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Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 2 of 4): Image Conversion and Display
Programs
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This FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list contains information on
graphics file formats, including, raster, vector, metafile, Page
Description Language, 3D object, animation, and multimedia formats.
This FAQ is divided into four parts, each covering a different area of
graphics file format information:
Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 1 of 4): General Graphics Format Questions
Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 2 of 4): Image Conversion and Display Programs
Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 3 of 4): Where to Get File Format Specifications
Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 4 of 4): Tips and Tricks of the Trade
Please email contributions, corrections, and suggestions about this FAQ to
jdm@ora.com. Relevant information posted to newsgroups will not
automatically make it into this FAQ.
-- James D. Murray
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Subject: 0. Contents of Image Conversion and Display Programs
Subjects marked with <NEW> are new to this FAQ. Subjects marked with <UPD>
have been updated since the last release of this FAQ.
I. General questions about this FAQ
0. Maintainer's Comments
1. What's new in this latest FAQ release?
II. Graphics Conversion and Display Programs
0. Image Conversion and Display Programs for MS-DOS
1. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Windows and OS/2
2. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Macintosh
3. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Unix and X Window
4. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Amiga
5. Platform-Independent Image Conversion Toolkits
III. FTP and WWW Graphics Software Archives
0. Graphics Software Archives for MS-DOS
1. Graphics Software Archives for Windows and OS/2
2. Graphics Software Archives for Macintosh
3. Graphics Software Archives for Unix and X Window
4. Graphics Software Archives for Amiga
IV. Kudos and Assertions
0. Acknowledgments
1. About The Author
2. Disclaimer
3. Copyright Notice
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Subject: I. General questions about this FAQ
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Subject: 0. Maintainer's Comments
This FAQ is for all of you looking for that special display or image
conversion program to run on your system and to work with all those
graphics files you've been downloading from the alt.binaries.pictures.*
newgroups for whose-knows-what reasons.
If you know of any MS-DOS/Windows/Unix/X/Macintosh/Amiga graphical
display, editing, or translation programs or application that are not
listed here then send me the information! I'm also willing to start
sections on VMS, NeXTStep, Atari ST, or just about any other operating
system that the masses demand.
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Subject: 1. What's new in this latest FAQ release?
o A few small updates
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Subject: II. Graphics Conversion and Display Programs
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Subject: 0. Image Conversion and Display Programs for MS-DOS
Name: DISPLAY
Purpose: Image display and conversion
Version: 1.88
Author: Jih-Shin Ho <u7711501@bicmos.ee.nctu.edu.tw>
FTP: ftp://ftp.edu.tw/PC/graphics/disp/disp188?.zip
Imports: GIF, Japan MAG, Japan PIC, Sun Raster, JPEG, XBM, Utah RLE,
PBM, PGM, PPM, PM, PCX, Japan MKI, TIFF, TGA, XPM, Mac Paint,
GEM/IMG, IFF/ILBM, BMP, QRT, Mac PICT, VIS, PDS, VIKING, VICAR,
FITS, Usenix FACE, IRIS, YUV, RAW RGB, PCPAINT/Pictor, RAW GREY,
Photo-CD, DL, FLI, FLC, RAW, MPEG, AVI, GL, and PNG.
Exports: GIF, Sun Raster, JPEG, XBM, PBM, PGM, PPM, PM, Tiff, Targa,
XPM, Mac Paint, Ascii, Laser Jet, IFF/ILBM, Windows BMP,
Mac PICT, VIS, FITS, FACE, PCX, GEM/IMG, IRIS, YUV, RAW RGB,
Postscript, RAW GREY, and PNG.
Features: Batch conversion, image preview, command-line configuration,
contact sheet creation, slide shows.
Comments: I am impressed with the large number of file formats
supported, including all of their eccentric variations, and
several formats I have not seen supported in other packages.
The DOS file directory navigation and maintenance features are
easy to use and the command line usage is very convenient,
especially for batch format conversions of images.
Name: GIFBLAST - Lossless GIF file compressor
See GIFBLAST entry in the "Image Conversion and Display Programs
for Unix and X Window" section.
Name: GIFLITE
Purpose: Lossy GIF file reencoder
Version: 1.00 (Shareware)
Author: Mr. Tsung Hu <72070.3515@compuserve.com>
P.O.Box 938, Unit 105, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 6Z4 Canada
FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/garbo.uwasa.fi/gifutil/glite10.zip
Imports: GIF
Exports: GIF
Features: Lossy reencoding of GIF files providing a 15%-30% reduction in
file size. Reencoded files are readable by GIF file viewers and
conform to GIF87a or GIF89a format specifcation. Three levels
of compression. Dithered images, and images with fewer than 16
colors, do not compress well.
Name: Graphics Display System (GDS)
Purpose: Image display, conversion, thumbnail catalogs
Version: 3.1e
Author: Photodex Corporation <photodex@netcom.com>
FTP: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ph/photodex
CIS: GO PHOTODEX, GDS Viewing Software (Lib 3)
Imports: ANS (ANSI text), BBM, BMF, BMP, CUT/PAL (Dr. Halo), DIB, DL,
FLC, FLI, FLX, GDS, GIF, GL, HAM, ICO, IFF/ILBM, IMG, JFI,
JPG (JFIF), LBM, MAC, MP2 & MPA (MPEG Audio), MPG, PCC,
PCX, RAX, RFX, RLE, SC? (ColoRIX), TGA, TIFF and TXT (text).
Exports: ANS (ANSI text), BBM, BMP, CUT/PAL (Dr. Halo), GDS, GIF,
IFF/ILBM, IMG, JFI, JPG (JFIF), LBM, PCC, PCX, RAX, RFX,
RLE, SC? (ColoRIX), TGA, and TIFF.
Features: File viewing, batch conversions, easy thumbnail catalog
creation with many options, slide shows, automatic
configuration. Includes 5000+ lines of hypertext help
and prints 98 page cross referenced manual. Supports HGC,
CGA, EGA, S-EGA, VGA, SVGA, XGA, TIGA and VESA. Registered
versions print to HP PCL & 100% compatible laser and inkjet
printers.
Comments: Used by CompuServe sysops to catalog over 40,000 images
regularly. ASP approved shareware.
Name: pbmplus - Portable Bitmap Utilities (MS-DOS version)
Purpose: Graphical file format conversion
Version: 1.91d (10 December 1991)
Author: Mike Castle <mcastle@cs.umr.edu> and D.J. Delorie <dj@ctron.com>
FTP: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/graphics/pbmp191d.zip
Imports:
Exports:
Name: NView
Purpose: Graphics file viewer
Version: 1.5
Author: Jacques Nomssi Nzali <nomssi@physik.tu-chemnitz.de>
FTP: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/graphics/nview150.zip
WWW: http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~nomssi/nview150.zip
Imports:
Exports:
Name: PICTOPS
Purpose: PICture TO PostScript file compressor
Version: 4.02 (Shareware)
Author: Mr. Igor L. Vassiliev <vasiliev_i@mx.ihep.su>
FTP: ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics/magps402.zip
ftp://ftp.uniovi.es/pub1/msdos/graphics/magps402.zip
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/graphics/magps402.zip
WWW: http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics/magps402.zip
Imports: BMP, GIF, ICO, PCX, PBM, PGM, PPM, RLE, TGA, TIF
Exports: Compressed PostScript within Level 2 & 1
Features: PICTOPS V4.02 is powerful conversion program that converts
1-,2-,4-,8-,24-, and 32-bit image files to color, gray scale,
and bi-level PostScript file format. Analogous programs are
unknown. PICTOPS will compress (PostScript interpreter
will decompress) image data by CCITTFaxEncode, LZWEncode,
RunLengthEncode and then by ASCII85Encode or ASCIIHexEncode
filters. Creation of both ASCII(85) and binary PostScript file.
