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- Short: SViewNG V6.21 + Library 16.4 (3.4.97)
- Author: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
- Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
- Type: gfx/show
-
- _________________________________________________________
- >> When extracting the archive, please make sure, that you
- >> do this as follows:
- >>
- >> LHA -xarm -b64 x ARCHIVE.LHA DESTINATION-DIR/
- >> LZX -x -a -r -m x ARCHIVE.LHA DESTINATION-DIR/
- >>
- >> Note: Using the LHA-compatible "LX" archiver may produce
- >> corrupt output on large files. LHex should work fine.
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Program Description and Distribution Concept
- --------------------------------------------
- Successor of SuperView; SViewNG (evaluation version), a localized graphics
- viewer, converter, editor and screen-grabber based on SuperView-Library,
- with ARexx support, GUI, AmigaGuide online-help, Commodity-functionality
- and many more features.
-
- SHAREWARE (evaluation version).
-
-
- What's *new* in this version
- --------------------------
- - added IFF-FAXX support
- - added Picasso96 SVDriver (!! BETA !!)
- - fixed various new and old bugs and in SViewNG
- and in the Library
- - improved ARexx support and sample scripts
- - new display tool "CyberSlide" for CyberGraphX
- - grabbing of 16/24 Bit screens now possible
- - and more...
-
-
- Description of Features and Requirements
- ----------------------------------------
- Nearly anything is managed by object-oriented external modules
- for loading, saving (SVObjects), displaying (SVDrivers) and
- processing (SVOperators) graphics - converting graphics and
- "screen-grabbing" also is possible in a very comfortable way.
-
- Only requires OS V2.04 and 68000, but also makes use of available
- OS V2.1 and V3.x features and 680x0 module versions.
-
- Includes licensed SuperView-Library, which supports the following
- file formats, periphal devices, display drivers and image processing
- operators:
-
- ->>>> Total of 43 different graphic file formats <<<<-
- ->>>> Total of 2 different periphal devices <<<<-
- ->>>> Total of 9 different graphic display systems (22 cards) <<<<-
- ->>>> Total of 32 different graphic operators <<<<-
-
- SVObjects: - IFF-ACBM - Windows,OS/2 BMP - PNM (PBM,PGM,PPM)
- - IFF-ILBM - JPEG (JFIF v6) - IMG (GEM Graphics)
- - IFF-DEEP - PhotoCD - WPG (WP Bitmaps)
- - IFF-FAXX - TIFF - MacPaint MAC
- - IFF-PBM - PCX - EPS (Header/PS)
- - IFF-RGB8 - Atari Degas - C64 (Koala, Doodle)
- - IFF-YUVN - Windows Icon - CDR-Previews
- - QRT/POV Raytrace - Mac PICT-2 - SGI
- - SVG - Targa - Pictor/PCPaint
- - SunRaster - UtahRLE - PNG
- - FBM
-
- as well as all OS3-Datatypes
- and 24 Bit DataTypes (picture.datatype V43).
-
- Many formats with 24 Bit-Support.
- Reads XPK- and PP20-packed data via Unpack.svobject.
-
- Writes C-Sourcecode in chunky/RGB notation.
-
- Together with external third party programs also the
- following file formats seamlessly can be embedded:
-
- File Format needs program also needs support for
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- - AMF MetaView (ILBM)
- - DXF/AutoCAD (tm) MetaView (ILBM)
- - FIG AmiFIG (Postscript)
- - CGM GPlot (Postscript)
- - IFF-DR2D MetaView (ILBM)
- - Limbo Limbo 4.0 (PNM)
- - Postscript (TM) Ghostscript -
- - WPG-Vector MetaView (ILBM)
- - WMF MetaView (ILBM)
-
- Devices (via SVObjects):
-
- - Scanner (scanner.device of ScanQuix)
- - Printer (printer.device support; uses own 24 Bit dithering)
-
- SVDrivers : - OCS/ECS - AGA - EGS7
- - OpalVision - Retina - CyberGraphX
- - PicassoII - Merlin - Picasso96
-
- SVOperators : - Dither24Bit - 24BitToHAM - HilbertDither256
- - ExtractRed - ExtractGreen - ExtractBlue
- - XOR - ExtractGrayScales - TopToBottom
- - LeftToRight - Rotate - Scale50
- - AnyTo24Bit - Crop - CallPNM
- - OptimizePalette - RotateFree - PaletteDither
-
- plus the following from Steve Quartly:
-
- - SQBentley - SQTiling - SQThreshold
- - SQOilPaint - SQMosaic - SQEmboss
- - SQSlicing - SQDiffuse - SQContrast
- - SQSharpen - SQBlur - SQDeep_Press
- - SQMotion_Blur - SQHighPass
-
- PROGRAM-CHANGES:
- ================
-
- V6.21 (3.4.97):
-
- - "ACTION" ARexx command was buggy, "ACTION=" was expected (Aargh!)
