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- ImageFX and CineMorph
- Copyright © 1992-1995 Nova Design, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
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- This drawer contains a demo version of Nova Design's ImageFX 2.0 software
- package.
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- 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.
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- What's Here
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- The ImageFX demo has all saving and printing features disabled, and a
- limited number of load and render modules. Most all other features are
- intact. The "real" version of ImageFX includes modules to load and save
- dozens of file formats, render to many popular display devices (including
- Firecracker, OpalVision, DCTV, and HAM-E), scan or framegrab from a variety
- of input devices, and print to PostScript printers or through the Amiga
- printer.device.
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- Getting Started With ImageFX
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- Here are few things to help you get started playing with ImageFX. Feel free
- to go beyond these simple guidelines; many powerful features can be found
- through experimentation.
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- 1. Double-click the ImageFX_Demo icon. After a moment, you will see the
- ImageFX interface, consisting of a menu panel over top of a black screen. The
- black screen is known as the "preview" -- this is where images are displayed
- while you are working on them. Since ImageFX uses a modular system, the
- preview screen could be anything from a standard Amiga screen to a 24-bit
- Firecracker or IV-24 display. This demo only includes Amiga preview modules,
- however.
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- 2. Click the "Load" gadget in the bottom right corner of the menu to load a
- picture. Some sample images are included in the "Pictures" drawer. After
- selecting the file you want to load, ImageFX will automatically attempt to
- determine the type of file (be it ILBM, GIF, JPEG, or whatever). Once the
- image is loaded into memory, you will see a representation of it in the
- preview screen.
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- 3. To change the Preview Options, click the "Prefs" gadget, also in the
- bottom right corner of the menu. A window will appear with a number of
- preferences settings for the program. Selecting the "Preview Options..."
- button in the top middle of the window will give you all the display options
- for the current preview (dither and color settings, etc.). Choose the
- display mode you like best and click Okay. Clicking Use will return you to
- the main menu.
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- NOTE: One thing to remember about ImageFX is the fact that the preview
- screen serves only as a quick "sketch" of your image. For high quality
- rendering, you should go into the Render menu (see 6 below).
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- 4. The default area of ImageFX is the "Toolbox". This is where all painting
- and image processing effects are done. Standard painting tools are aligned
- along the top of the leftmost portion of the menu; further paint options can
- be accessed by double-clicking these gadgets. The rest of the menu is filled
- with image processing and buffer manipulation tools; clicking on a button
- will bring a second pop-up menu of choices (for example, clicking on the
- "Rotate" button will bring up a window with rotation options). Of note is
- the region control cycle gadget in the upper left; it allows you to limit any
- image processing operation to a region of the image.
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- 5. The Palette area is used for selecting colors to paint with, building
- color ranges (for gradient fills and transparency controls), and choosing the
- colors used for rendering images. The palette can be reached by clicking on
- the Palette gadget just above the Toolbox gadget. A band of palette colors
- will appear just over the menu panel; you can choose any of these colors by
- clicking on them. Painting tools will then use the color you selected.
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- 6. Rendering a 24-bit image down to Amiga modes is done from the Render menu
- (click on the Render button just underneath the Toolbox button). The toolbox
- gadgets will be replaced with render settings, including dithering controls,
- number of colors, and screen mode settings. Select a screen mode to render
- to, the number of colors, and the dither options and then press the Render
- button in the lower left corner to start the rendering process. ImageFX will
- generate a histogram, choose a palette, and then display the rendered picture.
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- That should be enough to get you started exploring the many powerful features
- of ImageFX. Have fun and don't be afraid to experiment!
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- For more information about ImageFX 2.0, contact Nova Design at:
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- Nova Design, Inc.
- 1910 Byrd Avenue, Suite 214
- Richmond, VA 23230
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- Customer Support: 804-282-6528
- Fax: 804-282-3768
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