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- Short: SViewNG-Info
- Author: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
- Uploader: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
- Type: gfx/conv
-
- --------------------------------------------------------
- SViewNG is an image viewing, conversion *and* processing
- program - but i can't place it into gfx/show, gfx/conv
- *and* gfx/edit. Below you find some information on
- SViewNG V7.14 + Library 17.5 (20.7.97)
-
- You can download it under: gfx/show/SViewNG.lha
- --------------------------------------------------------
-
- 'Pathfinder' Release
-
- - Mars mission started
- on Independence Day, July 4th
-
-
- *** Through SuperView-Library actively ***
- *** supports PowerPC (TM) via powerUP (TM) ***
-
- _________________________________________________________
- >> When extracting the archive, please make sure, that you
- >> do this as follows:
- >>
- >> LHA -xarm -b64 x ARCHIVE.LHA DESTINATION-DIR/
- >> LZX -x -a -r -m x ARCHIVE.LHA DESTINATION-DIR/
- >>
- >> Note: Using the LHA-compatible "LX" archiver may produce
- >> corrupt output on large files. LHex should work fine.
- >>
- >> SViewNG.lha does contain another (uncompressed) archive
- >> of approximately 2 MB size - so make sure there's enough
- >> space available...
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- Program Description and Distribution Concept
- --------------------------------------------
- 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
- ----------------------------
- - lots of bug fixes (some new, some old)
- - new italiano catalogs
- - fixed installer script (again ;)
- - better Ghostscript installation guide :)
- - better P96-void-crash description :)
- - and more...
-
-
- Description of Features and Requirements
- ----------------------------------------
- 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, as well
- as optional powerUP (TM) powerPC module plugins.
-
- 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
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- - 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 - 24 Bit via TurboPrint
- or own 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:
- ================
-
- V7.14 (20.7.97):
-
- - included Library V17.5
- - Library version 17.5 does contain a bugfix, which already has
- been on Aminet as "SViewNGFix712.lha"
- - added preliminary ATO credits
- - installer script messed up s:user-startup's search path entry
- for SViewNG by setting the catalog path (overwrote #svcomdir)
- instead the program's path (now using #svcatdir for catalog path)
- (-> Andrija Antonijevic)
- - also installer script did reference env-dir before created
- (on first-time installation)
- (-> Andrija Antonijevic)
- - added updated italiano catalogs, done by Alessandro Basso
- - described new P96/CGfx crash problem now under "known bugs" within the
- library-guide (certain versions of Picasso96API.library, as opened by
- Picasso96.svdriver, may crash under the competiting CyberGfx environment,
- instead of silently exiting). Can't happen, if you only do use either one,
- and never ever did switch between the two systems.
-
- V7.12 (4.7.97):
-
- - added more catalogs
- (-> ATO)
-
- V7.11 (25.6.97):
-
- - fixed installer script bug (appeared when *deleting* installed SView
- without deleting the environment settings, then re-installing)
- (-> Sven Drieling, Michael Gruber)
-
- V7.10 (16.6.97):
-
- - added norwegian catalogs, done by Roger Hagensen
- - included Library V17.2, which now does offer optional high quality
- 24 Bit printer support via Printer.svobject plus TurboPrint
- - certain gadgets now again disabled when no file loaded
- (Save, Action, Display, Screenmode)
- - when there had not been a default maximum value for a prefs item
- been specified in the .cpinfo file, a default maximum of
- 2^31-1 would have been used, which did sometimes produce some
- strange results when freely moving the slider. We now do use
- 0xFFFFFF-1 (16777214 or 24 Bit unsigned), which works better
- (-> Sven Drieling)
- - GUI now is an external .wizard file (fetched from PROGDIR:)
- and remembers size, position, etc.
- (-> Sven Drieling)
- - when there's no .cpinfo for an Object/Driver/Operator,
- the "?" button will be ghosted now
- (-> Sven Drieling)
- - if you once did install SuperView, the script will suggest the
- same destination directory for any further updates (location
- is remembered in "ENVARC:SuperView-Library/SV_WHERE"), same
- for VMEM-Assign and alternative Lib-Dir
- (-> Sven Drieling)
- - Icon positions were no longer accurate. Fixed.
