PhotoCDAGA is a viewer/converter for pictures in the PhotoCD format. It is
based on the sources of the program "hpcdtoppm" written by Hadmut Danisch.
Advantages of PhotoCDAGA:
- high picture quality gained by using the overskip mode and map-files
(probably better than with all other programs)
- it does not cost you anything
- complete source code is included, it can be compiled with all C compilers on
the Amiga
- high speed (it is compiled with gcc 2.7.0, a part of it is written directly
in assembly language)
- saving in ppm-format is possible to allow conversion into other picture
formats
(e.g. to IFF-ILBM with ppm2AGA or to JPEG with cjpeg)
In the NETPBM package you can find converters for almost all formats.
(Aminet: gfx/pbm)
Disadvantages: (sorry)
- needs lot of memory
- not very comfortable (shell command)
- resolutions higher than Base (512x768) are not supported
(you have to use hpcdtoppm, the original, in this case)
History
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1.0 - 20-November-1994
- first public release
1.1 - 11-April-1995
- ixemul.library is not needed any more
- a stack size of 4000 bytes is enough
- when moving the picture screen around the errors at the left border
will be much smaller
- better and faster screen opening
- added 16-pictures-overview (option -0 n)
1.2 - 18-October-1995
- compiled with gcc 2.7.0 and libnix 1.0
- a fast chunky to planar routine is used for screen rendering, this makes
the display much faster
- added -orig option to use system functions for screen rendering
- the 16-pictures-overview will always use the "topaz 8" font
(gives better readability)
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