PostScript color features support simple 5-operand form
of the image, 7-operand form colorimage, and image dictionaries.
CMYK images will be translated to RGB images. PostScript image
source data may be provided by string, procedure, or filter.
Comments: Output from PICTOPS may have much smaller size than standard
PostScript outs from other programs with simply Level-1.
In most cases, PKZIP or ARJ cannot compress PostScript out from
PICTOPS more than 5-20%. If the PostScript device has no
implementation of level 2, then the program will be run
as level 1.
Name: TN-Image
Purpose: Image analysis software
Version: 2.09 (Shareware)
Author: tjnelson@helix.nih.gov
FTP: ftp://las2.ninds.nih.gov or ftp://las1.ninds.nih.gov
Imports: TIF (Mac or PC), PCX, JPEG, TGA, BMP, GIF, IMG, ASCII, and raw
bytes; all pixel depths from 1-32 bits/pixel, including CMYL,
medical grayscale images, and unusual color formats.
Exports: TIF, PCX, JPEG, TGA, BMP, IMG, and custom file formats. Saves
images in 1-32 bits/pixel as RGB, pseudocolor, CMYK, or grayscale.
FFT data can be saved in ASCII format.
Features: Menu driven GUI interface, many image editing operations, and
analysis features (calibration, strip/spot densitometry, area and
distance measurement, automatic background subtraction, 2D FFT,
image reconstruction using Fourier convolution and deconvolution,
automatic detection and quantitation of bands, spots, rectangular
areas and arbitrarily-shaped regions, and user-definable equations
for point manipulation). Programmable macro language, batch mode,
image inter-conversion. Tutorials for deconvolution, densitometry,
and macro programming.
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Subject: 1. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Windows and OS/2
Name: Crystal Kaleidoscope
Purpose: High-end Video Graphics Suite
Version:
Author: CrystalGraphics, Inc.,
3110 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054.
Voice: 1.800.TOPAS.3D; Fax: 408.496.0970
Contact: Debbie Derana, Director, Customer Relations
Voice: 408.496.6175
TechExport for international dealers
Voice: 617.229.6900
Cost: US$1995 (USA)
Features: Built on the Crystal TOPAS Professional 5.1 3D modeling,
rendering and animation package. Other packages bundled into this
suite include: TOPAS Network Renderer, Elastic Reality 1.01
morphing and special effects package from Elastic Reality, Inc.,
Kai's Power Tools" 2.0 Windows SE version from HSC Software,
Leadview 3.0 from LEAD Technologies, Inc., Fractal Design Painter"
3 for Windows from Fractal Design Corporation, and offers from
several other industry-leading manufacturers for CD-ROMs full of
images, textures and backgrounds are included from IMAGETECTS
(ImageCELs), Artbeats (Prelude), CrystalGraphics (Crystal GEMS),
and the 3D model CD-ROM catalog from Viewpoint is included.
Name: Generlised Bitmap Module
Purpose: Image display and conversion
Version:
Platform: OS/2
Author: Andy Key <ak@nyangau.aladdin.co.uk>
FTP: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/32bit/graphics/gbm.zip (OS/2 exes)
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/32bit/graphics/gbmsrc.zip (source)
Imports: Bitmap, GIF, PCX, TIFF, Targa, ILBM, YUV12C, Graymap, Pixmap,
KIPS, IAX, XBitmap, Sprite, PSEG, GemRas and Portrait
Exports: Bitmap, GIF, PCX, TIFF, Targa, ILBM, YUV12C, Graymap, Pixmap,
KIPS, IAX, XBitmap, Sprite, PSEG, GemRas and Portrait
Features: Batch conversion, full portable source available, library with
format independent loading/saving, reflect, rotate, crop, map to
common palette, error-diffuse, halftoning, median-cut, scaling,
gamma/colour-space conversion, map to common or slightly differing
(frame-to-frame) palettes for animations, fullscreen animation
viewer, simple and sophisticated PM viewers.
Name: Graphics Viewer
Purpose: Graphics file display and printing utility
Version: 2.1
Author: Joe Oliphant <joe_oliphant@csufresno.edu>
<71742.1451@compuserve.com>
FTP: ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/GV21.ZIP
CIS: MSBASIC forum
Imports: ART, BMP, CUT, DIB. GEM, GIF, HRZ, IFF, IMG, JPG, LBM, MAC, MSP,
PCX, PIC, RAS, RLE, TGA, TIF, WMF, and WPG
Features: Full Visual Basic and C source code included.
Name: GraphX Viewer
Purpose: Image Display, Conversion, Thumbnails, Editing
Version: 1.5
Platforms: Windows, Windows 3.11, Windows NT, SCO-Open Desktop, SunOS,
Solaris, HPUX, AIX, and DGUX
Author: Group 42, Inc.
Voice: 800.520.0042, 513.831.3400; Email: info@group42.com
FTP: ftp://ftp.group42.com/pub/gviewer/
WWW: http://www.group42.com
CIS: GO GRAPHICS, Library 3
Cost: $49 Windows, $99 Unix
Imports: OS/2 BMP, Windows BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, Sun Raster, TGA,
TIFF (raw, RLE, G3 & G4, LZW), XWD, and UUE/XXE encoded.
Exports: OS/2 BMP, Windows BMP, GIF ([non]interlaced), JPEG, PCX,
PostScript (Levels 1 & 2), PNG, Sun Raster, TGA, TIFF (raw, RLE,
G3 & G4, LZW), XWD, and UUE/XXE decoding (single and multi-part)
Features: Excellent 8-bit display of 24-bit images, color and size
reduction, image filters and adjustment, thumbnail catalog
creation and management, "smart" decoder for multi-part
UUE/XXE files, contact sheet creation, extensive help, SDI
support for Enhanced Mosaic. Export options include color
reductions for all format specific color levels (1, 4, 8, 16,
24-bit color and gray scale).
