Short:        Thumbnail oriented image cataloger
Author:       haslbeck@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Uploader:     haslbeck informatik tu-muenchen de
Type:         gfx/misc
Replaces:     ImageDesk303.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

Min. requirements:
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   · AmigaOS 3.0
   · 256 color Intuition screens


Changes 3.03 -> 3.04
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   · Reestablished proper 8 bit JPEG display.
   · Now includes an italian guide file (3.0).
   · updated english and german guides to V 3.04.

Changes 3.0 -> 3.03
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   · Allows up to 50 XPK packers.
   · No longer crashes when scanning executables.
   · Accepts some of former ignored GIFs
   · Shortcut <Amiga>+<R> now works.
   · Starts user definable AREXX scripts by pressing F1 to F10

Changes 2.11 -> 3.0
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   · Datatypes support.
   · Dynamic thumbnail handling and automatic buffer sorting.
   · Enables automatically catalog updates
   · Now allows to remove single thumbnails from a catalog.
   · Some screen layout changes.
   · Now it is possible to hide or to show the screen title
     and a status bar.
   · Some new AREXX commands.
   · Many internal changes and enhancements.

Introduction:
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ImageDesk is a program to  catalog  graphics  archives  by  generating
small   representations  of  pictures,  so  called  thumbnails.  Those
thumbnails are internally being expanded into  objects  which  include
all  essential  data of its represented picture. These can be combined
into loadable and savable thumbnail catalogs in which XPK  compression
is  supported  to  reduce  memory  consumption  on storage medias. The
catalogs are directory orientated, this  means  the  pictures  of  all
included  thumbnails  are  in  the  same directory path. the following
picture types are supported and will be recognized automatically:

   · IFF ILBM (color mapped, EHB, HAM, HAM8, 24-Bit, DCOL )
   · GIF (87a, 89a)
   · JPEG (1)
   · PCX (1 bit upto 32 bit)
   · BMP (4,8 and 24 bit, OS/2 and Windows formats, unpacked only)
   · PCD (upto BASE size)
   · PNM (P4, P5 und P6)
   · TARGA
   · Amiga DATATYPES (picture class)

The corresponding picture of  a  thumbnail  object  can  be  shown  if
requested.  Therefore  two internal viewers, the window and the screen
viewer, exist for each internal supported format. The latter are  able
to  view  Images  on CyberGraphics, Picasso or standard 8 bit screens,
but it is also possible to specify external viewers or AREXX  programs
which ImageDesk will call on demand.

---------- Footnote ----------

(1)  ImageDesk needs the "Tower JPEG Codec Class" from Christoph Feck
for its JPEG support.