it to code.
From there you can compile the image into your code as data.
Currently only C/C++ is supported and not all the formats are tested.
In order to install it copy the dll into %ProgramFiles%\Paint.NET\FileTypes


Cheers.

[barkbark00]

Is there any way to add the option to recompile the code as an image?

BTW...This is pretty cool!

[MadJik]

How does it work?
What is the size limitation of the picture?
What could we do with the code?

[barkbark00]

I just tried it. Works pretty good.

Would you be able to make it so you could use this to output a PDN Palette file?

I have no programing experiance. That said, could you calculate the 96 most used colors in an image and then output them in HEX order to a .txt file?

[ShayEr]

How does it work?

It will just take the image and convert it to a C/C++ data structure.

What is the size limitation of the picture?

No size limitation, it will output array as big as you image.

What could we do with the code?

You can take the data structure as use it in your code, today most ppl can use resources to achieve that, but under some circumstances (embedded device for example) you can't and your only way to store gfx is using your code data segment.

[ShayEr]

Is there any way to add the option to recompile the code as an image?

BTW...This is pretty cool!

Sounds cool to implement, but currently this is a one way tool.

[ShayEr]

I just tried it. Works pretty good.

Would you be able to make it so you could use this to output a PDN Palette file?

I have no programing experiance. That said, could you calculate the 96 most used colors in an image and then output them in HEX order to a .txt file?

a. Palette has 256 color not 96.
b. In the near future I will add support for 8 bit palettized images.

[MadJik]

Fine... It should be ok as well for C#.

Could you provide a short code example (C/C++)?

[BoltBait]

I just tried it. Works pretty good.

Would you be able to make it so you could use this to output a PDN Palette file?

I have no programing experiance. That said, could you calculate the 96 most used colors in an image and then output them in HEX order to a .txt file?

a. Palette has 256 color not 96.
b. In the near future I will add support for 8 bit palettized images.

ShayEr, that may be true, but a Paint.NET palette file only contains room for 96 colors.

[FriendlyFire]

Anyone going to build on this great work?

[Rick Brewster]

And do what exactly

[FriendlyFire]

And do what exactly

Namely allow for text to be turned back into the image.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

(..) it will take an image and will convert it to code.
From there you can compile the image into your code as data.

It seems to do just what was promised. Surely it is the job of your code to manipulate and interpret the data structure, and not a Paint.NET plugin?

[Rick Brewster]

Namely allow for text to be turned back into the image.

You can already do that. Just add a block of code to save the image and run the modified program ... ?

[sradforth]

Have been thinking about paint.net needed one of these!! Absolutely perfect, great work!