Short: View and convert C64 KoalaPainter images Author: Kim Fastrup Larsen Uploader: kimflarsen hotmail com (Kim Fastrup Larsen) Type: gfx/show Version: 1.6 Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0 New in version 1.6 ------------------ - 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? ----------- 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 ------------- 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= SETTINGS= PUBSCREEN= (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.