png2rex_rs - a utility for converting PNG files into REXPaint files

This is a Rust port of png2rex.

Building png2rex

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/thebracket/png2rex_rs.git
2. Enter the png2rex_rs directory: cd png2rex_rs
3. Build with cargo build --release
4. png2rex (.exe on Windows) is now in your target/release directory.

Using png2rex

With the exe file, it's as simple as: png2rex (input png) (output xp). For example, png2rex resources/kitty.png kitty.xp. If you want to run it with Cargo, you can use cargo run -- resources/kitty.png kitty.xp.

Optional extras

You can provide additional CLI arguments to perform some image operations en route:

• --flipv flips the image vertically.
• --fliph flips the image horizontally.
• --resize 64 32 will resize the image to be 64 pixels wide, 32 pixels tall.

These options can be combined and can be in any order. For example:

cargo run -- --fliph .\resources\kitty.png --flipv C:\Users\herbe\Downloads\REXPaint-v1.04\images\kitty.xp --resize 64 64

Has the same effect as:

cargo run -- .\resources\kitty.png C:\Users\herbe\Downloads\REXPaint-v1.04\images\kitty.xp --resize 64 64 --fliph --flipv 

Results

Original Kitty PNG:

REX Paint result: