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 V2.0 (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 | | (TrueColor displaying supported for thumbnails and full picture windows) | | * Supports more than 20 picture formats (incl. PhotoCD, IFF, JPeg (incl. | | Progressive), TIF, PCX, BMP, Targa, PPM, YUV, ... and DataTypes) | | * Open any number of picture windows incl. fast scrolling and zooming | | functions, conversion functions, direct transfer functions, ... | | * Font sensitive picture subtitles and gadget bar (fonts configurable) | | * Many options can be configured (by Tooltypes or in menues) | | * Support of several preview file formats (highly compressed to save space | | or uncompressed for high speed access etc.) | | * Functions for creation of picture databases across multiple volumes | | * Configurable thumbnail cache memory * Editable picture comments | | new: * now with copy function to copy groups of selected pictures | | * now with ARexx loading functions for ImageFX and Photogenics | | * now with configurable ARexx command line; usable even to invoke | | external viewers (preconfigured to invoke CyberShow) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ New in V2.0: copy function to copy groups of multiple pictures ARexx loading command invocation for ImageFX or Photogenics user configurable ARexx command (can also be used to make external viewers accessible by PhotoAlbum; preconfigured to invoke CyberShow) New in V1.3: support of more IFF-DEEP file variants New in V1.2: easier screenmode configuration with width/height/depth tooltypes optional automatic DataBase displaying on program start New in V1.1: optional finer JPeg scaling to better fit JPeg pictures into the thumbnail fields Shareware: 40DM or 30US$ Package offer with CyberShow Professional: 50DM or 35US$ 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 incl. automatic preloading of not yet visible pages (load e.g. full pictures while thumbnails are still loaded); intelligent cache memory management (max. cache can be preconfigured) * 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, ...); subtitle font is configurable by Tooltypes * 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 * Delete function to sort out unwanted pictures (full version only) * Editable file comment (full version only) * Save functions to convert pictures into different 24Bit file formats (full version only) * Direct transfer functions for several image processing programs (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. 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. Many more functions are planned for future versions (e.g. searching, sorting, dividing into groups, better scaling, higher reduced color quality for AGA users etc.); the realisation of such functions certainly depends on the number of registrations I receive from users... If you have suggestions for possible enhancements please include them on the registration form for your order. 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; incl. progressive JPeg) 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 -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 268 57.3% 05-Jun-96 15:47:00 PhotoAlbum.info 150208 74646 50.3% 27-Aug-96 04:42:50 +PhotoAlbum 1175 701 40.3% 27-Aug-96 03:54:34 +PhotoAlbum.info 61405 23279 62.0% 27-Aug-96 04:29:58 +PhotoAlbumDeutsch.guide 482 252 47.7% 05-Jun-96 15:46:56 +PhotoAlbumDeutsch.guide.info 57221 20378 64.3% 27-Aug-96 04:47:44 +PhotoAlbumEnglish.guide 482 252 47.7% 05-Jun-96 15:46:56 +PhotoAlbumEnglish.guide.info 2884 1206 58.1% 27-Aug-96 03:57:48 +Registration.txt 477 249 47.7% 05-Jun-96 15:46:56 +Registration.txt.info 2800 1286 54.0% 27-Aug-96 03:57:54 +Registrierung.txt 477 250 47.5% 05-Jun-96 15:46:56 +Registrierung.txt.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 278239 122767 55.8% 28-Aug-96 08:10:26 11 files