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- DYNA-SHOW 1.3
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- Dyna-Show is a easy to use viewer that supports the Dynamic HiRes and
- Dynamic HAM modes available with Digi-View 4.0 software from NewTek.
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- Dynamic HiRes can display 4096 colors in high resolution with overscan.
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- Digi-View 4.0 is a software upgrade (disk & manual) for Digi-View Gold
- and the original Digi-View video digitizer.
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- DYNA-SHOW INSTRUCTIONS:
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- From WorkBench:
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- Double click on the picture
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- From CLI:
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- Type "Dyna-Show FILENAME"
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- The left mouse button will exit viewing the picture
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- OTHER NEW DIGI-VIEW 4.0 FEATURES:
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- * Dynamic HAM
- Dynamic palette control provides sharper HAM images
- virtually eliminating HAM fringing.
- (Not currently with compatable with Amiga HAM paint programs)
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- * Noise Reduction
- Filters most high frequency background noise from the video
- signal for improved picture quality
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- * Super-Bitmaps/Digi-Paint
- Images may be displayed directly into Digi-Paint 3 for editing
- and enhancement. HiRes images create auto-scrolling super-
- bitmaps of up to 768 x 480 x 4096 colors. After editing,
- these super-bitmaps may be loaded back into Digi-View 4.0 and
- displayed as Dynamic HiRes images.
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- * ARexx Support
- Digi-View 4.0 can be controlled externally by other programs
- including ARexx, or CLI batch files.
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- * RGB Printing
- Digi-View 4.0 now directly prints 12 bit processed RGB data.
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- * 24 Bit Color Support
- 24 bit IFF RGB files may be loaded and saved for further image
- processing and exporting to typesetters or frame buffers.
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- * Toll Free Tech Support
- Extended-hours technical support. 8 am - 7 pm central time.
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- - these plus dozens of other new features are in the new version of
- the best-selling video digitizer of all time.
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- Digi-View Gold $199.95
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- If you already own Digi-View or Digi-View Gold, call our toll free order
- line for a "hassle free" upgrade. Have your credit card ready and we'll
- rush your order to you.
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- Digi-View 4.0 software upgrade: $24.95 + $6.00 S&H (800) 843-8934
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- or send a check or money order for $30.95 to
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- Digi-View 4.0 Software Upgrade
- NewTek, Inc.
- 115 W. Crane
- Topeka KS 66603
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- SPECIAL NOTES:
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- NewTek fully supports the multi-tasking philosophy of the Amiga but
- Dynamic displays take almost all of the Amiga's considerable power to
- maintain an image. Therefore Dyna-Show will safely turn off
- multi-tasking while displaying pictures. Multi-tasking will resume
- upon exiting Dyna-Show.
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- While displaying, Dyna-Show checks the floppy disk drives to make sure
- that if disks are removed while multi-tasking is turned off AmigaDOS
- will be notified. This may result in a flicker of the drive lights.
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- COMING SOON:
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- See your local Amiga dealer for NewTek's DEMO REEL 3
- featuring the Dynamic HiRes image "The Face" and the return of
- Laura "Maxine Headroom" Longfellow.
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- USERS GROUPS:
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- NewTek supports users groups. We'd like to hear from you. Write us at:
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- The Cool Friends of NewTek Club
- 115 W. Crane
- Topeka KS 66603
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- TECHNICAL NOTES:
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- NewTek encourages all developers to support Dynamic display technology
- and will be releasing technical information on Dynamic modes.
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- Dynamic HAM images are HAM images that use a different 16 color base
- palette on each scan line. This eliminates most if not all of the HAM
- "fringing" common to ordinary HAM displays and provides a sharper picture.
- Dynamic HAM images may be interlace and overscan if desired.
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- Dynamic HiRes images are 4 bit plane deep, high resolution screens with
- a different 16 color palette on each scan line. This allows all 4096
- colors to be used at once on a high resolution screen. Dynamic HiRes
- uses dithering to minimize palette limitations and provide the sharpest
- images possible with a standard Amiga.
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- While low resolution Dynamic modes can be rendered on a 512K Amiga,
- Digi-View 4.0 can require up to 2 megabytes to create HiRes overscan,
- interlace images. All images may be viewed on a standard 512K Amiga.
- Exporting images interactively to Digi-Paint 3 requires 1 megabyte but
- can require up to 3 megabytes for 768 x 480 x 4096 color super-bitmaps.
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- Since Dynamic modes must calculate a new palette for each scan line
- they take time to render. Low resolution Dynamic HAM takes about
- 2.5 minutes on a 512K Amiga. Overscan, interlace or HiRes will take
- proportionately longer to calculate. A 68020 or 68030 will drastically
- decrease the calculation time. You may adjust all the Digi-View
- image processing controls using normal displays then use Dynamic
- modes to render the final image.
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- CREDITS:
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- Digi-View by Tim Jenison
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- Digi-View software version 4.0 by Ken Turcotte
- additional programming by Stephen Hartford
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- The Dynamic Display Technology was created at NewTek's Alcatraz
- Research Laboratory.
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- DISTRIBUTION:
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- These files are copyrighted by NewTek but may be freely distributed
- for non-commercial purposes as long as all files remain intact.
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- Version 1.3
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- This revised Dyna-Show supports both the NTSC and PAL video standards. It
- will automatically detect which system it is running on and display images
- correctly.
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- Support has been added for Commodore's new 2630 card. Dyna-Show now
- supports all standard processor configurations.
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