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PHOTOCHROME V3.00
BY DOUGLAS LITTLE
REVIEWED BY DARRAN TAPLIN
The program on this disk is in fact a
utility that allows many more colours
than you would think are possible.
If you register you will receive two
different versions (v2 and v3). Version
2 is a half meg version and version 3
requires 1 meg ram.
Photochrome allows 4096 colours on ANY
ST to be displayed at once or up to
32000 colours on an STE.
Version 2 is the same as version 3,
apart from being unable to load Gif
files (used on the PC). So for this
review I will concentrate on version 3.
Upon loading the program, you are
greeted with an easy to understand menu
screen, you just click on the screen you
want converted. These can be:
TGA - 24 bit colour screen.
RAW - more of the same.
IFF - used extensively on the Amiga.
GIF - used on the PC.
RGB - used by VIDI digitiser.
The above formats can be converted to:
Spec 512 - used by Spectrun 512 art
package.
Spec 4096 - Same as above but for STE
owners.
Photochrome - up to 32000 colours on
the STE.
PCS HAM - 4096 colours on any ST.
As well as the normal Spectrum mode,
there is an extended mode, this saves
the pictures using extra colours because
when a normal Spectrum picture is saved
the mouse colour and background colour
are not used, with the extended Spectrum
mode they are.
Upon registering, you are sent loads of
example pictures, two versions of the
program, zip archive and various picture
converters. Also, you will receive STOS
source code, which will allow you to
display the pictures in STOS.
The author asks for a fee between two
and five pounds for registration, this
is really good value. The quality of the
pictures is excellent, they have to be
seen to be believed. In fact, I compared
the GIF files with those on the AMIGA
and the ones on the ST are much better.
Also IFF pictures look identical, if
not better.
There is a possibiliy of version 4 and
Photochrome Paint if there is a lot of
feedback, so register today you will not
be disappointed.
This disk is also available from
Goodman PD.
Rating - 9 out of 10.