M&E System
M&E: New generation Plug-In
The PARX M&E System is a modular development system.
For the moment its activity is specific to graphical applications, but
we are still working for a modular system on sound, and probably for text
files in the future (help welcome).
M&E modules offer to load, get, save, export, warp pictures. It's
divided in 3 most parts :
- RIM, for Reading IMage. There is for the moment about 45 formats drived
to load images files, classical ones like Degas, Neochrome, BMP, PCX, TGA,
JPEG (with DSP Brainstorm driver), IFF, (X)IMG, ArtDirector, Spectrum512,
etc. But there is also drivers for acquisition, which offer to drive peripherals
like handy scanners (Atari Geek Port compatibles), Mustek Paragon A4 scanners,
Numerical cameras (FotoMan), or video card like the Vidi-ST12, Exposé.
At last there is also 'Maker's RIM', which offer to make textures, grids
or thinks like that ... what you really need for
graphical applications is here !
- WIM, for Writing IMage. Exactly the same things done for RIM. You save
images in the formats you need ... or you can also drive peripherals like
printers, and specialy color printers like Epson Stylus Color, Canon BJCxxxx,
HPCxxx, Fargo photographic color printer ...
- IFX, for Image effects. IFX offer you to put specifics effects on images,
like inversion, mathematical matrix, warping etc.
In the PARX M&E System package you can also find specifics modules
for specifics works :
- Memory Manager. Which offer to get a Memory management of you application
really better than the original Malloc's ATARI one. With none memory fragmentation,
with memory expansions (elastic memory) etc.
- TRM, for 'TRaMage', Dithering in French. This module offer a real misc
dithering operations features, with classicals dithering like Burke, Stuki,
or Floyd-Steinberg, but also convertions for True Color to 256, 16, mono
etc. As you want, all the time it can adapt an image on you screen resolution
! For the moment there is only 68000 dithering choices, but we are working
for 68030 and DSP adaptations for quicker solutions.
- Drawing options In the package there is also brushes, patterns etc.
modules for people who want to use drawing options inside his software.
For the moment PARX company offer a complete development package in english
or french for making modules, or driving them inside software. The kit have
been done for C, and ASM languages at first, but some GFA Basic, and others
languages have some examples too.
The development kit is now on sale, you need to sign a licencee agreement
which permit to the developer to get more updates informations on the package,
also development support, modules updates, and confidential restrictions
for geting a good organisation. That also offer to the developer to not
doing twice what have been done before with a 45 developers teams on this
system.
You can see the PARX M&E System in action, just getting demo version
on our BBS, on a lot of Atari FTP sites,
like ftp.cnam.fr. Check for D2M,
Piccolo, DForm,
Sweetel 2, Swiftel, Bitmap Viewer 4.0
etc. If you are interesting with this system, and want to be a PARX developer,
or use it inside your own developements, just contact us ...
