Bitmaps dark on Pocket PC

S

ShakeDoctor

Hi, I'm trying to set the background colour and render several bitmaps on a
custom form, and they are coming out very dark on the Pocket PC. When I run
my application on the emulator, the colours look fine, so I don't know
what's going on. Is there any particular format the bitmaps should be in
when I save them?
 
S

ShakeDoctor

I knew about the compression bug, but what can be done about it? and why
does it look fine on the emulator? It's so dark on the Pocket PC that it
looks like the backlight isn't on. Do I have to do anything special for a
full screen application?
 
S

Serg Kuryata [MS]

Is your bitmap a 24bpp or a 16bpp bitmap? If it is a 24bpp bitmap, please
try to convert it to 16bpp and see how it's going to look on desktop.

Thank you,
Sergiy.

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| I knew about the compression bug, but what can be done about it? and why
| does it look fine on the emulator? It's so dark on the Pocket PC that it
| looks like the backlight isn't on. Do I have to do anything special for
a
| full screen application?
|
| | > Refer to:
| >
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compac
tframework/msg/24db7a5ccdbeb19b?hl=en
| >
| > Best regards,
| > Sergey Bogdanov
| > http://www.sergeybogdanov.com
| >
| >
| > ShakeDoctor wrote:
| >> Hi, I'm trying to set the background colour and render several bitmaps
on
| >> a custom form, and they are coming out very dark on the Pocket PC.
When
| >> I run my application on the emulator, the colours look fine, so I
don't
| >> know what's going on. Is there any particular format the bitmaps
should
| >> be in when I save them?
|
|
|
 
S

ShakeDoctor

The bitmap is 16bpp - saved straight from Photoshop. Should I be using any
of the advanced save settings in Photoshop? because it has a 15bpp option as
well.
 
S

Serg Kuryata [MS]

Yes, please try to save it as a 15bpp bitmap.

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| The bitmap is 16bpp - saved straight from Photoshop. Should I be using
any
| of the advanced save settings in Photoshop? because it has a 15bpp option
as
| well.
|
| | > Is your bitmap a 24bpp or a 16bpp bitmap? If it is a 24bpp bitmap,
please
| > try to convert it to 16bpp and see how it's going to look on desktop.
| >
| > Thank you,
| > Sergiy.
| >
| > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
| > rights.
| > --------------------
| > | From: "ShakeDoctor" <[email protected]>
| > | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework
| > | References: <[email protected]>
| > <[email protected]>
| > | Subject: Re: Bitmaps dark on Pocket PC
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| > |
| > | I knew about the compression bug, but what can be done about it? and
| > why
| > | does it look fine on the emulator? It's so dark on the Pocket PC
that
| > it
| > | looks like the backlight isn't on. Do I have to do anything special
for
| > a
| > | full screen application?
| > |
| > | | > | > Refer to:
| > | >
| >
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compac
| > tframework/msg/24db7a5ccdbeb19b?hl=en
| > | >
| > | > Best regards,
| > | > Sergey Bogdanov
| > | > http://www.sergeybogdanov.com
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > ShakeDoctor wrote:
| > | >> Hi, I'm trying to set the background colour and render several
| > bitmaps
| > on
| > | >> a custom form, and they are coming out very dark on the Pocket PC.
| > When
| > | >> I run my application on the emulator, the colours look fine, so I
| > don't
| > | >> know what's going on. Is there any particular format the bitmaps
| > should
| > | >> be in when I save them?
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
|
|
|
 

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