Name: Hijaak Graphics Suite
Purpose: Graphics file editing, browsing, and conversion tools
Version: 3.0
Author: Inset Systems Inc., 71 Commerce Drive, Brookfield, CT 06804 USA
Voice: 203.740.2400; Fax: 203-775-5634
Programs: Hijaak Pro 3.0 (Image file conversion)
Hijaak TouchUp 3.0 (Desktop publishing and image editing)
Hijaak Browser 3.0 (Graphics file manager)
Hijaak Draw 3.0 (Vector drawing and illustration tool)
Cost:
Formats: Hijaak Pro - AI, ATT, BMP, CAL, CDR, CLP, CPR, CUT, DBX, DRW, DXF,
DIB, ED5, ED6, EPS, FAX, GCA, GED, GEM, GIF, ICA, ICO, IFF, IGA,
IGF, IMG, JPG, KFX, MAC, MSP, NIF, P10, PCL, PICT1, PICT2, PCX,
PDW, PGL, PIC, PIX, RAS, RLC, RLE, SBP, TGA, TIF, TXT, WMF, WPG
Hijaak TouchUp - BMP, CUT GIF, IMG, JPG, MSP, PCD, PCX, TGA, TIF
Hijaak Browser - AI, ATT, BMP, CAL, CDR, CLP, CPR, CUT, DBX, DRW,
DXF, DIB, ED5, ED6, EPS, FAX, GCA, GED, GEM, GIF, ICA, ICO, IFF,
IGA, IGF, IMG, JPG, KFX, MAC, MSP, P10, PCL, PICT1, PICT2, PCX,
PDW, PIC, PCX, RAS, RLC, RLE, SBP, TGA, TIF, TXT, WMF, WPG
Hijaak Draw - AI, BMP, CDR, CGM, EPS, GIF, PCX, PDW, TIF, WMF
Features: Hijaak Pro - DOS and Windows screen capture, zoom, center, trace,
edit, and print images. Full integration with other Hijaak tools.
Hijaak TouchUp - Add text to images, enhancement tools, merge
images, special imaging effect, many printing options, and uses
TWAIN compliant scanners.
Hijaak Browser - Catalog of image thumbnails, index of file
attributes, search for images, import from Windows clipboard.
Hijaak Draw - Palette editor, blending and envelope distortion,
text editing and spell check, multiple color graduated fills,
extrsion of 3D objects, variable light sources, brightness and
contrast control.
Name: ImagePals 2
Purpose: Image editor and DTP media management tool
Version: 2.0
Author: Ulead Systems Inc., 970 W. 190th St., #520, Torrance, CA 90502
Voice: 800.858.5323, 310.523.9393; Fax: 310.523.9399
Cost: ImagePals 2, $129; upgrade from ImagePals 1.x, $49;
Formats: BMP, CLP, CUR, DCS, EPS, GIF, ICO, IFF, IMG, JPG, MAC, MSP, PCD,
PCT, PCX, PSD, CGM, CLP, DRW, DXF, HGL, PCT, PIC, WMF, WPG, PXR,
RAS, RLE, SCT, TGA, TIF, WMF, VOC, WAV, MID, RMI, AVI, FLC, FLI,
FLX, WRI, TXT, DBF, DOC, PPT, RTF, CDR
Features: Photo album image cataloger, image editor and graphics toolbox,
screen capture, file format conversion, Kodak PhotoCD browser,
slide show, TWAIN and OLE compatible.
Reviews: PC Magazine May 17, 1994 v13 n9 p52(1)
InfoWorld, June 13, 1994, v16 n24 p97(2);
PC Magazine July 1994 v13 n13 p224(2)
Windows Sources August 1994 v2 n8 p82(2)
Windows Magazine August 1994 v5 n8 p274(9)
Name: InterChange
Purpose: 3D file format conversion
Version: 4.0
Author: Syndesis Corp., 235 South Main Street, Jefferson, WI, 53549 USA
Voice: 414.674.5200; Fax: 414.674.6363;
Email: syndesis@threedee.com; Web: http://www.threedee.com
Cost: Windows $495 US, SGI $1,495 US
Platforms: Windows, Windows 3.11, Windows NT, Silicon Graphics
Imports: 3DS and MLI, Alias polysets, BRender, CAD-3D, Coryphaeus .dwb,
GDS, Imagine, LightWave .lwo and .lws, Movie BYU, Haines NFF, PLG,
Prisms, Pro/E .slp, QuickDraw 3D, raw and .tpoly, RenderMorphics,
Sculpt, Sense8 NFF, Stereolithography, Swivel, Symbolics, trueSpace,
Vertigo, Vista DEM, VideoScape, Wavefront OBJ and MTL.
The SGI IRIX version also imports Inventor, Alias "wire",
and VRML 1.0 files.
Exports: 3DS and MLI, Alias polysets, BRender, CADL, Coryphaeus .dwb,
Direct3D ".x", GDS, Inventor, Imagine, LightWave .lwo and .lws,
Movie BYU, Haines NFF, PLG, POV-Ray 2.0, Prisms, Pro/E .slp,
QuickDraw 3D, raw and .tpoly, RenderMorphics, RenderWare,
RIB, Sculpt, Sense8 NFF, Stereolithography, Alias StyleGuide,
Symbolics, trueSpace, Vertigo, Vista DEM, VideoScape,
Wavefront OBJ and MTL.
The SGI IRIX version also exports Alias "wire" files.
Features: More than 50 formats translated. Translates surface attributes
and sub-objects for most formats. Batch conversion.
Name: MediaStudio
Purpose: Video/audio authoring and multimedia presentation
Version: 1.0
Author: Ulead Systems Inc., 970 W. 190th St., #520, Torrance, CA 90502
Voice: 800.858.5323, 310.523.9393; Fax: 310.523.9399
Cost: $349US (CD-ROM)
Formats: BMP, CLP, CUR, DCS, EPS, GIF, ICO, IFF, IMG, JPG, MAC, MSP, PCD,
PCT, PCX, PSD, CGM, CLP, DRW, DXF, HGL, PCT, PIC, WMF, WPG, PXR,
RAS, RLE, SCT, TGA, TIF, WMF, VOC, WAV, MID, RMI, AVI, FLC, FLI,
FLX, WRI, TXT, DBF, DOC, PPT, RTF, CDR
Features: Photo album image cataloger, image, audio, and video editor,
screen and video capture, file format conversion, morphing editor,
Kodak PhotoCD browser, HQ-9000, TWAIN, and OLE compatible.
Reviews: Computer Shopper, Nov 1994, v14 n11 p796(1);
Comments: MediaStudio is a very nice collection of utilities for creating,
modifying, and maintaining multimedia files and resources under
the Microsoft Windows environment. I am especially impressed with
its professional appearance, large selection of features, and
ease of use.
Name: Picture Man
Purpose: Image conversion and manipulation application
Version: 1.55 (Shareware)
Author: Dr. Igor Plotnikov <igor@corvette.insoft.com>
FTP: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/graphics/pman155.zip
Imports: TIFF, PCX, GIF, TGA, JPEG, BMP
Exports: TIFF, PCX, GIF, TGA, JPEG, BMP, EPS
Features: Paint, filter, and transform functions, virtual memory on disk,
TWAIN driver interface for scanners, digital cameras, and
video capturing boards, and runs multiple instances.
