Image Buffer Formats


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The format of standard hardware image buffers (in little-endian machines) are as follows :
         |MSB                           LSB|
         |Byte 3| |Byte 2| |Byte 1| |Byte 0|
24 bpp : 00000000 RRRRRRRR GGGGGGGG BBBBBBBB
16 bpp :                   RRRRRGGG GGGBBBBB (RGB 565)
16 bpp :                   0RRRRRGG GGGBBBBB (RGB 555)
 8 bpp :                            CCCCCCCC

0 = always zero bits
R = red bits
G = green bits
B = blue bits
C = color index bits
The format of the VortexGE render buffer is always as follows :
|MSB                           LSB|
|Byte 3| |Byte 2| |Byte 1| |Byte 0|
00000000 RRRRR000 GGGGG000 BBBBB000


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