Crawly Crypt Collection 2/crawlyvol2.bin/falcon/misc/update_8/data/text/gfx.asc

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              FALCON GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS AND UTILITIES
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   Remember to quote the disk REFerence number when ordering disks.

Ref: 012
PERSISTANCE OF VISION RAYTRACER.  It's big, it's bad and its going to
need a lot of hard disk space, patience and pure skill to get
anything even remotely nice looking from it.  But patience is a
virtue they say.  The whole package is ZIPped up to the hilt, there
is no unZIP program supplied (no room) and with 390K worth of doc
files to wade your way through can I wish you the best of luck and if
you do create any nice pictures then please send them to me so I can
boggle over them and wish I was as talented.  HD required.

Ref: 015
BITCAMRA is a Falcon Image Utility from SKWare One, it will enlarge,
reduce and reproportion mono, 4 colour, 16 colour, 256 colour and
true colour images very fast with good results.  Loads IMG, STTT IMG,
XIMG and XGA pictures.  Save is disabled!  So can only really be used
as a picture viewer unless you register with them.  DML APPLICATIONS
these include AUTOGIF, AUTOIFF, AUTORAW and AUTOTGA.  Simply drag the
picture onto the program or set it up as an APPlication and it will
display the picture of your choice.  IFF2XIMG convertor program.  IFF
HAM 8 picture viewer.  JPEG4A will convert from JPEG to GIF or from
GIF to JPEG, can accept command line input to do a whole series of
files in one go, very useful program.  PALETTE MASTER is a simple
palette checking program designed for the Crazy Dots expansion card
but works just as well on the Falcon.  SPEED OF LIGHT GIF Viewer 2.1
and 2.5 provided here, uses clever dithering processs to give the
effect of more colours than are actually on-screen.  GEMVIEW 2.24 the
best shareware image viewing package, plenty of features, register it
now (updated version elsewhere in this catalogue).  STUDIO PHOTO DEMO
load and play with all the picture types including Photo CD, TIFF,
GIF, JPEG and more, but sadly no save option.

Ref: 022
BABY SE FALCON 030 is an image loading, manipulation package that has
many of the features of Studio Photo, infact from decidely similar
French menu options I would say this is a very early version of
Studio Photo under a different name and with the save function
intact!  GEMVIEW 2.30 the best gets better, it now runs in True
Colour mode 100%, it comes with its own install program and a hard
drive is recommended.  PAPILLON 1.0 by Stefan Becker and Dirk
Sabiwalsky is a very detailed art package with a wide range of tools
and other effects options.  Allows exportation as IMG, Doodle, STAD,
MacPaint, IFF or PCX formats.  STUDIO PHOTO seems to make it onto
this disk as well for some reason, a sample JPEG is supplied and yes
the save function is still disabled!  TRUE PAINT is another demo of
an art package this time by HiSoft, again a sample JPEG is supplied
to play with.  A good try before you buy situation.

Ref: 083
Along with Multi Briques and Starball this disk also contains a demo
of Lexicors Phoenix 2 raytracing package.  Sadly you will need an FPU
in order to use even the demo so I can't comment on it, but from the
doc files I have read it looks very detailed indeed and should give
you all a great time if raytracing is your scene.

Ref: 092
GEMVIEW 3.00 the best is back and this time is has grown so much it
warrants a whole new upgrade!  There are external picture modules,
print modules, snapshot programs, configuration files, improved
colour reduction, faster conversion times, monochrome TIFF bug fix,
source code for new drivers included, zoom functions and much much
more.  This is the all time great of image viewing and conversion and
your collection shouldn't be without this program.

Ref: 122
DELM PAINT (or D2M) from PARX in France is a very nice looking paint package
indeed.  There are many features you'd expect to find in such a high quality
package as this, indeed this is alas only a demo version.  Plenty of picture
types are supported and it runs in all resolutions, dithering the pictures as
required.  There is a lot to do and a lot to play with, needless to say most
the options are in French.  Sample pictures are provided.

Ref: 129
PERSISTANCE OF VISION RAYTRACER version 2.00.  This is the new version of the
best free raytracing package there is.  Its deep, its complex, it has more
support files and example code and doc files than you could fit on one HD disk
and its got plenty of Atari bindings making it the only choice for anyone
who is considering attempting rendering on their Falcon.  The whole package
has been ZIPped into sections and it will need a massive amount of hard drive
space (around 4 meg I believe).  Be prepared for LONG stints with your Falcon
doing nothing while your latest masterpiece renders the electricity bill away
only to find you put the wrong image on the wrong face!  This is the complete
POV 2 system EXCEPT the POVSRC.ZIP (the source code files for the Unix, PC,
VMS, Amiga and Acorn computers - the Atari ones are on the disk).  If you
want these files too then just add 50p to the price of this disk and I'll
include them on a seperate disk for you.  I'll also put them on the next
graphics disk when I have something to go with it.

Ref: 137
GREY  SCALE  IMAGE PROCESSOR is a brilliant utility for  converting  many
popular format pictures in grey scale images for importation into desktop
publishing  packages  for a much clearer print-out.   SAVER14 is  a  True
Colour screen saver.   SCAPE is a brilliant little program that renders a
real-time  space scene for you using a variety of options  for  realistic
effects such as moons,  stars,  space rocks and much more.  Saves results
as PCX format (samples included).   Three versions,  one for GEMVDI,  one
for the 68030 and one for FPU processors.   VIDEL is a Targa viewer  with
example assembly source code and two pictures.

Ref: 140
RAYTRACING disk.   Includes the POVSRC.ZIP to go with Ref 129.  A demo of
Phoenix 2 (FPU required) the POV Shell for making picture generation more
friendly,  a  working demo of Lexicors RAYSTART and finally some  awesome
raytraced JPEG pictures.  HD required.

Ref: 142
A working demo of OVERLAY a multi-media presentation program, seems quite
detailed  and plenty of examples provided.   It can handle  graphics  and
samples  will  a variety of fades and dissolves.   Hard  drive  required.
SCRIBE  is a program for making titles for home videos,  includes  a  few
fonts and different effects and lots of samples.   AUTO FLI is a new  FLI
or FLC animation player with a difference,  this one plays the  animation
from  disk or hard drive,  therefore you can run animations  larger  than
your free memory size.   A quality program.  ASCII ARTIST lets you create
instant  banners for doc files out of ASCII characters,  quite useful  if
you need a quick impressive ascii heading.

Ref: 145
The BINARIS VIEWER,  this is really for RGB monitors becaues it  displays
GIF or JPEGs in True Colour mode and is very fast indeed.   Works on  VGA
though.   GIF  SHOW  is  a little program that lets  you  make  your  own
slideshows  out  of  GIF pictures and also  have  a  soundtracker  module
playing in the background,  samples provided.   SPEED OF LIGHT 3.1 is the
latest  version of this ultra-fast JPEG and GIF displayer,  loads of  new
functions  included.   It's  almost  becoming a mini  photo  studio  now.
Finally  is  JPEG  COMPRESSOR/DECOMPRESSOR by  Andrew  Younger  of  Black
Scorpion Software,  handles a variety of file formats and has options for
block smooth, dithering and grey scales.  Very, very good program.