Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

[Partha Bagchi <partha1b gmail com>]

If you show the folder structure in Finder, you can use finder. Otherwise
use the cp command.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 7:22 PM Rick Kline <rick kline ms> wrote:

> The image is a closeup of a scorched portion of the Mars Rover
> Opportunity’s heat shield that was burned during its trip through the
> Martian atmosphere.
>
> Thanks for the info. I’ll try to get a working plugin now that I’ve found
> the plugin directory at
> rickkline/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins
>
> Do I need to use the cp command or can I copy it in Finder?
>
> Thanks.
> Rick
>
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> > On Dec 3, 2020, at 12:43 PM, Kevin Cozens <kevin ve3syb ca> wrote:
> >
> > On 2020-12-03 12:24 a.m., Rick Kline wrote:
> > > Like magic: changed file type to .data
> > > GIMP opens with width, height, offset (which I ignore, because I can’t
> find a proper header descriptor) and image type.
> > > Set height and width to 1024 and 1024, file type to Gray unsigned
> 16-bit Little Endian, and it opens as desired.
> > I downloaded the source for the 2.4.116 version of the PDS plug-in for
> GIMP. To build it for Linux (I don't have access to a Mac) I needed to
> comment out the include of the gimpcompat.h in the pds.c file.
> > I told gimp 2.10 to load the 1p157746813eff40b8p2363l3m1.img that you
> mentioned as a sample. It loaded the image up right away without asking me
> for any information. I did not have to change the file selection or tell
> GIMP what type of file I'm loading.
> > I have no idea what I'm looking at in the sample image but the plug-in
> works. What I have found is that GIMP 2.10 hangs when trying to view the
> image properties.
> > FYI, in the pds.c file that is in version 2.4.116 of the plug-in it says
> it "Loads files of the NASA PDS image format" with supported file
> extensions: img, imq, pds, edr, bb1, bb2, bb3, bb4, ir1, ir2, ir3, n07,
> n15, sur, sun, red, grn, blu, sgr, vio, qub, or lbl.
> > --
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Kevin.
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