Short: SuperView V5.80 + Library 16.1 (18.2.97)
Type: gfx/show
Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
Author: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de


Program Description and Distribution Concept
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SuperView (EL - evaluation version), a localized graphics viewer, converter,
editor and screen-grabber based on SuperView-Library, with ARexx support,
GUI, AmigaGuide online-help, Commodity-functionality and many more features.

SHAREWARE (evaluation version).


What's *new* in this version
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 - new formats: IFF-RGB8, IFF-DR2D, DXF, WPG-Vector
 - transparency support for several file formats
 - several bug fixes
 - and more...


Description of Features and Requirements
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Nearly anything is managed by object-oriented external modules
for loading, saving (SVObjects), displaying (SVDrivers) and
processing (SVOperators) graphics - converting graphics and
"screen-grabbing" also is possible in a very comfortable way.

Only requires OS V2.04 and 68000, but also makes use of available
OS V2.1 and V3.x features and 680x0 module versions.

Includes licensed SuperView-Library, which supports the following
file formats, periphal devices, display drivers and image processing
operators:

     ->>>> Total of 42 different graphic file formats    <<<<-
     ->>>> Total of  2 different periphal devices        <<<<-
     ->>>> Total of  8 different graphic display systems <<<<-
     ->>>> Total of 32 different graphic operators       <<<<-

SVObjects:     - IFF-ACBM         - Windows,OS/2 BMP   - PNM (PBM,PGM,PPM)
               - IFF-ILBM         - JPEG (JFIF v6)     - IMG (GEM Graphics)
               - IFF-DEEP         - PhotoCD            - WPG (WP Bitmaps)
               - IFF-PBM          - TIFF               - MacPaint MAC
               - IFF-RGB8         - PCX                - EPS (Header/PS)
               - IFF-YUVN         - Atari Degas        - C64 (Koala, Doodle)
               - FBM              - Windows Icon       - CDR-Previews
               - QRT/POV Raytrace - Mac PICT-2         - SGI
               - SVG              - Targa              - Pictor/PCPaint
               - SunRaster        - UtahRLE            - PNG

                 as well as all OS3-Datatypes
                 and 24 Bit DataTypes (picture.datatype V43).

                 Many formats with 24 Bit-Support.
                 Reads XPK- and PP20-packed data via Unpack.svobject.

                 Writes C-Sourcecode in chunky/RGB notation.

                 Together with external third party programs also the
                 following file formats seamlessly can be embedded:

                 File Format        needs program   also needs support for
                 ---------------------------------------------------------
               - AMF                MetaView        (ILBM)
               - DXF/AutoCAD (tm)   MetaView        (ILBM)
               - FIG                AmiFIG          (Postscript)
               - CGM                GPlot           (Postscript)
               - IFF-DR2D           MetaView        (ILBM)
               - Limbo              Limbo 4.0       (PNM)
               - Postscript (TM)    Ghostscript     -
               - WPG-Vector         MetaView        (ILBM)
               - WMF                MetaView        (ILBM)

Devices (via SVObjects):

               - Scanner (scanner.device of ScanQuix)
               - Printer (printer.device support; uses own 24 Bit dithering)

SVDrivers :    - OCS/ECS          - AGA                - EGS7
               - OpalVision       - Retina             - CyberGraphX
               - PicassoII        - Merlin

               (Picasso96 yet via CyberGraphX or PicassoII API)

SVOperators :  - Dither24Bit      - 24BitToHAM         - HilbertDither256
               - ExtractRed       - ExtractGreen       - ExtractBlue
               - XOR              - ExtractGrayScales  - TopToBottom
               - LeftToRight      - Rotate             - Scale50
               - AnyTo24Bit       - Crop               - CallPNM
               - OptimizePalette  - RotateFree         - PaletteDither

                 plus the following from Steve Quartly:

               - SQBentley        - SQTiling           - SQThreshold
               - SQOilPaint       - SQMosaic           - SQEmboss
               - SQSlicing        - SQDiffuse          - SQContrast
               - SQSharpen        - SQBlur             - SQDeep_Press
               - SQMotion_Blur    - SQHighPass

     PROGRAM-CHANGES:
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V5.80 (18.2.97):

   - SCREENSAVEDELAY of course does not expect microsec, but 1/50 sec
     (-> Dr. Heiko Pollmeier)
   - Library 16.1


     LIBRARY-CHANGES:
     ================

     V16.1 (18.2.1997) :
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      - NEW SVObjects: - IFF-RGB8 (Turbo Silver, Imagine, ArtEffect).
                         Full file and clipboard support.

      - SVObjects:   - PNG, ILBM, ACBM, Datatypes (39-43):
                          - transparency support

                     - BMP: - fixed 1..4 bit writing, crashes

                     - MetaView: - SVObject now reads IFF-DR2D, DXF
                                   and WPG-Vector via MetaView as well.
                                   Please note, that MetaView is Shareware
                                   (by Henk Jonas)

                     - Ghostscript: - output format now freely
                                      selectable, thus no longer
                                      only PNG
                                    - should work with GS 2.6.1 now

      - SVDrivers:   - PicassoII, EGS7, CyberGraphics:
                          - (see there)

      - LIBRARY:     - bumped to V16
                     - requests support-lib V8 now
                     - gfxbuffers: (see support-lib)

      - SUPPORT-LIB: - bumped to V8
                     - gfxbuffers bumped to V3: now transparency
                       information may optionally be carried, yet
                       only defined for 8 Bit graphics

      - MISC:        - installer script now also allows to configure
                       MetaView.svobject directly (similar to Ghostscript)

      - Docs:        - updated MetaView information (Shareware now)
                     - updated Steve Quartly's eMail to
                       steveq@mafeking.scouts.org.au
                     - superview.ftn.sub.org domain will is replaced with
                       superview.ftn.neckar-alb.de as with 1 March 97
                     - again a little grammar and spell checking on the docs

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