gimpfu-msx-gr4.py

GIMP script to export bitmap as GRAPHICS 4 file (aka SCREEN 5). GRAPHICS 4 specs are:

• 256x212 (or 256x192);
• 16 color palette (from 512);
• 4 pages;
• sprite mode 2;

Installation:

• Put this file into your GIMP plugin directory, i.e. ~/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins/gimpfu_msx_g4.py
• Restart GIMP
• Run script via Filters/MSX/Export GRAPHICS 4 bitmap...

Loading bin (.SC5) files

You may load files created by this plug-in using this simple code in BASIC:

10 SCREEN 5
20 BLOAD"NONAME.SC5",S
30 GOTO 30

TODO

• make it faster;
• palette export;
• RLE encoding;
• aPLib compression;
• converting layers into pages;