Floppyshop - Public Domain

With almost 3000 disks, Floppyshop is perhaps the biggest public domain series for the Atari ST. Fortunately, the whole collection has been preserved on CD and is available on the Internet. Unlike the popular German series, Floppyshop combined a category with a numbering scheme. The „missing“ numbers in each category are just used in another category.

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  • HISTART
    Mono art package with a few interesting added features and a few usual ones not implemented.
  • Public Painter
    High-resolution paint program with many features: All common drawing operations, block rotate, mirror, magnify, shrink, bend. The following formats can be converted: Doodle, Degas, Profi-Painter, Neochrome, Colorstar, Art-Director (integrated colour-monochrome converter). Font editor as well as 12 fonts are included.
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  • Design
    Rotating 3D shape.
  • Dr Doodle
  • Dr Doodle (Color)
    This is the most recent version of Digital Research's paint program. Doodle will work in any of the three screen resolutions. When the program is run, you will see the Doodle window, and your screen pointer. To draw, just hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the screen. To select a different color, point your marker to the drop down menu marked "COLOR", when the menu appears, click on the color that you wish to draw in, and exit the menu. You may also choose from different pen sizes.
  • Dr Doodle (Color)
    This is the most recent version of Digital Research's paint program. Doodle will work in any of the three screen resolutions. When the program is run, you will see the Doodle window, and your screen pointer. To draw, just hold down the left mouse button, and drag the pointer across the screen. To select a different color, point your marker to the drop down menu marked "COLOR", when the menu appears, click on the color that you wish to draw in, and exit the menu. You may also choose from different pen sizes.
  • GST Snapshot
  • Neochrome v0.5
  • Neofun!
  • Palette Master
    Palette Master is unique in that it allows you to draw pictures using more than the ST's usual limit of 16 colours on the screen at one time. This means that artists can now produce pictures on the ST far superior to those previously available.
  • Shen Rising Draw
  • ST FAT
    Early beta of Neochrome
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  • Mono-Emulator
    One of the few problems with the ST is it's inability to display all three graphics modes on a normal monitor or TV. The High resolution monochrome display usually needs a special monitor. Some software, such as 'Signum' and 'PCB Designer' only works in monochrome mode, so if you do not a have the monitor then you can not use the software. This small program provides a solution to this. The Mono Emulator make the ST run in mono mode, but provide a picture which is suitable for a normal monitor or TV.
  • Picworks
    You can load and save pictures in any recognised format and do some amazing things to them. Use this package for those special effects not available in your own art package. This version is mono only.
  • The ArtiST
    A mono art package. It is compatible with Degas but more advanced in certain areas, although not all.
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  • Drop2
  • Drop3
    Polygon animation program by Leonard Tramiel. Additions and comments by Alex Leavens. This program lets you draw a series of polygons using the mouse.  It then animates the polygons through each step.  To enter the first poly, use the mouse, and button.  When you're ready to enter the last point, hold down the SHIFT key before pressing the mouse button.  On all subsequent polygons, the program remembers how many vertices are needed (each polygon must have the same number of vertices.)
  • Fast Basic Run-time Interpreter
  • Fractal Landscape Designer
    Written in Fast Basic (run time module supplied). Generates random landscapes from fractal graphics. Also included is a utility which allows you to print out your creations to an Epson compatible printer.
  • Masterpaint
  • Paintlux 1.02
    Painting program with additional library management. This allows e.g. electronic components from the library to be inserted into the image.
  • Quix (demo)
  • Rotation 1.0
    This program was inspired by EZ Draw and other 'object-oriented' programs that don't let you rotate objects in any increment other than 90 degrees. With Rotation, you can draw squares and polygons and rotate them in any increment up to 180 degrees, in any direction and about any center.
  • Somb
  • User
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  • Blastram
    Blastram was written specifically for use with the PEARLES ray tracing prog. to animate the frames produced to create animated movies, but may be used to load any neocrome or degas format picture, in order to create an animated sequence. Blastram may be used in any resolution. Each picture is loaded into a frame, up to 27 may be loaded on a one meg. ST. The frame into which the next picture will be loaded is called the grab frame. The grab frame may be chosen using the menu SET to increase and decrease the number of the grab frame.
  • Flicker
    Predecessor of Cyber Paint. This art package runs in low resolution and includes the option of animation. No documentation, but easy to use. Will load Neo or Degas pictures. Includes C source code.
  • Magic Painter
    Simple painting program
  • MegaBlit
    MegaBlit is a hi-res paint program that works in all resolutions on all STs. It is window based, and uses the scroll bars to move around the work area, which is many times bigger than the actual screen.
  • Pearle Raytracer
    PEARLE.PRG renders 3-dimensional scenes in a world of reflective and refractive spheres, using ray tracing techniques. Movies formed from sequences of frames can be generated, showing reflective balls linked and bouncing in a gravitational field. They resemble a string of bouncing pearles -- hence the name.
  • Van Gogh
    Painting, drawing and animation program for all three resolutions with many features. Fast conversion of an image to the current resolution. Processing of three images simultaneously, integrated sprite editor, possibility to create animation sequences and 3D part with rotation and translation bodies.
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  • Andromeda - English version
    Drawing program
  • Degasnap
    Load a Degas picture into memory then save it back in the desired format using Snapshot.
  • GEM Draw 68k
    Drawing program
  • Mono2Med
    Converts Degas high res to Degas medium res.
  • Neo2Mono
    Fast conversion from colour to monochrome images.
  • PCONVERT
    Converts images.
  • PI3CONV
    Converts high res Degas files to Neo format.
  • Picture-Snap
    Creates a window for you to load a picture file into. Use Snapshot to save it.
  • Zeichnen
    A 3D drawing program. Program and documentation in German.
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  • Degas In
    Converts Degas files to Screen/Doodle and vice versa.
  • Demoprogramme
    Three colourful graphics demos.
  • Paint ST
    An excellent mono only drawing package. It is unique in that it assigns each screen to a function key. Both program and instructions are in German. Must be copied out of the folder before it will run correctly.
  • PicSwitch 0.7
    Very good graphics converter program that can read images in many formats. Printing on dot matrix printers and HP Laserjet. With dithering etc.
  • R-Draw
    A drawing program primarily designed for high res use, although it will run in medium. It uses Degas format and this makes it easy to convert your pictures to almost any other format using Picswitch or Tinystuf v4. Pictures can be sent to the printer and you can hold three pictures in ram at any time. Mirror, zoom and black commands are present, as are the usual shapes. Disk manual is provided and extensive help is available from within the program.
  • Snaphelp
    Allows you to load in files in Degas, Doodle or Mandelbrot formats and save them back as Degas files
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  • Imagic PD
    The PD version of the IMAGIC GRAPHIC COMPILER from Application Systems Heidelberg. It is a complete art package and much more. You can create your artwork within Imagic and then animate it. It is also possible to import your own graphics. The quality of animations possible is incredible. This disk contains the Imagic program along with both mono and colour demos.
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  • Fractal Chaos 3.5
    Allows you to draw, zoom in and out etc. 2 fractal movies are included on disk. There is a help screen within the program and documentation on disk. This is one of the fastest Fractal generator programs available.
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  • Little Painter 4.28
    Drawing program with great features, e.g. gradient function for all filled objects
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  • JilCAD 2D
    JILCAD's features include: 3D wireframe modelling, 2D drafting, IGES and DXF file compatibility, HP-GL and Houston Instruments plotter support, automatic / associative dimensioning, figure libraries, construction planes, 32000 layers.
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  • Columbia
    Drawing program
  • EldiCAD
    CAD program designed for use by electronic engineers. A complete drafting package which includes a library of electronic component pictures within the program.
  • MOBZPLOT
    Allows you to create and plot 3D geometric figures.
  • Moving Figures (Movie Construction Set)
    Create and animates wire-frame drawings.
