hi Ozark I gave up on using Image Magik and converted VertTex
(
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/creat ... ips_vt.zip ) to use Vips
http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.php?title=VIPS
Image Magik was giving me a 3 hour time on cutting up a 16384x8192.png map
using vips dose it in 8 min
1 ) install Vips and maybe Nip2 I like Nip and use it all the time .
and add C:\\path to nip2 \bin to your system path ie . C:\\Nip2\bin or C:\\Program Files\Nip2\bin or for a VIPS only install, install it in C:\\WINDOWS
2) READ and REREAD the MinGW home page
http://www.mingw.org/
3) install Mingw and MSys , MinGW has a gui for installing and requires you to select a DL mirror , this may take a few tries to get a fast DL . I installed them in C:\\GnuWin32/MSys and C:\\GnuWin32/MinGW .extra programs ( GnuWin32 ) can be found at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... p_id=23617
4) after mingw and msys are installed you will nead to add
C:\\GnuWin32/MinGW;C:\\GnuWin32/MinGW \bin;
C:\\GnuWin32/MinGW\lib;C:\\GnuWin32/MinGW\include;
C:\\GnuWin32/MSys;C:\\GnuWin32/MSys\bin;
C:\\GnuWin32/MSys\lib;C:\\GnuWin32/MSys\include;
to the system path ( right know i am running fedora and not windows so if if you need help editing the system path i will edit this post from win xp )
5) unzip vips_vt.zip into C:\\GnuWin32/MinGW \bin
I use 7-zip on Windows (
http://www.7-zip.org/ )
6 ) install "Open Command Window Here" from Micorsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/down ... rtoys.mspx
7) make a new folder ex. test
copy a 2 or 4 k map into test

from the left Payne in explorer right click on test and select "Open Command Window Here"
type in sh then hit the enter button
or
on your desktop open MSys and type in cd C:\\Path to test and hit enter
then type sh vipsvt.sh *.png 512 png and hit enter
and see what happens