

   Nov 27, 1999


   Below is a list of the DTA 3.0 command-line switches. It's the
 same text you get when you type DTA without any parameters. You
 will also find registration and author contact information at
 the bottom of the list.

 --dkm

 Syntax: DTA (filenames) (options)

 (Output format options)
   By default, DTA will create a flic (.FLI/.FLC/.FLH/.FLT) animation
   file, Specify a different format with one of these switches:

   /FT   (.TGA)       /FB (.BMP)        /FM   (.MAP palette)
   /FPCX (.PCX)       /FD (.DIB)        /FAVI (.AVI animation)
   /FPNG (.PNG)       /FJ (.JPG)        /FV   (.VAN animation)

 (Output color options)
   /CMAP  (8-bit colormapped)          /CBW     (1-bit black & white)
   /CGRAY (8-bit grayscale)            /CGRAY16 (16-bit grayscale)
   /CRGB  (24-bit truecolor)           /CRGB16  (48-bit truecolor)
   /CRGBA (32-bit truecolor w/alpha)   /CRGBA16 (64-bit truecolor w/alpha)

 (AVI file options)
   /ACxxxx  AVI codec four-letter code, default=cvid (Cinepak)
            Use VFWInfo to see which codecs are installed
   /AQ#     AVI Quality, # = 0-10000, default depends on codec
   /AR#     AVI Data rate (in kilobytes-per-second), default=300
   /AK#     AVI Keyframe rate, default depends on codec
   /AF#     AVI Frame rate (in frames-per-second), default=15
   /AS#     AVI Frame rate scale, default=1

 (.TGA output options)
   /NC      Don''t compress .TGA files
   /BU      Save .TGA files bottom-up instead of top-down

 (.PNG output options)
   /PB      Use best filter for each picture.  (slow)

 (.JPG output options)
   /JQ#     JPEG Quality, # = 0-100, default is 80

 (Fades, etc.)
    /FADE#         Fade between two images for # frames
    /REP#          Repeat a frame # times

 (Geometrical transformation options)
    /SC[#,#[,#]]   Rescale pictures to screen res. or specified size
    /SCF[#,#[,#]]  Fast, but dumb, rescale

 (Composition options)
    /L             used to separate image layers
    /CH[R,G,B,A]   insert following picture[s] into specified channel
    /ALPHA, /RED,  make a grayscale image from a picture''s alpha channel,
    /GREEN, /BLUE  or from one of the color channels
    /CK#,#,#       chroma-key... make an RGB value turn transparent
    /CI#,#,#       inverse chroma-key
    /CT#           chroma-key tolerance
    /CC#,#,#,#     chroma-key color... specify an RGBa value to replace
                   chroma-keyed pixels with (default=0,0,0,0)
    /CA            additive composition

 (Miscellaneous options)
    /K[#]        use only 1 frame per # picture files
    /O(name)     Specify output filename
    /P(path)     Specify output directory
    /C[#]        Palette-sCan only 1 frame per # picture files
    /SLOPE       Create a slope-map based on a 16-bit grayscale image

 DTA is a shareware program.  If you continue to use it after a one-month
 trial period, you're expected to pay a $35 registration fee to the author:

   David K. Mason
   P.O. Box 181015
   Boston, MA  02118

