History -------------------------------------------------------------- v3.50 (Thursday 03-Jul-97) -3d-engine: *up to four lightsources can be configured now *the camY-value is now used with the opposite (and right) sign -Processor: the smoothing-option can now be controlled by using one of the modes OFF, LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH -ColorCube-PlugIn: the values into y-direction where swapped to fit the 3d-coordinate-system v3.51 (Saturday 05-Jul-97) -3d-engine: *render-time reduced to 75% (only in light-mode - but who needs "flat" images) v3.52 (Saturday 05-Jul-97) -Processor: Import-function rewritten and improved: *the imported lines are inserted which is much more useful than appending *variables are imported, too *variables with duplicate names are renamed -Variables: the Envelope-gadget was not enabled, if the expression of a variable was cleared - fixed v3.53 (Saturday 05-Jul-97) -Shortcuts-Window updated and it's layout improved -Player-Window improved: *Screenmode-option *24Bit-Option (drgb, gray etc.) *layout improved -Main: *the initial screen-mode is set to "Workbench" which may be useful for gfx-board-owners *new commandline-option: noPrefs v3.54 (Sunday 06-Jul-97) -GSImport-PlugIn v3.55 (Sunday 06-Jul-97) -RenderInfo-Window: *additonal Close-Button *resize and refresh didn't work - fixed -Converter: output=PICTURES: shift-parameter was ignored - fixed -Main: fileType-recognition-routine improved and rewritten -ShiftLines-PlugIn: a width or height of 1 caused the program to crash heavily - fixed -ARexx-Port and documentation updated -Makefile: because of a missing dependency-line the AutoCrop-PlugIn was not updated correctly - fixed v3.56 (Monday 07-Jul-97) -PPM-Saver (loader and saver for PPM-, PGM- and PBM-files in RAW- or ASCII-format) v3.57 (Monday 07-Jul-97) -Converter: YAFA-Saver: 15/24Bit support v3.58 (Wednesday 09-Jul-97) -PCParameter-Window (extended "number-gadget" for PlugIns): *contains a scrollbar, a calculator-gadget, a "Var"-gadget and min/max-(calculator-)gadgets to adjust the scroll-range *support for automatic range-checking *support for both integer and real numbers *all PlugIns will contain such nice gadgets in the future *this will result in a higher flexibility and smaller executables v3.59 (Thursday 10-Jul-97) -PCParameter-support for the following PlugIns: Scale, Crop, Compose, Balancing, Displace, Rotate, ShiftLines, ColorToGray, CreateImage, Pixelize v3.60 (Friday 11-Jul-97) -new Demo-Version: instead of consuming lots of memory a small Logo is applied to each image which was touched by the Processor v3.61 (Saturday 12-Jul-97) -PCParameter-support for the following PlugIns: Convolve, Twirl, Alpha, Bump, Text, BlackHole, MotionBlur, RotateBlur, Wave, Plasma v3.62 (Saturday 12-Jul-97) -PCParameter-support for the following PlugIns: Magnet, MedianFilter, OilTransfer, Cartesian2Polar, Roll, Posterise, Noise, Threshold, Shear, Neon v3.63 (Sunday 13-Jul-97) -Processor: Visual-Frame (realtime-(wireframe-)previews for several PlugIns) v3.64 (Monday 14-Jul-97) -PCParameter-support for the following PlugIns: DLA, Bump3D, Cube, LWOB, Magnet3D, Sphere, Transform3D, Twirl3D, PCTwist, Water v3.65 (Monday 14-Jul-97) -PCParameter-support for the following PlugIns: Wave3D, SetBackground, Wrap, ZPlot, ColorCube, SetColor DataPlot, ParPlot, Morph, Genlock3D v3.66 (Monday 14-Jul-97) -PCParameter-support for the following PlugIns: Axis3D, GSImport -PCParameter-support for the PCRender-Window v3.67 (Monday 14-Jul-97) -Visual-Frame for the following PlugIns: Twirl, Rotate -*cool* Visual-Frame for the PCRender-Window v3.68 (Monday 14-Jul-97) -Processor: *15/24Bit support *all 15/24Bit-Display-methods of the Player implemented (Thanx, Michael !) -PCSinglePicture-Window: the frame-scrollbar is now updated in realtime, this makes it possible to "trace" envelopes (using the Visual-Frame of the desired PlugIn) -Visual-Frame: *display-speed improved *clipping v3.69 (Wednesday 16-Jul-97) -Visual-Frame for the following PlugIns: Crop, Magnet, BlackHole, Cartesian2Polar -Cartesian2Polar-PlugIn: *r0 and phi0 where treated incorrect (due some missing brackets) - fixed *both parameters where not adjusted generating previews - fixed v3.70 (Thursday 17-Jul-97) -Visual-Frame: in some cases the grid was not updated after changing the image-dimensions - fixed -Visual-Frame for the following PlugIns: MotionBlur, Water -some serious Converter-bugs removed (don't ask) v3.71 (Friday 18-Jul-97) -Visual-Frame for the following PlugIns: Wrap, Wave, Shear, Wave3D, RotateBlur v3.72 (Friday 18-Jul-97) -Visual-Frame for the following PlugIns: Sphere, Twirl3D, Twist, Magnet3D, Transform3D v3.73 (Friday 18-Jul-97) -PCParameter-Window: *update the scroll-bar if an entered value exceeds the (dynamic) range *disable the min/max-gadgets if the range is static -Wave-PlugIn: the phase-parameter