I'll look into batch exporting resources from command line version of SV. If I can export all the cels faster, it's not too bad rebuilding the view loops with "import image sequence" in SC.
Edit: using 'graphics.exe xxx.v56' from SCIViewer (CLI) exports the VIEW cels quickly as individual .bmp files.
I wish it was possible to copy and paste background pic commands between instances of SC. Importing pics from .bmp works great, except there isn't a way to import the priority and control as well, so it's very slow to recreate them by hand. Oh, well. Sorry for whining.