New in version 1.6
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- Much faster rendering on classic Amiga systems.
- New color palette; the colors are now the same as on the
Ultimate 64.
- The palette can be changed by loading a VPL file. Saving
the settings will also save the current colors.
- Comes with a selection of palettes, including the old
KoalaView palette.
What is it?
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KoalaView is a straightforward little application for view-
ing images in the Commodore 64 KoalaPainter format. Images
can be saved back as regular IFF ILBM files.
KoalaView by default uses the same color palette as the Ul-
timate 64 board. However, the palette can by changed by
loading a VPL (VICE Palette) file, which is a type of file
that can be edited or created with a text editor. KoalaView
is distributed with a selection of palettes, including the
palette used by older versions of KoalaView. When saving
your settings, the current colors are saved in the settings
file along with the rest of the settings.
KoalaView requires Kickstart 2 or better.
The screen opened by KoalaView is public. You can see the
public name of the screen by selecting "About..." from the
menus.
On Workbench 2.1 or better you are able to choose your pre-
ferred screen mode.
On Kickstart 3 or better you can use a so-called exclusive
screen, which is like a regular screen except no other
screens will be visible behind it, and it cannot be dragged.
This lets KoalaView center the screen vertically without any
other screens showing behind it.
Also on Kickstart 3 or better, you can have KoalaView open a
window on any public screen rather than on a screen of its
own. When running on the Workbench screen, you can load an
image by dragging it into the window.
Full source code is included.
Configuration
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KoalaView supports the following standard arguments, which
can be passed either as command line arguments (when start-
ing KoalaView from the Shell) or tool types (when starting
KoalaView from the Workbench):
FILE=<filename>
SETTINGS=<directory or filename>
PUBSCREEN=<name of screen> (Kickstart 3.0 or later)
Tool types found in project icons will override those found
in KoalaView's own icon.
FILE specifies a project to load when starting. Note that
when this argument is placed as a tool type in a project
icon, that icon can serve as a shortcut to a file located
elsewhere.
SETTINGS specifies a file or directory from which settings
will be loaded and to which they will be saved. If it names
a directory, the default file name of KoalaView.prefs will
be used. By default, KoalaView will look for a file with
this name in program's own directory, or, if not found
there, in ENV:KoalaView. It will save to this file in the
program directory if possible, or in ENVARC:KoalaView and
ENV:KoalaView if not.
PUBSCREEN specifies a public screen to open on. By default,
KoalaView will open its own screen, or use the default pub-
lic screen (usually the Workbench) depending on settings.
Thanks go to Stefan Haubenthal for providing a german trans-
lation for this program.
History:
1.6 (Sep 25, 2026)
- Much faster rendering on classic Amiga systems.
- New color palette; the colors are now the same as on the
Ultimate 64.
- The palette can be changed by loading a VPL file. Saving
the settings will also save the current colors.
- Comes with a selection of palettes, including the old
KoalaView palette.
1.5 (Apr 8, 2019)
- You can now load images by dragging their icons into the
window.
- Various small improvements, such as asking for confirma-
tion before saving over existing files.
- Source code has been modularized and made more portable.
1.4 (Dec 14, 2015):
- KoalaView's screen is now a public screen.
- Can now show images in a window on the Workbench screen or
any other public screen using shared pens.
1.3 (Nov 19, 2015)
- Speed improvement, especially when saving on classic
Amigas.
- Fixed: An error while loading a new image could leave the
current image partially overwritten.
1.2 (Nov 11, 2015)
- Fixed menu shortcut keys missing in German catalog.
1.1 (Nov 3, 2015)
- Now includes Danish and German catalogs.
- Added the ability to localize menu shortcut keys.
- Changed save routine to work with RTG. Unfortunately that
makes it somewhat slower on classic Amigas.
- Ignore return value from QueryOverscan, as it reportedly
does not seem to work in MorphOS. It was not vital to
check this value in any case.
1.0 (Oct 5, 2015)
- Initial release.
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