was not converted into radians - fixed -(nice) Visual-Frame for the Cube-PlugIn -3d-engine: misterious "black-faces-bug" detected and removed: Because the shader was *not* initialized in mode "light=NORMAL" all faces with phong-intensity where rendered using "random" intensity (e.g. black) v3.74 (Sunday 20-Jul-97) -Demo-version: the Converter works only in combination with the Processor (to assure that the Logo appears in all cases) -Converter: *some (serious) initialization-bugs (introduced together with with the new 15/24bit-features) fixed *15/24Bit-Preview (using Michael's (updated) Player-code) *due some "optimizations" frames with a "special" width where sometimes trashed - fixed *picture-output: *24 bit-images caused the program to crash (because they where written as rendered ILBM) - fixed *15 bit images are ignored (because there is no saver available yet) -Documentation updated (especially the FAQ-section) v3.75 (Tuesday 22-Jul-97) -3d-engine: render-speed slightly improved (render-time reduced to 96%) -PCParameter-Window: the value-gadget was not refreshed after entering a value - fixed -JPEG-Loader: identify-function improved -PCSinglePicture-Window: apply-dimensions-function improved to handle also non-iff files v3.76 (Thursday 24-Jul-97) -Online-help: PlugIns are supported directly, i.e. after pressing from within a PlugIn-window the PlugIn-page is shown instead of the Processor-main-page -Processor: global "apply-dimensions"-function which affects both the animation-parameters and the Visual-Frame, the global shortkey is <.> (dot) v3.77 (Saturday 26-Jul-97) -LineArt-PlugIn (fast, no simple convolve application) -PNG-Saver: the whole module was corrupted because some GCC-incompatibilities (2.7.0->2.7.2) - fixed v3.78 (Saturday 26-Jul-97) -EdgeDetect-PlugIn (relatively slow (?), no simple convolve application) -ADProGIF-Saver (for internal use only) v3.79 (Sunday 27-Jul-97) -RIP-PlugIn ("remove isolated pixels") -ImageCoordinates-Window: additional rgb-information (control=POINT) -Neon-PlugIn: Some parameters couldn't be accessed because of wrong gadget-types - fixed v3.80 (Sunday 27-Jul-97) -Documentation updated -Neon: PlugIn: tolerance-handling improved -Main: the checkForCrack-procedure simply quits the program instead of destroying things -ImageCoordinates-Window: support for exchanging control-parameters with PlugIns v3.81 (Monday 28-Jul-97) -ColorRegion-PlugIn v3.82 (Monday 28-Jul-97) -ADProGIF-Saver: new options: Depth, Dither and (un)locked palette -Documentation updated -ImageCoordinates-support for the following PlugIns: ColorRegion, RotateBlur, Rotate, Twirl, BlackHole, Magnet, Crop v3.83 (Tuesday 29-Jul-97) -Balancing-PlugIn: *addional saturation-option *some optimzations -Cube- and Sphere-PlugIn: calculate a new ("good") size after calling the "Apply dimensions"-function -Visual-Frame: the "misterious memory leak" detected and removed -Patch-PlugIn (general PlugIn) v3.84 (Wednesday 30-Jul-97) -Circle-PlugIn -Rectangle-PlugIn v3.85 (Friday 01-Aug-97) -BGradient-PlugIn v3.86 (Saturday 02-Aug-97) -ImageCoordinates-Window: the "Apply"-function can be accessed from both the Preview- and the ImageCoordinates- window by pressing -Balancing-PlugIn: saturation range changed from -100...100 to -255...255 -Processor: the size of the Preview (Visual-Frame) is saved and loaded to/from process-scripts -GSImport-PlugIn: check if the input-files exists before invoking gs (gs may crash if the file is not found) -TMaker: single-picture-mode didn't work correctly - fixed v3.87 (Sunday 03-Aug-97) -TileBrick-PlugIn -Visual Frame: *advanced clipping (to avoid crashes at "strange" 3d-settings) *memory-handling improved again -Documentation updated v3.88 (Wednesday 06-Aug-97) -Wind-PlugIn -Visual Frame: *allow even extreme image-dimensions like 1x1 *memory-handling finally improved -Circle-PlugIn: memory-bug fixed v3.89 (Friday 08-Aug-97) -Axis3D-PlugIn: *GUI optimized *Visual Frame v3.90 (Sunday 10-Aug-97) -Demo-Version: TMaker: *CreateExamples-Function works now *Convert-Function enabled -Main: additional "np"-switch (the same as "noPlugIns") -Documentation: *updated *started to create example-animations and -scripts (similar to the supplied single images) -------- last Shareware Version -------- v3.91 (Monday 11-Aug-97) -Cube-PlugIn: orientation of some faces changed (to improve quality) -Wind-PlugIn: the load- and save-function were incomplete - fixed -3D-engine: started to rewrite the core v3.92 (Thursday 14-Aug-97) -3D-engine: whole core rewritten: *major speed improvement (in some cases the render-time reduces to less than 50% !!!) *minor quality improvement *separate functions for double-sided polygons which will be improved later (the quality isn't very good yet) *because of lots of optimizations the code size has enlarged drastically (22 MB are required to compile the module)