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- Documentation of jpeg.datatype 43.6
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- Introduction
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- With the help of the jpeg.datatype, your datatype sytem is able to read JPEG images.
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- This datatype is freeware and can be used for any purpose.
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- Minumum requirements for jpeg.datatype
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- * OS 3.0
- * MC68020
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- Additionally recommened
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- * CyberGraphX with picture.datatype V43 for 24-bit images.
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- Minumum requirements for JPEGPrefs
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- * OS 3.0
- * MC68020
- * MUI 3.8
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- Installation
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- Simply click on the 'Install' script.
- If you have another jpeg.datatype (with THIS name) installed on your Amiga with a
- version number higher than 43.0, the installer will not be able to replace it.
- In this case, you must copy the jpeg.datatype manually to your SYS:Classes/DataTypes
- directory.
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- Preferences
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- Gfx Mode:
- -> V43 CGX Mode
- Enables V43 CyberGraphX mode.
- If you do not have the picture.datatype 43.x, the datatype will fall back to V40 mode.
- -> V40 AGA Mode
- Truecolor images will be color reduced for AGA.
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- V40 Dithermode:
- Enables Floyd-Steinberg dithering (recommended ,1).
- Default is 'No dithering' (0).
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- V40 CLUT Depth:
- Depth to use for color reducing in AGA modes.
- Values are from 3 to 8 (default).
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- DCT Methods:
- Choose one of the DCT methods for de/encoding.
- -> Slow Integer: medium speed, good quality (default, 0)
- -> Fast Integer: fast speed but low quality (1)
- -> Floating Point: slowest but high quality (2).
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- Scale:
- Picture sizes can be scaled for output:
- -> 1:1 Leave size untouched (default, 0)
- -> 1:2 Half the size (1).
- -> 1:4 One forth the size (2).
- -> 1:8 One eighth the size (3).
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- Quality:
- Defines the compression quality. Ranges from 1 to 100.
- Useful values are between 60 and 90, depending on the picture.
- Low values produce short files but worse quality, higher values longer files with
- good quality.
- The default is 75.
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- Smoothing:
- Value of color smoothing during compression. Ranges from 0 to 100.
- Default is 0 (no smoothing).
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- Gray Mode:
- Images are stored as 256 color grayscales pictures.
- Default is OFF, save in 24 Bit color mode.
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- Progressive Mode:
- Store the image in progressive mode.
- Default is OFF.
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- Fancy Upsampling:
- Decompresses the image in "fancy upsampling" mode.
- Defaults to OFF.
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- Async IO:
- Enables support for asyncio.libray.
- Defaults to OFF.
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- Currently I only support MUI for the preferences.
- If you don't have MUI, you also can adjust the preferences very easy.
- The ENV-variable 'DataTypes/jpeg.prefs' contains the parameter as a DOS-argument
- with the template
- 'MODE/A/N,DITHER/A/N,DEPTH/A/N,DCT/A/N,SCALE/A/N,QUALITY/A/N,SMOOTH/A/N,GRAY/S,PROGRESSIVE/S'.
- You can change the settings anytime either by using the 'SetEnv'-command or by
- using a text editor.
- A GadTools version of the preferences may follow in the near future.
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- History
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- 08-Oct-99 V43.0
- * First public release
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- 13-Nov-99 V43.1
- * Improved V43 setup to avoid problems under Picasso96 or OS 3.5.
- * Glowicons are now default icons.
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- 22-Jan-00 V43.2
- * Recompiled with StormC.
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- 20-Sep-00 V43.3
- * Improved use of V43 features. Shouldn't allocate any ChipRAM for grey-scaled images.
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- 06-Jul-01 V43.4
- * Uses newest jpeg.library (V6.2) from Paul Huxham
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- 07-Jul-01 V43.5
- * Added support for AsyncIO-Tag of jpeg.library.
- * Fixed a bug in the prefs (sorry, didn't work at all).
- * WarpOS version of jpeg.library causes crashes for IPrefs, so the WOS-jpeg.library
- will not be installed !!!
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- 18-Jul-01 V43.6
- * Cleaned up ramlib-stuff (thx to Oliver Roberts).
- jpeg.library (WarpOS version) works again with datatype, no crashed with IPrefs :)
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- Credits
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- Paul Huxham for the jpeg.library.
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- Timm S. Müller for the render.library.
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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: achimste@gmx.de
- Internet: http://soft-ware.de/dalmanac
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