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From: James Jones/Nibbles and Bits <jgjones@usa.net>
To: lightwave@e55.webcom.com
Subject: ARRIBA (Warning: semi-commercial post)
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Having noticed a few comments lately regarding the need for a program
that will batch-process images, rename them, etc., I thought I'd take
this opportunity to mention that I am close to completing just such a
program. Before I finalize the design, I'd like to request some input on
what features are deemed necessary, what file formats should be
supported, and so on.
The program will be available for the Intel platform running Windows NT
and Windows 95 and will be sold commercially. (Price to be announced.)
I'll also make a demo version available when the program is released in
oh, say 2 or 3 months... (give or take 4-6 weeks. :)
Here's a general description of the current state of ARRIBA(tm) (A Really
Radical Image Batch Application):
ARRIBA will hopefully remedy the lack of inexpensive, easy-to-use,
animation- and video-oriented batch-processing software for the PC. It is
designed for the manipulation of images used in video and commercial
animation. ARRIBA is _not_ designed for interactive painting, desktop
publishing, palletized images, or AVI construction.
Major features:
ARRIBA can batch process thousands of images and apply one or more
image-processing operations to each file.
ARRIBA is simple and straightforward to use, with an easily understood
graphic user interface -- buttons have real text in them (like LW), not
funky little pictures. No ungainly pull-down menus. Designed for high
productivity, quick response and fast processing.
A varied collection of common (and some not so common) image-processing
operations are included.
Partial list:
Crop, very high quality Scale, Color-to-Gray, Gray-to-Color, Flip,
Rotate, Roll, Blur, Unsharp Mask, Convolve, Negative, Median Filter, Add
Alpha, Split Alpha, Interlace, Deinterlace, Dissolve. In the works are
3/2 pulldown conversion, arbitrary pulldown conversion and
time-expansion/contraction.
ARRIBA also has an extremely flexible file renaming ability. (Change the
base name, number of digits, period or no period, start frame number,
frame increment number: positive or negative, extension or no extension.
For example, reverse an entire animation in a couple of seconds!)
ARRIBA will, when you double-click on a file name, tell you the file
type, resolution, etc., and let you see a thumbnail of the picture.
ARRIBA's preview function lets you see the result of your operations
before processing all the images.
ARRIBA works great with LightWave and the PVR.
File formats currently supported (both load and save):