- (-> Grant Fribbens)
- - new demo script, "DoOperation.rx"
- - rewrote all ARexx scripts, took some ideas from Patrik Nydensten's
- scripts
- - installer script: default destination directory now "Work:SViewNG"
- - default tool for saved image icons now "SViewNG", too
- - only 19 of 30 "T"-commands (out of: "C T A") actually did work as
- Workench Tooltypes
- (-> Patrik Nydensten)
- - grabbing of chunky screens did not work (bugfix was buggy)
- - now can grab screens upto 24 Bit with Cybergraphics or -Clones
- - now display correct depth/colors information on RTG screens
- - now distincts between CGfx and other RTG screens
- - added new tool CyberSlide, for Cybergraphics and clones, which
- uses cyber-optimized BestModeID generation and "fixed mode" display
- (specify your prefered resolution)
- - fixed bug in prefs' slider handling
- - when called from menu, About window does not again disappear by
- a single mouse move any longer
- (-> Jon B. Peterson)
- - Library V16.4
-
- V6.20 (13.3.97):
-
- - V6.10 appeared as a patch archive, now complete
- - .cd files for translations were missing
- - the .cd file slightly changed (entry in line 76 now different ID)
- - thanks to Jürgen Haage for advice on StormWizard usage and
- GUI improvements
- - Wizard GUI part improved
- - GadTools GUI part (About window) improved
- - in the V6.10 update archive there was a note missing, that also
- the catalogs would have to be replaced to avoid that wrong
- "sviewng.library" or "sviewngsupport.library" texts
- - use of StormWizard 2.0
- - fixed problem with listview initialization (e.g. when selected
- another driver, the others before that one did seem to disappear
- until "add" or "remove" being used)
- - finetuned archiving, using "stored archive in archive" method, which
- brings size down to about 740,000 Bytes now with LHA
- - "thanks & greetings" updated
-
- LIBRARY-CHANGES:
- ================
-
- V16.4 (3.4.1997) :
- ------------------
- - NEW SVObjects: - IFF-FAXX (GPFax):
- Full file and clipboard support.
-
- - NEW SVDrivers: - Picasso96 (!! BETA !!)
-
- - SVObjects: - JPEG: setting "100%" did not work
-
- - SVDrivers: - PicassoII: (see there)
-
- - Support-Lib: V9.1 (see there)
-
- - MISC: - fixed some (rather old or even new) bugs in the docs
- - updated description of and requirements info for SVDrivers
- - in the installer script, there were two "setup choices"
- missing, namely "Merlin" and "other graphic cards"
- - added impressing overview of supported graphic cards
-
-
- V16.3 (13.3.1997) :
- -------------------
- - Drivers: - EGS7: - fixed some bugs
- - debugged with EGS 7.4, EGSPlus R9
- - CyberGraphics: - fixed some bugs
- - debugged with EGS 7.4, EGSPlus R9,
- EGSPlus' cybergraphics.library
-
- - LIBRARY: - information on "virtual gfxbuffers" more verbose now
-
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-
-
- Overview: Supported and Non-supported Graphics Cards
- ====================================================
-
- Card Name Kind of Support
- ----------------------------------------------------
- 1600GX -
- A2410 TIGA CG EGS
- CyberVision64 CG P96
- CyberVision64/3D CG
- DCTV -
- Domino CG EGS P96
- DraCo Altais CG
- Firecracker -
- GDA-1 -
- Graffity -
- GVP 110/24 EGS
- GVP IV 24 EGS
- Colormaster EGS
- Merlin CG P96 NAT
- OMniBus P96
- OpalVision NAT
- Picasso II CG P96 NAT
- Picasso II+ CG P96 NAT
- Picasso IV CG P96
- Piccolo CG EGS P96
- Piccolo SD64 CG EGS P96
- Rain*ow II (R-II) EGS
- Rain*ow III (R-III) EGS
- Retina Z2 EGS NAT
- Retina Z3 BLT CG EGS NAT
- Spectrum CG EGS P96
- Visiona EGS
-
- As you can see, any reasonable graphics card for the Amiga
- is supported in some way.
-