Can't find command to create conpressed bmp

[Guest]

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I need to convert a TIF to a compressed BMP. I can get it to a bmp, but not a compressed BMP. Here the command I an using.

nconvert -out bmp *.tif

For some reason, my -help just scrolls through too fast to see. |more doesn't work to pause it.

[Guest]

Or maybe a compressed RGB

nconvert -out sgi *.tif

This command gives an error. Says this file cannot be converted to this format. But when I use Xnview, it works great.

[xnview]

Or maybe a compressed RGB

nconvert -out sgi *.tif

This command gives an error. Says this file cannot be converted to this format. But when I use Xnview, it works great.

Try with -truecolors

[Guest]

That worked:

nconvert -out sgi -truecolors *.tif

but they are uncompressed. Is there a command for compressing the RGB or BMP?

Thanks
Damon

[xnview]

That worked:

nconvert -out sgi -truecolors *.tif

but they are uncompressed. Is there a command for compressing the RGB or BMP?

RGB bmp doesn't support compression

[Guest]

That's odd. If I convert a tif to RGB in Xnview, the file size goes from 1.2MB to 34Kb. Is there any way to convert a tif to RGB or BMP and have the file size small?

[Guest]

RLE? can it do that?

[Guest]

I figured out a way.

Nconvert -out bmp -c 8 *.tif

Makes the BMP very small. Works since there are only 4 colors in the TIF

Thanks

[xnview]

That's odd. If I convert a tif to RGB in Xnview, the file size goes from 1.2MB to 34Kb. Is there any way to convert a tif to RGB or BMP and have the file size small?

Your picture is perhaps not in true colors?