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- ImageFX 1.03 Enhancer Package
- Copyright - 1993 Nova Design, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- This archive/disk contains a special upgrade to GVP's exciting
- image manipulation software packages; ImageFX(tm).
-
- ImageFX is a complete image processing system for the Amiga
- computer. Featuring built-in support for scanning and framegrabbing,
- printing, image rendering, file format conversion, painting and touchup
- work, not to mention hundreds of special effects combinations, ImageFX
- is the only 24-bit image processing software you will ever need. It is
- a modular, easy to use, WYSIWIG system that covers all aspects of image
- manipulation from start to finish.
-
- This package contains modules updates and enhancements designed
- specifically for ImageFX version 1.03. This archive/disk is freely
- distributable as long as all files and documentation remain intact. It
- is provided as a free upgrade to all ImageFX owners.
-
- The following information documents the changes and additions to
- the ImageFX modules. Enjoy!
-
-
- LOADERS
- ~~~~~~~
-
- ANIM
- ~~~~
- The animation loader will now load ANIM7 format animations.
- ANIM7 is a new animation format designed by Wolfgang Hofer for high
- speed animation playback. Currently this is the fastest animation
- system for use with the new Amiga 1200 and 4000 with their AGA graphics.
-
- If you want to play your animations, particularly ANIM7, we
- recommend using the public domain utility Viewtek, currently in release
- 1.04a.
-
-
- FLI
- ~~~
- The flick animation loader can now be used properly from Arexx,
- and has been enhanced to read Animator Pro flick (FLC) animations
- correctly as well as the Autodesk Animator (FLI) animations it
- previously read.
-
- /* example script to load frames from an FLI */
- frame = 1
- DO FOREVER
- LoadBuffer 'myflick.fli' FORCE frame
- IF rc ~= 0 THEN LEAVE
- frame = frame + 1
- END
-
-
- JPEG
- ~~~~
- The JPEG loaders now use the latest version of Tom Lane's IJG
- JPEG release, which results in faster load times. ImageFX now offers
- the fastest JPEG loading on the standard Amiga platform.
-
- You may now set an environment variable to automatically enable
- or disable smoothing when loading JPEG files. To use this feature, add
- lines like this to your s:user-startup:
-
- Makedir ENV:ImageFX
- SetEnv ImageFX/JPEG_Smoothing ON
- - or -
- SetEnv ImageFX/JPEG_Smoothing OFF
-
-
- Sculpt
- ~~~~~~
- The Sculpt loader now allows loading any size file.
-
-
- Targa
- ~~~~~
- The Targa loader now shows the name and size of the file it is
- loading.
-
-
- TIFF
- ~~~~
- The speed of the TIFF loader has been increased. The TIFF
- loader now correctly loads more "flavors" of TIFF than any other package
- currently. Error handling has been improved so that files that read as
- corrupted in other software and refuse to load, will load in ImageFX.
-
-
-
- PREVIEWS
- ~~~~~~~~
-
- DCTV
- ~~~~
- Allows ImageFX to work directly on the DCTV display for all
- image processing and painting functions. A DCTV RGB encoder is
- recommended, otherwise two monitors will be needed to see the DCTV
- output and the ImageFX menus at the same time.
-
-
- OpalVision
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- ImageFX may now be run interactively on the OpalVision display.
- For best results, you will need to select "Opaque Panel" (located in the
- ImageFX prefs window). You will also need to modify the ImageFX panel
- colors a bit to avoid a black streak along the left side of the menu;
- the blue content of color 0 needs to be increased (eg. a setting of
- red=10 green=10 blue=11 works well).
-
-
-
- PRINTER
- ~~~~~~~
-
- PostScript
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- The PostScript printing module now produces PostScript level 2
- compatible output, and includes more robust error handling.
-
-
- Prefs2
- ~~~~~~
- The new Preferences printing module uses less memory, is easier
- to control, and has been improved to offer significantly better output
- than any other similar package. You can easily achieve high quality 8
- bit accurate greyscale printing and 24 bit accurate color printing from
- any properly implemented Preferences printer!
-
- The following color options are available:
-
- Black&White Produces a 2-level black & white only printout.
-
- Greyscale Uses dithering to produce 256 shades of grey.
-
- Color Outputs 24-bit accurate color renderings.
-
- Print density allows you to choose one of the 7 standard printer
- densities as in Preferences.