Name: PlayIt
Purpose: Multimedia playback utility
Version: 2.03
Author: Patrick Arial <patrick@shamrck.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
Shamrock Systems and Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/msdos_uploads/win3_desktop
ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/desktop/plyit203.zip
CIS: GO GRAPHSUP, Library 'Graphics Viewers', file PLYIT203.ZIP
GO WINMM, Library '3rd Part S/W', file PLYIT203.ZIP
Formats: ANIM, AVI, BMP/DIB, FLC/FLI, GIF, HAM/EHB, IFF/LBM, JPEG, MIDI,
MOV, MPEG, PCX, PGM, PICT, PPM, TGA, TIFF, and WAVE.
Features: Supports Microsoft Video for Windows, Apple Quicktime for Windows,
and Xing Technologies MCI MPEG driver. Interlaced GIF output,
writes audio to AVI files, convert individual frames to AVI,
full scripting language for batch processing, features several
image processing tools, and licensed to use LZW compression.
Name: PolyForm
Purpose: 3D file format conversion and editing
Version:
Author: Vivid Technologies, 13000 Bluemound Road, Elm Grove, WI 53122 USA
Voice: 800.962.7659; Fax: 414.641.0524
Cost:
Platforms: Windows 3.x, Windows95, Windows NT
Formats: 3DS, DXF, trueSpace, Wavefront, LightWave 3D, Imagine, Sculpt 4D,
Caligari, Vista Pro DEM, Scenery Animator DEM, Color PostScript,
EPS
Features: Converts over 20 3D file formats. Move, rotate, and scale
objects. 3D extrusion, beveling, and point editing. 3D polygon
surface stroking, flooding, picking, flipping, and selecting.
Many object manipulation algorithms.
Name: R2V for Windows
Purpose: Raster to vector conversion application
Version: 1.7.2
Author: Able Software Co.
Voice: 617.862.2804, Fax: 617.862.2640, Email: able@world.std.com
Cost: US$1895.00 (USA), US$2400.00 (International)
FTP: ftp://ftp.std.com/pub/r2v/r2vdemo.zip
Imports: TIFF, Arc/Info, and SPOT satellite image formats
Exports: MapInfo, DXF and Arc/Info, and TIFF
Features: Batch processing, vector editing and image processing functions,
vector registration and merge, and printer support.
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Subject: 2. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Macintosh
Name: AddJFIFcomment
Purpose: Adds a comment to a JFIF file
Version: 1.0 (Freeware)
Author: Victor Tan <victort@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Imports: JFIF
Exports: JFIF
Features: Attaches a comment to a JFIF (JPEG) file that may be displayed
by a JPEG file viewing program.
Name: CH-Interchange 2
Purpose: JPEG toolkit (CH-Interchange, CH-JPEG, and CH-PegIt)
Author: HighWater Designs Inc., 6 Bedford Farms, Bedford, NH
03110-6532 USA. Voice: 603.669.7466, Fax: 603.669.7456
Imports: TIFF (RGB and CMYK), EPSF, JPEG, EPSJPEG, DCSJPEG
Exports: TIFF (RGB and CMYK), EPSF, JPEG, EPSJPEG, DCSJPEG
Features: CH-Interchnage provides file format conversion. CH-JPEG is an
Adobe Photoshop Plug-in that allows acquire/export of JPEG and
EPSJPEG formats. CH-PegIt provides low-resolution compression for
EPS and DCS files and uses the Mac's QuickTime extension.
Name: DeBabelizer and BeBabelizer Lite
Purpose: Editing and conversion of graphics, animation, and digital video
Version:
Author: Equilibrium, 475 Gate FIve Road, Suite 225, Sausalito, CA 94965
Voice: 415.332.4343, 800.524.8651; Fax: 415.332.4433;
Web: http://www.equilibrium.com
Imports: Abekas, Alias Pix, Apple II and IIGS, BMP, BOB, C64, Clipboard,
Degas, DPaint ANIM, Dr. Halo CUT, Electric Image, EPSF, FITS,
FLC, FLI, GIF, HAM, IFF, ILBM, IMG, JPEG, Lotus PIC, MacPaint,
MSP Type 1, NEO, OMF, PCC, PCP, PCX, PSD, PICS, PICT1, PICT2,
Pictor, Pixar, PixelPaint 1.0, QDV, QuickTime Movies and Stills,
Raw RGB, RIFF, RLE, Scrapbook, SGI Image, Softimage, Spectrum,
Startup screen, Sun raster, System 7 Pict Icons and Previews,
TGA, Thunderscan, TIFF, Titleman, Video FX, Wavefront RLA, WPG,
X11 XBM, XWD
Exports: Abekas, Alias Pix, Apple II and IIGS, BMP, BOB, Clipboard, Degas,
DPaint ANIM, Dr. Halo CUT, Electric Image, EPSF, FITS, FLC, FLI,
GIF, IFF, ILBM, IMG, JPEG, Lotus PIC, MacPaint, MSP Type 1, NEO,
OMF, PCX, PICS, PICT1, PICT2, Pixar, QDV, QuickTime Movies and
Stills, Raw RGB, RLE, Scrapbook, SGI Image, Softimage, Startup
screen, Sun raster, System 7 Pict Icons and Previews, TGA,
Thunderscan, TIFF, Titleman, Video FX, Wavefront RLA, XWD
Features: Script and batch processing, image cataloging, slideshow, image
compare, palette and quantization control. AppleScript and
Apple Events supported, Adobe Photoshop Acquire, Filter, and
Export plug-ins supported, Andromeda, Fotomagic, Kai's Power
Tools Xaos Tools, Paint Alchemy, and Terrazzo filters supported.
Name: GIFConverter
Purpose: Image display, conversion, and printing
Version: 2.3.7 (Shareware)
Author: Kevin A. Mitchell <kam@kamit.com> <74017.2573@compuserve.com>
P.O. Box 803066 Chicago, IL 60680-3066 USA
FTP: ftp://mac.archive.umich.edu/mac/graphics/graphicsutil/gif-converter-237.hqx
WWW: http://www.kamit.com/gifconverter.html
Imports: GIF, TIFF, RIFF, MacPaint, Thunderscan, PICT, RLE, Startup Screen,
and JPEG (with or without QuickTime)
Exports: GIF, TIFF, RIFF, MacPaint, Thunderscan, PICT, RLE, Startup Screen,
EPS, and JPEG (with or without QuickTime)
Features: Dithers and halftones, image enhancement, cropping, color table
selection, and laser printer support.
