Short: Picture management (incl.PCD) for AGA&CyberGfx Author: hhoff@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Hoffmann) Uploader: hhoff@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Helmut Hoffmann) Type: gfx/misc Kurz: Bildverwaltung (inkl.PCD) fuer AGA&CyberGfx PhotoAlbum PreRelease V0.4 (c) by Helmut Hoffmann 1996 ========== +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The fast and intuitive picture management software for all Amigas with OS3.x: | | * Supports upto 256 colors on AGA Amigas | | * Supports TrueColor/HighColor on graphic boards with CyberGraphX | | * Supports more than 20 picture formats (incl. PhotoCD, IFF, JPeg, TIF, PCX, | | BMP, Targa, PPM, YUV, ... and DataTypes) | | * Open any number of picture windows incl. fast scrolling and zooming | | functions, conversion functions, ... | | -> new: now with button control, status information, and support for | | progressive JPeg files... <- | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -> This prerelease does not yet contain all of the functions which are planned for the first full version. This will probably not be available before beginning of June 1996. Please note: Special introduction offer price upto 30th June 1996 (date of postage) ... <- Please note: The demo version displays all pictures in greyscale only. To get color output, please order the full version of this Shareware program... Please see documentation in AmigaGuide format for details (available in english and german). PhotoAlbum is the sensational new picture management software for all Amigas and Dracos with at least OS3.0. It features * extremly fast loading functions for more than 20 picture file formats * asynchronous loading (load full pictures while thumbnails are still loaded) * easy and intuitive usage (get a fast overview over a directory or even full CD of pictures by simple selection of the directory...) * combinable picture subtitles (name, comment, size, type, ...) * high functionality (unlimited number of image windows with scrolling and zooming functions can be opened) * Presentation of thumbnails and full pictures in reduced colors on all Amigas and in HighColor/TrueColor with CyberGraphX The demo version displays in greyscale only. The loading functions of the full version are for color loading at least as fast as the loading of the demo version in greyscale. Only displaying on palette oriented screens (upto 256 colors) can be slower for color displaying due to the larger number of colors which have to be requested from the operating system. The following things are planned for the first full version: * Creation of preview files (files containing reduced size images) for faster access to frequently needed picture directories and to allow creation of a picture library with pictures located on different media (disks/CDs etc.) for easy access. * Delete function to sort out unwanted pictures. * Save functions to convert pictures into different 24Bit file formats * Configurability via tooltypes; maybe also with shell parameters or a configuration file PhotoAlbum can currently read the following formats directly: 1) IFF-ILBM (all standard formats 1 to 8Bit, EHB, HAM6, HAM8, 24Bit) 2) PhotoCD (Base format 768x512 or 512x768 (portrait); linear 24Bit RGB) 3) JPeg (color and greyscale; new: now incl. progressive JPeg support) 4) PPM/PGM/PBM (P1&P4 b&w, P5 grey, P6 color) 5) QRT (also known as dump format by PD raytracers as POV-Ray) 6) Targa (RLE compr.&uncompr. 1/8/15/16/24/32Bit; incl. interleaved) 7) PCX (compr.&uncompr. EGA1-4Bit, VGA 8Bit grey/Colormap and 24Bit) 8) BMP (uncompr. 24Bit RGB,1Bit,4Bit or 8Bit Colormap; RLE compressed 8Bit,1Bit) 9) TIF (packbit-compr.&uncompr. 24Bit,1-8Bit grey/Color Motorola&Intel formats) 10) DEEP (compr.&uncompr. IFF-DEEP 24Bit and 32Bit formats) 11) YUV (color 1:1:1, 2:1:1, 4:1:1 and greyscale) 12) VLAB raw (color 1:1:1, 2:1:1, 4:1:1 and greyscale) 13) RGB (IFF-RGB: RGB8 and RGBN compressed; RGB5 uncompressed) 14) HHsYUVSq sequence format (sequential or random access) 15) IFF-PBM (DPII) format 16) ACBM (IFF-ACBM: 1 to 8Bit, EHB, HAM6, HAM8) 17) FBM (8Bit grey/Colormap and 24Bit) 18) Sun raster (uncompressed formats for 1Bit, 8Bit grey/ColorMap and 24Bit) 19) MacPaint (b&w compressed 1Bit format; datafork only) 20) HHsXRL formats (1-8Bit ColorMap incl. HAM6/8, 8Bit grey, 24Bit RGB compressed) 21) binary-EPS bitmaps (RGB and CMYK; this function is experimental) 22) TBCPlus frames & fields In addition picture and animation DataTypes are supported as well (for animation DataTypes at least OS3.1 is needed). ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 264 57.9% 21-May-96 10:18:48 PhotoAlbum.info 105452 53090 49.6% 21-May-96 10:08:34 +PhotoAlbum 792 504 36.3% 12-May-96 03:18:18 +PhotoAlbum.info 28004 11001 60.7% 21-May-96 10:15:56 +PhotoAlbumDeutsch.guide 482 248 48.5% 12-May-96 03:18:18 +PhotoAlbumDeutsch.guide.info 25972 9756 62.4% 21-May-96 10:16:54 +PhotoAlbumEnglish.guide 482 250 48.1% 12-May-96 03:18:18 +PhotoAlbumEnglish.guide.info 2989 1191 60.1% 21-May-96 10:04:50 +Registration.txt 477 245 48.6% 12-May-96 03:18:18 +Registration.txt.info 2733 1231 54.9% 21-May-96 10:04:58 +Registrierung.txt 477 248 48.0% 12-May-96 03:18:18 +Registrierung.txt.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 168488 78028 53.6% 23-May-96 01:37:00 11 files