Disk No: 2990 Disk Title: Improces PC-SIG Version: S1.0 Program Title: Improces Author Version: 3.1 Author Registration: $25.00(U.S.,CAN)/$35.00(Int'l) Special Requirements: 512K RAM, VGA, a mouse, and a hard drive. IMPROCES is a VGA image processor. It lets you load your favorite .GIF, .PCX, or .PRF images and process them in VGA and Super VGA mode. Process doesn't really mean edit (though editing is part of it). Instead, IMPROCES has a number of features that let you improve the appearance of your images. To start, IMPROCES lets you modify images with tools common to paint or drawing programs. It provides line drawing, area fills, spray cans, paint brushes, and cut-and-paste features. It also includes fat-bit editing, which blows up an area and lets you edit the individual pixels. You can select a font (five included) and add text to an image. IMPROCES lets you control the colors and create custom color palettes. One of the more interesting paint features is the ability to flip or rotate areas of the image, create mirror images, adding fractal graphics, and 3-D terrain fractals to your images. Color images can be converted to gray-scale images and halftones can be produced for any image a great tool to compliment your desktop publishing. TGA files can be imported and saved as GIF or PCX formats. The image processing really comes to play on gray-scale images. IMPROCES uses histograms to display statistical properties of images. Histograms are bar graph displays that present information that can be used to enhance your images. Routines are included to enhance, contract, and sharpen images. It also has a number of special effects like color reverse, image melt, image replicate, and even an effect that turns your image into an oil painting. IMPROCES uses convenient pull-down menus to access its well- conceived features. However, this is not a trivial program you can walk through your first time. New users should expect to spend some time with the manuals. And while the documentation does explain the basics of image processing, you should either have some knowledge of graphics or be prepared to get it from some outside source. IMPROCES has the features necessary to do some high-powered image editing (processing), but with a registration fee low enough that anyone can afford to explore the world of high-tech graphics. IMPROCES supports VGA modes from 320x200x256 to 1024x768x256 on Ahead, ATI, Chips & Technology, Everex, Paradise, Trident, Tseng, Video7, or any card with VESA compatibility. PC-SIG 1030D East Duane Avenue Sunnyvale Ca. 94086 (408) 730-9291 (c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.