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SHORT:        Rend24 - A Batch Image Conversion System
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

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                Rend24 - A Batch Image Conversion System
                       Written by Thomas Krehbiel
                  Copyright   1991,1992 Thomas Krehbiel
                          All Rights Reserved
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    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...
 
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