Name: GraphicConverter
Purpose: Graphics file format conversion
Version: 2.1.2 (Shareware)
Author: Thorsten Lemke <thorsten_lemke@pe2.escape.de>
Insterburger Str. 6 31228 Peine Germany
Imports: PICT, Startup-Screen, MacPaint, TIFF (raw, packbits, CCITT 3/4,
LZW), RIFF, PICS, 8BIM, 8BPS/PSD, JPEG/JFIF, GIF, PCX/SCR,
GEM-IMG/-XIMG, BMP (raw and RLE), ICO/ICN, PIC (16 bit), FLI/FLC,
TGA, MSP, PIC (PC Paint), SCX (ColoRIX), SHP, WPG, PBM/PGM/PPM,
CGM (binary only), SUN (uncompressed), RLE, XBM, PM, IFF/LBM, PAC,
Degas, TINY, NeoChrome, PIC (ATARI), SPU/SPC, GEM-Metafile,
Animated NeoChrome, Imagic, ImageLab/Print, Technic, HP-GL/2,
FITS, SGI, DL, XWD, WMF, Scitex-CT, DCX, KONTRON
Exports: PICT, Startup-Screen, MacPaint, TIFF (raw, packbits, LZW), GIF,
PCX, GEM-IMG/-XIMG, BMP, IFF/LBM, TGA, PSD, JPEG/JFIF, HP-GL/2,
EPSF, Movie (QuickTime), SUN, PICS, PICT in Resource, PBM/PGM/PPM
Name: JPEGView
Purpose: Image file viewer
Version: 3.3 (Freeware)
Author: Aaron Giles <giles@med.cornell.edu>
P.O. Box 2967 San Rafael, CA 94912 USA
FTP: ftp://guru.med.cornell.edu/pub/jpegview/jpegview32.sit.hqx
Imports: JPEG, JFIF, TIFF (Raw and LZW), BMP, GIF, PICT, Startup Screen,
MacPaint, QuickTime JPEG
Exports: JFIF-standard JPEG, QuickTime JPEG
Features: Uses QuickTime, full AppleScript support, high-quality
dithering, slide show, and floating windows.
Name: NIH Image
Purpose: Digital image processing and analysis program
Version: 1.5.5 (Freeware)
Author: Wayne Rasband <wayne@helix.nih.gov>
FTP: ftp://zippy.nimh.nih.gov/pub/nih-image/nih-image-155-nonfpu.hqx
WWW: http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/
Imports: TIFF, PICT, MacPaint
Exports: TIFF, PICT, MacPaint
Features: Ability to acquire, display, edit, enhance, analyze, print, and
animate images. Image processing functions include: histogram
equalization, contrast enhancement, density profiling, smoothing,
sharpening, edge detection, median filtering, and spatial
convolution with user defined kernels up to 63x63. Pascal-like
macro programming language.
Name: Show!
Purpose: Graphics file cataloging program
Version: 1.0.3 (Freeware)
Author: Henk W. den Bok <H.W.denBok@fys.ruu.nl>
Physics Laboratory Utrecht University P.O. Box 80.000 3508 TA
Utrecht, The Netherlands. Voice: (+31)-(0)30-537556
Formats: JPEG
Features: Creates thumbnails to preview full-scale images. View images and
sort, move, or copy thumnails between documents. Also views
thumnails embedded in JFIF files.
Name: Sparkle
Purpose: MPEG and QuickTime movie viewer and converter
Version: 2.3.5 (Freeware)
Author: Maynard Handley <maynard@elwing.otago.ac.nz>
284 Stuart Street Dunedin New Zealand
FTP: ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/grf/util
Imports: MPEG, QuickTime
Exports: MPEG, QuickTime
Features: Uses the QuickTime movie controller. Multiple movie viewing
capability.
Name: Transparency
Purpose: GIF transparency editor
Version: 1.0b4
Author: Aaron Giles <giles@med.cornell.edu>
182 E. 95th Street 11E New York, NY 10128 USA
FTP: ftp://ftp.med.cornell.edu/pub/aarong/transparency/
Imports: GIF
Exports: GIF
Features: Allows the designation of one color in a GIF image which is to be
treated as transparent. Useful in modifying GIF files for HTML
documents where the images are plotted against the arbitrary
background a Web client's window.
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Subject: 3. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Unix and X Window
Name: fbm - Fuzzy pixmap manipulation
Purpose: Graphics file format manipulation and conversion toolkit
Version: 1.0
Author: Michael L. Mauldin <mlm@cs.cmu.edu>
FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/packages/fbm.tar.Z
ftp://nl.cs.cmu.edu/usr/mlm/ftp/fbm.tar.Z
Imports: Sun Rasterfile, GIF, IFF ILBM/HAM, TIFF, PCX, PBM, FBM,
PostScript, Face, Utah RLE
Exports: Sun Rasterfile, GIF, IFF ILBM/HAM, TIFF, PCX, PBM, FBM,
PostScript, Face, Utah RLE
Features: Image processing functions (resize, scaling, halftoning,
quantizing, etc.), TIFF functions based on libtiff library,
Utah RLE functions based on Utah Raster Toolkit, full source
code included in the distribution.
Name: GIFBLAST
Purpose: Lossless GIF file compressor
Version: 1.1 (Freeware)
Author: Isaac Dimitrovsky Labs, 147 Second Ave #484, New York NY 10003
FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/garbo.uwasa.fi/gifutil/gifbla11.zip
Imports: GFB GIF
Exports: GFB GIF
Features: GIFBLAST reads and compresses GIF files into GFB files with no
loss of data. GFB files are typically 20-25% smaller than their
source GIF files. GIFBLAST also uncompresses GFB files into GIF
files with no loss of data. GFB files must be uncompressed to be
read by GIF file viewers. Package includes full source code.
Name: GLE
Purpose: High-quality graphics package for scientists
Version:
Cost: Free
OS: Unix/X Window (Solaris, SunOS, Alpha OSF/1, Linux),
DOS (16- and 32-bit), OS/2 Warp, VAX/VMS
Author: Chris Pugmire <chrisp@grv.grace.cri.nz>
FTP: ftp://tui.marc.cri.nz/pub/gle/
WWW: http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/~dean/glelist/
Exports: PostScript, X Window, REGIS, TEK4010, PC graphics cards, VT100,
HPGL, PCL, DI, TIFF, Epson, Sixel
Features: Uses LaTEX and PostScript fonts, driven by instructions from
scripts or via the grahical user interface, full source included.
Additional utilities included with GLE are: SURFACE for hidden
line surface plotting, CONTOUR to allow contour plots, MANIP to
allow columns of data to be changed, and FITLS that allows
arbitrary data to be fitted to equasions.
Name: The Graphics Connection (tm)
Purpose: Batch utility for converting to editable vector formats
Version: 2.01
OS: UNIX (Sun and HP)
Author: Square One bv, Willemsparkweg 52-I, 1071 HJ Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, tel: +31-20-673-1102, fax: +31-20-675-7844,
email: square1@island.nl, www: http://www.square1.nl
Cost: Software: $495 1-user, $1500 5-users
Volume and University discounts available.
On-Line Service for Mac & PC users: starting at $29 per file
Formats: Input: PostScript (.ps) and Encapsulated PostScript (.eps)
Vector Output: MIF, WMF, WPG, CGM, HPGL, PCL-5, EPS
Image Output: TIFF, GIF, Sunraster
Text Output: ASCII
Features: Batch utility converts many files at once. Callable by other
applications, utilities for splitting PostScript files,
modular installation, creates editable line-art and text.
Reviews: Publish Magazine Product Watch, March 1996,
Open Computing (Netherlands), March 1996.
