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Short: SViewNG V7.24 + Library 19.3 (28.9.97)
Author: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
Type: gfx/show
Replaces: SViewNGFix722.lha
**** 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 *****
_________________________________________________________
>> 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...
---------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------
- extended/improved TurboPrint support
- added Studio support
- improved installation procedure,
added some early measures against
possible crashes
- fixed several bugs
- new: polish translation for library
- and a lot more (see below)
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 43 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
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:
================
V7.24 (27.9.97):
- 7.23 wasn't on Aminet
- you now can receive your registered SViewNG plus PPC modules
plus extra stuff on ZIP disk as well (100 MB Iomega)
- added QuickStart script for AGA and CyberGraphX test usage
without previous installation. Use with care - it won't make
the library fully operational.
(-> Sven Drieling)
- updated "ReadMe_powerUP"
- updated docs
- explicite ppc.library note added
- included Library 19.3 with several bug-fixes
V7.23 (22.9.97):
- ensuring, that ppc.library already is in memory, before
superviewsupport.library does try to open it
(-> Frank Mariak)
V7.22 (18.9.97):
- ATO credits updated
(-> Joel Alvim)
- added francais catalogs, texts and installer script
by Julien Wilk and Pascal Rullier
- updated ARexx scripts
- some of the russian texts had been missing
- fixed bug in "Action" code; rewritten
- file requesters now remember wildcards
(-> Sven Drieling)
- included Library 19.1 with several bug-fixes
LIBRARY-CHANGES:
================
V19.3 (28.9.1997) :
-------------------
- Note: V19.2 was not on Aminet
- SVObjects: - Printer: - now also supports TurboPrint for
8 Bit modes as well as EHB/HAM
- added support for Wolf Faust's Studio
printer system
- SVDrivers: - ECS, AGA: - more fixes
- LIBRARY: - svsupport (see there)
- MISC: - added polish catalog by Boguslaw Dziewierz <cut@localbar.com>
(please email me, your reply address did not work !)
- added explicite note about ppc.library V44+
V19.2 (21.9.1997) :
-------------------
- SVPrefs: - now finally with a wizard GUI, too
(-> Patrik Nydensten, and more)
- Crashes: - some people still reported, that SV-Library could crash
#1 on startup; most often deleting all unused SVDrivers did
help. Since I could not find any related bugs, and the
only SVDriver I don't maintain myself is OPAL.svdriver,
it will now be moved to a new directory called
"LIBS:svstorage" if it is not needed
- the (unsupported) SVO.svobject and CyberDataType.svobject
will be moved there, too
- did the same for EGS7, PicassoII, MERLIN and Retina drivers,
as well as Picasso96. All these drivers now are mutually
exclusive - the only possible parallel use now is together
with the CyberGraphX driver (since they fixed this nasty
bug as with V1.27 or 1.28 AFAIK)
- if you want to try parallel use nevertheless, just copy
the files back from LIBS:svstorage/ to LIBS:svdrivers/
- there's also the possibility to install these to
LIBS:svdrivers/ and add their names to the file
ENV:superview-library/svdrivers.exclude (respectively ENVARC:),
so that you can try to add them on demand (use "+" fromout
SVPrefs)
- Crashes: - there's a Picasso96API.library replacement for CyberGraphX,
#2 written by Steffen Haeuser. V20.0 does produce a couple
of Enforcer hits when being opened.
Solution: - remove it
- or remove Picasso96.svdriver
- upgrade to a bug-fixed version
- Crashes: - SVPrefs: ensuring, that ppc.library already is in memory,
#3 before superviewsupport.library does try to open it
(-> Frank Mariak)
V19.1 (18.9.1997) :
-------------------
- SVDrivers: - ECS, AGA: - (see there)
- MISC: - added francais catalog and installer script
by Julien Wilk (wilkj@esiee.fr)
and Pascal Rullier <rullier@triade.fr>
- Libs: - svsupport-lib: - (see there)
- Docs: - updated ATO credits
- PPC: - PPC modules 19.1 now are incompatible with ppc.library
versions 44.8 and below. Since 18.x is incompatible
with 44.9 and up, all previous buyers already did receive
a free update, which again will work (44.20 recommended).
- "DEEP_Decode24" PPC module had a bug, maybe this could
have caused occasional crashes. Fixed.
- due to PPC changes, bumped main library versions to
19 resp. 11
*****************************************************************************
** Please support SHAREWARE and register NOW to receive YOUR KeyFile !! **
*****************************************************************************
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.