Short:    Image processing application V2.0 
Author:   s9407349@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au (Simon Edwards) 
Uploader: secrd2@gate.net (Scott Tribbey) 
Type:     gfx/edit 
 
Image Engineer V2.0 by Simon Edwards. 
- Freely Distributable - 
 
Requirements 
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* 68020 or higher processor. 
* OS V2.04+, Image Engineer was developed under OS V3.0 and is therefore 
  fully compatable. 
* 2Mb of RAM bare minimum, at least 4Mb recommended, infinity is best. 
* Reqtools.library to be installed. 
  (available on aminet:/util/libs/ReqTools22_us.lha) 
* superview.library to be installed. 
  (available on aminet:/gfx/show/svlib???U.lha) 
 
Image Engineer 2.0 has been tested on the following setups:- 
 
A500    WB2.1, KS2.04   030 @ 33Mhz   882 @ 33Mhz   1Mb Chip   8Mb Fast 
A2000   OS2.04          030 @ 40Mhz   882 @ 40Mhz   1Mb Chip   6Mb Fast 
A3000   OS2.04          030 @ 25Mhz                 2Mb Chip   8Mb Fast 
A1200   OS3.0           030 @ 50Mhz   882 @ 50Mhz   2Mb Chip   4Mb Fast 
A4000   OS3.0           040 @ 25Mhz                 2Mb Chip   4Mb Fast 
 
Installation 
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Decompress the archive to where you want Image Engineer to be on your hard 
disk, then run the supplied SetUp installer script. 
 
Features 
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     * Coded in 100% 68020 Assembler 
     * Multiple image editing 
     * All processing is done in 8 bit grey or 24 bit colour 
     * Fully integrated Arexx support, 74 Arexx commands. 
     * Uses superview.library for loading and saving. superview.library 
       currently supports IFF ILBM, IFF ACBM, PCX, SVO, GIF, BMP, FBM, 
       C64 (Koala, Doodle), IMG, TIFF, Targa, WPG, SunRaster, Pictor, 
       MacPaint, JPEG and more. 
     * Can display images using superview.library. superview.library 
       currently supports EGS and OpalVision, Retina, Picasso, CyberGraphics 
       and more... 
     * Supports AGA where available. 
     * Render images to standard Amiga screen modes including HAM6 and HAM8. 
     * Dither images using Floyd-Steinberg, Burkes, Stucki, Sierra, Jarvis 
       and Stevenson-Arce error diffusion algorithms. 
     * Image Composition with Alpha channels. 
     * User Definable Convolves 
     * Image balance control, brightness, contrast, gamma, 
New! * Hue and saturation control. 
     * Extensive filtering control, lowpass (blur), highpass, sharpen, median 
New! * Maximum & minimum filtering. 
     * Image Scaling, Crop, Autocrop, Reflect, Negative, Contrast Stretch, 
       False Colour, Convert to Colour, Convert to Grey, Local Contrast 
       Stretch. 
New! * Rotate image 
New! * Remove feature effect 
New! * Halftone effects 
New! * Twirl effect 
New! * Bulge effect 
New! * Displace Pixels using Alpha channels effect 
     * It's Free!, The money you save on software you can spend on hardware. 
                                                                         ;-) 
 
Image Engineer Web Support Page 
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The latest version of Image Engineer is available for download, along with 
other information and its current status can be found at:- 
 
http://minyos.xx.rmit.edu.au/~s9407349/ 
 
 
Recent History 
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V2.0   27/7/95 
       Bug fixes:- 
                 * Nasty bug when rendering narrow (<64) images. 
                 * Bug in the contrast requester. 
                 * Bug when enclosing project names in quotes (AREXX). 
                 * Small bug in Threshold history entries. 
                 * Bug in the Resize Arexx command. 
                 * Mega-Bug that stopped all gadgets from working under 2.04 
                   (->Jerry Fleetwood, Terrence Chun, Joseph Herbert) 
                 * Bug in the Arexx prefs requester 
                 * Bug in the CROP Arexx command 
                 * Couple of bugs in the Edit palette requester 
       New Features:- 
                 * BOX added to Arexx command PROJECT_INFO. 
                 * Rotate function. 
                 * Halftone function. 
                 * Editing SVObject ControlPad files using a GUI. 
                 * Maximum and Minimum composite modes. 
                 * Threshold now works for colour images. 
                 * TYPE Arexx command can now return the current setting. 
                 * GET Arexx command. 
                 * Twirl function 
                 * Bulge function 
                 * View Saturation histogram 
                 * Change Saturation function 
                 * View Hue 
                 * Change Hue 
                 * Displace Pixels 
                 * Tile 
                 * Remove Feature 
                 * Maximum Filter 
                 * Minimum Filter 
       Other:- 
                 * Lock to palette best is now faster. 
                 * WWW Support