  • Pegasus
  • Studio
    Drawing program with all common features. In addition the following functions: max. image format A3, extensive and simple block management, several hard copy routines, expandable symbol management
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  • E-Painter
    An art program written on the STE. It has no STE specific function and will run on any ST. Rather basic and really only of interest to young children.
  • Fractal Snowflakes
    Generates snowflake-like fractals.
  • Genesis: The Fractal Landscape Explorer
    Another fractal landscape generator.
  • Kaleidoskop
    Fascinating play of forms and patterns
  • Mandelbrot
    Fast calculation of the Mandelbrot set by a special algorithm. Print output with increased resolution, no hardcopy, but with approx. 10 times the resolution of the screen. With source code in C.
  • Mandelbrot Generator
    Fast Mandelbrot generator which allows you to zoom in on selected areas.
  • Mandelbrot Set Generator 1.1
    A menu driven Mandelbrot generator which saves and loads files in IFF format.
  • MONOchrome
    A mono art package which is written and documented in German.
  • Pencil Magic
    A simple drawing program for colour systems.
  • The Fractal Landscape Generator
    Generates 3D landscapes which can be viewed from any angle.
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  • Mandelbrot Adventurer
    Allows you to delve into the theory of fractal geometry. The menus let you manipulate the Mandelbrot set by changing variables and observing the effects of the changes.
  • PATGEN
    Generates random patterns and allows you to save them in PI1 or NEO format. Pattern types can easily be altered as can palettes. Written in STOS Basic. Full source code is included.
  • TRI-ART
    A simple but promising art program written in STOS Basic.
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  • Biomorph
    This program displays 6 fractal patterns and by pressing keys 1 to 6 the user selects the best shape. This is then replicated 5 times with slight variations.
  • Degas Con 2.04
    Loads various picture formats like Degas, Tiny, Neo, Doodle etc; and converts it to Degas PI? and prints them to an Epson or compatible printer. Full documentation on disk.
  • Degas Elite Image
    The DEGAS Elite Image Generator, or The Generator for short, is a GEM desk accessory that uses DEGAS Elite's ability to communicate with specially written accessories. Using this communication system, The Generator lets you cut sections from DEGAS Elite pictures, in any resolution, and save them to a disk file or send them to your printer. (Analog)
  • JP_ART
    Uses two parameters to produce nice patterns in 16 colours. You can save the image in Degas format. Not TOS 1.4 or STE.
  • Sprite Editor (Warnestam)
    A sprite editor written in GFA Basic by Robert Warnestam.
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  • Art-ST 2.32
    Art-ST is a powerful drawing program that operates in ST low, ST medium, or ST high resolution. Not only will you find many of the features expected in a drawing program (such as; Boxes, Circles/Ellipses, Area Fills, Copy & Paste, and Fine Pixel Editing), but Art-ST also explores some rather unique areas of its own!
  • Chaos (Clark)
    Explores the intricate patterns of Mathematical Chaos.
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  • Color Burst II 1.3
    Painting program, with which up to 10 images can be processed simultaneously. Besides the usual drawing functions, it also offers the possibility to flip, resize or turn images upside down
  • EZ-Art 1.7
    A full featured art package which loads and saves Degas and Neo screens as well as its own 48 colour format. Epson compatible printers are supported with full A4 printout. This latest version cuts and pastes 500% faster, allows drawing mode to be selected from function keys and all known bugs have been fixed.
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  • .IMG Slide Show
    Slideshow program for IMG files, freeware from Migraph.
  • AIM Tutorial
    The full manual for AIM along with a tutorial document and supporting graphics files. Mono or colour.
  • Alien Trees
    Generates tree-like objects from fractal graphics. Colour only.
  • Bildschirm-Disposition/Screen-Arranger (Bidipo)
    Creates scrolling slide show from Doodle and Degas files.
  • Convert to IMG
    The program will convert the six DEGAS formats, Neochrome, Spectrum compressed and uncompressed, Mac Paint and Tiny to a monochrome .IMG format file. These file should be compatible with any programs that are able to use .IMG files.
  • Dr. Bob's .IMG Quick View
    View (mono only) IMG files, very fast.
  • Fast GIF
    Convert or display GIF files from the PC.
  • Fractal Planet Generator
    A fractal planet generator. It uses the method of random faults on a sphere.
  • Graphiti Fun!
    Small accessory that allows you to apply graffiti to the desktop.
  • Image Cat
    Demo of Shareware utility for printing catalogue of IMG files, needs GDOS.
  • Poster-Printer
    Allows poster-size prints for Epson compatible 9-pin printers. Omicron.BAS file, therefore adaptation to other printers possible.
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  • Bit Image Converter
    Converts bit images into Degas or Neo format.
  • Kris's Doodler 1.1
    An art program which supports all 3 resolutions. It includes many features like importing various picture formats, colour fills, up to 4 working screens, image mirroring, magnify, image ghosting plus much more. 24 page manual on disk.
  • Mac GIF Stripper
    This program strips the MacBinary header off a MAC GIFF file.
  • Mandelbrot Set Generator 1.1
    A menu driven Mandelbrot generator which saves and loads files in IFF format.
  • Mandelbrot TT
    A Mandlebrot generator for the TT.
  • PI3CONV
    Converts high res Degas files to Neo format.
  • Picture Blaster 1.31
    Shows all Degas or Neo pictures on all selected drives matching the current screen resolution.
  • SPURT
    A prototype Spectrum 512 colour ray tracing program.
  • TexSkull
    A drawing program. No docs but info within the program.
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  • CNV2GIF
    Converts NEO and Degas images to GIF format.
  • GEM-View 1.1
    This program allows you to view almost any picture format from almost any computer in almost any resolution on any Atari 16-bit or 32-bit machine! The picture is displayed in a GEM window and the scroll bars can be used to view areas not displayed on screen, where the resolution of the picture exceeds that of your monitor. Pictures with more colours than can be displayed in the current resolution go through a colour reduction and dithering process so that the picture can be viewed. You can currently display any picture in the following formats:- GIF, SUN, B&W, PAC, IFF, BMP, RLE, IMG (including colour), GEM, NEO, ART, DEGAS, TINY, DOO, SPU, SPC, XBM, PBM, PGM, PPM, MAC, TGA, TIFF, RSC, PCX, VIDAS, APPLE II, Mac Sartup Screen, Megapaint, CRG, Apple Imagewriter, MGF, Monostar, Printfox, Pagefox, Thunderscan, Inshape, STraight Fax, R24, QFax/Coma-Fax, XGA, PhotoCD and JPEG. Pictures can be resized and resaved in IMG, ESM, IFF, BMP, GIF, TIFF, TGA, MGF, Inshape, STraight Fax, R24, QFax/Coma-Fax or JPEG formats.
  • GIFSPC
    Converts GIF format files into Spectrum 512 format.
  • OMV Slideshow
    A slideshow program for showing Degas (compressed or uncompressed) or Neochrome pictures.
  • Ripples
    Generates animated pseudo- random patterns in DEGAS format. Very fast and produces attractive results (not ink-blots).
  • Spectrum to GIF
    SPECGIF4.PRG converts Spectrum .SPC or .SPU files to GIF files, 320x200x256 colors. When you start the program a dialog box comes up; it has 3 options: interlace, non-interlace and quit. You'll get exactly the same GIF picture whether you choose interlace or not; it only affects the order in which scan lines are stored
  • View GIF 0.8
    VIEWGIF allows your ST to show graphics created on a PC, an Amiga, whatever. Even if the original image has more colours or pixels than the ST can display. It also allows you to convert your Atari ST images into GIF format for exchange with other systems. VIEWGIF is GEM based and operates in all three resolutions. Images are displayed in scrollable windows. Once an image is loaded it can be saved in NEO or Degas Format. The image can also be cropped and shrunk to fit the ST screen. VIEWGIF also allows a GIF image to be directly transformed into AIM and Spectrum 512 pictures. This allows the 512 colour Spectrum mode to be used to display 256 colour VGA images.
