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- ImageFX 2.0 Manual Addendum
- Copyright © 1992-1994 Nova Design, Inc.
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- Preferences - Preview Modules
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-
- Workbench:
-
- In addition to the options listed on page 2.9 of the manual, there are two new
- controls for the Palette Window. The "Palette Width" setting controls the
- width of the palette window in pixels. The "Pal Row Height" setting determines
- the height of the color wells, in pixels.
-
-
- RetinaWB:
-
- The preview options for the RetinaWB module are the same as for the Workbench
- module, with the exception of the "Shade" control. The RetinaWB module always
- renders in 24-bit color, so this control is not present.
-
- Because of current limitations in the Retina libraries, you may notice a few
- oddities in the RetinaWB preview module: 1) Since there is no way to
- draw an oval onto a Retina screen, ImageFX draws a diamond-shaped facsimile
- instead. (The Retina software gurus are working to provide an oval function
- for future releases.) 2) You may experience some visual artifacting in or
- around toolbox windows, especially with the Retina Z3. 3) It is possible
- to "lose" thumbnail previews by covering them with other windows. You can
- retrieve them by doing another preview.
-
-
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- Preferences - Virtual Memory
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-
- The virtual memory preferences window now includes a "Defaults" button to
- set suitable defaults for the buffer size and maximum RAM settings.
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-
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- Toolbox - Text
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-
- The Text Generation tool operates slightly different from the way the manual
- describes starting on page 5.13. When you first open the text window, the
- cursor is positioned in the blank text entry string gadget ready for you to
- enter text (it does not say "Test Text" as the manual indicates). When you
- press return, a new line of text is automatically created for you; you do not
- need to click Add for each line of text.
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-
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- Toolbox - Drawing Modes
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-
- Lighten, Darken:
-
- The Lighten and Darken drawing modes each have a single option to control the
- amount of lightening and darkening, respectively. The control ranges from
- 1-255, with higher values producing more lightening or darkening.
-
-
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- Toolbox - Edge Modes
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-
- The Feather Out control works only when picking up a brush, or when using any
- of the filled drawing tools. It does not work for any other painting
- operations.
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- Toolbox - Color Menu
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-
- The "B&W To Grey" operation now accepts values ranging anywhere from 2-8, not
- just 2, 4, or 8.
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- Toolbox - Zoom Controls
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-
- In addition to the Shift "-" combination to zoom out to full view, you can hold
- down the shift key while clicking the Zoom Out Gadget ("-") to acheive the same
- effect.
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-
-
- Presets File
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-
- The format of the presets file ("Default.presets") has been changed slightly in
- ImageFX 2.0. There are two additional columns present to set the horizontal
- and vertical DPI for each preset. See the comments at the beginning of the
- file for more details.
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- Tool Types
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- ASPECTADJUST=<adjustment>
-
- This tool type allows you to adjust ImageFX's Aspect Lock feature to match your
- monitor. The adjustment parameter is a fractional value greater than 0.
- Adjustment values greater than 1.0 will render preview images wider than
- normal, and adjuments values less than 1.0 will render preview images taller
- than normal.
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- Keyboard Commands
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-
- CTRL-E Expand current region by one pixel.
- CTRL-S Shrink current region by one pixel.
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- File Formats
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-
- Support for the following file formats has been added:
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-
- Video Toaster® FrameStore:
-
- Note that while ImageFX allows you to save any size image as a FrameStore,
- remember that the Switcher can only load FrameStores that are 752x480.
-
-
- FITS:
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- NASA FITS (Flexible Image Transport System). Because FITS is a greyscale
- format, color images saved in this format will be converted to greyscale
- automatically.
-
-
- Targa:
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- The Targa loader and saver has been enhanced to support the Targa32 format.
-
-
- TIFF:
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- The TIFF loader now loads CMYK format files.
-
-
-
- Hooks
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-
- The following hooks have been added:
-
-
- RunOpalPaint:
-
- This hook allows you to share image data between ImageFX and Centaur
- Development's OpalPaint software. When you run the hook, the main image buffer
- will be transferred to OpalPaint, where you can make changes to the image.
- When you finished, exit OpalPaint and you will see your changes in ImageFX.
-
-
-
- Arexx Programs
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-
- The following Arexx programs have been added:
-
-
- ChangeFPS:
-
- ChangeFPS is used to modify the frame rate of an animation stored as a
- series of frames. You can use this, for example, to convert an animation
- sequence from 24fps to 30fps.
-
-
- ToasterGrab:
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- The ToasterGrab script is used to transfer one of the Toaster's framebuffers
- into an ImageFX buffer. You will be prompted as to which framebuffer to
- transfer (DV1 or DV2). The Switcher must be running for this script to work.
-
-
- ToasterRender:
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- The ToasterRender script will display ImageFX's main buffer on the Toaster
- composite output by transferring the image data through the Switcher. If the
- image is not a standard Toaster resolution (752x480), you will be prompted as
- to whether you want to scale the image to the correct size. The Switcher must
- be running for this script to work.
-
-
- MotionReq:
-
- MotionReq allows you to animate brushes across a background. You provide
- starting and ending positions, rotation amounts, and whether or not you
- would like a shadow generated. The script will then output frames that
- can then be assembled into an animation using IMP or AutoFX.
-
-
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- AutoFX
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-
- Following are brief descriptions of some of the less obvious
- AutoFX scripts. Scripts not listed below perform the function
- associated with their name.
-
- Add.ifx - Composites images using the Add option.
- Adjust_HSV.ifx - Color correct using HSV color model.
- Adjust_RGB.ifx - Color correct using RGB color model.
- Anim_to_ANIM.ifx - Convert any animation format to ANIM5.
- Anim_to_ANIM7.ifx - Convert any animation format to ANIM7.
