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- V1.00 release date 9/92
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- Initial release of PROview II v1.00
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- V2.00 release date 10/92
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- VESA....
- Added support for the VESA video standard. If your current
- video adaptor is NOT supported by PROview II, then check your
- documentation for VESA compatibility. If it is VESA compat-
- ible, then install the VESA driver that was supplied with your
- video hardware before running PROview II. You may also FORCE
- VESA detection and use by PROview II by starting PROview II with
- the /V command line parameter. You must have previously
- installed a VESA compatible video driver in your system for this
- to work. If you force VESA detection and the VESA driver is not
- located, PROview will default to the standard VGA 320x200x256
- mode (which is very limiting) even if your system has one of the
- supported video boards.
- EXAMPLE: c7prov /V [enter] (forces VESA mode detection)
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- TGA.....
- Added support for TGA Targa True Vision 24-bit image
- file format. Please note that this is an RGB type format and can
- require gobs of ram to load depending upon the image. Upon
- successful loading, PROview II immediately converts the image to
- a 256 color image, suitable for displaying in any of the
- supported SVGA video modes.
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- COMPRESSION....
- Added support for optionally selecting the compression
- technique for Targa files and TIFF files.
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- EFFECTS....
- Added more special effects and changed the menu item
- 'Cast It' to 'Effects'. In addition to the 'Metal', 'Concrete',
- and 'Granite' effects, 'Charcoal', 'Cast Iron', and 'Oil Paint'
- have been added.
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- CAPTURE....
- The capture function has been expanded to allow the user
- to define a NEW starting point for the area to capture by
- clicking the RIGHT MOUSE button while defining the area to
- capture. The user may also ABORT the capture, by pressing the
- ESCape key during this same process. Capture now allows you to
- optionally 'Accept' or 'Undo' the newly captured image.
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- SORTing of files......
- A SORT on/off selection button has been added to the
- files list window. Activating the button (default) causes all
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- files in the list box to be sorted by name. Turning the function
- OFF causes the files to be listed in an unsorted manner.
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- Edit Mode ......
- Changes to the edit screen have been made and will show a
- striking dissimilarity from the previous version. The
- following items have been added / or enhanced:
- Palette view..
- The palette is now shown in it's entirety at the bottom of
- the edit screen. This version does not allow any palette
- changes to be made by the user, however, it makes a nice
- reference to your current image color scheme. Future
- versions will have support for altering the color palette.
- Scroll bars....
- The edit screen now contains scroll bars with each bar
- containing position buttons. Each button control the
- scrolling of the image currently displayed in the
- direction indicated by the letter in the button. By
- placing the mouse pointer on the button marked 'D' (down)
- and pressing the LEFT mouse button, the image will slowly
- scroll downward with in the viewing area. Pressing the
- LEFT mouse button on the same scroll button will cause the
- image to rapidly advance to the end of the image. The
- buttons of the LEFT vertical scroll bar are:
- H... Position the 'Y' axis of the image to the starting
- image position (?,0) assuming x,y coordinates.
- U... Move towards the TOP of the image.
- D... Move towards the bottom of the image.
- E... Position the END of the image to the bottom of the
- viewing area.
- The scroll buttons located on the horizontal scroll bar work
- in a similar manner except that they move the image in a left-
- right fashion.
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- RESIZING...
- Added the capability to RESIZE any image displayed while
- in 'Edit Mode'. The image may be reduced to it's smallest
- possible size or up to the limits of the current video mode.
- USAGE: Select 'Resize' from the pull down menu- the image will be
- repainted at coordinates 0,0. A box will be displayed whose size
- may be adjusted with the movement of the mouse pointer. Adjust
- the box to the desired finished size of the image and 'click' the
- mouse button. The new image will be displayed at the new size.
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- COMPUTEReyes PRO....
- A setup menu has been provided that allows control of
- various parameters for the video capture function. You may now
- select one of three video modes (VESA users are restricted to VGA
- 320x200x256 only), one of 4 display styles, paused VCR on/off,
- interlaced or non-interlaced video, the type of video (ntsc/s-
- video) and scan speeds of 1.5s, 6s, 12s, or 24s. All settings
- are saved to a config file in the current directory.
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- Minor improvements and bug fixes also implemented, all too
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- v3.00 Release date 12/92
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- CONVOLUTION...
- Added the capability to convolve an image using a
- user defined matrix. Matrix' may be saved for later use.
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- THREE DIMENSIONAL SLIDES ...
- With the use of ComputerEyes PRO and suitable video
- scanning equipment, PROview II will create like-like 3D slides
- for viewing ON-SCREEN three dimensional images in TRUE 3D!
- Stereoscopic and Red/Green slides are both supported.
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- Fixed minor bugs including video memory paging problem when used
- with TSENG VESA driver.
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- 3D SLIDE GENERATOR....
- Improvements in the algorithm for RED/GREEN stereo slide
- generation have been made that greatly improve quality in the
- finished RED/GREEN stereo slide.
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- Added ability for user to enter the RED, GREEN and BLUE filter
- values for RED/GREEN stereo slide generation. This may be helpful
- in optimizing the finished slide from various image frames.
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- Nolonger does PROview II reduce the size of the image when doing
- RED/GREEN stereo slides. The image will remain it's original
- size, however, both the left and right image frames must still be
- of the same size.
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- CONVOLUTION....
- Added 'ANTALIAS' and 'COLSHARP' matrix's to PROview II
- distribution files.
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- OTHER....
- Made minor improvements and further enhancements.
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