Short:    Image Processing package. FFT processing...
Author:   poiries@asterix.saclay.cea.fr <Stephane Poirier>
Uploader: poiries@asterix.saclay.cea.fr
Type:     misc/sci

                             Lynx version 1.01 beta

                    Copyright 1993, 1995 Stephane Poirier
                            Released june 1995


This is the first public beta-release of Lynx.

What is Lynx ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's an image processing package. Yet another ? Not exactly. Lynx is
significantly different than others images processing packages availables
for the Amiga.

For example, It can do the Fourier transformation and works in the frequency
domain of the images.

It's the first one (I think !) which be able to work on 16 bits per pixel
(per channel) images, that gives 65536 gray levels !

The main purpose of Lynx is scientific and it is  able  to  process images in
many domains:  Astronomy, physics, archeology...

Lynx can also execute some subjectives processes such as image composition,
solarize effect, oil painting...

There are two versions: 8bits and 16bits. The first one is rather designed
for subjective processing, while the second is rather for "serious" image
processing !

Why ?
~~~~~
In  the  beginning I would  process  some  astronomical images that I had
released  with  a  CCD  camera, but there wasn't any software on the Amiga
able  to  perform  some processes such as FFT transform, Gaussian filters,
profile extraction and many others. So I'd decided to make my own program.

Capabilities
~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Lynx can load and process as many images as possible (multiples buffers)
-Up to 256 slices (channels) per image.
-Add, delete, move slices between image buffers (stacks).

Input/Output
--------------
o Read the following images formats:
	FITS (Flexible Image Transport System).
	IFF 1-8 bitplans, IFF24.
	Datatypes.
	Lynx (own format).

o Write the following images formats:
	FITS (Flexible Image Transport System).
	IFF 2-8 bitplans, IFF24, HAM 6 or 8.
	Lynx (own format).

Image Processing
----------------
o Spatial domain:
	Convolutions Matrix 3x3 & 5x5
	Median filter (with control of efficiency and matrix design)
	Minimum, maximum filters
	Arithmetics operations
	Transcode
	Histogram Equalisation
	Geometricals operations (Scale, Translate, Rotate, Dimensions)
	Pixels corrections

o Spectral domain:
	Fast Fourier Transform
	Convolution
	Deconvolution (Wiener filter)
	Correlation
	Filtering (Low-Pass, Band-Pass, High-pass, Gauss, Butterworth,
                   Wavelet...)

Image analysis
--------------
 	Histogram
 	Statistics
 	Pixel values
 	Profiles extractions
 	Photometric mesurements

Visualization
-------------
	Pseudo-color for monochromatic visualization.
	True-color in 16-256 colors, HAM6 (old machines), HAM8 (AGA machines)

Miscalleanous
-------------
        ARexx port.
	Images composition
	Color model transformations (RBG <-> HSV)
	Statistics
	Transcoding for visualization
	Animations
	
 
The  current  version  of  Lynx is a beta-version, so it might be some bugs
left, and some (very few) functions aren't implanted yet.

At  this  moment, only the french documentation is available, but an english
documentation will be available soon.

Lynx is developped on:
- A500 with PPS 040
- A4000/040

Sucessfully tested on:
- A4000/040
- A1200 with/without FAST ram, coprocessor, accelerator card.
- A3000
- A500+

Lynx works on any Amigas with Workbench 2.04+ installed.  It takes care
of installed chipset (OCS/ECS, AGA).
It needs the reqtools.library which is not included here.

If you have Workbench 2.1+, Lynx will be localized (french and english
catalogs).


If  you  have any problems, get in touch (addresses in main documentation).

Stéphane.


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