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  • Kubu Draw
    A straightforward mono art package. Fairly standard toolset, reads & writes 32k dumps.
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  • Electric Image
    A Shareware package which runs in all three screen resolutions. It can load and save in Degas, Neo or STOS format and has an extensive manual on disk which can be viewed or printed out from within the program. Two screens are available for drawing. A number of pictures are also included.
  • PicSwitch 0.7
    Very good graphics converter program that can read images in many formats. Printing on dot matrix printers and HP Laserjet. With dithering etc.
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  • Butterfly Artist
    Paint program with working screen limited only by the available memory. Use of GEM fonts. Complete pattern palette can be stored. Any number of times an object can be placed, for example to draw patterns of circles or rectangles.
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  • HPM Draw
    An impressive program with numerous unusual extras such as full A4 size and customised print out to 9-pin and 24-pin printers (at up to 360 dpi). This is an object orientated package similar to Easy Draw, Hyper Draw etc.
  • Manipulator
    Changes size, shape, and texture of Degas .PI3 files. Icon driven with a wide range of options.
  • Trickfilm
    With this program you can produce cartoons with up to 100 pictures. This program is mainly a painting program limited to the essential GEM functions. The individual images can be created quickly by modifying the previous images. Afterwards the sequence of images can be presented as a film forwards, backwards or in alternating directions. Including source code in GFA-Basic.
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  • Colourspace
    This is a light synthesiser, the followup to Psychedelia on the 8-bit machines and the predecessor to Trip-A-Tron on the ST, which continues to sell well. Colourspace is described by Jeff as follows "The basic idea is simple: the light-synthesiser is an 'instrument' which produces dynamic patterns and colour sequences under the direct control of the operator. The lightsynth is generally used in conjunction with music; it's nice to sit down and mellow out with your favourite sounds and use the lightsynth
  • Cypher: The Image Scrambler
    A picture scrambler. Hides your masterpieces from prying eyes. Encodes the file so that it cannot be viewed ordinary and needs a password to be entered before it can be loaded.
  • Deco ST 4.0
    Deco-ST is Degas compatible and gives the illusion of more than 16 colours on screen. It features all the standard drawing tools and a few extra ones too. Easy to use and highly recommended to the beginner.
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  • MetaView
    Allows the viewing of GEM metafiles (.GEM files) in a standard GEM window. Includes numerous features.
  • MGIF v5.0
    MGIF runs in any resolution right up to True Colour and preserves the colour depth of your image, regardless of current screen resolution. It allows processing on single colour channels or the combined RGB structure as a whole. MGIF supports the loading of GIF, TGA, PPM, PI1, PI2, AIM and (X)IMG formats in addition to its own custom format. It saves in GIF, TGA, PPM, (X)IMG and its own file formats. A number of useful filters such as blur, median, dilation, erosion and pixelise are supported as well as the ability to brighten and contrast your image. Other useful features such as re-sizing and mirroring are also supported.
  • SPCSHOW
    Simply displays an SPC picture on screen.
  • ST-Designer
    Powerful drawing program. The main menu contains many special functions, such as rotatable rectangles, variable magnifying glass, line drawing and vector font. With vector font editor.
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  • Crack Art 1.36
    Crack Art is a great paint program from Germany. Includes docs in both English and German.
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  • Kwik Pic
    Kwik Pic is a no-frills accessory that shows Neo and (uncompressed) Degas pictures. On a monochrome system it will show hi-res pictures only. On a color monitor, it will adjust the resolution so that both low and medium pictures may be shown (Neo pictures aren't all low-res).
  • Thrax's Animation Tool 2.1
    An incredible program which gives control over frame by frame animation. It stores only the difference between frames rather than each picture seperately. Animations can be made to load from the Auto folder without user interaction. Please note that this is not a drawing package and that individual frames must be designed in such a package first. A number of animation are included.
  • View GIF 1.2
    VIEWGIF allows your ST to show graphics created on a PC, an Amiga, whatever. Even if the original image has more colours or pixels than the ST can display. It also allows you to convert your Atari ST images into GIF format for exchange with other systems. VIEWGIF is GEM based and operates in all three resolutions. Images are displayed in scrollable windows. Once an image is loaded it can be saved in NEO or Degas Format. The image can also be cropped and shrunk to fit the ST screen. VIEWGIF also allows a GIF image to be directly transformed into AIM and Spectrum 512 pictures. This allows the 512 colour Spectrum mode to be used to display 256 colour VGA images.
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  • PAD V2.4
    This program can load and save a variety of formats including Degas, Neo, IFF, IMG, straight screen (A5 or din A4), Monostar, STAD and Imagic. It will even attempt to load unknown file types. PAD has all the features expected of such a package and much more. There are varoius options for shadowing, graduated grey fills, printing at various sizes and up to 100 screens of animation is possible if you have sufficient memory. It allows easy creation of 3D objects of almost any size and shape. Needs at least 1 Meg.
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  • Fractals in GFA Basic
    GFA Basic source only. This program allows manual control over parameter setting, a zoom function, both Julia and Mandelbrot curves, an autosave option and so on.
  • Kritzel 3.60
    Graphic program incl. source code in GfA-Basic (over 4000 lines). Many special functions: Block compression and rotation, prism and pyramid, spraying with pattern, Bézier curves. STAD and IMG images can be loaded and saved. Different print sizes.
  • Mikrodraw
  • Mountains 2.1
    This program creates pictures of fractal mountains. It is capable of producing DEGAS-compatible uncompressed picture files.
  • QRT
    A ray tracing program originally available only on the Amiga. This version is 100% compatible with the Amiga version. It saves files in its own format. These can be converted to Spectrum 512 format with a program on disk. This program is very complicated with the manual running into over 100k, but the results are really impressive.
  • Sigi Painter
    Drawing program with many functions. Special effects like concentric circles and ellipses, mirrored drawing, flipping and moving the image, drawing polygons.
  • Silly Spiro Generator
    Creates Spirograph type pictures allowing you to set up the angle, pen colour and radii.
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  • Picture Concept
    Load in your own pictures and achieve some fascinating effects with this program which are not possible in many art packages. Autoboot and select the English option if you want the menus and docs in English. Don't delete the bootsector or you'll be stuck with the French version!
  • Vidi Concept
    Digitising software for use with Vidi ST.
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  • Analmeta
    Prints information on the contents of a .GEM file.
  • COMPUTE!'s Snapshot (ND_Snap)
    Yet another snapshot accessory.
  • DEGAS Screen Grabber
    After installation, press ALT+HELP to save the current screen to a memory buffer then select the ACC to save to disk.
  • GIFcolor & GIFscale
    Two very compact GIF viewers. They take a standard GIF, colour reduce it to 16 colours (or greyscales), then let you pan around the image on a huge 'virtual' screen. Both programs can be installed as Applications from the GEM Desktop (lets you double-click GIFs to view them).
  • Giffer
    Giffer will display GIF images on an Atari ST with monochome monitor using a variety of dithering methods, including Floyd-Steinberg. It can be used from a shell or the desktop.
  • Ideal Image Size Setter
    Allows you to set the resolution in the header of an IMG file to that of your output device (9- pin, 24-pin, laser). This is invaluable in programs like Touch Up and Pagestream where it helps preserve the aspect ratio.
  • IMG Squeezer
    Uses maximum compression on IMG files. Especially useful when using IMG files which are not compressed or inefficiently compressed by other programs.
  • L-System
    Creates user defined objects from fractals. Enter your instructions in its own fully documented programming language to create new objects. The fractals created can be saved in Degas format.
