Subject:  PMI: V1.0Be Image Renderer
Author:  Kruzemo
Uploaded By:  Kruzemo
Date:  3/26/2000

File:  PMIR_Demo_v1Be.zip (1527807 bytes) 
Estimated Download Time (33696 baud):  < 12 minutes
Download Count:  105

Equipment:  A minimum of  8mb RAM, Pentium 100 or better
Needs:  An UnZIPing Program

Keywords:  Kruzemo, Saje Entertainment, Renderer, Application, Utility, PMI 

Type:       Shareware

All questions and comments via Email to screen name: Kruzemo

COMMUNITY NOTE: This program renders only PMI format files for which there is currently no converter program available. Some areas of the main screen are blacked out. You will need a minimum of 25 Mb free on your hard drive to decompress this download.

Updated Features of V:1.0Be:

--Rendering speed increased
--Rearranged interface
--Increased rendering area
--Less hard drive space required for decompression
--Comment bug fixed
--Website address updated
--Much improved reference/help file

1. Introduction

The PMI image format created by Saje Entertainment is meant to provide a friendlier and quality-superior way of storing images. Images in the PMI format have 225 pixels for each pixel in another format, such as a JPEG. This means that sharpness and quality are greatly increased. Comment embedding is also made possible with this format so as to provide a description of the image within the file itself. PMI images are generally quite large in file size.  Images in the PMI format have a gigantically larger amount of data, due to the increase in definition, thus giving the file a large size. A compression utility can be used with these images, and file size will be greatly reduced (i.e. A 21MB PMI image compresses down to about 460KB...a dramatic decrease).

2. Description

The PMI format is very complex, even more-so than most multi-layered images. Thus, PMI images must be rendered to achieve