cristy@eplrx7.uucp (John Cristy) (06/07/90)
My X-Window image display utilities are now ready for beta testing. I am looking for 10 users that are willing to use the utilities and report back to me any suggestions or bugs. I intend to officially release the utilities shortly after July 1. I want to be sure that most or all of the bugs are fixed before the official release. If anyone is interested send Email to cristy@dupont.com. I will send you the utilities via Email. As a beta site you are expected to fully exercise the software and report back to me any bugs you have found and your opinions of the software by July 1. I am very interested in users that have something other than the usual 8 bit pseudocolor or 24 bit directcolor visuals. If you have another type of server (i.e. 4 bit), please include that in your request for the utilities. A description of the utilities follow: 1. Display Display is a machine architecture independent image processing and display program. It can display any image in the MIFF format on any workstation display running an X server. Display first determines the hardware capabilities of the workstation. If the number of unique colors in the image is less than or equal to the number the workstation can support, the image is displayed via an X window. Otherwise the number of colors in the image is first reduced to match the color resolution of the workstation before it is displayed. This means that a continuous-tone 24 bits/pixel image can display on a 8 bit pseudo-color device or monochrome device. In most instances the reduced color image closely resembles the original. Alternatively, a monochrome or pseudo-color image can display on a continuous-tone 24 bits/pixels device. 2. Import Import allows X users to store window images in a specially formatted dump file. This file can then be read by the Display utility for redisplay, printing, editing, formatting, archiving, image processing, etc. 3. XtoPS XtoPS allows X users to store window images in a postscript file. This file can then be printed on a postscript compatible printer in either color or grayscale. Additionally, the package contains sample images and converters from popular image formats to my MIFF format. -- The UUCP Mailer