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  1. Short:    SuperView V5.80 + Library 16.1 (18.2.97)
  2. Author:   Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
  3. Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
  4. Type:     gfx/show
  5.  
  6.  
  7. Program Description and Distribution Concept
  8. --------------------------------------------
  9. SuperView (EL - evaluation version), a localized graphics viewer, converter,
  10. editor and screen-grabber based on SuperView-Library, with ARexx support,
  11. GUI, AmigaGuide online-help, Commodity-functionality and many more features.
  12.  
  13. SHAREWARE (evaluation version).
  14.  
  15.  
  16. What's *new* in this version
  17. --------------------------
  18.  - new formats: IFF-RGB8, IFF-DR2D, DXF, WPG-Vector
  19.  - transparency support for several file formats
  20.  - several bug fixes
  21.  - and more...
  22.  
  23.  
  24. Description of Features and Requirements
  25. ----------------------------------------
  26. Nearly anything is managed by object-oriented external modules
  27. for loading, saving (SVObjects), displaying (SVDrivers) and
  28. processing (SVOperators) graphics - converting graphics and
  29. "screen-grabbing" also is possible in a very comfortable way.
  30.  
  31. Only requires OS V2.04 and 68000, but also makes use of available
  32. OS V2.1 and V3.x features and 680x0 module versions.
  33.  
  34. Includes licensed SuperView-Library, which supports the following
  35. file formats, periphal devices, display drivers and image processing
  36. operators:
  37.  
  38.      ->>>> Total of 42 different graphic file formats    <<<<-
  39.      ->>>> Total of  2 different periphal devices        <<<<-
  40.      ->>>> Total of  8 different graphic display systems <<<<-
  41.      ->>>> Total of 32 different graphic operators       <<<<-
  42.  
  43. SVObjects:     - IFF-ACBM         - Windows,OS/2 BMP   - PNM (PBM,PGM,PPM)
  44.                - IFF-ILBM         - JPEG (JFIF v6)     - IMG (GEM Graphics)
  45.                - IFF-DEEP         - PhotoCD            - WPG (WP Bitmaps)
  46.                - IFF-PBM          - TIFF               - MacPaint MAC
  47.                - IFF-RGB8         - PCX                - EPS (Header/PS)
  48.                - IFF-YUVN         - Atari Degas        - C64 (Koala, Doodle)
  49.                - FBM              - Windows Icon       - CDR-Previews
  50.                - QRT/POV Raytrace - Mac PICT-2         - SGI
  51.                - SVG              - Targa              - Pictor/PCPaint
  52.                - SunRaster        - UtahRLE            - PNG
  53.  
  54.                  as well as all OS3-Datatypes
  55.                  and 24 Bit DataTypes (picture.datatype V43).
  56.  
  57.                  Many formats with 24 Bit-Support.
  58.                  Reads XPK- and PP20-packed data via Unpack.svobject.
  59.  
  60.                  Writes C-Sourcecode in chunky/RGB notation.
  61.  
  62.                  Together with external third party programs also the
  63.                  following file formats seamlessly can be embedded:
  64.  
  65.                  File Format        needs program   also needs support for
  66.                  ---------------------------------------------------------
  67.                - AMF                MetaView        (ILBM)
  68.                - DXF/AutoCAD (tm)   MetaView        (ILBM)
  69.                - FIG                AmiFIG          (Postscript)
  70.                - CGM                GPlot           (Postscript)
  71.                - IFF-DR2D           MetaView        (ILBM)
  72.                - Limbo              Limbo 4.0       (PNM)
  73.                - Postscript (TM)    Ghostscript     -
  74.                - WPG-Vector         MetaView        (ILBM)
  75.                - WMF                MetaView        (ILBM)
  76.  
  77. Devices (via SVObjects):
  78.  
  79.                - Scanner (scanner.device of ScanQuix)
  80.                - Printer (printer.device support; uses own 24 Bit dithering)
  81.  
  82. SVDrivers :    - OCS/ECS          - AGA                - EGS7
  83.                - OpalVision       - Retina             - CyberGraphX
  84.                - PicassoII        - Merlin
  85.  
  86.                (Picasso96 yet via CyberGraphX or PicassoII API)
  87.  
  88. SVOperators :  - Dither24Bit      - 24BitToHAM         - HilbertDither256
  89.                - ExtractRed       - ExtractGreen       - ExtractBlue
  90.                - XOR              - ExtractGrayScales  - TopToBottom
  91.                - LeftToRight      - Rotate             - Scale50
  92.                - AnyTo24Bit       - Crop               - CallPNM
  93.                - OptimizePalette  - RotateFree         - PaletteDither
  94.  
  95.                  plus the following from Steve Quartly:
  96.  
  97.                - SQBentley        - SQTiling           - SQThreshold
  98.                - SQOilPaint       - SQMosaic           - SQEmboss
  99.                - SQSlicing        - SQDiffuse          - SQContrast
  100.                - SQSharpen        - SQBlur             - SQDeep_Press
  101.                - SQMotion_Blur    - SQHighPass
  102.  
  103.      PROGRAM-CHANGES:
  104.      ================
  105.  
  106. V5.80 (18.2.97):
  107.  
  108.    - SCREENSAVEDELAY of course does not expect microsec, but 1/50 sec
  109.      (-> Dr. Heiko Pollmeier)
  110.    - Library 16.1
  111.  
  112.  
  113.      LIBRARY-CHANGES:
  114.      ================
  115.  
  116.      V16.1 (18.2.1997) :
  117.      -------------------
  118.       - NEW SVObjects: - IFF-RGB8 (Turbo Silver, Imagine, ArtEffect).
  119.                          Full file and clipboard support.
  120.  
  121.       - SVObjects:   - PNG, ILBM, ACBM, Datatypes (39-43):
  122.                           - transparency support
  123.  
  124.                      - BMP: - fixed 1..4 bit writing, crashes
  125.  
  126.                      - MetaView: - SVObject now reads IFF-DR2D, DXF
  127.                                    and WPG-Vector via MetaView as well.
  128.                                    Please note, that MetaView is Shareware
  129.                                    (by Henk Jonas)
  130.  
  131.                      - Ghostscript: - output format now freely
  132.                                       selectable, thus no longer
  133.                                       only PNG
  134.                                     - should work with GS 2.6.1 now
  135.  
  136.       - SVDrivers:   - PicassoII, EGS7, CyberGraphics:
  137.                           - (see there)
  138.  
  139.       - LIBRARY:     - bumped to V16
  140.                      - requests support-lib V8 now
  141.                      - gfxbuffers: (see support-lib)
  142.  
  143.       - SUPPORT-LIB: - bumped to V8
  144.                      - gfxbuffers bumped to V3: now transparency
  145.                        information may optionally be carried, yet
  146.                        only defined for 8 Bit graphics
  147.  
  148.       - MISC:        - installer script now also allows to configure
  149.                        MetaView.svobject directly (similar to Ghostscript)
  150.  
  151.       - Docs:        - updated MetaView information (Shareware now)
  152.                      - updated Steve Quartly's eMail to
  153.                        steveq@mafeking.scouts.org.au
  154.                      - superview.ftn.sub.org domain will is replaced with
  155.                        superview.ftn.neckar-alb.de as with 1 March 97
  156.                      - again a little grammar and spell checking on the docs
  157.  
  158. *****************************************************************************
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  160. *****************************************************************************
  161.