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- Documentation of pcd.datatype 43.1
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- Introduction
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- With the help of the pcd.datatype, your datatype sytem is able to read images
- from Photo-CD's.
- The datatype can produce a 24-bit truecolor or an 8-bit grey-leveled bitmap.
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- This datatype is Freeware !
- Do with it what you want, as long as you do not remove any files from this archive !
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- Requirements
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- * OS 3.x
- * MC68020 or better
- * A mounted PIPE: handler !!
- * The PCD decoder 'pcdtoppm' (included in this archive)
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- If you haven't installed the picture.datatype 43.x (CyberGraphX), the datatype will only
- produce 8-bit grey leveled images a output.
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- Installation
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- Simply click on the 'Install' script.
- As the pcd.datatype needs an external decoder, you must select a directory that
- is in your path to store the decoder !
- The installer will not check your configuration !
- You MUST store the decoder 'pcdtoppm' somewhere in your path, otherwise the datatype
- will hang up in an endless loop !!
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- How does the pcd.datatype work ?
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- The pcd.datatype is to small to be a standalone decoder.
- Whenever the superclass detects a PCD image, it opens the pcd.datatype.
- This launches the external PCD decoder 'pcdtoppm', which redirects its output
- to the PIPE-handler. The datatype simply reads the decoded RGB values from the
- PIPE handler and stores them in the bitmap.
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- Preferences
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- The PCD decoder is able to decompress a PCD image to different resolutions.
- The resolution is stored in ENV:DataTypes/pcd.prefs.
- The DOS template is RESOLUTION/N,GREY/S.
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- Value Bitmap resolution
- 1 192 * 128
- 2 384 * 256
- 3 768 * 512
- 4 1536 * 1024
- 5 3072 * 2048
- 6 6144 * 4096
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- The default value is 3 (768*512).
- The values 5 and 6 do not make much sense as you need a fast CPU and lots of memory !
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- If you enable the GREY switch, you will get 8-bit grey-leveled, otherwise 24-bit
- truecolor bitmap.
- Without CyberGraphX, you will always receive grey-leveled bitmaps.
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- History
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- 01-Dec-97 V43.0
- * First public release
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- 04-Dec-97 V43.1
- * Works under non-CyberGraphX systems too.
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- Future
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- I'm still looking for a dither-algorithm.
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- Author
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- Feel free to contact me for comments, critics or bug reports !
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- Name: Achim Stegemann
- Email: astegema@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
- Internet: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~astegema/projects.html#pcd
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