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Subject:Re: SHED'd graphics question From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:gyaker -at- csc -dot- com Date:Thu, 02 Mar 2000 21:56:02 -0600
Alas, Gil, you have discovered the truth. Once you shed a graphic it is no longer a
bitmap, and you cannot edit the image, only the hotspots. Nor do I know of any
application which will allow you to edit it.
If you're still using RH 5.5, however, you'll still be using the old shed editor.
You MIGHT be able to do a "replace." It's been awhile since I used 5.5, but if I
remember correctly, you can edit the original bitmap in Paint, select and copy the
new image, then used Edit/Replace to replace the image. Sometimes this works great,
other times the color gets real.....funky. As in UGLY.
Good luck!
Jo Byrd
gyaker -at- csc -dot- com wrote in part:
> Since only the dataset that has changed, theoretically I can futz with the screens
> to make them appear as if different data was there. Here's my problem: It seems
> that once a bitmap has been SHED'd, it is no longer a true bitmap and can not be
> edited. Is this true?
>
> Is there any application that will let me edit the image content (colors of
> discrete pixels) while leaving the dimensions and number of hotspots intact?