  • MandelToy
    A mandelbrot set generator which allows output to disk or printer. You can set the amount of iterations as well as the X and Y coordinates.
  • Phraqtal
    Yet another fractal generator. This one is certainly the fastest yet and has more user definable options than most.
  • Picture Booter 1.0
    Assembler source for loading ART, NEO, PI1, TN1 files from the bootsector. Also included is source for loading NEO or PI1, then a program, from the bootsector.
  • Pixpro II
    Improves the contrast on colour pictures created using video digitisers so they can be used as clip art. Includes source in GFA Basic.
  • Snapshot Facility/Snapshot Saver
    The 3 programs found on this diskette allow the software developer to "photograph" the 520 ST screen while his/her application is running and save the resulting images digitally to be reproduced later in manuals, box art, etc. This saves the application writer the expense of photography when creating reproductions of the monitor screen.
  • SPCSHOW
    Simply displays an SPC picture on screen.
  • SpriteST
    A sprite designer which also allows animation to be created. Includes a detailed description of the file format used.
  • STADCONV
    Assembler source to convert STAD pictures to and from 32k screen image format.
  • Synthetic Arts 3
    An impressive full  featured art package with a host of features. Has a similar 'feel' to Neochrome. This program  can  be  set up in French or English.
  • Tiny Boot
    TNY_BOOT.PRG is a little program I wrote to make booting a little less boring. Even with a hard drive it takes about 50 seconds for my desk accessories to load, leaving me with a totally blank screen. I've had several boot-up picture loaders but they all had flaws - too slow or required the name of the picture or used a format other than tiny - which for several reasons, I prefer. Thus was born TINY BOOT. It displays a randomly selected picture at boot up time.
  • Vidi-Con
    Converts a series of sequentially numbered Degas PI1 files into a single DLT animation file. Useful for digitised animations such as those created by Vidi ST.
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  • The SPX Editor 1.4
    This disk contains all you need to create your own Spectrum 512 extended format pictures. You can combine up to 10 Spectrum 512 screens into one file or piece together files from the PC or the Amiga which are larger than the ST's physical screen depth. For example, an Amiga high res picture of 320x400 can be saved on the Amiga as two 320x200 screens, ported across to the ST, imported into Spectrum 512, re-saved as two SPC files and joined back together as a single SPX file. This program is most useful to users who also own Amigas or PCs. A number of sample SPC files are provided for you to play around with. This latest version is fully compatible with Gizmo's SPX format and the shower program has been updated to allow Ice packed or Atomik packed screens to be viewed. Another program on disk allows you to split large GIF and IFF files into 320x200 chunks to be spliced together in the SPX creator. Also on disk are numerous completed SPX files created by Radical Systems.
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  • Animator (Overlanders) 1.0
    An excellent animation package written by The Overlanders.
  • Cyber Star 0.1
    For use with CAD 3D v2.0 and Cyber Control. It allows automated control over the background image appearing behind your animations. This first version is limited to controlling star fields.
  • DMJ-GIF 3.0
    DMJ GIF is a GIF to Spectrum converter. This program also allows you to convert entire batches of GIF's at once, without your supervision. It allows you to convert to Spectrum, DEGAS, or Tiny, in color, grey scale, or monochrome, using either the ST's regular palette or the STe's enhanced palette, converting ANY size GIF -- and it runs in only a half meg.
  • DUcassou-Pictures-SHOW (DUPSHOW)
    Perhaps one of the best slideshow programs around. You can view a selection of PI1, PI2, PC1, PC2, NEO, IFF, TNY and TN1 files and control display time etc. What is amazing about this program is that most file types can be compressed with ICE or Atomic and are still loaded and displayed normally.
  • Fine Line
    A very basic but nevertheless impressive line drawing program. You can load and save NEO and Degas pictures. Essentially all you can draw is lines or curves so this program would be of more use to improve existing pictures than create new ones.
  • FLI Converter
    Converts FLI format (from Autodesk Animator on the PC) to TAT format as used by Thrax's Animation Tool on ART.72, IFF or PI1. This program converts all the frames across and performs any colour reduction necessary.
  • Royal Paint (ST-Low) 1.32
    Royal Paint is a color painting PRG that works in the low ST resolution. Up to 16 colors can be used. In addition, 16 different brush shapes, block operations, freely definable screens, spray effects and text integration are available.
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  • NEOchrome Tutorial 1.1
    This disk consists of a total of 23 lessons on using Neochrome. The lessons are in the form of NEO pictures which can be loaded into the package. Although some of the tutorial is only relevant to Neochrome v1.0 (a commercial package), most of it applies equally to the PD version
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  • Archivarius 2.0
    Manages images of all kinds. With integrated database, which manages text for each image, in order to be able to select by search function.
  • Degas Picture Reader
    Loads in any uncompressed Degas picture and shows info on resolution and colour and animation tables. If the picture is in the same res as your computer, it will also be displayed on screen.
  • Degas/MacPaint Conversion
    Converts Degas PI3 files to MacPaint format and vice versa. Allows rotating, cropping and centring on screen as appropriate. High res only.
  • DegasPic
    Loads up a Degas picture when you boot up. Select the ACC from the menu bar to display the picture. Works in any resolution.
  • SPECCODE
    SPECCODE is a machine code program which enables the users of the STOS Games Creator to show SPECTRUM (SPU) picture files from within the STOS environment. (512 colours for normal STs and 4096 colours for STEs)
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  • Photochrome 3.00
    Image viewer and converter with support for more than 16 colours on screen. It's basic specification is the ability to load many IFF formats, 24-Bit True colour screens (16 million colours), GIF files and VidiChrome digitised 'RGB' colour separations (4096 colours) before converting to one of six powerful screen modes.
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  • Create
    Create is a program that generates 'self-affine' fractals; meaning fractals that are made up of copies of themselves. The program contains 38 fractals pre-programmed into it - any of which you can draw at the touch of a button.
  • DKB Trace
    The ST version of a ray tracer on the Amiga and PC which produces 24 bit graphics in up to 16 million colours! There are 49 source files on disk for you to ray trace at your leisure. The viewer program on disk is required in order for you to view your creations on an ST.
  • Electronic Art
    An art program which is designed for the electronics enthusiast. You have access to the full range of electronic symbols and can make up your own circuits on screen and dump the pictures to your printer. Not TOS 2.06. No instructions with this one but it's pretty straight-forward anyway.
  • Kraska
    A nice easy to use fractal graphics program which creates fractals using any one of 12 methods! Your creations are saved in Degas format. A high degree of user control is possible within the program. The more complex functions can be set to autorun so that a session can continue unattended overnight.
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  • ArtPrint 1.2
    ArtPrint is a clip art printing program. Since there are hundreds of clip art pictures in the public domain it is obviously very difficult to remember every one and which file it is. To aid in keeping track of them, this program allows complete disks of picture files to be printed out in one session.
  • Autoseq
    Install as an application on your Desktop using the SEQ extension. Save Desktop and reboot. Now all you need to do to load a Cyber Paint animation is double-click the SEQ file. Loading is much quicker and easier than using Animate4.
  • Dumplab
    Takes 'dump' files from DKB 2.1 on the PC and coverts them to Degas or Quantum Paintbox formats for use on the ST.
  • FLI Converter
    Converts FLI format (from Autodesk Animator on the PC) to TAT format as used by Thrax's Animation Tool on ART.72, IFF or PI1. This program converts all the frames across and performs any colour reduction necessary.
  • GASD
    A clever little program which converts Degas or Spectrum 512 pictures to AIM format. The user is given a substantial amount of control over the conversion process and AIM format can also be converted to Degas. No readme but help is available from within the program.
  • IFF Animation Player
    An improved player (quicker to load and without bugs!) for Deluxe Paint animation files. Can even be used to autorun animations.
  • JPEG Software 3a
    A method of picture compression used on the PC. It is highly compacted but does result in a certain amount of loss of image quality. Includes programs CJPEG, DJPEG, JPEGTRAN.
