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Export Drawings to TGA

 

 

 

 

Truevision's (now Pinnacle Systems) TGA File Format, often referred to as TARGA File Format, is a raster graphics file format. It was the native format of Truevision Inc.'s TARGA and VISTA boards, which were the first graphic cards for IBM-compatible PCs to support Highcolor/truecolor display. This family of graphic cards was intended for professional computer image synthesis and video editing with PCs; for this reason, usual resolutions of TGA image files match those of the NTSC and PAL video formats. TARGA is an acronym for Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter; TGA is an initialism for Truevision Graphics Adapter. Today, most people refer to the format as the "TARGA File Format." TGA files commonly have the extension ".tga" on PC DOS/Windows systems and Mac OS X (older Macintosh systems use the "TPIC" type code). The format can store image data with 1 - 32 bits of precision per pixel, – the maximum 24 bits of RGB and an extra 8-bit alpha channel. Color data can be color-mapped, or in direct color or truecolor format; optionally, a lossless PackBits RLE compression can be employed. At the time of TGA's launching, it represented the state-of-the-art in digital image processing. Even today, though its maximum color depth is not well suited for high-end pre-press, intensive image processing systems, TGA is still used extensively throughout the animation and video industry because its primary intended outputs are standard TV screens, not color printed pages.

 

To convert your drawings to TGA, follow the steps,

1. Open a drawing from File->Open or click the Open button on the toolbar.

2. Click the menu item Convert->-->TGA.

3. Specify the output area, image width, image height, color mode, background color, output file name, and set select the area for conversion when needed.

4. Click OK button to confirm and convert your CAD drawing to TGA.

 

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