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SEURAT AND FALCON IMAGE UTILITIES
SKWare One 03:26:1993
This is one of a series of archives of Falcon Image Utilities from
SKWare One. If you have not downloaded those others listed here, you
may find all (or most) of them useful and/or entertaining.
These utility programs will display only on Falcon030. They will
function on ST/STe/MegaSTe/TT030, but without any display:
XGA__TGA.LZH Programs to convert XGA to TGA format and TGA to XGA,
XGA and TGA viewer programs. ST/TT converters included.
IFF2XIMG.LZH Converts Amiga 32-color (5-plane) IFF to 256-color
XIMG. ST/TT version is included; display only on Falcon.
SPEC2XGA.LZH Converts Spectrum (.SPU and .SPC) files to XGA TrueColor.
An ST/TT version is included; display only on Falcon.
These utility programs will run and/or display ONLY on Falcon030.
They WILL NOT function on ST/STe/MegaSTe/TT030:
XGA2XIMG.LZH 6 sizes of TrueColor XGA's converted to 256-color XIMG.
RWL2XIMG.LZH Converts Seymor-Radix IMG_Scan raw data files to 256-color
XIMG. Sample file included. Excellent image quality.
CS__DEMO.LZH Falcon030 TrueColor demo of COLORSCAN II. Converts scanned
IMG files to colors and greys.
CSCANIMG.LZH Mono IMG file for conversion by CS__DEMO.
SURATXGA.LZH Seurat TrueColor image in XGA format.
RUNS ON ALL ATARI 680x0 PLATFORMS:
BITCAMRA.LZH Enlarges, reduces and reproportions monochrome, 4-color,
16-color, 256-color, and TrueColor images with remarkable
speed and accuracy. Loads GEM IMG, STTT IMG, XIMG, and
XGA images. (This a demo version; save is disabled.) May
be used as viewer for conversions from programs above;
runs on everything Atari except 8-bits...
Also of interest:
IMFORMAT.LZH Proposed SKWare One IMG format extensions.
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This utility program does not display. It seems to run on Falcon030,
but it has not been tested extensively in all resolutions. It has been
tested thoroughly on ST/STe/MegaSTe/TT030 in the three ST(e) resolutions.
It qualifies as a Falcon utility only in the sense that its conversions
include many file types that may prove useful in Falcon operations.
XPORTIMG.LZH Converts 4-plane (16-color) STTT GEM IMG format files
(and XIMG, too!) to a variety of file types: Amiga
5-plane .IFF, TrueColor .XGA, Targa24 .TGA, XIMG .IMG,
PrismPaint .PNT, and Aldus TIFF (Rev. 6.0 of 6/2/92).
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IMG2CIMG.PRG:
The IMG2IMG.PRG converts monoplane (plain old black'n'white) GEM
IMG files into GEM color .IMG files (in STTT format as loaded by SEURAT
or XIMG files) with the same pixel dimensions. These converted files
are multi-plane images, however, and now allow for the additional
available colors to be added to the image.
You have the option to convert the monoplane image to two planes
(STe Medium rez), four planes (STe Low or TT Medium rez) or eight planes
(Falcon 256-color video modes). As this color IMG file is saved only
"uncompressed" (bit-stream mode), the converted file can be sizeable;
the writing routine will abort the file-save if it runs out of disk
room.
A monochrome screen (640 by 400 pixels, 32000-byte raster)
becomes, when converted to four-planes, also 640 by 400 pixels, but now
with a 128000-byte raster, in which only white and black are used and
fourteen other colors remain to be set and can be used to fill areas,
shade, texture and further detail the image. In 256-color mode, you
have even more additional colors available!
Obviously, the most simple use of these images occurs when the
monoplane original is a line or outline drawing and the resulting color
image is merely colored by flat areas, leaving the lines and outlines in
black, producing something very much like comic-book or animation art.
Another use would be to convert a 320 by 200 monoplane image to
a STe Low rez screen (or a 640 by 400 mono image to a TT Medium screen)
for cel-type animation projects.
However, once color areas are established, the black outlines
can themselves be converted to colors and more elaborate techniques used
to further refine the color image.
And, I have no doubt, many SEURAT users will find applications
for these files that I never anticipated!
NOTE:
SEURAT VERSION 2.8
Release Date: April 1, 1993
Runs in ST/STe resolutions on all Ataris:
ST/MegaST/STe/MegaSTe/TT030/Falcon030-compatible.