Name: GraphX Viewer
See GraphX Viewer entry in the "Image Conversion and Display
Programs for Windows" section.
Name: HighWater JPEG Library
Purpose: High-speed JPEG compression/decompression for Solaris-2
Version: 1.2
Author: HighWater Designs Inc., 6 Bedford Farms, Bedford, NH
03110-6532 USA. Voice: 603.669.7466, Fax: 603.669.7456
Imports: JPEG
Exports: JPEG
Features: Library of functions callable from C programs, optimized for
high-speed operation, fully compliant with the JPEG
specification, operates on all SPARC-based platforms, and
example source code included.
Name: ImageMagick
Purpose: X Window-based image display and conversion
Version: 3.7
Author: John Cristy <cristy@dupont.com>
FTP: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/ImageMagick/ImageMagick-3.7.tar.gz
FTP: ftp://ftp.wizards.dupont.com/pub/ImageMagick/ImageMagick-3.7.tar.gz
WWW: http://www.wizards.dupont.com/cristy/ImageMagick.html
Imports: AVS, BMP, Raw CMYK, Group 3 FAX, FITS, GIF, Raw GRAY, HDF, JBIG,
JPEG, MIFF, MPEG, MTV, Photo CD, PCX, Mac PICT, PBM, PDF, PDS,
PGM, PNG, PPM, PM Postscript, RAD, Raw RGB, Utah RLE, SGI RGB,
SUN Raster, Targa, ASCII Text, TIFF, VICAR, Visual Image Directory,
VIFF, X Screen, XBM, XPM, XWD, Raw YUV.
Exports: AVS, BMP, Raw CMYK, Group 3 FAX, FITS, GIF, Raw GRAY, HDF, JBIG,
JPEG, MIFF, MTV, PCX, Mac PICT, PBM, PDF, PGM, PNG, PPM,
PM Postscript, Raw RGB, Utah RLE, SGI RGB, SUN Raster, Targa,
TIFF, Visual Image Directory, VIFF, X Screen, XBM, XPM, XWD,
Raw YUV.
Features: Batch conversion, image preview, contact sheet creation,
slide shows, animation.
Name: patimg2tiff
Purpose: conversion from the USAPat IMAGE FILE format to TIFF
Version: 1.1
Author: Inlab Software GmbH, Josef-Wuerth-Str. 1, 82031 Gruenwald, Germany
Email: obermair@acm.org Voice: +49896412795 Fax: +49896411160
Cost: Please contact the author
Imports: USAPat IMAGE FILE
Exports: TIFF
Features: patimg2tiff converts the 'USAPat IMAGE FILE' format (as
found on the USAPat CDROM series produced by the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office) to TIFF (multipage, G4-encoding).
The USAPat CDROM's are containing the facsimile images
of US patents in 300dpi. Source code licenses are
available with and without the right of redistribution
in binary form. The program itself runs on almost any modern
Un*x.
Name: pbmplus - Extended Portable Bitmap Toolkit
Purpose: Graphics file format manipulation and conversion toolkit
Version: 1.91d (10 December 1991)
Version: 10 December 1991
Author: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us> <jef@netcom.com>
FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/packages/pbmplus/pbmplus10dec91.tar.Z
ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.b/X11-contrib/pbmplus10dec91.tar.Z
Imports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX,
GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, Xerox Doodle,
FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, HIPS, PostScript, RAW,
GIF, IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, MTV/PRT, QRT,
Img-whatnot, Xim, Spectrum, SLD, Sun Rasterfile, TIFF, X10 and
X11 XWD
Exports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX,
GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, ASCII, HPLJ,
GraphOn, BBN, Printronix, Gemini 10x, Epson, Unix plot, Zinc Icon,
FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, GIF, NCSA, X11 puzzle,
IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, Motif UIL Icon,
DEC sixel, PostScript, TIFF, X11 XWD, Sun Rasterfile, DXF, SLD
Features: Supports monochrome, grayscale, and full-color bitmaps. Runs
under all flavors of Unix. Full source code included in the
distribution.
Name: NetPBM - Extended Portable Bitmap Toolkit
Purpose: Graphics file format manipulation and conversion toolkit
Version: 1 March 1994
Author: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
FTP: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/graphics/graphics/packages/NetPBM/*
ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/ftp/archive/netpbm/*
ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib
Imports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX,
GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, Xerox Doodle,
FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, HIPS, PostScript, RAW,
GIF, IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, MTV/PRT, QRT,
Img-whatnot, Xim, Spectrum, SLD, Sun Rasterfile, TIFF, X10 and
X11 XWD, BDF, PK font, SPOT, Biorad, BMP, Mitsubishi S340-10,
XV thumbnail, HP PaintJet XL PCL, SGI, Solitaire image recorder,
Zeiss
Exports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX,
GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, ASCII, HPLJ,
GraphOn, BBN, Printronix, Gemini 10x, Epson, Unix plot, Zinc Icon,
FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, GIF, NCSA, X11 puzzle,
IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, Motif UIL Icon,
DEC sixel, PostScript, TIFF, X11 XWD, Sun Rasterfile, DXF, SLD,
BDF, PK font, SPOT, Biorad, BMP, Mitsubishi S340-10, XV thumbnail,
HP PaintJet XL PCL, SGI, Solitaire image recorder, Zeiss
Features: Based on the 10Dec91 version of pbmplus, image processing
functions include scaling, contrast and gamma adjustment, and
edge detection. Package also available for VMS, MS-DOS, and Amiga
Name: xanim
Purpose: Animation file viewer
Version: 2.70.3
Author: Mark Podlipec (podlipec@shell.portal.com)
FTP: ftp://ftp.portal.com/pub/podlipec/xanim2703.tar.Z
WWW: http://http://www.portal.com/~podlipec/home.html
Imports: DL, FLI, FLC, GIF, IFF, MovieSetter, PFX, Quicktime, AVI, RLE
Name: XDim
Purpose: Creation of 3D representations of 2D data sets
Version: 2.6 (Freeware)
Author: Walter Benzing <benzing@iegi01.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de>
FTP: ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/X11/graphics/xdim/xdim2_6.tar.gz
Imports: GIF, JPEG, table calculation programs
Exports: GIF, JPEG, table calculation programs
Features: Motif interface, view data in several viewports, color
representation independent of hardware, allows the use of complex
data sets, fast redraw for modes without color interpolation.
Image processing (FFT, Inverse FFT, filters, histogram
equalization, free ordering from z-value to color, etc.), and
data processing (add,subtract,multiply and divide data fields,
linear and spline interpolation, mirror x-/y, complex data fields,
etc.) features. Required are a Unix system with an ANSI C
compiler, X11R4 or later, and the Motif widget set.
