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- View/15 v4.00
-
- Features:
- o Reads Targa 24-bit Uncompressed, Vivid/Alias 24-bit,
- DBKTrace/PVRay 24-bit and NIF 15-bit files
- o Reads NAF Animated Files
- o Recognizes GIF87a, GIF89a, Windows Bitmaps and others
- o Supports ET-4000 Hicolor, ET-4000 and boards with a VESA BIOS
- o Allows 15-bit, 24-bit files to be displayed in 256 color modes*
- o Writes NIF 15-bit RLE compressed files. When converting from a
- 24-bit to NIF, compression ratio can exceed 90%
- o Accepts Wildcards as filenames
- o Will write 4DOS Descriptions of each file read (file type,
- resolution and number of colors)
- o Will simply display information of each file in the specified
- directory.
- o Allows you to determine which video mode to use
- If you enter "VIEW15 /?" you'll get a listing of all the
- available video modes
- o Automatic detection and use of second monochrome monitor to
- display image/video board specific information
-
- * The color mapping function of View/15 is seriously slow. I am currently
- working on this. There are three different palettes to choose from:
-
- Palette 0: Best all-around colors. Lotsa mixed colors
- Palette 1: Contains the most "pure" colors of different intensities.
- Excellent for ray-tracings.
- Palette 2: Gray-Scale
-
- Usage: VIEW15 <filename/wildcard> [options]
-
- /HELP Provides a full listing of the options
-
- /4DOS Writes 4DOS Description of each file. Example:
-
- vivid1.img 788698 11-03-92 23:45 Vivid [800x600x 16.8M]
-
- /INFO Provides information about each file specified. Example:
-
- Filename Type Resolution Colors
- ------------ ---- ---------- ------
- BALL .IMG Vivid 320x200 16.8M
- NEAT1 .NIF Nick's 480x480 32768
- MICHAEL .TGA Targa 400x400 16.8M
- TORUS .DMP PVRay 200x200 16.8M
- THREE .NIF Nick's 400x400 32768
-
- /CONV Converts the specified files to .NIF format. This 15-bit format
- saves a considerable amount of drive space.
-
- vivid1.nif 322426 11-19-92 14:13 Nick's [800x600x 32768]
- vivid1.img 788698 11-03-92 23:45 Vivid [800x600x 16.8M]
-
- monkey.nif 8095 11-19-92 14:11 Nick's [200x200x 32768]
- monkey.tga 100818 10-11-92 2:46 Targa [200x200x 16.8M]
-
- michael.nif 87946 11-19-92 14:11 Nick's [400x400x 32768]
- michael.tga 480018 10-10-92 17:21 Targa [400x400x 16.8M]
-
- This program is Shareware. If you continue using it past the 30-day trial
- period, you must send $15.00 to:
-
- Nicholas J. Leon
- 1908 Walker Avenue
- Greensboro, NC 27403
- (919) 275-5250
-
- Thanks and any comments/bugs reports you have are welcome!