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#1 2008-01-26 09:26:36
Scratch isn't reading BMP files
I was making a project and then I tried to import a BMP file for a new costume and it wouldn't work, do you know what's wrong? 
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#3 2008-01-26 16:11:27
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#5 2008-03-07 13:01:57
Re: Scratch isn't reading BMP files
Jens - i have saved with MSPaint (not that complicated program, isn't it) and Scratch is not able to read them. Because MSPaint is a basic windows program - and many Scratchers are using it - i think Scratch should be able to read (most) bitmaps. But i do understand if this is a too difficult task.
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#6 2008-03-07 15:11:01
- relyt12101
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Re: Scratch isn't reading BMP files
Same with me. Simple BMP files saved by MSPAINT will import as a blank image.
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#9 2008-03-08 06:29:38
- MyRedNeptune
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Re: Scratch isn't reading BMP files
You can save the picture in another format.
Open the file in MSPaint. Then select File/Save as and under File type choose PNG. Then hit Save.
I usually save my files in PNG format, but Scratch has no trouble reading other file formats, including BMP, on my computer.
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#10 2008-03-08 10:07:01
- relyt12101
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Re: Scratch isn't reading BMP files
Here's a pic when I import a BMP file into Scratch - 
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#11 2008-03-08 16:01:01
Re: Scratch isn't reading BMP files
hmm, png's, that means mixing different types of files, which means i have to create at least three new folders (im a clean-freak on the comp, pity im not like that in my room), which has alway been complicated for me, hmm...
ill try, but id better not lose any files
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#12 2008-03-09 04:51:34
- MyRedNeptune
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Re: Scratch isn't reading BMP files
teguki wrote:
hmm, png's, that means mixing different types of files, which means i have to create at least three new folders (im a clean-freak on the comp, pity im not like that in my room), which has alway been complicated for me, hmm...
ill try, but id better not lose any files
lol, I am a clean freak too. Especially in Scratch. I click "clean up" like every two seconds. 
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#14 2008-03-09 10:58:51
- MyRedNeptune
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Re: Scratch isn't reading BMP files
teguki wrote:
no, i mean i always separate all my files in a perplexing maze of folders
i have a million folders that weren't there when i got this comp
pictures => backgrounds, scraps, stuff, etc.
Yeah, me too.
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#15 2008-03-09 11:32:25
Re: Scratch isn't reading BMP files
I now save as PNGs so it works now and I also hit clean up everytime I finish putting in ONE block
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