Short:    SViewNG V7.30 + Library 19.5 (16.11.97)
Author:   Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
Type:     gfx/show


       **** 1997 *****

  Via SuperView-Library SViewNG does support powerUP (TM) as one of the first !
  (40 PPC plugin-modules available NOW, based on ppc.library)

       ***** May *****


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 >> 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.
 >>
 >> SViewNG.lha does contain another (uncompressed) archive
 >> of approximately 2 MB size - so make sure there's enough
 >> space available...
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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
----------------------------
 - support for Amiga icons: WB icons, MagicWB icons, NewIcons
   (Read and write support for all styles of icons !
    Note: you have to activate reading by controlpad explicitely)
 - added support for the new standard AGA/RTG graphics file
   format proposal called IFF-RGFX
 - fixed several bugs
 - etc.


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, as well
as optional powerUP (TM) powerPC module plugins.

Includes licensed SuperView-Library, which supports the following
file formats, periphal devices, display drivers and image processing
operators:

     ->>>> Total of 48 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              - XWD                - Amiga Icons (WB/Magic/New)
               - IFF-RGFX

                 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/TurboPrint/Studio)

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:
     ================

V7.30 (16.11.97):

  - fixed prefs slider (same as in SVPrefs), now ranged 0..65535 by default
  - now also reads and writes Amiga Icons (WB, MagicWB and NewIcons)
    in an intelligent manner
    Note: Reading explicitely needs to be enabled
          by a Controlpad setting switch!
  - included Library 19.5

  BTW: did you read the review about SuperView and Picture Manager prof.
       in Amiga Informer issue #10 (www.amigainformer.com) ?


     LIBRARY-CHANGES:
     ================

     V19.5 (16.11.1997) :
     --------------------
      - NEW SVObjects: - AmiIcon: - reading/writing Amiga icon (.info)
                                    files with either WB (4/8 color) or
                                    MagicWB (16 color) palette, supports
                                    NewIcons for > 16 colors

                         Note: Reading explicitely needs to be enabled
                               by a Controlpad setting switch!

                       - IFF-RGFX: - new graphics file format standard
                                     proposal for AGA/RTG Amigas now
                                     supported, too
                                     (see Aminet:dev/misc/IFF-RGFX.lha)

      - SVObjects:     - C-Source: - now can write assembler source code
                                     as well
                       - ILBM:     - (see there)
                       - SVG:      - (see there)

      - SVOperators:   - XOR: - (see there)

      - Prefs:         - (see there)

      - Docs:          - updated
                       - updated infos on Scanner and Printer SVObject

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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
    Inferno (Wildfire)   CG
    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.

 (NAT = "native driver", CG = CGfx, P96 = Picasso96, EGS = EGS ;)
