TGVIEW version 0.85 BETA (c) Copyright 1991 John Swenson TGVIEW is a dithering viewer for TARGA 16,24,32 files. It only works on ET4000 boards with the Sierra DAC, don't even think about using it with an XGA or HGS. New to version 0.85 The dithering is better (fewer artifacts) and it is much faster. Display modes can be selected from the command line as well as autodetected. If the image is larger than the display mode, it is displayed with the upper left in the upper left of the screen, the image is correctly clipped. (future versions will support panning) The display can be aborted by typing any key. Usage: TGVIEW [-N] [-G[]] [-D] [-T ] -N is no dither and -T outputs to a TARGA 16 file rather than the screen. -G specifies gamma correction. is an optional floating point number the specifies the value of the gamma correction. The numbers used are the same as the GAMMA number used in PICLAB. -G is the same as -G0.5 -D may be one of [3 | 6 | 8] for 320x200, 640x480 or 800x600 The results of this dithering are almost as good as a real live 24 bit display, but you only need 15 bit hardware. At 640 x 480 the dither is almost invisible, at 800 x 600 it essentially is invisible. This version uses Frankie Sierra's "Sierra Lite" filter, it actually works better in this case than its big brother used in previous versions, and it is a lot faster. The gamma correction is very useful for looking at raw color scans. Future versions will hopefully be faster, include full panning, and include an on the fly resize from 640 x 480 to 800 x 600. (I suppose I will get some requests to do this for an XGA as well as the Sierra, it shouldn't be TOO hard, but since I don't have an XGA, it might be a little tough)