Picticon1_4

Short:        Pictures into icons. OS3.0. NewIcons support
Author:       crandall@garnet.msen.com
Uploader:     crandall garnet msen com
Type:         util/wb
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

Version:
   1.4, a very minor update to version 1.3

Function:
   Scales datatype pictures into "thumbnail" Workbench icons.

Features:
o  Files may  be passed by dropping them onto an appicon, selecting an
   apptool item, shift-selection, or via a CLI interface.
o  Dithering (Floyd, error-diffusion, Stucki, and Burkes)
o  Remaps to current Workbench palette
o  Both fractional and integer scaling
o  User defined icon size
o  Allows templates for both tooltypes and/or background underlay
o  User defined appicon image
o  Ability to place picture dimension text onto icon
o  Preserves aspect of pictures that contain aspect information
o  User defined screen aspect. (for non-lace or s-hires users)
o  HAM-6/HAM-8 support for both reading and rendering
o  Datatype  loader/scaler  module  is  available for registered E 3.0
   users.
o  NewIcons support (optional, not included) 
o  WhatIs support (optional, not included)
o  Multiple filenames and/or wildcards from the CLI interface

Requirements:
   Kickstart 39 (OS 3.0)
   Workbench 39 (OS 3.0)
   installed picture datatypes (IFF, GIF, JFIF/JPEG, BMP, PCX, etc)
   68000

Recommended:
   68020
   FAST memory (jpegs)
   Workbench with 16 colors or more

Fixed bugs:
o  Median cut routine was sorting the wrong set of colors
o  Median cut routine improved by using squared scores (very close to AdPro!)

Author:
            Chad W. Randall

   US-Mail: 229 S.Washington St.
            Manchester, Michigan
            48158-9680  USA

    E-Mail: crandall@garnet.msen.com
       WWW: http://www.msen.com/~crandall/