Graphic file appending

[MrTAToad]

Does anyone have a program that will combine multiple graphics files into one ?

If not, I'll have to write one

[Ian Price]

Is "shoebox" not secure enough for you?

[BdR]

What do you mean by combining "multiple graphics files into one" ? Don't you mean a normal normal sprite-sheet you can load with the LOADANIM command?

[Ian Price]

A spritesheet is only good in LOADANIM if the sprites are all the same size - I presume MRTatoad wants just one file that has multiple sprites of varying sizes.

[Marmor]

create a sprite/texture atlas  and have fun

[MrTAToad]

Is "shoebox" not secure enough for you?

Oh yes, but as previously posted, there appears to be a bit of a problem with it on Linux....

What do you mean by combining "multiple graphics files into one" ? Don't you mean a normal normal sprite-sheet you can load with the LOADANIM command?

Thats right - but they are all seperate PNG files at the moment

[Slydog]

A quick Google search came up with these (never tried any myself):

http://imagemagick.org/script/index.php
It has a command line interface, and can do what you need, such as:
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/layers/#append

Here's a forum post asking the same question, see post #9 for the ImageMagick command he used:
http://www.gamedev.net/topic/333285-sprite-sheet-creator/

[Edit]
Or try these:
http://spritesheetpacker.codeplex.com/
http://www.crappycoding.com/2009/08/sprite-sheet-creator/

[MrTAToad]

Its a shape the last one didn't work (just crashed at startup), so I'm using the spritesheetpacker on.  Will have to store the coordinates inside my type  unforunately, but there we go

Actually, I'll try GraphicsScale first...

That seems to have sorted my little Linux problem out