TruePaint Animation file format

TruePaint Animation    *.TPA

1 long            file id: $54504100 ['TPA\0']
1 word            version? [$0100]
1 word            palette size [0 = none]
1 word            width
1 word            height
1 word            planes
1 word            compression [always 0 = uncompressed]
1 long            image data size = ((x_size+15)&0xffff0)*y_size*bits_per_pixel/8 
104 bytes         reserved? [$0]
1 word            speed
1 word            length of sequence (not necessarily total frames)
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128 bytes         total for header

3*palette_size    words   Palette data, RGB, values 0..1000. (VDI order)

image data size   1st frame, always a full frame width*height in size

                  Repeated for each frame, until end of file
1 long            size of frame data
size of frame     frame data

The first frame is always a standard Atari ST bitmap, including Falcon modes.

The structure of individual frames is still unknown.

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