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Using non-library pictures
As an alternative to using a library picture, click the picture dialog's 'File...' button and select a picture file from your hard disk. Your picture should be in one of these file formats:
  • *.jpg (JPEG format -- recommended)
  • *.gif (GIF format)*
  • *.xbm (X11 bitmap)
  • *.xpm (X11 pixmap)
  • *.pnm (Portable Any Map)
  • *.bmp (Windows bitmap -- Windows computers only)
  • *.ico (Windows icon -- Windows computers only)
     
    The recommended format is JPEG, i.e. picture files that have the .jpg (in lower case) or .jpeg extension. If other formats are used, Conception converts them to JPEG format internally. 

    Many internet websites, such as Google Images, offer JPEG pictures which you can download to your hard disk. Once downloaded you can include these images within your Conception maps.

    Note that when you save a window containing a file picture, a copy of the image data is written to the saved map file. This means that your map file will display properly even on a computer that does not have its own copy of the original picture file.

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