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- PiP_View V2.0
- =============
-
-
- Description:
- ------------
- It`s just a short hack to display pictures with usage of the
- datatypes. Boring ? No ! It shows the pictures on the Workbench
- in a PiP-Window !
-
- PiP_View is Freeware. Use it at your own risk. And remember,
- check your datatypes ! Some buggy datatypes are around, and if
- you have crashes or incredible long loading-times, search the
- Aminet for better ones !
-
-
- Changes to V1.1:
- ----------------
-
- - totally rewritten code
- - render.library and guigfx.library from Bifat/TEK Neoscientists aren't
- needed no more
- - new datatypes-loader, now supporting nearly any IFF-Formats, including
- HAM, EHB and aspect ratio correct display of Lace- and Hires-pictures
- - 68k ASM optimized Hicolor-Dithering and interpolated scaling
-
-
- Requirements:
- -------------
- Any Amiga equipped with PicassoIV ( eventually also Retina BLT64 -
- never tested), FPU or 68040/060, FastRam and a whole set of datatypes.
- Also lots of Ram are required, ofcoz this proggy is a memory-eater ;)
- But Guys with a GFX-Board should always have enough Ram...
-
-
- Installation:
- -------------
- Just copy the programm wherever you want, but best place is somewhere
- in your command-path, like "Sys:Utilities/" or "C:".
-
-
- Workbench-Usage:
- ----------------
- Started by double-click from the workbench, the well known
- ASL-Filerequester pops up and lets you choose the picture.
- If you close the picture, the ASL-Requester comes again...
- Settings are taken from a settingsfile, see below.
-
-
- CLI-Usage:
- ----------
- As parameters PiP_View only accepts filenames. The settings it still
- loads from the settingsfile.
-
-
- The Menus:
- ----------
- Project:
- Open - lets you select another picture
- About - short info about PiP_View
- Quit - quit
-
- View:
- Zip Window - resize the window to be maximized or not, same function
- like the zoombutton from the window
-
- Scale to fit - the Picture is scaled down or big to fit the maximum
- possible size, depending on the Size of your WB.
-
- Scale smooth - if "Scale to fit" is activated, the Picture will not
- only be scaled, also interpolated. Looks nicer, is a
- little bit slower.
-
- HiColorDither - PIP can only HiColor ( 5 bits red, 6 bits green,
- 5 bit blue ), and this will dither the lost bits.
- Looks sometimes better, sometimes not...
-
- Save Settings - the state of the 3 above points is saved to
- "envarc:PiPView.prefs".
- The settings will be reloaded each time you start
- PiP_View.
-
- Keys:
- -----
- ESC - aborts the programm
-
- Cursorkeys - if the picture is bigger than the visible size of the window,
- you can scroll around.
-
- any other key - closes the programm or, if more than one picture are given
- as parameters, starts loading the next picture.
-
-
-
-
- Some Words about Speed:
- -----------------------
-
- Some datatypes are a little bit strange, like the GIF-Datatype i'm using.
- It decrunches the Picture planar into ChipRam ! You can get a little speed-
- up here,if you use MCP and his Memorypatch - just forbid PIP_View the
- usage of ChipRam.
-
- On the other Hand, loading via Datatypes isn't that fast at all. If you
- search a FAST viewer, try CyberView. But if you have a PPC-Board and some
- nice PPC-Datatypes... but thats something i've never could test.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- So, thats all. Enjoy it :)
-
- Dante/Oxyron
-