> The only other reason why I don't prefer OS SHP is the compression it uses. I'm very picky about

What's the difference between the compression of OS SHP and XCC Mixer?

> this stuff, and whenever I used OS SHP I always ended up taking the (near) final shp, then using Mixer to convert to pcx and back to shp so I could get decent compression.

> Here is my well refiend process:

> Render at 3 times normal size and AA off
> Batch convert with JIR to fix shadows and make 8 bit pcx all with the pallete I need.

Wouldn't you still need JIR to 'fix shadows' when I added support for additional input formats to Mixer?

> Convert to shp with Mixer.
> Resize with Mixer to 1/3.
> Copy shp as pcx.
> Run JIR again, this time to fix the shadow problem cause by Mixer resize.
> Convert back to shp with Mixer.

Olaf van der Spek

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