Name: Xew widget set
Purpose: X Window widget set
Version:
Author: Markku Savela <msa@hemuli.tte.vtt.fi>
Technical Research Centre of Finland
Multimedia Systems, P.O.Box 1203, FIN-02044 VTT
http://www.vtt.fi/tte/staff/msa/
WWW: http://www.vtt.fi/tte/EuroBridge/Xew/
Imports:
Name: xli
Purpose: X Window image file display and manipulation
Version: 1.16
Author: Graeme Gill <graeme@digideas.com.au>
FTP: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/xli.1.16.tar.gz
Imports: CMU, GEM, GIF, JFIF, TIFF, Mac Paint, PCX, Sun Raster, Utah RLE,
TGA, X Window formats, PBM, FBM, Photograph on CD, Windows,
OS/2 BMP Image.
Name: xloadimage
Purpose: X Window image file display
Version: 4.1
Author: Jim Frost <jimf@centerline.com>
FTP: ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/xloadimage.4.1.tar.gz
Imports: CMU, GEM, JFIF, TIFF, Mac Paint, PCX, Sun Raster, Utah RLE,
X Window famats, PBM formats, FBM formats.
Name: XPaint
Purpose: Paint program (bitmap/pixmap editing tool)
Version: 2.4.6
Author: David Koblas <koblas@netcom.com>
Extra Mile Consulting, PO Box 1352, Mountain View, CA 94042-1352 USA
FTP: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/xapps/graphics/draw/xpaint-2.4.6.tar.gz
WWW: http://www2.dk-online.dk/users/Torsten_Martinsen/xpaint/
Imports: X11 Bitmaps, PPM, GIF, XPM, TIFF, SGI RGB
Exports: X11 Bitmaps, PPM, GIF, XPM, TIFF, SGI RGB, PostScript
Features: Brushes, Spray paint, Pencil Lines, Arcs, Pattern Fill, Text,
Boxes, Circles, Polygons. Works on multiple images simultaneously,
Cut/Copy/Paste between all active images, and Fatbits/Zoom on the
image windows. Full source code included.
Name: xv
Purpose: X Window-based image display
Version: 3.10a
Author: John Bradley <bradley@cis.upenn.edu>
FTP: ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv/xv-3.00a.tar.Z
Imports: GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, X11 bitmap, Sun Rasterfile,
Utah Raster Toolkit RLE, PDS/VICAR, BMP, PCX, IRIS RGB,
PostScript, and PM
Exports: GIF, PM, PBM (raw), PBM (Ascii), X11 Bitmap, Sun Rasterfile,
BMP, PostScript, IRIS, JPEG, TIFF
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Subject: 4. Image Conversion and Display Programs for Amiga
Name: AmigaJPEG
Purpose: Graphics file format converter
Version:
Author:
FTP: ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert/AmigaJPEG-*-bin.lha
Cost:
Imports: JPEG, GIF, TGA, PPM
Exports: JPEG, GIF, TGA, PPM
Features:
Name: GIFMachine
Purpose: Graphics file format viewer and converter
Version:
Author:
Cost:
FTP: ftp://bongo.cc.utexas.edu/amiga/GIFMachine.lzh
Imports:
Exports:
Features:
Name: HamLab Plus
Purpose: Graphics file format viewer and converter
Version: 2.0.8 (Shareware)
Author:
Cost: $20US
FTP: ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert/HAMLABPlus-2.08-demo.lha
Imports: JPEG
Exports: JPEG
Features: Crops images larger than 512x512
Name: ImageFX 2.0
Purpose: Professional image manipulation and special effects package
Version: 2.0
Author: Nova Design, Inc., 1910 Byrd Avenue, Suite 214, Richmond, VA 23230
Voice: 804.282.6528, Fax: 804.282.3768,
Email: Kermit@cup.portal.com (Kermit Woodall)
Cost:
Imports: ILBM/IFF w/Alpha, ANIM/ANIM 7/ANIM 8, Clipboard,
Datatypes, DCTV, Digiview DV21, FAXX, HAM-E, IMG8 (PP&S format),
Impulse, Rendition/Caligari, Sculpt 3D/4D, Toaster Framestore,
DPS PAR loader, Applied Magic Jstream, YUVN, PICT (w/vector and
JPEG variations), TIFF, MacPaint, Windows Icons, BMP, DP-IIe,
DL-View animation frame, FLI/FLC, GIF, PCX, PIC, GRASP/GL,
TGA w/Alpha, Alias, SGI RGB, Wavefront, Softimage, Abekas A60
series, JPEG, MPEG, C64 Koala, FITS, PS/EPS, PDS/Vicar,
QRT/POV/MTV, Sunraster, and X-Window formats.
Exports: ILBM/IFF w/Alpha, ANIM/ANIM 7/ANIM 8, Clipboard,
Datatypes, DCTV, Digiview DV21, FAXX, HAM-E, IMG8 (PP&S format),
Impulse, Rendition/Caligari, Sculpt 3D/4D, Toaster Framestore,
DPS PAR loader, Applied Magic Jstream, YUVN, PICT (w/vector and
JPEG variations), TIFF, MacPaint, Windows Icons, BMP, DP-IIe,
DL-View animation frame, FLI/FLC, GIF, PCX, PIC, GRASP/GL,
TGA w/Alpha, Alias, SGI RGB, Wavefront, Softimage, Abekas A60
series, JPEG, MPEG, C64 Koala, FITS, PS/EPS, PDS/Vicar,
QRT/POV/MTV, Sunraster, and X-Window formats.
Features: 24/32/56bit color painting, image retouching, prepress image
correction, special effects, morphing, and batch processing.
Name: JIV
Purpose: Graphics file viewer
Version: 1.19
Author: Juergen Weinelt <jow@hcast.franken.de>
Cost: Shareware donation (determined by the user)
FTP: Aminet FTP mirrors and the Aminet #6 CDROM
Imports: IFF/ILBM (1-8 and 24 planes, EHB, HAM, HAM8), uncompressed BMP
(OS/2 and MS Windows w/ 1, 4, 8 and 24 planes), GIF87a (including
GIF animations) and a subset of GIF89a, PNM (PBM, PGM and PPM,
ASCII and binary), PCX, and JPEG/JFIF.
Features: Support for all native Amiga graphics chipsets (OCS, ECS, AGA),
A2024 greyscale monitor, Picasso-II graphics board (village
emulation), and CyberGraphics emulation. Supports Workbench and
CLI/Shell. Slide show and autoscroll modes.
Name: PBMPlus
Purpose: Graphics file format convertion toolkit
Version: 1.91d (Amiga port)
Author: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us> <jef@netcom.com>
FTP: ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert/pbmplus
Imports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX,
GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, Xerox Doodle,
FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, HIPS, PostScript, RAW,
GIF, IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, MTV/PRT, QRT,
Img-whatnot, Xim, Spectrum, SLD, Sun Rasterfile, TIFF, X10 and
X11 XWD
Exports: Sun Icon, X10 and X11 bitmap, Mac Paint, CMU, MGR, G3 FAX,
GEM IMG, FACE, .pi1, .pi3, Andrew Raster Object, ASCII, HPLJ,
GraphOn, BBN, Printronix, Gemini 10x, Epson, Unix plot, Zinc Icon,
FITS, FaceSaver, LISP machine bit-array, GIF, NCSA, X11 puzzle,
IFF ILBM, PICT, XPM, PCX, TGA HPPJ, YUV, Motif UIL Icon,
DEC sixel, PostScript, TIFF, X11 XWD, Sun Rasterfile, DXF, SLD
Features: Supports monochrome, grayscale, and full-color bitmaps. Runs
and compiles under the Amiga. Full source code included.
