Short:    image processing kernel
Author:   Timm S. Müller
Uploader: Timm S. Müller (timm.mueller@darmstadt.netsurf.de)
Type:     dev/misc
Version:  30.0
Requires: Kickstart 2.04 (v37), MC68020


render.library
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  render.library  is  an amiga shared library that serves an image
  processing  kernel.  it  is  an  interface between truecolor and
  chunky  graphics,  and  it supports all amiga-specific pixel and
  color   schemes.   render.library   provides palette-management,
  histograms,  alpha-channel processing, color reduction, scaling,
  rendering,  dithering,  texture-mapping, and many conversion and
  support functions.


author
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  bifat / TEK neoscientists

  timm.mueller@darmstadt.netsurf.de

  http://come.to/neoscientists

  Timm S. Müller
  Bartningstraße 15
  64289 Darmstadt
  ++49 (0)6151 715917
  

requirements
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  - mc68020 or better
  - kickstart 2.04 (v37) or better


features
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  - histograms up to 24 bit
  - rendering
  - dithering
  - color quantization
  - heavy alphachannel support
  - HAM mode support
  - custom memory management
  - scaling
  - low-level texture-mapping
  - conversion functions
  - fully documented with autodocs, charts, tutorials
  - supplied with C, Assembler, and E includes
  - freeware


recent changes
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  30.0
    - improved memory management: RMHTYPE_POOL allocations are
      now internally semaphore-protected for cross-task
      allocations. this allows guigfx.library (v16) to be reset
      to pooled memory environment.

  29.1
    - SortPalette() crashed with sort-modes that required a histogram,
      and when the histogram was a non-TURBO type. this bug hasn't
      been fixed, but 'de-implemented'. SortPalette() now returns
      SORTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED in this situation.
    - bug fixed in the clib declaration of FreeRenderMem()