FALCON IMAGE UTILITIES SKWare One 03:21:1993 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- XGA2XIMG.PRG: The program runs in a load-save cycle. Clicking on "Cancel" at a load file select exits the program. (Clicking on "Cancel" at a save file select merely advances you to a new load file select). NOTE: XGA file "format" is informal (non-documented). It consists of nothing more than a TrueColor screensave. XGA2XIMG loads six sizes of XGA. (There are eight TrueColor screen sizes, four with square pixels: 320x200, 384x240, 640x400, and 768x480; two with horizontal brickbat pixels: 320x400 and 384x480; two with vertical brickbat pixels: 640x200 and 768x240. The last type, with vertical pixels, is not supported as VGA monitors cannot display 80-column TrueColor raster.) The program loads the same six sizes of XGA files as the VIEW_XGA.PRG. The program recognizes the XGA screen size by file length. First, the number of colors is counted. Should the number of colors be less than 240, the 256-color image is constructed without altering the first sixteen ("desktop") colors of the palette. Should the number of colors exceed 256, the program attempts to create a 256-color image by reducing the 15-bit TrueColor palette to a 12-bit palette (4096 possible colors). The conversion proceeds until the first 256 assigned colors are used up. The program pauses displaying the incomplete image, awaiting a keypress. The partial image may be saved if desired, however... If the 12-bit palette is inadequate, you can re-load the XGA file and attempt the conversion using a 9-bit palette (512 possible colors). No further reduction in palette is allowed as the results would hardly be worthwhile (64 colors)! 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.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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! 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