Gfx2Next

ZX Spectrum Next graphics conversion tool.

Converts an uncompressed 8-bit BMP or PNG file to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next graphics format(s).

Supported Formats

.nxb – Block
.nxi – Bitmap
.nxm – Map
.nxp – Palette
.nxt – Tiles
.spr – Sprites
.scr – Screens
.tmx – Tiled

Usage

gfx2next [options] srcfile [dstfile]

Options

-debug	Output additional debug information
-font	Sets output to Next font format (.spr)
-screen	Sets output to Spectrum screen format (.scr)
-screen-noattribs	Remove color attributes
-bitmap	Sets output to Next bitmap mode (.nxi)
-bitmap-y	Get bitmap in Y order first. (Default is X order first)
-sprites	Sets output to Next sprite mode (.spr)
-tiles-file=<filename>	Load tiles from file in .nxt format
-tile-size=XxY	Sets tile size to X x Y
-tile-norepeat	Remove repeating tiles
-tile-norotate	Remove repeating, rotating and mirrored tiles
-tile-y	Get tile in Y order first. (Default is X order first)
-tile-ldws	Get tile in Y order first for ldws instruction. (Default is X order first)
-tiled-file=<filename>	Load map from file in .tmx format
-tiled-blank=X	Set the tile id of the blank tile
-block-size=XxY	Sets blocks size to X x Y for blocks of tiles
-block-size=n	Sets blocks size to n bytes for blocks of tiles
-block-norepeat	Remove repeating blocks
-block-16bit	Get blocks as 16 bit index for < 256 blocks
-map-none	Don’t save a map file (e.g. if you’re just adding to tiles)
-map-16bit	Save map as 16 bit output
-map-y	Save map in Y order first. (Default is X order first)
-bank-8k	Splits up output file into multiple 8k files
-bank-16k	Splits up output file into multiple 16k files
-bank-48k	Splits up output file into multiple 48k files
-bank-size=XxY	Splits up output file into multiple X x Y files
-bank-sections=name,…	Section names for asm files
-color-distance	Use the shortest distance between color values (default)
-color-floor	Round down the color values to the nearest integer
-color-ceil	Round up the color values to the nearest integer
-color-round	Round the color values to the nearest integer
-colors-4bit	Use 4 bits per pixel (16 colors). Default is 8 bits per pixel (256 colors). Get sprites or tiles as 16 colors, top 4 bits of 16 bit map is palette index
-pal-file=<filename>	Load palette from file in .nxp format
-pal-embed	The raw palette is prepended to the raw image file
-pal-ext	The raw palette is written to an external file (.nxp). This is the default
-pal-min	If specified, minimize the palette by removing any duplicated colors, sort it in ascending order, and clear any unused palette entries at the end. This option is ignored if the -pal-std option is given
-pal-std	If specified, convert to the Spectrum Next standard palette colors. This option is ignored if the -colors-4bit option is given
-pal-none	No raw palette is created
-zx0	Compress all data using zx0
-zx0-screen	Compress screen data using zx0
-zx0-bitmap	Compress bitmap data using zx0
-zx0-sprites	Compress sprite data using zx0
-zx0-tiles	Compress tile data using zx0
-zx0-blocks	Compress block data using zx0
-zx0-map	Compress map data using zx0
-zx0-palette	Compress palette data using zx0
-zx0-back	Set zx0 to reverse compression mode
-zx0-quick	Set zx0 to quick compression mode
-asm-z80asm	Generate header and asm binary include files (in Z80ASM format)
-asm-sjasm	Generate asm binary incbin file (SjASM format)
-asm-file=<name>	Append asm and header output to <name>.asm and <name>.h
-asm-start	Specifies the start of the asm and header data for appending
-asm-end	Specifies the end of the asm and header data for appending
-asm-sequence	Add sequence section for multi-bank spanning data
-preview	Generate png preview file(s)

Examples

gfx2next.exe -tile-norotate -map-16bit -bank-16k -asm-z80asm -bank-sections=rodata_user,rodata_user,BANK_52,BANK_53,rodata_user -preview tiles.png
gfx2next.exe -tile-norotate -map-16bit -colors-4bit -asm-z80asm -bank-sections=rodata_user,BANK_17,BANK_17 tiles.png
gfx2next.exe -sprites -colors-4bit -pal-min -pal-ext -preview sprites.png
gfx2next.exe -bitmap -pal-std -preview titlescreen.png