  • Pic print
    An ACC which prints out Degas and ArtiST pictures at 640 dots per line (assuming your printer can handle this) to give a better output than a screendump. Mono only.
  • PICPRINT
    Install as an application on the Desktop. Specify the PI? extender, Save Desktop and reboot. Now you just need to double-click any Degas PI? file and it will display on screen, then output to printer. Works in any res.
  • Small View
    Creates mini-pics of Degas picture files. Search through the mini-pics to find the one you want without having to load them all up. Particularly useful for hard drive users.
  • SpinWheel 1.6
    Creates Spirograph type effects on screen. You can load and save pictures, even choosing your own backgrounds for your patterns.
  • The Cartoonist
    A sprite animation program which includes C source for incorporating your animations into your own programs.
  • The Chaos Game
    This is an odd one. It involves creating fractal graphics by the throw of a dice!
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  • B-Gif
    Loads a GIF picture of any size and rescales it to a low res 320x200 picture in Degas, Neo or SPU format. Colour only.
  • BJ Chrome 1.4
    Allows you to load up a Degas or Neo picture and print it out in full colour on a Canon Bubblejet printer. BJ Chrome will also drive the Star SJ-48. To do this you leave the printer in default Epson/NEC mode but set up the software for IBM ProPrinter mode!
  • Convert
    Conversion program between different graphic formats (DEGAS, STAD, PWORKS, DOODLE, IMG, ART DIRECTOR, NEOCHROME) and different resolutions (low, medium, high). Packed formats are also taken into account.
  • Gallery
    A great  slideshow  for displaying Spectrum 512,  Degas and Neo pictures.  What makes the difference is the fact that you add your own scrolltext, have Mad Max music playing and add text to the screen display.  Degas and Neo files can be used to make  up animations which can be run from a ramdisk.
  • GIF Decoder
    C source code for decoding GIF 87 picture files.
  • GIF2DJET
    Simply takes a GIF file of any size, scales it to fit the page, grey scales it, gamma corrects it, contrast enhances it, dithers it and prints it to an HP Deskjet Plus. It only prints in mono and only to the Deskjet Plus
  • GIF2RAW
    Converts a GIF file into RAW format.
  • HP Chrome 1.5
    Prints colour pictures on any HP Deskjet (even mono ones, assuming you have a colour kit fitted of course!). You can adjust the colour rendering to suit and print out using one of three quality settings. Pictures can even be cropped or viewed in any ST resolution. This latest upgrade supports the printing of Degas, NEO, TNY, GIF, TIFF, IMG, RAW and Spectrum 512 pictures.
  • Mandala
    Mandala an Extend-O-Save Module for Warp 9 by John Eidsvoog & Oliver Broadway. Works in all resolutions on all monitors. Produces random kaleidoscopic patterns in an infinitely changing movement.
  • Mithril
    A 3D animation. It has a ray traced look but does not use ray tracing. It calculates how many frames you have room for in memory and then goes on to calculate them. The entire process will take several minutes, depending on how many frames you have selected, but it will be worth the wait.
  • PCX2IMG
    Simply converts PCX files (mono or colour) to IMG format.
  • Raw2Spec 1.0
    Converts the RAW file into Spectrum 512 format.
  • REDU_RAW
    Takes a RAW file created by GIF2RAW and re-sizes it to 320x200.
  • Showtrix
    A slideshow which displays Degas, Neo or IFF pictures using a selection of special effects. A number of pictures are included. Colour only.
  • SPUFILE
    Reads a Mac or Aladin disk and allows you to transfer files (most probably pictures) to an ST formatted disk. Picswitch is also provided so that you can convert the Mac pictures into a useable format.
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  • GEM-View 3.16
    This program allows you to view almost any picture format from almost any computer in almost any resolution on any Atari 16-bit or 32-bit machine! The picture is displayed in a GEM window and the scroll bars can be used to view areas not displayed on screen, where the resolution of the picture exceeds that of your monitor. Pictures with more colours than can be displayed in the current resolution go through a colour reduction and dithering process so that the picture can be viewed. You can currently display any picture in the following formats:- GIF, SUN, B&W, PAC, IFF, BMP, RLE, IMG (including colour), GEM, NEO, ART, DEGAS, TINY, DOO, SPU, SPC, XBM, PBM, PGM, PPM, MAC, TGA, TIFF, RSC, PCX, VIDAS, APPLE II, Mac Sartup Screen, Megapaint, CRG, Apple Imagewriter, MGF, Monostar, Printfox, Pagefox, Thunderscan, Inshape, STraight Fax, R24, QFax/Coma-Fax, XGA, PhotoCD and JPEG. Pictures can be resized and resaved in IMG, ESM, IFF, BMP, GIF, TIFF, TGA, MGF, Inshape, STraight Fax, R24, QFax/Coma-Fax or JPEG formats.
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  • ST CAD
    A very simple CAD program using command line and mouse input. A doc file helps you with the necessary commands.
  • T-CAD-Y
    Basically a drawing program with all the usual tools but also with differing measurements and costings for different types of material. Supports overlaying and loads/saves screens as 'sheets'. Has slightly 'iffy' spelling and some quite bizarre example 'sheets'!
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  • Trip-A-Tron
    The successor to Colourspace. The built in programming language is an 8 channel parallel language which allows you to control all aspects of the light synth, configure the keyboard, control remote machines and even generate complete graphic animations. Trip-A-Tron is designed to be used in conjunction with your favourite piece of music. You listen to the music and watch the monitor.
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  • AIM V3.1
    AIM: Another Image Manager was originally developed for the ATARI ST by Frans Groen and Robert de Vries. Since the first version of AIM the extension of this public domain image processing package has become a joint effort of a number of people from the Delft University of Technology and the University of Amsterdam.
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  • AIM V3.1
    AIM: Another Image Manager was originally developed for the ATARI ST by Frans Groen and Robert de Vries. Since the first version of AIM the extension of this public domain image processing package has become a joint effort of a number of people from the Delft University of Technology and the University of Amsterdam.
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  • Project Dragon
    The text file on disk is a detailed description of how Bill started out with a scanned picture, imported it into an art package, re-sized it and coloured it. The tutorial is very in depth and includes 12 NEO pictures showing intermediate stages of development and a Cyber Paint SEQ file with 101 frames. The SEQ file can be loaded into the player on disk and will build up from a bare bones scan to a full colour picture before your eyes. The tutorial gives plenty of hints and tips and is ideally suited to the budding artist. Although NEOChrome and Cyber Paint are mentioned throughout the tutorial, you can use any art program which loads NEO files.
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  • Art Modern
    You can enjoy the real time composing of the artist from your lazy chair, says the doc file. If you like art programs but don't fancy drawing, then sit back and let your computer do it all.
  • Megapaint Modules
    Absolutely tons of 'mods' to add to one of the very best mono paint packages. Far too many to go into but enough to say that these mods can be edited by name and size. You must have an original of MEGAPAINT before you can make use of these files.
  • Miracles
    This is supplied for those who'd like to take a slightly more active role! It has some rather strange effects to tinker with.
  • Sigi Painter
    Drawing program with many functions. Special effects like concentric circles and ellipses, mirrored drawing, flipping and moving the image, drawing polygons.
  • Tiny Draw
    Slightly dated mono art package. It has some interesting brush effects like 'fisheye' and 'spiral'! File support is extensive, though some have become obsolete with time.
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  • Fractal Landscape Generator (FRACLAND) 1.2
    Have you ever seen Vista on PC or Amiga? This is maybe not as glamorous but it is almost as powerful. It has many similar features like camera/target, wire frame preview, animation editor, colour terrain edit etc. It can even run on a 520 with its mem/disk mode. Generate still or frame by frame animation sequences. Fracland has its own separate anim viewer.
