Short:    Image processor, V3.4, part 1/2
Author:   sbe@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au (Simon Edwards)
Uploader: sbe@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au (Simon Edwards)
Type:     gfx/edit

TITLE

     Image Engineer 3.4

AUTHOR

     Simon Edwards
     Email: sbe@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au

DESCRIPTION

     Image Engineer is a shareware image processing application.  It
     can be used for tasks varying from converting images between
     different file formats, rendering 24 bit images down to standard
     Amiga screen modes, enhancing badly scanned images, applying
     special effects even up to advanced image composition.  What you
     can use it for is basically limited by what you can think of.


     - Very fast, coded in 98% 68020 assembler
     - CyberGraphX support
     - Multiple image editing
     - Dithered Colour or grey preview images.
     - Zoom in preview images.
     - Processing done in 8 bit grey or 24 bit colour.
     - ARexx support with many scripts supplied.
     - Thumbnail previews shown for most effects.
     - Font sensitive, resizable GUI with keyboard shortcuts, using
       the BGUI Library.
     - User configurable menus.
     - Uses the Superview Library for loading and saving.  Superview
       currently supports:-

          BMP (Win,OS/2)       IFF-YUVN (misc)      PNM (*nix)
          C64 (Koala, Doodle)  IMG (GEM/V*nt*ra)    QRT/POV
          EPS(F)-Header        JPEG (JFIF)          SGI
          FBM (*nix)           MAC (MacPaint)       SunRaster (RAS)
          GIF upto 89a         PCD (PhotoCD)        SVG Graphics
          Icon (W*nd*ws)       PCX upto V3.0        Targa
          IFF-ACBM             PICT-2 (Mac)         TIFF (V5.0)
          IFF-DEEP             Pictor/PCPaint/PIC   Utah RLE
          IFF-ILBM             PNG (Network Gfx)    WPG (WP Draw BitMap)
          OS3-DataTypes        picture.datatype V43 AmiFig
          GhostScript          ScanQuix Scanners    Printer

     - Can display images using Superview Library. Superview Library
       currently supports ECS, AGA, EGS7, OpalVision, Retina,
       CyberGraphics, PicassoII, Merlin.
     - Supports AGA where available.
     - Render images to standard Amiga screen modes including HAM6
       and HAM8.
     - Dither images using Floyd-Steinberg, Burkes, Stucki, Sierra,
       Jarvis and Stevenson-Arce error diffusion algorithms.
     - Support for Petri Nordlund's Executive UNIX like task scheduler.
     - Image processing effect implemented as disk based modules.
       Modules exist for:-

          Autocrop                       Hue
          Brightness                     Local Contrast Stretch
          Bulge                          Lowpass filter
          Composite (with alpha channel) Contrast
          Median filter                  Contrast Stretch
          Convert To Colour              Negative
          Convert To Grey                Posterize
          Convolve (user defineable)     Reflect X
          Displace (with alpha channel)  Reflect Y
          Histogram Equalisation         Remove Feature
          False Colour                   Resize
          Gamma                          Rotate
          Halftone                       Saturation
          HighBoost filter               Scale
          Highpass filter                Sharpen
          Histogram                      Threshold
          Twirl                          Colour Filter
          Ripple                         HueMask
          Noise                          Impress

       More to be released in the future.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

     - 68020 or higher processor.
     - OS V2.04+
     - 2Mb of RAM bare minimum, at least 6Mb recommended.
     - Superview Library to be installed.
       Available by FTP/Internet: AmiNet and mirrors
       ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/gfx/show/SView.lha

AVAILABILITY

     FTP/Internet: AmiNet and mirrors

     ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/gfx/edit/ImEngV3.3p1.lha (604559 Bytes)
     ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/gfx/edit/ImEngV3.3p2.lha (409693 Bytes)

     Available via WWW on the Image Engineer Support Page:
     
     http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~sbe/

INSTALLATION

     Extract the ImEngV3.4p1.lha archive and run the installer script to
     install the first part.  Extract the ImEngV3.4p2.lha archive and run
     its installer script to install the second part.

PRICE

     The unregistered version is limited to images of size 400x400.
     Registration for a keyfile is only 35 US dollars.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     The unregistered version of Image Engineer V3.4 is freely
     distributable as long as no charge is made for it other than a
     small fee for the cost of the media.
     Copyright 1995-97 Simon Edwards.  All rights reserved.

OTHER

     Information about the current status of Image Engineer, work in
     progress and on-line documentation is available on the WWW.
     (See AVAILABILITY)
