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- Short: Displays structure of a PNG file
- Author: Marcus Ekelund <marcus-e@algonet.se>
- Uploader: Marcus Ekelund <marcus-e@algonet.se>
- Version: 1.0
- Type: gfx/misc
- Requires: WB 2.0+
-
- PNGScan is a small Freeware program for analyzing and displaying
- the structure of a PNG picture file. It can be used for error checking, or
- to find out exactly what a graphics application puts in its PNG files.
-
- For those of you who don't know this, PNG (pronounced 'Ping') is a
- replacement for the now obsolete GIF format. It has all the features GIF
- has, with the addition of a truecolor mode.
-
- PNGScan displays all chunks in a PNG file (and will warn if it
- finds anything suspicious), and can interpret the following:
- - IHDR Header with all kinds of information
- - PLTE Palette entries. PNGScan will show the number of colors in
- the palette.
- - tEXt Various comments, such as author, application used...
-
-
- Usage:
- PNGScan can only be used from Shell.
-
- 1> PNGScan <file>
-
- History:
- 1.0 (12-Mar-97)
- - Initial release
-
- Todo:
- - Add support for more chunk types.
- - Maybe add an option to insert tEXt chunks into a PNG file.
-
-
- © 1998 Marcus Ekelund
-
- Visit my homepage at:
- http://hem2.passagen.se/marcusek/
-
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