  • Fractal Workshop 1.5a
    A Mandelbrot/Julia set generator. Runs in colour and mono and saves in PI1 and PI3 formats. Well documented. All the normal facilities are there, along with an extensive info in the BOOK file.
  • The Fractal Engine 1.0
    Supports all sets including 'Barnsley' and saves zoomed animations in  small or  full screen format with its own animation player.  Also,  you can  save palettes and co-ordinates etc. Fractal popcorn, mountains and plasma clouds are new for v2 as are 3D fractal landscapes (created using spherical mapping or landscape rendering), and images may be overlayed on top of each other. Very well documented with plenty of  example files.
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  • Art Tutor
    This program used to be commercial but has been re-released as Shareware. It tries to teach you how to draw using simple examples like drawing faces, bodies etc; with step by step examples, aided by helpful text info. Other examples include basic design, colour theory and it encourages working to a brief and organising your ideas properly. It makes extensive use of examples to show you the whole process and the final results can be quite impressive. The program is menu driven, making it easy to use. A simple art program is supplied to try out the tutorials. All in all, a helpful program for those budding artists requiring professional guidance.
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  • Line_Up
    Got a colour video digitiser but a lousy pause facility on your VCR? Grabbing each R,G,B picture can be a nightmare as each is out of alignment with the others and, after merging, the end result looks a mess. This neat little utility comes to the rescue by letting you re-align each component part and resave them.
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  • Calamus->Cyber
    An ACC which converts Calamus fonts so they can be used in CyberSculpt and CAD 3D.
  • Color Dump
    This program is designed to replace the built in graphics dump routine (accessed by ALT/HELP) of the ATARI ST computers. It produces a configurable 9 or 24 pin color screen dump from within any program run on the machine. The only exceptions to this are applications that entirely steal keyboard input.
  • Extend PI1-3
    At long last an answer to why DPaint ST has trouble with some Degas PI1s. It seems they should 32066 bytes and not 32034! This program puts it right.
  • GIF 2 RAW
    Converts GIF pictures (any size) to QRT RAW format so you can load them into PhotoChrome (on ART.3303C) or any other program that uses RAW.
  • GIF to H-P DeskJet 550C
    Prints GIF pictures to the HP Deskjet 550C. The GIF is printed out in up to 256 colours and is very high quality, especially if printed on HP's glossy paper. A couple of example GIFs are provided.
  • Outliner
    Outlines Degas pictures with some curious effects.
  • Profi Painter ST
     A 1987 package which is rather like an updated GemPaint,  but with options  to load or create 320x 400 (two screen high) pictures.  All the usual tools are there to experiment with. It saves PI? and DOODLE formats and works in all 3 resolutions.
  • Spectrum 512 Picture Printer
    At long last, a program which prints Spectrum 512 pictures. It outputs to 9 pin or 24 pin printers. The picture must be in SPU format (use SPC2SPU on ART.3139).
  • Speed of Light 2.5
    Speed Of Light is a comprehensive image processor/viewer with many advanced and highly configurable features. It can display more colors and shades on a standard ST than usual and is the FASTEST GIF decompressor on the ST. Loads .GIF, .JPG, .PI?, .PC?, .PNT, .IMG and saves .GIF, Degas, .PNT, GEM (X)Image.
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  • Paintpot
    Originally a commercial release, now re-released as Shareware. It runs in all 3 resolutions and loads and saves in Degas format. Features include object create, pie/bar chart create, text import plus all the usual drawing and painting tools. It also has a very unusual RGB colour edit operation. Online help is available to guide you through the program's features. IMG files can be loaded if running in high res. It will also attempt to load any picture file it's not sure of (very hit and miss).
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  • Fractal Playtime
    View a fractal,  select an area and recalculate it  to make it prettier!  Plenty of examples are supplied on disk.  Docs  in LaTex and DVI format.
  • JCVIEW v2.1
    An art viewer and clip manipulator. It has quite an extensive file support and lots of special effects.
  • PicSwitch 1.01
    Very good graphics converter program that can read images in many formats. Printing on dot matrix printers and HP Laserjet. With dithering etc.
  • ST_PIC 1.0
    A simple picture converter which only converts to mono files. It runs in mono or colour and loads Degas, Doodle, Stad, Mac, Neo, Art Director, TIF, IMG and GEM metafiles. It converts them to mono TIF, IMG or PI3 only. ST PIC has dithering controls and can scroll around larger than normal pictures.
  • The Palette Extender (24 Bits)
    A small program that displays QRT (or MTV) Raytrace RAW format pictures. It's rather similar to Photochrome, except it only runs at 60Hz.
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  • Graustufenemulator (Grayscaler)
    April fools: Program pretends to emulate a grayscale display.
  • JPEG Software 6b
    A method of picture compression used on the PC. It is highly compacted but does result in a certain amount of loss of image quality. Includes programs CJPEG, DJPEG, JPEGTRAN.
  • Zonk
    "Zonk makes psychedelic patterns to stare at when you're too zonked for anything else". It can grab screens, play bitmaps over them, freak about with the colours and cycle them, amongst other things.
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  • Polyfilm
    A CAD 3D type program that generates animations like small films. It is both well written and well documented. One of its more impressive features is that the preview rotates happen in real time! There are so many features to this program that it is impossible to go into here. It is quite impressive and worth a look at. Comes complete with examples and its own film file viewer. If you're into 3D then this is for you! Falcon compatible.
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  • A Fractal Journey into Outer Space
    This fractal generator supports both Mandelbrot and Julia sets. It creates a full screen fractal in just a few seconds and is capable of generating animations. 24-bit true colour RAW files can be created. These take ages to create and are written to disk since your ST can't display them. They are intended for use with PhotoChrome on ART.3303.
  • Chaos Calc 2.35
    A rather fast Mandelbrot generator. This one lets you zoom almost into infinity. Although CC2 is powerful as it stands, registered users get a number of extras. The program is GEM based and the instructions are very straightforward. A dozen pre-defined Mandelbrot sets are included on disk.
  • Fractgen 1.0
    Generates fractal graphics using a number of selected algorithms applied to any of the six available fractal types. You can zoom in to an almost infinite degree. It recalculates the zoomed area by representing it in a blockish fashion like an art package does, then smoothing it off using your chosen algorithm. The results are very detailed and once again the only criticism is the inability to save in a sensible format. A maths coprocessor can be used to speed things up even further.
  • MDL 1.0
    Allows you to run type 1 and 2, DL animations files on mono displays. I'm not sure which programs produce DL files, but full C source for ST and Unix systems is included.
  • Pic-Mon 1.1
    If you are in a package which will not allow you to load in a particular format of picture, this program may be what you need. It supports NEO and Degas (PI? and PC?) formats and allows pictures to be loaded into a different resolution or into a package which does not support the relevant format (e.g. compressed Degas files). You can also double-click any Degas or Neo file of any resolution and show or print it from the Desktop.
  • View ST/TT 1.32
    Allows you to view TGA,  RAW,  IMG, XIMG, IFF (including HAM),  GIF 87a,  SPC, SPU, PI?, PC?, NEO, ART or DOO pictures quickly and easily on an ST or TT.  The colours are reduced to fit those  of the available resolution if appropriate. The images can also be saved out in their converted state in Degas or QRT format.
  • WATCH-IT 1.0A
    WATCH-IT is a picture viewer for Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon030 computers. It was planned as a viewer for the new Falcon computer only, supporting the 256-colour-resolution and the truecolour-resolution, but as it is a plain GEM-program, you can also start it on the "old" Ataris as well. WATCH-IT runs on all memory-configurations, but 512 KByte may be too small for big pictures.
