home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Floppyshop 2
/
Floppyshop - 2.zip
/
Floppyshop - 2.iso
/
art&graf.ix
/
art-3699
/
bitcamra
/
read_me.1st
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
1993-03-16
|
11KB
|
220 lines
FALCON IMAGE UTILITIES
SKWare One 03:01:1993
This is one of a series of archives of Falcon Image Utilities from
SKWare One. If you have not downloaded those others listed here, you
may find all (or most) of them useful and/or entertaining.
These utility programs will display only on Falcon030. They will
function on ST/STe/MegaSTe/TT030, but without any display:
XGA__TGA.LZH Programs to convert XGA to TGA format and TGA to XGA,
XGA and TGA viewer programs. ST/TT converters included.
IFF2XIMG.LZH Converts Amiga 32-color (5-plane) IFF to 256-color
XIMG. ST/TT version is included; display only on Falcon.
SPEC2XGA.LZH Converts Spectrum (.SPU and .SPC) files to XGA TrueColor.
An ST/TT version is included; display only on Falcon.
These utility programs will run and/or display ONLY on Falcon030.
They WILL NOT function on ST/STe/MegaSTe/TT030:
RWL2XIMG.LZH Converts Seymor-Radix IMG_Scan raw data files to 256-color
XIMG. Sample file included. Excellent image quality.
CS__DEMO.LZH Falcon030 TrueColor demo of COLORSCAN II. Converts scanned
IMG files to colors and greys.
CSCANIMG.LZH Mono IMG file for conversion by CS__DEMO.
SURATXGA.LZH Seurat TrueColor image in XGA format.
RUNS ON ALL ATARI 680x0 PLATFORMS:
BITCAMRA.LZH Enlarges, reduces and reproportions monochrome, 4-color,
16-color, 256-color, and TrueColor images with remarkable
speed and accuracy. Loads GEM IMG, STTT IMG, XIMG, and
XGA images. (This a demo version; save is disabled.) May
be used as viewer for conversions from programs above;
runs on everything Atari except 8-bits...
Also of interest:
IMFORMAT.LZH Proposed SKWare One IMG format extensions.
MONITORS: These programs have been developed for use on RGB monitors
when run on Falcon030. They have not been tested on VGA monitor systems
and certain ones of them will definitely not function with VGA.
BITCAMERA
BITCAMERA enlarges, reduces, and re-proportions all raster images.
BITCAMERA runs on all Ataris and in all Atari resolutions, including
TrueColor video modes. Loads mono IMG files, 16-color STTT .IMG and
(most) 16- and 256-color XIMG files. In TrueColor modes, it loads XGA
files (see below). Use "Process Camera" Option under the Edit submenu
to create new raster. Save is disabled in this demo. BITCAMERA must
be started in that resolution that possesses the same number of planes
as the image to be processed, but monochrome IMG files can be loaded
and processed in all resolutions. Operation is extremely rapid, and
in TrueColor and 256-color modes, the results maintain good image
quality over a wide range of sizes. Even in 16-color mode, unaffected
image quality is maintained over a +/-30% range. The BitCamera core
function is included in SEURAT Version 2.8. A 256-color XIMG is in-
cluded (created with RWL2XIMG.PRG). Many other files can be created
with the other programs listed here.
NOTE: XGA file "format" is informal (non-documented). It consists of
nothing more than a TrueColor screensave. BITCAMERA loads six sizes of
XGA. (There are eight TrueColor screen sizes, four with square pixels:
320x200, 384x240, 640x400, and 768x480; two with horizontal brickbat
pixels: 320x400 and 384x480; two with vertical brickbat pixels: 640x200
and 768x240. The last type, with vertical pixels, is not supported in
BitCamera as VGA monitors cannot display 80-column TrueColor raster.)
Note: the Atari XGA filetype should not be confused with the IBM
graphic standard with the same designation. The designation was adapted
by Greg Kopchak for his Photo CD images from the Flight animation. Why
not adopt the extension ".AGA" ( = "AtariGA") for images in the TrueColor
raster word format? A header block is needed to allow for sizes other
than screensave sizes to be utilized (See IMFORMAT.TXT).
USE BITCAMERA:
a) to convert images with horizontal brickbat pixels to square
pixel format. Example: convert a slideshow TGA to XGA format, run
BitCamera in TrueColor, 80-col, interlace ON, and resize to 384x240.
b) to re-proportion images with distorted aspect ratios.
Example: convert EAGLE.TGA or ICONIC5.TGA to XGA as described above,
but re-size to 384x272 or 384x288 to correct the distortion.
c) to convert square-pixel images (the vast majority of Atari
existing images are "square") to the horizontal brickbat pixels re-
quired for double-line mode on VGA monitors by reducing height to 50%.
d) since the ST color monitor's supposedly "square" pixels are
generally about 110/100 H/W aspect ratio, images rotated 90 degrees are
consequently distorted, Correct with BitCamera.