Supports the following file formats:
(import and export)
DEGAS: .PI1, .PI2, ,PI3, .PC1, .PC2, .PC3
TINY: .TNY, .TN1, .TN2, .TN3
.NEO (including TT Med Rez)
DPaint .IFF (4-plane; output conversion to Amiga 5-plane)
GEM .IMG (monochrome)
STTT .IMG (4-color and 16-color)
XIMG .IMG (4-color and 16-color)
HyperPaint .IMG (4-color and 16-color)
MacPaint .MAC (mono)
PCPaint .PCX (monochrome bitmap and 16-color VGA-type)
PrismPaint .PNT (up to 16-colors; all screen sizes, compressed/uncompressed)
(export only):
Aldus .TIFF (monochrome compressed and uncompressed, Intel and Motorola)
Aldus .TIFF RGB 24-bit "true color" (Calamus SL compatible)
Atari .XGA (output conversion of 16-color images)
Targa16 and Targa24 .TGA (output conversion of 16-color images)
Includes:
* BitCamera: enlarges, reduces and re-proportions both B&W AND COLOR
images. Fast, accurate process-camera quality re-sized image can be
compared side-by-side with original.
* New Clip and Page functions for both B&W AND COLOR: Rotate, Flip,
Invert, Crop, Cut, Paste, Overlay, Copy using whole images of any
size. These powerful functions allow you to do multiple horizontal
and vertical image- merging that no merge program can. In-program
crop of ragged scans. Cut'n'Paste any-size image.
* SCANNER Support: Now SEURAT "handshakes" with Dr. Bob's ScanLite
accessory to allow you to scan directly into SEURAT's image buffers
with full in-program control. (Requires mono monitor; ScanLite not
supplied with SEURAT.)
* Now loads PageStream Fonts (in addition to System, Degas and GDOS
fonts); these vector fonts can scaled horizontally and vertically to
any size and filled with hundreds of interior fill styles and colors.
* SEURAT is the ONLY Atari program that allows the creation of
any-sized color images, the ONLY Atari program with eight virtual-
screen buffers for multiple-image operations, the ONLY Atari program
that offers you the same powerful functions for COLOR IMAGES that you
expect to find only in top monochrome programs (and, of course, we do
it in mono, too)!
* SEURAT has been and will remain the most full-featured Atari Art
program with more than 400 functions and commands: a super-fast
multi-ratio Zoom; built-in print drivers for DeskJet and 9-pins plus a
separate GDOS printing program with DeskTop Publishing power; powerful
image-conversion routines; spline-curve and Bezier-curve drawing
tools; variable mouse-speed; anti-alias; palette editor with special
effects; 11 block shapers & twisters to modify image blocks; 92 color
& mono fill patterns; 42 brushes including user-defined multi-colored;
4 graphic write modes & 21 block & mask write modes; circle, ellipse &
filled disc in free, repeat & concentric modes; round- & square-
cornered rectangles & solids; rays; airbrush; clear-circle & clear-
box; vertical, horizontal & free lines; polylines & polygons in line-
edge or spline-curve; area & seed fill; user-set clipping; color
remap; mirror; screen shift, flip, invert & rotate; fill editor; brush
editor; line editor; disk utilities like Format and in_program File
Directory; and a hundred or so other features & tools that there's no
room to mention here...
* EVERY purchaser of SEURAT Version 2.8 is guaranteed a free upgrade
to SEURAT Version 3.0, which will run in all resolutions and video
modes on all Atari's, including the Falcon's 256-color and TrueColor
modes. (Just as during April, 1993, all SEURAT purchasers of versions
higher than 2.21 will be receiving their free upgrades to Version 2.8.)
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Program: SEURAT VERSION 2.80
Price: $59.95!
Includes: Three-disk set, with all-new 20,000-word User's Manual
and 100's of application files (fonts, etc.)
and utility programs: PageStream-to_GDOS font converter,
GDOS print program, dither editor, BitCamera, XPORTIMG
System requirements: minimum 1-Meg ST with doublesided drive;
2-1/2-Meg+ for optimum operational use.
Payment: Check, money order; MasterCard/VISA accepted
Send check, money order, or credit card info to:
SKWare One
P. O. Box 277
Bunker Hill, Illinois 62014 USA
Shipping: SKWare One pays postage on all USA AND CANADIAN orders.
For overseas orders (not on North American continent),
include an additional $3.00 for surface mail or $5.00
for air mail delivery. (All prices are in US dollars.)
Order Yours Today!
Upgrade Policy: All Upgrades Are Free For Six Months
or Minimum One Free Upgrade!
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