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- SQZGIF v3.0 (c) Copr. 1988-90 Lawrence & Marvin Gozum, MD
-
- SQZGIF resizes small or LARGE GIF/PCX pics (up to 2KBx2KBx256) to variable
- sizes (ie., 320x200x256 to 1024x768x256) AND adds the synergistic power and
- functionality of EGA2VGA (to create/add up to 256 NEW COLORS) with GIF images
- with less than 256 colors (ie., 2 to 128 colors) for:
-
- * image processing/editing in VGACAD
- * conversion to EGA in VGA2EGA
- * printing or desktop publishing with GIFPUB (integrates GIFDOT)
- * reconversion to a smaller or larges 256-color GIF/PCX files
- with VGAFIL (included)
- * bloading in BASIC or QuickBASIC (BLD & PLT files only)
-
- SQZGIF also integrates functionality of an unreleased utility - MIXBLD,
- to weave four 320x200x256 BLD/PLT images into ONE SVGA 640x400x256 file !
- MIXBLD functionality facilitates the rendering of 'oversampled' 320x200x256
- video image grabs (ie., 'ala CDs' but for video) for greater 'texture' and
- resolution by integrating oversampled ODD and EVEN video vertical fields
- (ie., to get close to a FULL frame) AND oversampled horizontal fields.
-
-
- DISTRIBUTION OF SQZGIF30.ZIP (.ARC) MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FILES.
-
- Files: SQZGIF .exe Main Program
- SQZGIF .doc User Manual
- BRUN41 .exe Runtime Module
- VGAFIL .exe GIF/PCX encoding utility
- REGISTER.doc registration form
- README .1st this document
-
- Update 3.0 * Integration of EGA2VGA color generation functionality
- (now two programs in one stand-alone utility) for GIF
- images with less than 256 colors (ie., 2 to 128); up to
- 256 NEW colors are generated.
-
- - variable Matrix control (auto, 2x2 or 3x3)
- - variable color matching threshold
- - variable image sizing
-
- * MIXBLD functionality (previously unreleased utility) for
- users with MCGA/VGA 320x200x256 video grabbers.
-
- - create 'subliminal' special effects
- - create SVGA 640x400x256 images from
- your 320x200x256 video grabber
- - create multi-textured SVGA 640x400x256 images
- from palette-modified 320x200x256 images
-
- * 256-color PCX encoding functionality with VGAFIL utility.
-
- * SPARE files (with the same structure of TEMP files) are
- used instead of TEMP files when SQZGIF is used with
- VGACAD v2.0 and up (when released) to keep TEMP files
- currently used in the VSCRN VGACAD environment.
-
- * TEMP files used by SQZGIF have been enhanced transparently
- (ie., so as not to interfere with old utilities) to
- accomodate color information.
-
- * Bugfix: Encoding USERSCRN files created on a destination
- path different from the default path returned an error
- "could not find USERSCRN support files"; this has been
- fixed with duplicate support files on destination path.
-
- * Bugfix: The last pixel of a raster line interpolated colors
- from the workspace buffer (resulting in an odd vertical
- line appearing on the extreme right); this has been
- corrected with accurate floating point calculations.
-
- Update 2.1 * User-specified zooming or squeezed GIF & PCX pictures.
-
- * Choice of fast interpolation or color averaging methods.
-
- * Integration of SQZGIF v2.1 (and up) with VGACAD (2.0 and
- up, when released) for immediate importing of user-
- specified, 'squeezed' or 'zoomed', color-averaged or
- interpolated screens.
-
-
- Update 2.0: * PCX (version 5) format included (to 2KBx2KBx256)
-
- * BUGFIX: (MAJOR) All SVGA processing used weird colors,
- if 320x200x256 mode was not processed first. This has
- been corrected <whew> !
-
- * BUGFIX: (MAJOR) 800x600x256 and 1024x768x256 SVGA
- processing modes 'choked' and gave inappropriate error
- messages. These have been fixed.
-
- * Bugfix: VDISK path did not change to next available
- path; this has been corrected.
-
- * Bugfix: MVGASCRN.RAW & .PLT files were not automatically
- deleted when processing was aborted; this has been fixed.
-
- * Feedback on alternative VDISK path selectd is displayed
- to let the user know where the MVGASCRN (RAW & PLT) files
- are being written.
-
-