Readme: | Short: Adobe Photoshop® datatype V45.5 Author: oliver@futaura.co.uk (Oliver Roberts) Uploader: oliver futaura co uk (Oliver Roberts) Type: util/dtype Version: 45.5 Requires: OS 3.0+,picture.datatype v43+ Architecture: m68k-amigaos; ppc-amigaos; ppc-warpup; ppc-morphos
Changes since previous Aminet release:
- Added workaround for a bug in OS4 which can cause a crash when a requester is opened (bug fixed in intuition.library 53.32). - Fixed (VBCC fix) potential system lockup when calling the GM_RENDER method in the WarpOS version (e.g. when using Multiview with the AfA OS picture.datatype). - Added workaround for a bug in OS4's datatypes.library DTST_MEMORY handling. - Enabled virtual memory usage in OS4 version. - MorphOS and WarpOS versions recompiled with VBCC 0.9a. - OS4 version recompiled with latest SDK. - Added AmiUpdate support. - Updated Spanish installer strings. v45.4 - Upto 10% faster - Fixed broken 8-bit greyscale image decoding in the MorphOS version. - Updated with the latest WarpDT engine build. - Added native AmigaOS 4 version. - Asynchronous i/o now uses dos/SendPkt instead of exec/PutMsg. - MorphOS and WarpOS versions recompiled with VBCC 0.8j. - Added Polish installer translation. - Updated French and Spanish installers.
FEATURES
- Handles Adobe Photoshop® 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 images (currently does not support layered images)
- Most of the available modes are supported, including 24-bit RGB, Greyscale, Monochrome, 256 colour palette-based and CMYK images. Images using RLE compression are also supported
- Highly optimized datatype dispatch engine and PSD decoder, resulting in a very efficient, compact and quick PSD datatype
- Asynchronous file i/o and double buffering techniques (WarpOS only), which speeds up image decoding - Optimized versions for 68020, 030, 040 and 060
- PowerPC support with native OS4, WarpOS and MorphOS versions
- Alter the pen allocation precision when images are remapped to an 8-bit display
- Specific support for the AmigaOS picture.datatype v44+, when available
- The dithering feature of the AmigaOS picture.datatype v44+ can be configured to your liking (e.g. disabled for 15/16-bit displays)
REQUIREMENTS
WarpPSD utilizes and requires the following:
- Kickstart 3.0 or higher - picture.datatype v43 or higher (i.e. either of the ones supplied with AmigaOS 3.5+, P96 or CGraphX)
68k version
- 68020 processor or higher (optimized versions included)
WarpOS version
- PPC accelerator card + 68040/060 - WarpUp Release 5.0 or higher
OS4 version
- PPC accelerator card / AmigaOne / SAM - AmigaOS 4.0 or higher
MorphOS version
- PPC accelerator card / Pegasos / Efika - MorphOS 1.4 or higher
Note that a graphics card is not necessary.
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