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  1. Short:    SViewNG V7.72 + Library 21.7 (9.8.98)
  2. Author:   Andreas R. Kleinert
  3. Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
  4. Type:     gfx/show
  5. Replaces: SViewNGFix#?.lha, SVDPicasso2_0.lha, svlib117D.lha, svlib117U.lha, svoUtah.lha
  6.  
  7.  ************************************************************************
  8.  This is the FINAL release of "SViewNG" - the successor now
  9.  is called "SViewII" and can be be found under Aminet:gfx/misc
  10.  where it consists of 7 parts:
  11.  
  12.     SvII-1.lha      Main program, Tools, SuperView-Library
  13.     SvII-2.lha      Documentation files
  14.     SvII-3.lha      SVDrivers
  15.     SvII-4.lha      SVOperators
  16.     SvII-5.lha      SQ's SVOperators
  17.     SvII-6.lha      SVObjects
  18.     SvII-7.lha      68030 optimized modules (SVObjects/Drivers/Operators)
  19.  
  20.    plus optional add-ons
  21.  
  22.  Old keyfiles will continue to work.
  23.  ************************************************************************
  24.  
  25.  
  26.    _________________________________________________________
  27.  >> When extracting the archive, please make sure, that you
  28.  >> do this as follows:
  29.  >>
  30.  >>   LHA -xarm -b64 x ARCHIVE.LHA DESTINATION-DIR/
  31.  >>   LZX -x -a -r -m x ARCHIVE.LHA DESTINATION-DIR/
  32.  >>
  33.  >> Note: Using the LHA-compatible "LX" archiver may produce
  34.  >> corrupt output on large files. LHex should work fine.
  35.  >>
  36.  >> SViewNG.lha does contain another (uncompressed) archive
  37.  >> of approximately 2.4 MB size - so make sure there's enough
  38.  >> space available...
  39.    ---------------------------------------------------------
  40.  
  41.  
  42. Program Description and Distribution Concept
  43. --------------------------------------------
  44. Successor of SuperView; SViewNG (evaluation version), a localized graphics
  45. viewer, converter, editor and screen-grabber based on SuperView-Library,
  46. with ARexx support, GUI, AmigaGuide online-help, Commodity-functionality
  47. and many more features.
  48.  
  49. SHAREWARE (evaluation version).
  50.  
  51.  
  52. What's *new* in this version
  53. ----------------------------
  54.  - bugfixes to the library
  55.  - bugfixes to the main program
  56.  - spanish localization
  57.  - support for Spectrum ZX graphics (loading)
  58.  
  59.  
  60. Description of Features and Requirements
  61. ----------------------------------------
  62. Nearly anything is managed by object-oriented external modules
  63. for loading, saving (SVObjects), displaying (SVDrivers) and
  64. processing (SVOperators) graphics - converting graphics and
  65. "screen-grabbing" also is possible in a very comfortable way.
  66.  
  67. Only requires OS V2.04 and 68000, but also makes use of available
  68. OS V2.1 and V3.x features and 680x0 module versions, as well
  69. as optional powerUP (TM) powerPC module plugins.
  70.  
  71. Includes licensed SuperView-Library, which supports the following
  72. file formats, periphal devices, display drivers and image processing
  73. operators:
  74.  
  75.      ->>>> Total of 53 different graphic file formats               <<<<-
  76.      ->>>> Total of  2 different periphal devices                   <<<<-
  77.      ->>>> Total of 10 different graphic display systems (22 cards) <<<<-
  78.      ->>>> Total of 32 different graphic operators                  <<<<-
  79.  
  80. SVObjects:     - IFF-ACBM         - Windows,OS/2 BMP   - PNM (PBM,PGM,PPM)
  81.                - IFF-ILBM         - JPEG (JFIF v6)     - IMG (GEM Graphics)
  82.                - IFF-DEEP         - PhotoCD            - WPG (WP Bitmaps)
  83.                - IFF-FAXX         - TIFF               - MacPaint MAC
  84.                - IFF-PBM          - PCX                - EPS (Header/PS)
  85.                - IFF-RGB8         - Atari Degas        - C64 (Koala, Doodle)
  86.                - IFF-YUVN         - Windows Icon       - CDR-Previews
  87.                - QRT/POV Raytrace - Mac PICT-2         - SGI
  88.                - SVG              - Targa              - Pictor/PCPaint
  89.                - SunRaster        - UtahRLE            - PNG
  90.                - FBM              - XWD                - Amiga Icons (WB/Magic/New)
  91.                - IFF-RGFX         - TIM                - CVP (passphoto)
  92.                - Spectrum ZX
  93.  
