SunRaster.svobject

  © 1994 by Andreas R. Kleinert.

  FREEWARE. All rights reserved.

  Version      : 2.1
  Release Date : 26.06.1994


  Requirements
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  - OS V2.04+ (V37)+ and its libraries
  - superviewsupport.library V3+


  Description
  ~~~~~~~~~~~
  SunRaster.svobject is an external Library-Module for the
  superview.library V2+.

  It contains SVDriver-Support for the superview.library V3+, and
  needs any SVDriver with Bitplane-/ChunkyPixel-Support.

  It supports reading of SunRaster (RAS) Files.
  In detail these are :

  Reading :

   - SunRaster with   2 Colors ( 1 Bit, planar)
   - SunRaster with 256 Colors ( 8 Bit, chunky pixel)
   - SunRaster with  24 Bit    (24 Bit, R-G-B)

  Writing :

   Depending on the Colordepth of the source the following is written :

   Source Colors    Type                           Destination Colors

    2..256          Uncompressed Chunky Pixel        256
    (24 Bit)        Uncompressed 24 Bit RGB         (24 Bit)


  Remarks
  ~~~~~~~
   - Currently files with Colorbits other than 1, 8 or 24
     are not supported yet.
   - only RGB-plane ColorMaps supported (or monochrome, without map)
   - max. 1 plane of BitMap data allowed
   - Loading of 24 Bit files has not been tested yet, but should work.


  Author
  ~~~~~~
  Andreas R. Kleinert
  Grube Hohe Grethe 23
  D-57074 Siegen
  Germany


  History
  ~~~~~~~
  V2.1 (26.06.1994) :

   - first version


  Literature
  ~~~~~~~~~~
  [1] "Das Handbuch der Grafikformate", Klaus Holtorf, © 1994 Franzis-Verlag
       GmbH, München
       ISBN 3-7723-6392-X


  Copyrights
  ~~~~~~~~~~
  Some of the mentioned names or products above may be copyrighted by
  companies or trademarks of companies.