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SHORT: Rend24 - A Batch Image Conversion System
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Rend24 - A Batch Image Conversion System
Written by Thomas Krehbiel
Copyright 1991,1992 Thomas Krehbiel
All Rights Reserved
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Note that version 1.05 will very likely be the final release. If
you find it lacking features, you may want to consider purchasing
ImageFX from GVP; it includes a batch processor very similar to
Rend24 (coincidentally :) and a wealth of image manipulation
features.
CHANGES IN 1.05
AGA support was the biggest priority in this version. To support the
new modes and such, a somewhat signficant change had to be made in the
way that the output format was chosen in the front end. The one cycle
gadget was broken into six cycle gadgets... :)
Support for processing frames that do not progress by 1 has been added
(ie. support for processing every other frame, etc.).
Sorry, 1.05 prefs are not compatible with older versions. You'll have
to resave your prefs.
INTRODUCTION
Rend24 was originally written as an excercise in converting
24-Bit IFF files into displayable resolutions. At that time,
I was working with the Toaster's Lightwave 3D often, and without
the benefit of a single-frame controller, it was somewhat awkward
getting a displayable animation out of Lightwave. Lightwave is
capable of saving each frame it generates as a 24-Bit IFF file;
hence, an idea was born.
What I needed was a program that would wait around in the
background while Lightwave generated a frame. Then, when the
frame was saved to disk, the program would jump in and convert
the 24-bit file down to an Amiga-displayable format and pack
it into an IFF Animation file and return to waiting for the
next frame.
So I set out to write my own program to do the job. Along the
way it has acquired a number of useful features which don't relate
at all to the original plan. You can use it to convert GIF
files to Amiga format. You can use it to view JPEG files directly.
You can use it interactively convert VistaPro generated files into
DCTV animations. This program does a lot for the money...
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