
render.library
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  render.library  is  an amiga shared library that serves an image
  processing  kernel.  it  is  an  interface between truecolor and
  chunky  graphics,  and  it supports all amiga-specific pixel and
  color   schemes.   render.library   provides palette-management,
  histograms,  alpha-channel processing, color reduction, scaling,
  rendering,  dithering,  texture-mapping, and many conversion and
  support functions.


author
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  captain bifat / TEK neoscientists

  email:
    timm.mueller@darmstadt.netsurf.de

  snailmail:
    Timm S. Mller
    Bartningstrae 15
    64289 Darmstadt
  
  support site:
    http://tek.flynet.de/binarydistillery/index.html

  ircnet:
    bifat at #neoscientists, #amigager, and #amiga


requirements
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  - mc68020 or better
  - kickstart 2.04 (v37) or better


features
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  - histograms up to 24 bit
  - rendering
  - dithering
  - color quantization
  - heavy alphachannel support
  - HAM mode support
  - custom memory management
  - scaling
  - low-level texture-mapping
  - conversion functions
  - fully documented with autodocs, charts, tutorials
  - supplied with C, Assembler, and E includes
  - freeware


changes
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  since v27.2

  - fixed overflow problems in texture-mapping engines.
  - added EDD dithering
  - implemented zigzag dithering
  - dithering has been optimized
  - texturemapping-engines now handle both triangles and rectangles.
