Office 2000 PhotoDraw V2

[Frederick R. Hutchings]

Hi,

I have Win XP SP3 and Office 2000. Am I in the right place?

I just noticed that my PhotoDraw V2 can't open 32-bit bmp files. Is there
any way around this.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

microsoft.public.photodraw.discussion

: Hi,
:
: I have Win XP SP3 and Office 2000. Am I in the right place?
:
: I just noticed that my PhotoDraw V2 can't open 32-bit bmp files. Is there
: any way around this.
:
: Thanks,
: Fred
:
:

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,

I have Win XP SP3 and Office 2000. Am I in the right place?

I just noticed that my PhotoDraw V2 can't open 32-bit bmp files. Is there
any way around this.

Where did you get a 32-bit BMP file?

I could be wrong, but I don't think such a thing exists, at least not in the
specs for BMPs.

Photoshop's liable to do all sorts of odd things with files though. Might
that be the source?

 

[Frederick R. Hutchings]

I got the photo off the internet. Google for 32-bit BMP. They exist. I've
had good luck with PhotoDraw, but I haven't used it a lot, or tried a lot
of different file types.

If I look at Properties for BMP files, there's a tab called Summary. If I
look at that, it has an entry called Bit Depth. If it's 24, PhotoDraw will
open it. If it's 32, PhotoDraw will give the Send Error Report message and
close.

Fred

 

[Peter Foldes]

Steve

For your info

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLD_enCA312CA312&q=32+bit+BMP

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I got the photo off the internet. Google for 32-bit BMP. They exist.

Yes ... thanks. Learn something new every day 'round here.

It may simply be that PhotoDraw's as far behind the times as I am. <g>

You might turn IrfanView loose on it (www.irfanview.com).
It does a nice job of conversions, reads practically anything and is free.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve

For your info

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLD_enCA312CA312&q=32+bit+BMP

Thanks ... OP's already pointed me in that direction.

 

[Frederick R. Hutchings]

Great idea. Thanks.

Fred

Yes ... thanks. Learn something new every day 'round here.

It may simply be that PhotoDraw's as far behind the times as I am. <g>

You might turn IrfanView loose on it (www.irfanview.com).
It does a nice job of conversions, reads practically anything and is free.