This software adds/replaces many new graphic formats in PageStream
V3.x/4.x.   It's  a  real  PageStream filter and not a script.
It offers following benefits:

- It does not only add new formats, it also improves already
  supported  formats by offering more complete format support.

- Speed for certain file formats is higher

- The filter does not need much memory

- Reliability is a major concern. In case of problems,
  this filter will provide complete error info with possible
  fix-hints and retry options.

- The filter uses the IRW library for loading. This means,
  locale support and more...


The Universal filter shipps with the IRW library currently supporting:

      BMP:  1,  4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 Bit, Windows V3 and OS/2 format,
            RLE4, 8, 24 compression
DataTypes:  OS 3.0 DataTypes
      DCX:  only the first image is printed
      GIF:  <not available in all versions>
 IFF ILBM:  including HAM, HAM8, EHB, CMYK
     JPEG:  8, 24 and 32 Bit JFIF, CMYK, progressive JPEG
      PCX:  1,2,4,8 and 24 Bit images
PGM/PBM/PPM:  P1-P6 types with up to 48 Bit
      PNG:  1-48 Bit, incl. interlaced
    Targa:  supports all known RGB, RGBA types incl. compression
     TIFF:  1-64 Bit, RGB, RGBA, CMYK, YCbCr with None, PackBits,
            RLE, JPEG, G3, G4 and Next compression, Strips
            or Tiles, Packed or separate color
            <LZW compression not available in all versions>

This is the second major release of the Universal filter.  The
number of changes and enhancements since version 1.x are too big
in order to list them here. 

Note that the LE version here on AmiNet is crippled because of
license and patent issues.  For the complete software check out:

              http://www.uni.coloraid.de


Wolf Faust - 09.11.2001

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[generic]                 6522   16531  39.5% -lh5- 54ef Nov  9  2001 PageStream_Filter/README
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[generic]                  573    1349  42.5% -lh5- 6c19 Mar 17  2001 PageStream_Filter/Install-Deutsch.info
[generic]                  570    1349  42.3% -lh5- 3797 Mar 17  2001 PageStream_Filter/Install-English.info
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[generic]                  579    1040  55.7% -lh5- b5f1 Jul  4  2001 README.displayme
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