SHORT: Rend24 - A Batch Image Conversion System Architecture: m68k-amigaos ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rend24 - A Batch Image Conversion System Written by Thomas Krehbiel Copyright 1991,1992 Thomas Krehbiel All Rights Reserved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note that version 1.05 will very likely be the final release. If you find it lacking features, you may want to consider purchasing ImageFX from GVP; it includes a batch processor very similar to Rend24 (coincidentally :) and a wealth of image manipulation features. CHANGES IN 1.05 AGA support was the biggest priority in this version. To support the new modes and such, a somewhat signficant change had to be made in the way that the output format was chosen in the front end. The one cycle gadget was broken into six cycle gadgets... :) Support for processing frames that do not progress by 1 has been added (ie. support for processing every other frame, etc.). Sorry, 1.05 prefs are not compatible with older versions. You'll have to resave your prefs. INTRODUCTION Rend24 was originally written as an excercise in converting 24-Bit IFF files into displayable resolutions. At that time, I was working with the Toaster's Lightwave 3D often, and without the benefit of a single-frame controller, it was somewhat awkward getting a displayable animation out of Lightwave. Lightwave is capable of saving each frame it generates as a 24-Bit IFF file; hence, an idea was born. What I needed was a program that would wait around in the background while Lightwave generated a frame. Then, when the frame was saved to disk, the program would jump in and convert the 24-bit file down to an Amiga-displayable format and pack it into an IFF Animation file and return to waiting for the next frame. So I set out to write my own program to do the job. Along the way it has acquired a number of useful features which don't relate at all to the original plan. You can use it to convert GIF files to Amiga format. You can use it to view JPEG files directly. You can use it interactively convert VistaPro generated files into DCTV animations. This program does a lot for the money... TEK