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Program Description and Distribution Concept
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Successor of SuperView; SViewNG (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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- added IFF-FAXX support
- added Picasso96 SVDriver (!! BETA !!)
- fixed various new and old bugs and in SViewNG
and in the Library
- improved ARexx support and sample scripts
- new display tool "CyberSlide" for CyberGraphX
- grabbing of 16/24 Bit screens now possible
- 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 43 different graphic file formats <<<<-
->>>> Total of 2 different periphal devices <<<<-
->>>> Total of 9 different graphic display systems (22 cards) <<<<-
->>>> 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-FAXX - TIFF - MacPaint MAC
- IFF-PBM - PCX - EPS (Header/PS)
- IFF-RGB8 - Atari Degas - C64 (Koala, Doodle)
- IFF-YUVN - Windows Icon - CDR-Previews
- QRT/POV Raytrace - Mac PICT-2 - SGI
- SVG - Targa - Pictor/PCPaint
- SunRaster - UtahRLE - PNG
- FBM
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
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- 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
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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V6.21 (3.4.97):
- "ACTION" ARexx command was buggy, "ACTION=" was expected (Aargh!)
(-> Grant Fribbens)
- new demo script, "DoOperation.rx"
- rewrote all ARexx scripts, took some ideas from Patrik Nydensten's
scripts
- installer script: default destination directory now "Work:SViewNG"
- default tool for saved image icons now "SViewNG", too
- only 19 of 30 "T"-commands (out of: "C T A") actually did work as
Workench Tooltypes
(-> Patrik Nydensten)
- grabbing of chunky screens did not work (bugfix was buggy)
- now can grab screens upto 24 Bit with Cybergraphics or -Clones
- now display correct depth/colors information on RTG screens
- now distincts between CGfx and other RTG screens
- added new tool CyberSlide, for Cybergraphics and clones, which
uses cyber-optimized BestModeID generation and "fixed mode" display
(specify your prefered resolution)
- fixed bug in prefs' slider handling
- when called from menu, About window does not again disappear by
a single mouse move any longer
(-> Jon B. Peterson)
- Library V16.4
V6.20 (13.3.97):
- V6.10 appeared as a patch archive, now complete
- .cd files for translations were missing
- the .cd file slightly changed (entry in line 76 now different ID)
- thanks to J�rgen Haage for advice on StormWizard usage and
GUI improvements
- Wizard GUI part improved
- GadTools GUI part (About window) improved
- in the V6.10 update archive there was a note missing, that also
the catalogs would have to be replaced to avoid that wrong
"sviewng.library" or "sviewngsupport.library" texts
- use of StormWizard 2.0
- fixed problem with listview initialization (e.g. when selected
another driver, the others before that one did seem to disappear
until "add" or "remove" being used)
- finetuned archiving, using "stored archive in archive" method, which
brings size down to about 740,000 Bytes now with LHA
- "thanks & greetings" updated
LIBRARY-CHANGES:
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V16.4 (3.4.1997) :
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- NEW SVObjects: - IFF-FAXX (GPFax):
Full file and clipboard support.
- NEW SVDrivers: - Picasso96 (!! BETA !!)
- SVObjects: - JPEG: setting "100%" did not work
- SVDrivers: - PicassoII: (see there)
- Support-Lib: V9.1 (see there)
- MISC: - fixed some (rather old or even new) bugs in the docs
- updated description of and requirements info for SVDrivers
- in the installer script, there were two "setup choices"
missing, namely "Merlin" and "other graphic cards"
- added impressing overview of supported graphic cards
V16.3 (13.3.1997) :
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- Drivers: - EGS7: - fixed some bugs
- debugged with EGS 7.4, EGSPlus R9
- CyberGraphics: - fixed some bugs
- debugged with EGS 7.4, EGSPlus R9,
EGSPlus' cybergraphics.library
- LIBRARY: - information on "virtual gfxbuffers" more verbose now
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SViewNG is SHAREWARE, the future depends on YOU.
Fee is: 30 DM/20 USD (40/25 outside europe).
For Copyrights and detailed program information please download.
Overview: Supported and Non-supported Graphics Cards
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Card Name Kind of Support
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1600GX -
A2410 TIGA CG EGS
CyberVision64 CG P96
CyberVision64/3D CG
DCTV -
Domino CG EGS P96
DraCo Altais CG
Firecracker -
GDA-1 -
Graffity -
GVP 110/24 EGS
GVP IV 24 EGS
Colormaster EGS
Merlin CG P96 NAT
OMniBus P96
OpalVision NAT
Picasso II CG P96 NAT
Picasso II+ CG P96 NAT
Picasso IV CG P96
Piccolo CG EGS P96
Piccolo SD64 CG EGS P96
Rain*ow II (R-II) EGS
Rain*ow III (R-III) EGS
Retina Z2 EGS NAT
Retina Z3 BLT CG EGS NAT
Spectrum CG EGS P96
Visiona EGS
As you can see, any reasonable graphics card for the Amiga is supported
via one or more SVDrivers for emulation software, available for these.
Only some strange RGB-Port adaptors or rare framebuffers are not supported.
Shortcut Explanation
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CG = CyberGraphX or CyberGraphX-Clone available (CyberGraphics.svdriver)
EGS = EGS available (with EGSPlus this means: CG, too)
P96 = Picasso96 SVDriver available
NAT = native emulation software and SVDriver available, as long as
not already covered by the other mentions
- = nothing known about any emulation software
Download newest SViewNG (plus Library) from:
DE Site #1 DE Site #2 US Site #1
The GUI of the program has been done with StormWizard and thus needs wizard.library V37. Download wizard.library:
DE Site #1 DE Site #2 US Site #1
Please visit also:
Andreas Kleinert's Homepage (PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX)
SuperPlay-Library support page DRAFU plus support page akJFIF-Datatype support page akLJPG-Datatype support page akPNG-Datatype support page akSVG-Datatype support page
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