-
- The aspect ratio controls are as follows:
-
- Keep Size&Aspect Prints the image in the size and aspect ratio as
- specified by the image's DPI and Aspect settings
- (these can be modified through the Set Aspect
- function.)
-
- Keep Aspect Allows you to change the size of the printout,
- without disturbing the aspect ratio of the image.
- That is, if you reduce the width by half, the
- height will automatically be reduced in half
- also.
-
- Ignore Aspect Allows you to freely change the horizontal and
- vertical size of the printout. The image will
- be stretched or squashed to fit the dimensions
- you provide.
-
- The printout width and height is shown in inches.
-
- The print options window allows you to control various aspects of
- the printout:
-
- Magenta Comp Magenta ink compensation for color printouts.
-
- Yellow Comp Yellow ink compensation for color printouts.
-
- White Adjust Adjusts the brightness of the printout, higher
- percentages increase the amount of "white" in
- the printout. This will help if the printout
- appears too dark or saturated.
-
-
- The print options may be saved through Prefs as usual.
-
-
- The following Arexx commands are available for Prefs2:
-
- Printer Print
- This will print the main buffer, returning an error if the
- user cancels the print.
-
- Printer Density DENSITY/N
- This allows you to change the print density, "n" should range
- from 1 - 7.
-
- Printer Size WIDTH/N,HEIGHT/N
- Sets the output size, in inches. If you have selected Keep Size
- for the aspect ratio, you need only specify one of the width or
- height (the other will be calculated automatically).
-
- Printer Aspect IGNORE/S,KEEP/S,ORIGINAL/S
- Sets the aspect ratio mode.
-
- Printer FormFeed
- Sends a form feed command to the printer.
-
- Printer Shade BW/S,GREY/S,COLOR/S
- Selects the output color.
-
-
-
-
- RENDER
- ~~~~~~
-
- DCTV
- ~~~~
- A minor enhancement was added to have the mouse pointer blanked
- after rendering DCTV images.
-
-
- EGS
- ~~~
- Rendering speed to EGS displays have been dramatically improved.
-
-
- IV24
- ~~~~
- A small AGA-related bug has been fixed.
-
-
- OpalVision
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- The OpalVision render module now uses a much smaller amount of
- chip RAM, and it now has the ability to scroll around in large rendered
- images by using the arrow keys.
-
-
-
- SAVERS
- ~~~~~~
-
- ANIM7
- ~~~~~
- Saves animations in the new ANIM7 format. To make the new IMP
- use the ANIM7 format, set the Anim Format (Misc. menu) to "ANIM7"
- instead of "ANIM". The animation options should remain the same ("Keep").
-
- The ANIM7 saver has the same Arexx options as the ANIM saver.
-
- See the ANIM7 loader information for more information about the
- ANIM7 format.
-
-
- DPIIE
- ~~~~~
- A DPIIE format saver to complement the DPIIE loader. DPIIE is
- the format used by Deluxe Paint IIe in the IBM PC Compatible version of
- the software.
-
-
- ILBM
- ~~~~
- The ILBM saver now includes a CMAP chunk when saving greyscale
- images, for more compatibility with other software.
-
-
- info
- ~~~~
- An Amiga icon saver to complement the Amiga icon loader. Icons
- are always saved as project icons. Use your favorite icon editing
- toolkit to further modify the status of these icons.
-
-
- JPEG
- ~~~~
- Updated to the latest release of Tom Lane's JPEG library, for
- faster operation.
-
-
- PCX
- ~~~
- A PCX format saver to complement the PCX loader.
-
-
- Rendition
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Now saves alpha channel information properly. You must have an
- alpha channel active in ImageFX for it to be saved.
-
-
- Targa
- ~~~~~
- The Targa saver can now save uncompressed colormapped images
- (type 1).
-
-
- TIFF
- ~~~~
- The TIFF saver can now save uncompressed colormapped images.
-
-
-
- HOOKS
- ~~~~~
-
- IMP
- ~~~
- IMP now allows you to select the output animation format via.
- the "Anim Format" and "Anim Options" pull down menus.
-
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-
- ImageFX is a trademark of GVP and Nova Design, Inc. Amiga is a
- trademark of Commodore Business Machines, Ltd. All other trademarks are
- held by their respective companies.
-
- For more information about ImageFX, contact Great Valley Products
- at (215) 337-8770.
-
-