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- From: nadeau@sdsc.edu (Dave Nadeau,,45062)
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- Subject: SDSC Image Tools V2.1 Release
- Date: 14 Dec 1992 23:07:05 GMT
- Organization: San Diego Supercomputer Center @UCSD.
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- Keywords: image file format, graphics, pixel utilities, image processing
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-
- S D S C I M A G E T O O L S
-
- Version 2.1
- December 1992
-
- **** RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT ****
-
- The San Diego Supercomputer Center is pleased to announce the version 2.1
- release of its FREE, portable Image Tools software.
-
- The SDSC Image Tools support a wide range of image file formats, including:
-
- Format Description
- ------- --------------------------------------------------------
- bmp Microsoft Windows bitmap image file
- cur Microsoft Windows cursor image file
- eps Adobe Encapsulated PostScript file
- gif Compuserve Graphics image file
- hdf Hierarchical Data File
- ico Microsoft Windows icon image file
- icon Sun Icon and Cursor file
- iff Sun TAAC Image File Format
- mpnt Apple Macintosh MacPaint file
- pbm PBM Portable Bit Map file
- pcx ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file
- pgm PBM Portable Gray Map file
- pic PIXAR picture file
- pict Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file
- pix Alias image file
- ppm PBM Portable Pixel Map file
- pnm PBM Portable aNy Map file
- ps Adobe PostScript file
- ras Sun Rasterfile
- rgb SGI RGB image file
- rla Wavefront raster image file
- rle Utah Run length encoded image file
- synu SDSC Synu image file
- tga Truevision Targa image file
- tiff Tagged image file
- viff Khoros Visualization image file
- x AVS X image file
- xbm X11 bitmap file
- xwd X Window System window dump image file
-
- The tools include extensive support for formats with multiple variants for
- different image depths and compression schemes.
-
- Individual sites may reconfigure the Image Tools to support additional
- site-specific file formats. Sample source code is provided as part of
- the release.
-
- The SDSC Image Tools include command-line tools for the manipulation of
- images in any of the above file formats. The version 2.1 release expands
- the tool suite to include the following tools:
-
- Tool Description
- --------------- ------------------------------------------------
- imadjust Adjust image colors, desaturate, brighten, etc.
- imcat Concatenate images into multi-image files
- imcltroll Cycle a color lookup table
- imcomp Digitally composite images
- imconv Convert between all supported image file formats
- imcopy Copy a portion of an image into a new file
- imfile Display image attributes
- imfill Fill a region of an image with a color or gradient
- imflip Flip an image horizontally or vertically
- imformats Describe image file format support
- imgray Convert to grayscale
- imhist Compute an image histogram
- immono Convert to monochrome
- impaste Paste an image into another
- imroll Cycle an image horizontally or vertically
- imrotate Free rotate an image
- imscale Scale an image up or down
- imshear Shear an image horizontally or vertically
- imsplit Split apart multi-image files
-
- All tool functionality is contained within a C library of functions, making
- it easy to create new custom tools.
-
- The SDSC Image Tools are released in binary form for the following UNIX
- machine architectures:
-
- Architecture Description
- --------------- ------------------------------------------------
- alliantfx2800 Alliant Computers, FX/2800
- crayy Cray Research, Cray Y-MP (UNICOS)
- decstation Digital Equipment Corp, DECStation (ULTRIX)
- decvax Digital Equipment Corp, VAX (ULTRIX)
- hp700 Hewlett-Packard 700
- next NeXT
- sgi4d Silicon Graphics, SGI 4D
- sun4 Sun Microsystems, Sun 4 and SPARC
-
- Additional architectures are forthcomming.
-
- The SDSC Image Tools are available for uploading via anonymous ftp from
- 'ftp.sdsc.edu'. The anonymous ftp directory tree is structured by
- machine architecture, and then by topic. For instance, to get the SDSC Image
- Tools for a Sun 4, use:
-
- ftp> cd sdscpub
- ftp> cd sun4
- ftp> cd graphics
- or
- ftp> cd [.sdscpub.sun4.graphics]
-
- ftp> type binary
- ftp> get IMTOOLS_V2_1_TAR.Z imtools_v2_1.tar.Z
-
- For most architectures, software is bundled in both tar and cpio format and
- compressed using the UNIX 'compress' utility.
-
- Tool binaries, object library, release notes, and tool and library man pages
- (nroff source, post-nroff text, and PostScript) are included. Tool source
- code is included. Library source is not provided except for sample source
- illustraiting how to add support for additional site-specific image file
- formats.
-
- 00README's and 00INDEX's in the ftp directories explain their contents.
- To get one of these, use:
-
- ftp> get 00README 00README
- ftp> get 00INDEX 00INDEX
-
- Questions about the SDSC Image Tools, or any SDSC software products, may
- be directed to:
-
- E-mail: info@sdsc.edu
- Phone: (619) 534-5100, M-F 8am-5pm, pacific time
-
- Thank you.
-
-
- ---
- Dave Nadeau nadeau@sdsc.edu
- Advanced Scientific Visualization Laboratory (619) 534-5062
- San Diego Supercomputer Center
- P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92186-9784
-
-