Problem converting png to bmp

[fountainhead]

Hello All,

Newbie here. I am having this problem converting a png file to bmp.

The source file is: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10439810/queries/alarm.png

I used the following code to convert the image:

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convert -depth 24 alarm.png alarm.bmp

But, the problem is that the generated bmp is showing distorted in photoshop ... please see screenshot here:



See the original image looks correct in photoshop:


Please help.

Thanks,
santosh

[pipe]

Your exact commandline works for me with ImageMagick 6.7.7-10 and 6.8.3-9. Maybe photoshop can't handle transparency in BMP images? Works great in gimp. According to the internet, transparency in bmp images are non-standard.

ps. This question should probably go to the user part of the forum?

[snibgo]

Your "-depth 24" is wrong, unless you have a non-standard version of IM that can process 24 bit per channel per pixel.

You might try the BMP2 and BMP3 formats:

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convert alarm.png BMP2:alarm2.bmp
convert alarm.png BMP3:alarm3.bmp

[fountainhead]

Thank you Pipe. You pointed me in the right direction.
The transparency was the problem. I used flatten and everything seems fine now!

Thank you!
Santosh