- Anim_To_FLC.ifx - Convert any animation format to PC FLC format.
- AutoFX.ifx - These scripts are automatically executed before
- and after the entire set of processes. May be
- used to turn off redraw and other functions.
- Bust_Anim.ifx - Takes an animation (any type) apart into frames.
- Channel.ifx - Lets you set which RGB channels are to be used.
- (defaults to all)
- Composite_Matte.ifx - Composites images using the Matte option.
- Composite_Merge.ifx - Composites images using the Merge option.
- Copy_AlphaToMain.ifx - For accessing the Alpha channel via AutoFX.
- Copy_MainToAlpha.ifx - For accessing the Alpha channel via AutoFX.
- Crop_Auto.ifx - Crops single color borders from images automatically.
- Custom.ifx - Lets you enter a command string to execute on each
- frame.
- EOT_Dream.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Dream function.
- EOT_LensFlare.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Lens Flare.
- EOT_Lightning.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Lightning.
- EOT_Mosaic.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Mosaic.
- EOT_Perspective.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Perspective.
- EOT_PolarMosaic.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Polar Mosaic.
- EOT_RadialStar.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Radial Star.
- EOT_Rotate.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Rotate.
- EOT_Spherize.ifx - Effect Over Time script for Spherize.
- Halftone.ifx - Performs a 45 degree cluster halftone on a frame.
- Load.ifx - Loads a frame. Needed as start for _most_ operations.
- Load_Mapped.ifx - Loads only color mapped images directly to rendered
- image buffer. Saves time for simple conversions.
- Redo.ifx - Does a REDO (repeats last command).
- RenameForFrameStore.ifx - Renames selected frames for Toaster compatibility.
- RenameForSequence.ifx - Renames selected frames to a single sequence name.
- Render.ifx - Renders images using currently selected ImageFX
- render module.
- Render_Amiga.ifx - Renders images using Amiga rendering.
- Render_Foreign.ifx - Renders images using rendering for non-Amigas.
- SaveBufferAs.ifx - Saves buffer in selected format and name.
- SaveBufferAs_ILBM.ifx - Saves buffer as ILBM.
- SaveBufferAs_JPEG.ifx - Saves buffer as JPEG.
- SaveBufferAs_MPEG.ifx - Saves buffer as MPEG.
- SaveRenderedAs.ifx - Saves _rendered_ image in selected format and name.
- SaveRenderedAs_ILBM.ifx - Saves _rendered_ image as ILBM.
- SaveRenderedAs_ANIM.ifx - Saves to ANIM5.
- SaveRenderedAs_ANIM7.ifx - Saves to ANIM7.
- SaveRenderedAs_FLC.ifx - Saves to PC FLC format.
- Scale_Absolute.ifx - Scale frame to an exact size.
- Scale_Percent.ifx - Scale frame by a percentage.
- Swap.ifx - Swap contents of main with swap frame.
- Swap_Alpha.ifx - Swap contents of main frame with whatever is in alpha.
- Template.ifx - Sample frame script template.
- Text.ifx - For placing text on frames.
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- Miscellaneous
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-
- Workbench 3.0 Users: It is imperative that you have amigaguide.library
- version 39 or later installed, or you will experience problems opening
- the help guide on screens with greater than 32 colors. The default
- installation procedure should handle this automatically. If, however,
- you find that your amigaguide.library is older than version 39, you will
- need to copy the newer library from your original 3.0 or 3.1 Workbench
- disk.
-
-
- Epson Scanner Users: If you are using the Epson scanner module with
- third-party display cards that support promoting regular Intuition
- screens onto the alternate display (such as the Spectrum or Picasso),
- you will need to make sure that the Epson Scanner Preview screen is
- NOT promoted in this way. If it is, you may experience some display
- problems and/or possible system failures.
-
-
- Epson Scanner Cable Pinouts:
-
- GVP-Style Cable:
-
- DB25 Male Centronics 36 Male
- (A500/2000/3000) (Scanner)
-
- 2: D0 2: D0
- 3: D1 3: D1
- 4: D2 4: D2
- 5: D3 5: D3
- 6: D4 6: D4
- 7: D5 7: D5
- 8: D6 8: D6
- 9: D7 9: D7
- 10: ACK* 10: ACKNLG*
- 11: BUSY 11: BUSY
- 12: POUT 36: DIR
- 13: SEL 1: STROBE*
- 16: Reset* 31: INIT*
- 22: GND 30: GND
- 25: GND 33: GND
-
- ASDG-Style Cable:
-
- DB25 Male Centronics 36 Male
- (A500/2000/3000) (Scanner)
-
- 1: STROBE* NC:
- 2: D0 5: D3
- 3: D1 8: D6
- 4: D2 7: D5
- 5: D3 4: D2
- 6: D4 2: D0
- 7: D5 9: D7
- 8: D6 3: D1
- 9: D7 6: D4
- 10: ACK* 10: ACKNLG*
- 11: BUSY 11: BUSY
- 12: POUT 1: STROBE*
- 13: SEL 36: DIR
- 14: +5V 14: NC
- 15: NC 32: NC
- 16: RESET* 31: INIT*
- 17: GND NC:
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- Disclaimers and Copyrights
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-
- Installer and Installer project icon
- (c) Copyright 1991-93 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Reproduced and distributed under license from Commodore.
-
- INSTALLER SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE;
- NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE. ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY
- OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED.
-
- AmigaGuide, AmigaGuide.info, amigaguide.library, WDisplay, WDisplay.info
- (c) Copyright 1991-93 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Reproduced and distributed under license from Commodore.
-
- AMIGAGUIDE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE;
- NO WARRANTIES ARE MADE. ALL USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY
- OR RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED.
-
-