VideoEasel 1.64

Short:        THE flexible Cellular Automaton
Author:       thomas.richter@alumni-tu.berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
Uploader:     thomas richter alumni-tu berlin de (Thomas Richter)
Type:         gfx/misc
Version:      1.64
Replaces:     VEUpdate.lha
Requires:     OS 2.0 for most and OS 3.0 for all functions, 1MB chip, 2MB fast
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0.4

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This is the full version of VideoEasel, previously only available through
payment. In addition to the previously available free version, it also
includes:

-	The full VideoEasel guide, coming with a huge number of
	experiments to perform, about 450K.
-	More brushes and more pictures.
-	More ARexx scripts, for example to convert a VideoEasel
	animation into an IFF-ANIM movie.
-	The XLIFE source files which are no longer included in
	this edition to keep the archive small.
-	Display drivers for Picasso96 and CyberGraphics that are
	up to five times faster than the native display drivers
	included in this package. This demo release will only work
	on native Amiga screen modes, the RTG support files are
	included in the full edition.
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About VideoEasel:

A fast and flexible, program-able and expandable cellular automata machine,
including Conway's LIFE plus over 70 (SEVENTY!) other applications of
cellular automata, ready to use and collected from various sources
(Scientific American alias Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Cellular Automata
 Machines by Toffoli & Margolus and other..).

The program is extremly flexible, own algorithms can be written in CAMRexx
or - even better - in (preferably) Assembler or C. 

A full guide is included.

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New in release 1.64:  This is a minor bugfix release. The "swap planes"
function swapped all planes, just not those used by the automaton, resulting
in unreliable results on RTG screen modes. This essentially broke the
"time tunnel" experiment on graphics card modes.
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New in release 1.63: Not much. This is just releasing the 1.63 version
which was available by payment. No technical changes, but lots and lots
of new material not available previously.
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New in release 1.62.1:	Fixed bugs in the native video drivers. I recommend
buying the much faster (!) P96 and CGFx drivers for VideoEasel.
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New in release 1.62:	

	- Fixed the printer setup window which printed with the wrong
	  dimensions from time to time.
	- Worked a lot on the datatypes-based import-filter.

DUE TO A BUG IN THE OS 3.5 picture.datatype, IMPORT OF PICTURES WILL NOT
WORK CORRECTLY WITH THE V44 DATATYPE. PLEASE USE THE V43 EDITION FROM THE
P96 DISTRIBUTION INSTEAD. FOR OPTIMAL QUALITY, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO SET THE
DATATYPES TO V40 (NOT V43!) MODE TEMPORARELY.
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New in release 1.60:

	- A lot! 

	- Added RTG support, wrote fast display drivers for Picasso96 and
	  CyberGraphics.
	- Changed the Environment handling of VideoEasel, it selects now
	  the proper video driver automatically.
	- Changed the screen mode request code.
	- Speed up the magnify tool if enough memory is available.

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New in release 1.55:

	- Fixed a bug in the IFF saver which could crash if the display
	  lines are too long.
	- Made more preparations for RTG, even though this release does
	  not support RTG yet.

New in release 1.54:

	- Fixed a stupid enforcer hit when scrolling in the "Planar Tiled"
	  environment.

New in release 1.53:

	- Updated printer support. The colormap of the screen is no longer
	  touched.
	- The brush wasn't shown after a single step command.
	- The mirror/magnifier/raster tools are now deactivated as soon as
	  a new screen mode is selected.

New in release 1.52:

	-Fixed a fix of 1.51.... )-:
	-The 1.51 crashed when closing a window due to a forgotten 
	 bracket in the C source...

New in release 1.51:

	-Fixed a bug in the window cleanup routine that might have caused
	 crashes when rebuilding the window.
	-Fixed an enforcer hit in the ARexx menu support functions

New in release 1.50:

	-Fixed a bug in printing
	-The drawing functions should be now CyberGfx compatible (I hope...)
	 but no CGFX driver is included, though. (Left for the next upgrade)
	-Fixed several handling "features" of the magnify tool
	-Added an "Import" function (works with Datatypes and requires 3.0)

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New in release 1.41:

	- Fixed a bug in the mirror routines.

New in release 1.40:

	- Updated the GUI generation code a bit,
	  shouldn't make any visual difference.
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Have fun,
	Thomas (July 2020)