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/*
  Wildfire5\PPC ALPHA

  ©1996-97 by WK-Artworks.
  All rights reserved.
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Attention:   WF_PPC runs with OR without a PPC, so you
             can use this as a `normal` demo-version, too!

             If you have problems starting Wildfire, try:
             wf_PPC -noPrefs                or
             wf_PPC -screenModeReq

             Inside the file ---> biz/demo/WildfirePPC2.lha <---
             are some additional effect plugins for
             Version 4.27 of Wildfire!


This is an early previev of the forthcoming commercial
Wildfire version "5\PPC" including:
 -full CyberGraphX-support
 -full PPC-support (using another type of "PlugIns": ELF-modules)

Because most of the planned features are already implemented,
this preview version is one of the first APPLICATIONS
for the brandnew PPC-boards.

Highlights you may enjoy:
 -Truecolor-support:
   *24 Bit-Previews (many operators seem to work "in realtime")
   *24 Bit FilmStrips
   *24 Bit Thumbnails
 -PPC-support
   *3D-engine (all of the 3d-operators like Wave3D, LWOB, ColorCube, ...)
   *DLA
 -the new ColorWindow (CreateImage, DLA, Text, ...)


Performance-Tests (time in seconds)
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A) Procedures (Image-Size: 640x480)

 Procedure     M68060 50 MHz       PPC 604e 200 Mhz    Notes
 iScale           3.34               0.66
 iCrop            0.02               0.02
 iDisplace        4.00               0.26
 iHalve           0.14               0.02
 iDLA           133.88               4.34
 iLUT             0.14               0.04
 iMedianFilter  113.08              19.90
 iOilTransfer   182.78              25.66
 iNegative        0.12               0.06
 iRotate          6.64               1.84
 iTileBrick       0.12               0.04
 iColorToGray     0.14               0.06
 iTwirl           5.88               1.48
 iWater           6.10               0.46               (without rendering)
 iWave3D          3.58               0.32               (without rendering)
 iTwirl3D         7.92               0.46               (without rendering)
 iRender3D       41.23               6.80               (quadrangles)
 iRender3D       20.76               3.84               (phong-shading, triangles)

These values were obtained from the Shell-output after starting
wf with the "-debug" option. Note, that you may switch on/off the
PPC-code from within the Preferences-Window during runtime.

B) Example-Images (of different size)

 Image         M68060 50 MHz       PPC 604e 200 Mhz    Operators
  he2_f          68.48              17.34               LoadImage, Bump3D,
  (640x480)                                             Wave3D, Magnet3D

  parPlot24      23.66               6.66               ParPlot, Axis3D,
  (960x768)                                             ColorCube

  WFLogo         70.36              33.24               CreateImage, Text, Compose,
  (unknown)                                             Convolve, Neon, Threshold, LUT,
                                                        LoadImage, TileBrick, Bump3D,
                                                        Transform3D, Wave3D

Important Note
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"Misterious effects" (Cache-effects) MAY occur if you combine
PPC-PlugIns (as mentioned above) and some of the following M68K-PlugIns:

Compose                   Cartesian2Polar
Balancing                 Roll
ShiftLines                Posterise
Displace                  Noise
CreateImage               Shear
Pixelize                  ColorCube
Convolve                  SaveImage
Alpha                     Threshold
Wrap                      LWOB
Bump                      Magnet3D
Text                      Sphere
Flip                      Twist
MotionBlur                Transform3D
RotateBlur                Bump3D
BlackHole                 AutoCrop
Wave                      Neon
Antique                   Join3D
Plasma                    SetColor
Magnet                    EdgeDetect
Emboss                    LineArt
ReplaceComp               RIP
Add                       ColorRegion
Raster                    BGradient
Cube                      FieldRendering
                          Wind

(These PlugIns will be adapted in the final commercial version, of course.)


Tuesday 07-Oct-97,
Andreas Maschke