A 256-color XIMG created with the RWL2XIMG.PRG (above) is included in
this archive.
NOTE:
SEURAT VERSION 2.8
Release Date: April 1, 1993
Runs in ST/STe resolutions on all Ataris:
ST/MegaST/STe/MegaSTe/TT030/Falcon030-compatible.
Supports the following file formats:
(import and export)
DEGAS: .PI1, .PI2, ,PI3, .PC1, .PC2, .PC3
TINY: .TNY, .TN1, .TN2, .TN3
.NEO (including TT Med Rez)
DPaint .IFF (4-plane; output conversion to Amiga 5-plane)
GEM .IMG (monochrome)
STTT .IMG (4-color and 16-color)
XIMG .IMG (4-color and 16-color)
HyperPaint .IMG (4-color and 16-color)
MacPaint .MAC (mono)
PCPaint .PCX (monochrome bitmap and 16-color VGA-type)
PrismPaint .PNT (up to 16-colors; all screen sizes, compressed/uncompressed)
(export only):
Aldus .TIFF (monochrome compressed and uncompressed, Intel and Motorola)
Aldus .TIFF RGB 24-bit "true color" (Calamus SL compatible)
Atari .XGA (output conversion of 16-color images)
Targa16 and Targa24 .TGA (output conversion of 16-color images)
Includes:
* BitCamera: enlarges, reduces and re-proportions both B&W AND COLOR
images. Fast, accurate process-camera quality re-sized image can be
compared side-by-side with original.
* New Clip and Page functions for both B&W AND COLOR: Rotate, Flip,
Invert, Crop, Cut, Paste, Overlay, Copy using whole images of any
size. These powerful functions allow you to do multiple horizontal
and vertical image- merging that no merge program can. In-program
crop of ragged scans. Cut'n'Paste any-size image.
* SCANNER Support: Now SEURAT "handshakes" with Dr. Bob's ScanLite
accessory to allow you to scan directly into SEURAT's image buffers
with full in-program control. (Requires mono monitor; ScanLite not
supplied with SEURAT.)
* Now loads PageStream Fonts (in addition to System, Degas and GDOS
fonts); these vector fonts can scaled horizontally and vertically to
any size and filled with hundreds of interior fill styles and colors.
* SEURAT is the ONLY Atari program that allows the creation of
any-sized color images, the ONLY Atari program with eight virtual-
screen buffers for multiple-image operations, the ONLY Atari program
that offers you the same powerful functions for COLOR IMAGES that you
expect to find only in top monochrome programs (and, of course, we do
it in mono, too)!
* SEURAT has been and will remain the most full-featured Atari Art
program with more than 400 functions and commands: a super-fast
multi-ratio Zoom; built-in print drivers for DeskJet and 9-pins plus a
separate GDOS printing program with DeskTop Publishing power; powerful
image-conversion routines; spline-curve and Bezier-curve drawing
tools; variable mouse-speed; anti-alias; palette editor with special
effects; 11 block shapers & twisters to modify image blocks; 92 color
& mono fill patterns; 42 brushes including user-defined multi-colored;
4 graphic write modes & 21 block & mask write modes; circle, ellipse &
filled disc in free, repeat & concentric modes; round- & square-
cornered rectangles & solids; rays; airbrush; clear-circle & clear-
box; vertical, horizontal & free lines; polylines & polygons in line-
edge or spline-curve; area & seed fill; user-set clipping; color
remap; mirror; screen shift, flip, invert & rotate; fill editor; brush
editor; line editor; disk utilities like Format and in_program File
Directory; and a hundred or so other features & tools that there's no
room to mention here...
* EVERY purchaser of SEURAT Version 2.8 is guaranteed a free upgrade
to SEURAT Version 3.0, which will run in all resolutions and video
modes on all Atari's, including the Falcon's 256-color and TrueColor
modes. (Just as during April, 1993, all SEURAT purchasers of versions
higher than 2.21 will be receiving their free upgrades to Version 2.8.)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Program: SEURAT VERSION 2.80
Price: $59.95!
Includes: Three-disk set, with all-new 20,000-word User's Manual
and 100's of application files (fonts, etc.)
and utility programs: PageStream-to_GDOS font converter,
GDOS print program, dither editor, BitCamera, XPORTIMG
System requirements: minimum 1-Meg ST with doublesided drive;
2-1/2-Meg+ for optimum operational use.
Payment: Check, money order; MasterCard/VISA accepted
Send check, money order, or credit card info to:
SKWare One
P. O. Box 277
Bunker Hill, Illinois 62014 USA
Shipping: SKWare One pays postage on all USA AND CANADIAN orders.
For overseas orders (not on North American continent),
include an additional $3.00 for surface mail or $5.00
for air mail delivery. (All prices are in US dollars.)
Order Yours Today!
Upgrade Policy: All Upgrades Are Free For Six Months
or Minimum One Free Upgrade!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------