- (-> Sven Drieling)
-
-
- LIBRARY-CHANGES:
- ================
-
- V17.5 (20.7.1997) :
- -------------------
-
- - SVObjects: - PCD: - (see there)
- - ILBM: - hopefully fixed Draco problem (see there)
-
- - MISC: - added updated italiano catalog, done by Alessandro Basso
-
- - Docs: - fixed Ghostscript installation description
- - added preliminary ATO credits
- - described new P96/CGfx crash problem now under
- "known bugs" (certain versions of Picasso96API.library,
- as opened by Picasso96.svdriver, may crash under the
- competiting CyberGfx environment, instead of silently
- exiting). Can't happen, if you only do use either one,
- and never ever did switch between the two systems.
-
- - INFO: - english version of Picture Manager professional (PMPro V4)
- now can be ordered from Blittersoft !
- See section: @{"Supporting Software" LINK SUPPORT }
-
-
- V17.3 (4.7.1997) :
- ------------------
-
- - SVObjects: - JPEG: - (see there)
- - ALL modules: - this time really fixed the memory loss bug.
- Bumped all versions.
-
-
- V17.3 (25.6.1997) :
- -------------------
-
- - ALL SVObjects: - fixed "memory loss on LibInit failure" bug
- - ALL SVDrivers: - fixed "memory loss on LibInit failure" bug
- - ALL SVOperators: - fixed "memory loss on LibInit failure" bug
-
- - LIBRARY: - fixed "memory loss on LibInit failure" bug
- - superviewsupport.library V10.2: - (see there)
-
- - Docs: - added note about mathffp.library patch
- program 'ffppatch" (Aminet:util/boot/)
-
-
- - MISC: - fixed installer script bug (appeared when *deleting*
- installed SuperView-Library without deleting the environment
- settings, then re-installing)
- (-> Sven Drieling, Michael Gruber)
-
- V17.2 (16.6.1997) :
- -------------------
- - NEW: - a lot more modules with ppc.library,
- powerUP (TM) support.
- SVObjects and SVOperators.
- (not included)
-
- - SVObjects: - PNG: (see there)
- - ILBM: (see there)
-
- - DEVICE SObjects: - Printer: - added TurboPrint support
- (high quality 24 Bit printing)
-
- - SVDrivers: - CyberGraphics: - (see there)
-
- - LIBRARY: - support-lib is at V10.1 now (already took place
- as with V17.1)
-
- - MISC: - updated docs
- - udated "known bugs/fixed bugs" section
- - added norwegian catalog, done by Roger Hagensen
- - SetPatch 43.6 is on ftp.amiga.de
- Get it!
- - added note, why Graffiti won't be supported
- - added note about Inferno (DKB Wildfire) card,
- which now is being supported by CyberGraphX (V3)
- - Picasso96 plus Picasso96.svdriver users, which
- use P96 in parallel (switching monitor drivers
- from time to time) should watch out for a newer
- P96 version, which should fix a startup crash,
- which would have been caused by Picasso96.svdriver
- when trying to open Picasso96API.library. It has
- also been reported, that PPaint (eraly V7)
- had been affected by this (startup-crash, too).
- (-> Klaus Gillarek, Toabis Abt, Frank Mariak
- Alexander Kneer, Torbjörn Aronsson)
- - there was a bug in the installer script for the
- library: 680x0 optimized module versions would
- NEVER have been installed (since last 16.x rework
- of the installer script)
- - if you once did install SuperView-Library, the script
- will suggest the same destination directories for any further
- updates again (locations for VMEM and alterantive LIBS:
- will be remembered in "ENVARC:SuperView-Library/SVLIB_WHERE"
- and ".../SVMEM_WHERE")
-
- *****************************************************************************
- ** Please support SHAREWARE and register NOW to receive YOUR KeyFile !! **
- *****************************************************************************
-
-
- Overview: Supported and Non-supported Graphics Cards
- ====================================================
-
- Card Name Kind of Support
- ----------------------------------------------------
- 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
- Inferno (Wildfire) CG
- 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 in some way.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- 14391 5025 65.0% 24-Jul-97 22:13:46 SView-Info.readme
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- 14391 5025 65.0% 27-Jul-97 13:34:12 1 files
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