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  • Kandinsky 1.73 (English)
    Kandinsky is a vector-oriented drawing program with all the usual features like box, round box, circle, elipse, line, polygon, arc and bezier curves are there. The control offered over bezier curves is second to none. Text input is supported from 8 point to 20 point using the system font. SpeedoGDOS is supported if installed.  The package includes vector fonts in BGI format and these can be scaled to any size.  Greyscales and shadowing  can be applied to objects and these can be moved, re- sized, grouped, ungrouped, mirrored and rotated as required. Kandinsky is fully MultiTOS compatible and the number of windows available is limited only by available memory. It loads and saves GEM metafiles as well as allowing data to be exchanged between programs using the GEM clipboard.
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  • Kandinsky 2.51 (English)
    Kandinsky is a vector-oriented drawing program with all the usual features like box, round box, circle, elipse, line, polygon, arc and bezier curves are there. The control offered over bezier curves is second to none. Text input is supported from 8 point to 20 point using the system font. SpeedoGDOS is supported if installed.  The package includes vector fonts in BGI format and these can be scaled to any size.  Greyscales and shadowing  can be applied to objects and these can be moved, re- sized, grouped, ungrouped, mirrored and rotated as required. Kandinsky is fully MultiTOS compatible and the number of windows available is limited only by available memory. It loads and saves GEM metafiles as well as allowing data to be exchanged between programs using the GEM clipboard.
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  • GIP - Greyscale Image Processor 1.0
    A comprehensive Shareware image processing program which is ideal for manipulating black and white or colour digitised or scanned images. There is an extensive range of special effects and filters. Each loaded picture is converted into a 256 level image, colour reduced if appropriate, and displayed in the appropiate current resolution. GIP supports the loading of TIFF, GIF, PCX, Degas, IMG (mono and colour) and AIM. It saves in TIFF or IMG formats. On-line help is available within the program. Printing is supported for HP Laserjet/Deskjet and Postscript printers only. GIP runs in all resolutions on the ST/E, TT and Falcon.
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  • Fix-A-GIF
    As its name suggests, this program can examine and rectify any 'non standard' GIF file. It even checks for text info and multi- GIF picture files.
  • GTC74
    'GIF, TARGA and Co' - An image manipulation program. You can resize, rescale, convert 24 bit to 8 bit and vice versa, there's even a 'special' Photochrome-like display for viewing big pictures in sections. SPC, SPU are also supported and its fairly economical on memory usage.
  • MiniDraft 1.10
    Despite the name, this is a fairly comprehensive drafting program with all the basic requirements. There's some excellent example files on disk to get you started too.
  • Sprite Works 1.0
    A simple but very useful sprite designer for creating frame by frame sprites. It is specifically designed with programmers in mind and help is given for including your saved work in your own GFA or assembler programs. It handles both 16 and 32 pixel wide sprites and claims to offer the ease GFA users the ease of use of GFA, with the sprite control of STOS.
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  • Happy Paint 1.2e
    A Shareware mono paint program with all the usual tools and a few extras thrown in. One of its unique features is the ability to load ASCII text for titling your own pictures. Happy Paint uses its own font format but a conversion program is supplied which adapts Signum fonts for use with the program. A number of fonts are supplied on disk, ready for use. File support is PIC (32k raw screen data), PAK (it's own format NOT to be confused with PAC format) and Degas PI3. It also loads its own BLK and OBJ formats which are essentially blocks of screen data and not to be confused with object oriented graphics. Numerous pictures are also supplied. 9-pin Epson and 24-pin NEC printers are supported.
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  • PaintShop+ v2.03
    It loads files in Degas, NEO, Art Director, IMG, STAD, Doodle and Atari Clipboard formats as well as its own and saves in PIC format. The usual tools and effects (like solarize) are present as well as 'bend' and 'cylinder'. Pictures bigger than screen are loadable, although they will be cropped. An archiving facility allows up to 30 pictures to be stored in a special archive file. These may be loaded directly into Paintshop + or viewed from within the archive. If GDOS is loaded, the fonts specified in the ASSIGN.SYS file will be available within Paintshop +. Signum fonts and its own font format (three supplied on disk) are also supported. The most important feature with regard to fonts is support for Borland's BGI vector fonts which can be used at any size or any angle. A 'GPL' editor is included which allows small programs to be run from within Paintshop, generating graphic images. Up to three GPL's can be in memory at any time.
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  • DeagaMono 1.0
    Similar to Deagaview/Deagaprint, but combined in one program. This version is high res only and only prints or displays PI3 pictures.
  • Degaview/Degaprint 1.3
    Two shareware programs to view and print Degas files. Runs in any resolution, but the Degas files must be uncompressed.
  • ESCAD
    A professional CAD/CAM package. There are a number of the more advanced features disabled in this Shareware version. These are fully operational in the registered version. A converter program is included so that you can convert DFX files used by AutoCAD/AutoSketch (on the PC) into ESCAD format and vice versa.
  • McPic 1.3
    Shareware program which lets you view, print and convert between Neochrome and Degas files. You can also view Spectrum 512-colour and fullscreen overscan graphics.
  • McView 1.2
    Similar to McPic. You can view Neochrome, Degas, Spectrum 512 and Overscan pictures, and print them to a 9-pin or 24-pin Epson compatible printer.
  • The Ancient Art of ASCII 1.0
    The Ancient Art of ASCII is a program that will convert Degas *.PI3 pictures to ASCII text screens (ASCII ART). When these screens are printed, they really do look like the original picture.
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  • Brainstorm FLI/FLC Movie Player
    An application/accessory able to play any FLI/FLC files. Its main features are:
    • GEM program, TOS/MultiTOS compatible.
    • Runs in any Atari standard resolution.
    • AES colors friendly (uses standard AES palette).
    • Movies can be resized on the fly.
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  • POV (Persistence of Vision) 2.2 (ST & TT version)
    A reliable stable followup to POV 2.2 has finally arrived on the Atari thanks to Doug Little's porting of the PC sources. This latest version is downwardly compatible with POV 2.2 but with dozens of new features and bug fixes. Amongst the new features is the ability to render a screen preview when running on a Falcon. Another major improvement is the incorporation of the faster routines from FTPOV. Like v2.2, this version features hundreds of scenes for you to render yourself, all grouped according to your level of experience. The on-disk manual's huge, running to over 800K and is very well written, starting out with an easy to understand introduction to ray tracing, then moving progressively to the more advanced stuff. It also includes several detailed tutorials, all aimed at different ability levels.
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  • POV (Persistence of Vision) 2.2 (ST & TT version)
    A reliable stable followup to POV 2.2 has finally arrived on the Atari thanks to Doug Little's porting of the PC sources. This latest version is downwardly compatible with POV 2.2 but with dozens of new features and bug fixes. Amongst the new features is the ability to render a screen preview when running on a Falcon. Another major improvement is the incorporation of the faster routines from FTPOV. Like v2.2, this version features hundreds of scenes for you to render yourself, all grouped according to your level of experience. The on-disk manual's huge, running to over 800K and is very well written, starting out with an easy to understand introduction to ray tracing, then moving progressively to the more advanced stuff. It also includes several detailed tutorials, all aimed at different ability levels.
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  • POV (Persistence of Vision) 2.2 (ST & TT version)
    A reliable stable followup to POV 2.2 has finally arrived on the Atari thanks to Doug Little's porting of the PC sources. This latest version is downwardly compatible with POV 2.2 but with dozens of new features and bug fixes. Amongst the new features is the ability to render a screen preview when running on a Falcon. Another major improvement is the incorporation of the faster routines from FTPOV. Like v2.2, this version features hundreds of scenes for you to render yourself, all grouped according to your level of experience. The on-disk manual's huge, running to over 800K and is very well written, starting out with an easy to understand introduction to ray tracing, then moving progressively to the more advanced stuff. It also includes several detailed tutorials, all aimed at different ability levels.
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  • Calamus->CAD3D
    An accessory to convert Calamus fonts into a form suitable for use with CAD3D.
