Load a Photogenics paintlayer file.
Loads: Yes
Saves: No
Autodetect: Yes
When you save a paintlayer file from Photogenics you normally load it back in using the 'Load Paintlayer' menu item into an already opened image buffer. Sometimes you may want to open it into its own 24-bit image buffer, and for this the Paintlayer loader is needed.
Format: PBM (Portable BitMap)/PGM (Portable Grey Map)/PPM (Portable Pixel Map)
Loads: Yes (1-bit PBM/8-bit PGM/24-bit PPM), Binary formats only
Saves: Yes (24-bit PPM binary format)
Autodetect: Yes
The PBM/PGM/PPM formats were defined for the PBM image manipulation utilities (PBMPlus, NetPBM) available for many computer systems. Many programs exist (especially on Unix systems) that create images in the PBM formats.
Load a Kodak PhotoCD image.
Loads: Yes
Saves: No
Autodetect: Yes
This is a public-domain loader which is supplied on the Photogenics CD-ROM for your convenience. It is not part of the commercial Photogenics package. This loads Kodak PhotoCD image files (in five resolutions up to 3072x2048). These are very high quality scanned images on CD-ROM that you can get encoded from your own 35mm films or slides. Talk to your local Phototgraphic store for information on how to get your images converted to PhotoCD format.
As part of the Photogenics Companion Project the PCD loader has been extended to allow the loading of the high res images (-> 3072x2048). These high resolutions require HUUUUGE amounts of memory so watch out. I recommend you load them using the Virtual Image facility. If not the 3072x2048 will require a total of 36MB of RAM! Sorry about this but decoding the high-res images is a pain in the neck to say the least! Support for the silly resolution of 6144x5196 is not provided as it would require a total of 144MB of RAM to load a single image :(.
The GUI
The new new GUI provides the following features:
Orientation: Altering this will enable you to load the image tall or wide (depending on the photograph).
Rotation: Depending on the way the photo was taken the PhotoLab may have got it wrong (they are supposed to make sure that it is the right way around). In this case use this feature to flip the image over correctly and on-the-fly.
The Preview window shows how the piccy should look with the currently selected options. Have a play and make sure you get a good result in the preview before commiting to load (esp. with the big resolutions !)
Format: ZSoft PCX
Load: Yes (24-bit & 256 colour)
Save: Yes (24-bit)
Autodetect: Yes
PCX was popularised by PC PaintBrush on IBM PC compatibles. 24-bit and 256 colour variations are currently supported. It is a useful format for transferring images from the Amiga to the PC, as almost all PC applications that handle graphics support the PCX file format.
Format: Display image on Picasso II
Loads: No
Saves: Yes (requires Picasso II card)
Autodetect: N/A
This saver will display the currently selected image as a 24-bit image on a Picasso II card, if fitted.
Load or save Portable Network Graphics images.
Loads: Yes
Saves: Yes
Autodetect: Yes
PNG is a new standard for images designed for use and transmission over the internet. This is intended to eventually replace the GIF format (although GIF is by no means dead). Like GIF you can encode images with up to 256 colours, but unlike GIF it can also handle 24-bit images as well. PNG compresses images well, but unlike JPEG no quality is lost in the process. Saving PNG images is a complex process and may take some time on a slower Amiga.
Format: Digitise image from ProGrab24RT.
Loads: Yes
Saves: No
Autodetect: N/A
Grabs a frame from the ProGrab24RT digitiser. Options are selectable for the image resolution.
IMPORTANT: ProGrab24RT was not written by Almathera and is supplied as-is without any warranty of any kind.