Short: Thumbnail oriented image cataloger Author: haslbeck@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Uploader: haslbeck@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Type: gfx/misc Replaces: ImageDesk2.1.lha Min. requirements: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * AmigaOS 3.0 * 256 color Intuition screens Changes 2.1 -> 2.11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The JPEG "Custom Screen Viewer" in V2.1 causes crashes on non-Picasso screens. Sorry folks, now itīs fixed. Changes 2.0 -> 2.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The "Default AREXX Script" will now be supplied with 3 params. * AREXX Commands "GETSPREFS", "SETSPREFS", "GETSYSINFO" and "OPENCAT" extended. * The "Catalog Browser" now allows to start AREXX scripts. * Fixed bug in "Mark & Delete". * Increased the size of some internal string buffers. * Introduction of the ImageDesk tool "MIPFIC". * New option in ViewerPrefs to disable SuperBitmaps for the Window viewer (to avoid CyberGfx problems). * Appertaining new keyword "SUPERBM" for the AREXX commands "GETVPREFS" and "SETVPREFS". * Totaly rewritten bufferd image readers for better stability. Quick installation: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you have already installed V2.1 just decompress "instdata.lha" into a temporary directory (eg. Ram Disk) and replace the file "ImageDesk" in your ImageDesk directory with either "ImageDesk.000" or "ImageDesk.020" from the temporary directory. Introduction: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ImageDesk is a program to catalog graphics archives by generating small representations of pictures, so called thumbnails. Those thumbnails are internally being expanded into objects which include all essential data of its represented picture. These can be combined into loadable and savable thumbnail catalogs in which XPK compression is supported to reduce memory consumption on storage medias. The catalogs are directory orientated, this means the pictures of all included thumbnails are in the same directory path. the following picture types are supported and will be recognized automatically: * IFF ILBM (color mapped, EHB, HAM, HAM8, DEEP, DCOL ) * GIF (87a, 89a) * JPEG (+) * PCX (1 bit upto 32 bit) * BMP (4,8 and 24 bit, OS/2 and Windows formats, unpacked only) * PCD (upto BASE size) * PNM (P4, P5 und P6) * TARGA The corresponding picture of a thumbnail object can be shown if requested. Therefore two internal viewers, the window and the screen viewer, exist for each above mentioned format. The latter are able to view Images on CyberGraphics, Picasso or standard 8 bit screens, but it is also possible to specify external viewers or AREXX programs which ImageDesk will call on demand. ---------- Footnotes ---------- (+) ImageDesk needs the "Tower JPEG Codec Class" from Christoph Feck for its JPEG support. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1290 561 56.5% 24-Aug-95 18:41:44 +Install.Deutsch.info 1290 564 56.2% 24-Aug-95 18:41:44 +Install.English.info 11034 2767 74.9% 02-Jan-96 14:48:36 +installID 527112 527112 0.0% 18-Jan-96 14:00:28 +instdata.lha 1224 858 29.9% 19-Dec-94 16:15:26 +codec.class 69420 37643 45.7% 19-Dec-94 16:15:26 +jpeg.codec 628 268 57.3% 09-Dec-95 14:21:12 ImageDesk.info 628 264 57.9% 09-Dec-95 14:21:12 JPEG Codec.info 1908 1368 28.3% 19-Dec-94 16:15:26 +picture.codec 3097 1143 63.0% 19-Dec-94 16:15:22 +Install 555 289 47.9% 30-Dec-94 21:43:00 +Install.info 7900 5371 32.0% 19-Dec-94 16:15:26 +tower.library 442 282 36.1% 19-Dec-94 16:15:22 +ReadMe 433 216 50.1% 30-Dec-94 21:43:00 +ReadMe.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 626961 578706 7.6% 20-Jan-96 05:07:50 14 files