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- Short: V1.7 PageStream V3.x/V4.x Gfx Import Filter (JPEG, TIFF, PNG,....)
- Author: wfaust@compuserve.com (Wolf Faust)
- Uploader: wfaust@compuserve.com (Wolf Faust)
- Type: biz/patch
- Replace: biz/patch/PGSUniFilter16.lha
-
- This software adds/replaces many new graphic formats in PageStream
- V3.x/4.x. It does not only add formats, it also improves already
- supported formats by loading images MUCH faster. Note this solution
- is not based on a PageStream Script. It's a real PageStream filter.
-
- All formats are part of 'Studio's Universal' filter.
- The Universal filter supports:
-
- BMP: 1, 4, 8, 16 and 24 Bit, Windows V3 and OS/2 format,
- RLE4, 8, 24 compression
- DataTypes: OS 3.0 DataTypes
- DCX: only the first image is printed
- GIF: supports 87a and 89 format
- IFF ILBM: including HAM, HAM8, EHB,...
- IFF DEEP: 24 Bit RGB and RGBA, supports compression
- JPEG: 8 Bit and 24 Bit JFIF, progressive JPEG
- PCX: 1,2,4,8 and 24 Bit images
- PGM: 8-bit
- PNG: incl. interlaced
- PPM: 24-bit
- Targa: supports all known RGB, RGBA types incl. compression
- TIFF: 1-64 Bit, RGB, RGBA, CMYK, YCbCr with None, PackBits,
- RLE, JPEG, G3, G4, LZW and Next compression, Strips
- or Tiles, Packed or separate color
-
- The 'Universal' filter allows reading many image formats with
- PageStream V3/V4 wich are not originaly supported by PageStream.
- It also allows formats like IFF ILBM and others to be loaded much
- faster. For instance, 200-300% average speed increase for 24 Bit
- ILBM images.
-
- The filter is FREE to all owners of the CanonStudio and Studio
- printer software. The software requires PageStream V3.1-3.4,
- V4.0 or newer.
-
- For more info's about CanonStudio download the CanonDisk in
- AmiNet's text/print drawer for a limited functional demo. Studio
- is a commercial software sold by many dealers. For a small list
- of distributors try downloading one of the Studio updates in
- biz/patch and see the readme file.
- Wolf Faust - 03.09.1999
-