SI FAQ: Tiny Images Overflow Memory

I'm reading a sequence of tiny logo images but I still run out of space.

Small Images but Out of Memory Your images most likely have a small logo over a large clear background. The Cel Animation object allocates Targa memory for each entire image, not just the pixels that have something in them.

Unfortunately, there is no way to discern the dimension of the image files from the Cel Animation Object Editor. Try finding one of the files using Windows Explorer and double-clicking to open it directly using Image Viewer or its native application to double-check the actual dimensions of an image.

Remember, to calculate the memory required for a sequence of Cel Animation images,

# bytes = # of images  x  image width in pixels  x  image height in pixels 
x  4

Check the currently available Targa board memory space by selecting the Help >> About DekoCast... pulldown menu item.

All images in a Cel Animation sequence must have the same dimensions.

last modified 8/26/2005

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