galfar.imaginglib/Doc/VampyreDoc/FileFormats/Pcx.xml

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  <title>ZSoft Paintbrush Image</title>
  <chapter>
    <title>ZSoft Paintbrush Image</title>
    <par>
      <b>PCX</b> was the native file format for <b>ZSoft PC Paintbrush</b> graphics editor
      which was popular in old DOS days.
      Most PCX files use a color palette, but the format has also been extended
      to support true color images. It uses a simple run-length
      encoding as compression.
      PCX was quite popular on early DOS and Windows systems (it is
      native texture file format of Unreal 1 engine)
      but it has been largely replaced by more powerful formats like
      PNG and JPEG. Imaging supports only loading of PCX files
      (I don't wont this venerable format to spread).
    </par>
    
    <table>
      <title>PCX File Format Support</title>
      <row>
        <th>Format</th>
        <th>TImageFormat equivalent</th>
      </row>
      <row>
        <td>1 bit mono</td>
        <td><icode>ifIndex8</icode></td>
      </row>
      <row>
        <td>2 bit indexed</td>
        <td><icode>ifIndex8</icode></td>
      </row>
      <row>
        <td>4 bit indexed (rare)</td>
        <td><icode>ifIndex8</icode></td>
      </row>
      <row>
        <td>8 bit indexed</td>
        <td><icode>ifIndex8</icode></td>
      </row>
      <row>
        <td>24 bit RGB</td>
        <td><icode>ifR8G8B8</icode></td>
      </row>
      <row>
        <td>32 bit ARGB (rare)</td>
        <td><icode>ifA8R8G8B8</icode></td>
      </row>
    </table>

  </chapter>
</doc>