Name: Photogenics
Purpose: Paint and image processing package
Version: V1.2
Author: Almathera <almathera@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Almathera, Southerton House, Boundary Business Court,
92-94 Church Rd, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 3TD, ENGLAND.
Cost: (UK) )163 AB(54.95 UKPounds. International orders 62 UKPounds inc.
airmail delivery
Imports: JPEG, IFF (all varieties), IFF-DEEP, Targa, PCX, PCD, TIFF,
ACBM, BMP, CDXL, QRT, QuadAnim, RAW, RGB8 and RGBN
Exports: JPEG, IFF, IFF-DEEP, Targa, PCX, TIFF, BMP, QRT, RAW, Sculpt
Features: Full 24-bit painting, image manipulation, unique 'paint layer'
system.
Name: Transition
Purpose: Image processing package
Version: 1.2.1
Author: Joel A. Corn, DarkSoftWare/DarkSoft Computers
610 S. Iowa Avenue, East Wenatchee, WA 98802 USA
Voice: 509.886.0581, Email: darksoft@ncw.net
Order: Better Concepts, Inc. Voice: 800.252.6442
Cost: $59.95 retail
Imports: IFF-ILBM, GIF, JPEG, PCX,,PBM+, BMP-Windows and OS/2 variety
Exports: IFF-ILBM, GIF, JPEG, PCX,,PBM+, BMP-Windows and OS/2 variety
Features: Built-in batch processing, Quantizing, Precise scaling,
Color Correction, and easy to use.
Reviews: Amiga World, August 1994
Amiga Report - online hyper-guide magazine
Name: WASPFast
Purpose: Graphics file format converter
Version: 2.0.2
Author:
Cost:
FTP: ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert/Wasp-2.02b.lha
Imports: GIF, IFF, MTV, PPM, SUN
Exports: GIF, IFF, MTV, PPM, SUN
Features:
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Subject: 5. Platform-Independent Image Conversion Toolkits
Name: Berkeley MPEG Tools
Purpose: Software MPEG1 video decoder and encoder
Author: Berkeley Plateau Multimedia Research Group
Contact: mpeg-bugs@plateau.cs.berkeley.edu
FTP: ftp://mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg
WWW: http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/mpeg/index.html
http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/plateau.html
Features: MPEG-1 statistics gathering and analysis tools, including two
new tools, mpeg_blocks and mpeg_bits, which analyze
videobitstreams allowing you to examine block encoding and bit
rate allocation.
Name: gd
Purpose: GIF manipulating library
Version: 1.1.1
Platforms: Unix, VMS, Windows 3.1 and NT, OS/2, MS-DOS
Author: Tom Boutell <boutell@netcom.com>
116 14th Ave E, Apt 2, Seattle, WA 98102
http://sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/index.html
FTP: ftp://isis.cshl.org/pub/gd/gd1.1.1.tar.Z
WWW: http://www.boutell.com/gd
Imports: GIF
Exports: GIF
Features: On-the-fly creation of charts and graphs for WWW. Polygon
drawing and filling, brushes, tiles, line styling (even with
brushes), and supports interlaced GIFs. Online HTML manual and
full source code included.
Name: libtiff
Purpose: TIFF file manipulation toolkit
Version: 3.3
Author: Sam Leffler <sam@okeeffe.berkeley.edu>
FTP: ftp://sgi.com/graphics/tiff/
Imports: TIFF, SGI
Exports: TIFF
Features: Tools for image conversions and transformations, and much
contributed software.
Name: Independent JPEG Group's JPEG Library
Purpose: JPEG image manipulation toolkit
Version: 6a
Author: Independent JPEG Group <jpeg-info@uunet.uu.net>
FTP: ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v6a.tar.gz
Imports: JPEG, JFIF, BMP, GIF TGA, Utah RLE, PBM formats
Exports: JPEG, JFIF, BMP, GIF TGA, Utah RLE, PBM formats
Features: Baseline and extended processes, format conversion
Complete source code included.
Comments: This is *the* standard toolkit for implementing JPEG
functionality into software.
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Subject: III. FTP and WWW Graphics Software Archives
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Subject: 0. Graphics Software Archives for MS-DOS
ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/graphics
ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/graphics
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Subject: 1. Graphics Software Archives for Windows and OS/2
ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/desktop
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Subject: 2. Graphics Software Archives for Macintosh
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/mac/main.html
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Subject: 3. Graphics Software Archives for Unix and X Window
ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics
ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications
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Subject: 4. Graphics Software Archives for Amiga
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/gfx/conv
ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/amiga/graphics/applications/convert
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/~aminet/dirs/gfx_conf.html
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Subject: IV. Kudos and Assertions
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Subject: 0. Acknowledgments
The following people have made this FAQ take just a little bit longer to read
since the last time you looked at it (blame them and not me):
Ron Augustine <ronaug@pixi.com>
Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@xs4all.nl>
Greg Broiles <gbroiles@scubed.com>
Vincent Chen <vchen@ulead.com>
John Cristy <cristy@magick.es.dupont.com>
Graeme Gill <graeme@digideas.com.au>
Andy Key <ak@nyangau.aladdin.co.uk>
Chris Komnick <komnick@group42.com>
Tom Lane <tgl@netcom.com>
Gustav "Gurre" Kalvesten <a94guska@ida.his.se>
Jonathan Law <jonlaw@princeton.edu>
Angus Montgomery <angus@cgl.citri.edu.au>
Joe Oliphant <joe_oliphant@csufresno.edu>
Borut Podlipnik <borut@lasco1.mpae.gwdg.de>
Jolyon Ralph <jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Markku Savela <msa@hemuli.tte.vtt.fi>
Paul Schmidt <photodex@ix.netcom.com>
Marc Stengel <msss@netcom.com>
Juergen Weinelt <jow@hub-n.franken.de>
Kermit Woodall <Kermit@cup.portal.com>
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Subject: 1. About The Author
The author of this FAQ, James D. Murray, lives in the City of Orange,
Orange County, California, USA. He is the co-author of the book
Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats published by O'Reilly and
Associates, makes a living writing books for O'Reilly, writing
telecommuncations network management software in C++ and Visual Basic,
and may be reached as jdm@ora.com,
or via U.S. Snail at: P.O. Box 70, Orange, CA 92666-0070 USA.
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Subject: 2. Disclaimer
While every effort has been taken to insure the accuracy of the
information contained in this FAQ list compilation, the author and
contributors assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for
damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
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Subject: 3. Copyright Notice
This FAQ is Copyright 1994-96 by James D. Murray. This work may be
reproduced, in whole or in part, using any medium, including, but not
limited to, electronic transmission, CD-ROM, or published in print, under
the condition that this copyright notice remains intact.
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