Low Resource alternative to PSPX?

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 16:22

Does any one know any low resource alternatives to PSPX?

I am on a dual cpu 500Mhz system with 512 RAM, and it does not like the bloat to much at all!

What I am doing is making hi-res sprites and textures, so I need a very light weight alternative that will allow me to select background colors to serve as my "clear" space.

And I need to be able to work with PNG's in hi-color mode.

Any suggestions?

Post by **wildweasel** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 22:56

The only image program I can think of that works with high-color PNG's, outside of PSPX and Photoshop, is The Gimp - and that's even slower, given that it uses GTK.

So you're pretty much going to have to deal with PSPX's slowness.

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 23:01

IrFanview seems to be working, but I don't know how to set the background color to white to match my PSPX images.

Or if I create a new image, I don't know how to paste an images with transparent backdrop.

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 23:32

Actually I think I found what I need, now if I can get off the phone to test my findings

http://www.crosswinds-cadre.net/?page=trans_irfview

I hope this work because I really really miss my resources!!! Would be nice if everything still ran on Amiga and was programmed with resources friendlyness in mind.

NiGHTMARE · Post by **NiGHTMARE** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 22:58

Was IrFanview good enough?

If not, I'd suggest using an older version of Paintshop Pro. The program started being a horrendous, bloated system hog with version 8, so v7.04 is the one I'd recommend.