  94.                  as well as all OS3-Datatypes
  95.                  and 24 Bit DataTypes (picture.datatype V43).
  96.  
  97.                  Many formats with 24 Bit-Support.
  98.                  Reads XPK- and PP20-packed data via Unpack.svobject.
  99.  
  100.                  Writes C-Sourcecode in chunky/RGB notation.
  101.  
  102.                  Together with external third party programs also the
  103.                  following file formats seamlessly can be embedded:
  104.  
  105.                  File Format        needs program   also needs support for
  106.                  ---------------------------------------------------------
  107.                - AMF                MetaView        (ILBM)
  108.                - CLP                MetaView        (ILBM)
  109.                - DXF/AutoCAD (tm)   MetaView        (ILBM)
  110.                - FIG                AmiFIG          (Postscript)
  111.                               or:   MetaView        (ILBM)
  112.                - CGM                GPlot           (Postscript)
  113.                               or:   MetaView        (ILBM)
  114.                - IFF-DR2D           MetaView        (ILBM)
  115.                - IFF-DRSD           MetaView        (ILBM)
  116.                - Limbo              Limbo 4.0       (PNM)
  117.                - Postscript (TM)    Ghostscript     -
  118.                - WPG-Vector         MetaView        (ILBM)
  119.                - WMF                MetaView        (ILBM)
  120.  
  121. Devices (via SVObjects):
  122.  
  123.                - Scanner (scanner.device of ScanQuix)
  124.                - Printer (printer.device/TurboPrint/Studio)
  125.  
  126. SVDrivers :    - OCS/ECS          - AGA                - EGS7
  127.                - OpalVision       - Retina             - CyberGraphX
  128.                - PicassoII        - Merlin             - Picasso96
  129.                - AGA/RTG Window
  130.  
  131. SVOperators :  - Dither24Bit      - 24BitToHAM         - HilbertDither256
  132.                - ExtractRed       - ExtractGreen       - ExtractBlue
  133.                - XOR              - ExtractGrayScales  - TopToBottom
  134.                - LeftToRight      - Rotate             - Scale50
  135.                - AnyTo24Bit       - Crop               - CallPNM
  136.                - OptimizePalette  - RotateFree         - PaletteDither
  137.  
  138.                  plus the following from Steve Quartly:
  139.  
  140.                - SQBentley        - SQTiling           - SQThreshold
  141.                - SQOilPaint       - SQMosaic           - SQEmboss
  142.                - SQSlicing        - SQDiffuse          - SQContrast
  143.                - SQSharpen        - SQBlur             - SQDeep_Press
  144.                - SQMotion_Blur    - SQHighPass
  145.  
  146. *****************************************************************************
  147. ** Please support SHAREWARE and register NOW to receive YOUR KeyFile !!    **
  148. *****************************************************************************
  149.  
  150.  
  151.     Overview: Supported and Non-supported Graphics Cards
  152.     ====================================================
  153.  
  154.     Card Name            Kind of Support
  155.     ----------------------------------------------------
  156.     1600GX               -
  157.     A2410 TIGA           CG  EGS
  158.     CyberVision64        CG       P96
  159.     CyberVision64/3D     CG       P96
  160.     CyberVisionPPC       CG
  161.     DCTV                 -
  162.     Domino               CG  EGS  P96
  163.     DraCo Altais         CG
  164.     Firecracker          -
  165.     GDA-1                -
  166.     Graffity             -
  167.     GVP 110/24               EGS
  168.     GVP IV 24                EGS
  169.     Colormaster              EGS
  170.     Inferno (Wildfire)   CG
  171.     Merlin                        P96  NAT
  172.     OMniBus                       P96
  173.     OpalVision                         NAT
  174.     Picasso II           CG       P96  NAT
  175.     Picasso II+          CG       P96  NAT
  176.     Picasso IV           CG       P96
  177.     Piccolo              CG  EGS  P96
  178.     Piccolo SD64         CG  EGS  P96
  179.     Rain*ow II (R-II)        EGS
  180.     Rain*ow III (R-III)      EGS
  181.     Retina Z2                EGS       NAT
  182.     Retina Z3 BLT        CG  EGS  P96  NAT
  183.     Spectrum             CG  EGS  P96
  184.     Visiona                  EGS
  185.  
  186.  As you can see, any reasonable graphics card for the Amiga
  187.  is supported in some way.
  188.  
  189.  (NAT = "native driver", CG = CGfx, P96 = Picasso96, EGS = EGS ;)
  190.