  • Calamus->Cyber
    An ACC which converts Calamus fonts so they can be used in CyberSculpt and CAD 3D.
  • Morph
    Yes morphing on the ST is possible! This is an interesting program which is capable of mapping points on one image onto another. Load up the two supplied pictures (or use your own) and select how many in between frames are to be generated. The in between frames showing the first picture gradually transforming into the second, are saved to disk. These may then be combined into an animation using Cyber Paint or Animtool on ART.72.
  • Pixpro II
    Improves the contrast on colour pictures created using video digitisers so they can be used as clip art. Includes source in GFA Basic.
  • Rayshade 3.0
    A raytracing program which is similar in concept to POV Raytrace, QRT Raytrace and DKB Raytrace. It reads a multiline ASCII file describing the scene to be rendered and produces a 'UTAH RASTER' image. The primitives are box, cone, cylinder etc. The program handles 24 bit colour but like other similar offerings, a scene takes hours to render.
  • RSFLIP 1.1
    This is a real oddity! It is a computer version of the flip books you used to get as a child. A flip book animation is produced on a 40 x 40 grid with facilities for inverting, rotating moving and copying. A sample demo is supplied on disk.
  • XPM Converter
    Converts XPM (X PixMap) files from Windows on the PC, into NEO files and vice versa.
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  • Dr. Bob's MultiViewer Graphics
    Allows you to view IMG, WAC, MAC, PI3, PC3 and NEO pictures on a mono monitor or PI1 and PC1 in medium res. Images may be rotated, copied, pasted and increased or decreased in size. It has good printer support, allowing you to alter the dpi setting to suit. It is also possible to edit your graphics and save them to disk.
  • Keftal 24
    Calculates the degradation of 16 million colours as RGB composition of graphics defined as percentages and angles of degradation. If that sounds confusing, put simply, this program allows you to create keftale graphics (plasma-like effects) like those on the Amiga. Although the graphics are in colour, Keftal itself requires a minimum resolution of 640x400 (on an ST this means high res or a graphics card). The end result is saved out as a Targa
  • Psycho-Script
    A combination of sound, script and psychedelic patterns in a slideshow. The manual on disk gives full instructions for running the demo. Needless to say, users can make their own slideshows. The Midi music output is only operational on the registered version.
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  • Eclipse
    A powerful image processing package. It loads images in RAW, TGA, IFF, SPU, Degas, GIF, TIFF and BMP formats, saving them in RAW, TGA, IFF, BMP and TIFF formats. The features include 24 different processing filters (including sharpen, blur, emboss, smooth and laplace), RGB colour adjustment, gamma correction, convert to greyscale, rotate image, bend, squeeze, zigzag and mirror. In addition, images may be mapped onto spheres, pyramids or diamonds and cutting and pasting of blocks between buffers is also supported. Eclipse runs in any resolution on the ST/E, TT and Falcon. The special effects menu and the user guide are reserved for registered users.
  • FracTGA 1.01
    Fractal generator using the Julia set. Saves graphics in Targa format and at resolutions of up to 2048x2048 pixels. Works under MiNT and MultiTOS.
  • Labo 7.5
    Allows you to convert images between Degas, NEO, Crack Art, TNY and PAL formats or view them on screen. Low res only.
  • Surf 3D 3.1
    A 3D graph viewer. Displays mathematical functions as an isometric wireframe graph in a GEM window. Simple, but pretty and effective.
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  • GENART V1.0
    A random pattern generator. It generates four random patterns and you choose which one you like. It is used as the basis for the next four or drawn full screen size. Patterns can be merged or mutated and there's a couple of user settings which may be altered too.
  • NIM2ST V1.2
    Converts PCX files created on the Nimbus version of PC Paintbrush into Degas format. Nimbus PCX files are non- standard and although recognised as ordinary PCX's by most conversion utilities, this is the only program known to convert them correctly.
  • SpriteFX
    A programmer's utility which allows you to import Degas or NEO pictures, cut out the relevant sprites from them and store them in a sprite bank. The sprite bank can hold up to 100 sprites and these can be built up into sequences, each containing up to 100 frames. Up to 100 sequences can be combined together to create lengthy animations. The sprites can range in size from 16x1 to 64x64 pixels in size and the program allows you to define the paths which you want your animations to follow. The end result can then be saved out in binary, assembler or Basic data statements for incorporation into your own programs. The program has a lengthy doc file and includes an on-line help facility. Please note that this is not a sprite designer. You will need an art package to create the initial graphics.
  • ST2NIM
    This program converts Degas low res screens into Nimbus PCX files. A number of example Nimbus PCX files are included on disk.
  • VM Dither
    Uses dithering to convert a 16 grey level .VID or .FLM sequence created by Video Master on the STE or Falcon so that it looks almost as good on an ST(FM). An example VID file converted with this program is included on disk.
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  • MultiCAD 1.30
    MultiCAD is suitable for a variety of uses including architecture, chemistry, engineering and PCB design. Libraries of architectural, electrical and mechanical shapes are included with the package as well as primitives of common shapes. It makes use of a a massive 32,768 x 32,768 pixel screen and allows you to zoom in and out easily. What's more, the entire drawing can be printed out in sections ready to paste together. The program is capable of creating multi-layer drawings and will import and export CADja files. This version restricts the size of your drawings to 5K and brings up nagging messages frequently. Apart from that, it's a complete implementation.
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  • Speed of Light 3.8
    Speed Of Light is a comprehensive image processor/viewer with many advanced and highly configurable features. It can display more colors and shades on a standard ST than usual and is the FASTEST GIF decompressor on the ST. Loads .GIF, .JPG, .PI?, .PC?, .PNT, .IMG and saves .GIF, Degas, .PNT, GEM (X)Image.
  • STOS Degas and Neochrome Slide Show
    A slideshow for displaying Degas and NEO pictures written with STOS Basic. As well as showing the pictures, a number of different effects are used when displaying them. In addition, the pictures can be made memory resident so that you can run a slideshow in a shop window without having to worry about the disk getting stolen! Some example pictures and full source code are included.
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  • Arrow 1.1
    Raytracer. A hot topic on the ATARI. With ARROW, the way into three-dimensional space is open. Objects can be easily designed in the comfortable 3D editor, scenes can be put together, light sources can be defined and then transformed into an image in 24-bit quality with the raytracer. The screen display is converted into the respective existing color resolution, whether 256, 16 colors or monochrome. 3D editor: 1-sided, 4-sided and vanishing point display, predefined figures (spheres, ellipses, polygon and rotation bodies); surfaces: diffuse, specular, luminous. The raytracer generates images in IMG, TIFF, IFF, BMP format, can independently swap to disk/hard drive in case of memory shortage, works in the background with MultiTOS and also supports an existing FPU.
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  • Movie Master
    Originally commercial and now released as Shareware, this package allows you to make your own 'movies from backdrops of your choice, using sprites cut from your own pictures. No knowlege of programming is required in order to use Sprite Master, as everything is done using simple mouse clicks. More advanced animations can be created using sprite sequences imported from Soft Bits' Sprite Master Gold, which is available to registered users. Unlike most animation programs, Movie Master even lets you add sound to your 'films'. Several example movies and sample graphics are included on disk.
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  • Easy POV 1.6
    A nice easy to use GEM based front end for POV 1 & POV 2. Everything is set using the mouse and pop-up menus.
  • IPF Creator and Viewer
    IPF format is essentially a 16 colour conversion of extended Spectrum 512 (SPX) format. The benefits are that you use up less disk space and memory and the pictures are still very impressive. A number of example pictures along with full STOS source code is provided on disk.
  • STIS 2.0
    Allows you to create 3D images from True Paint/Prism Paint pictures. These can then be viewed on your screen without special glasses. The images take longer for some people to see than others and it can be quite difficult to focus on your first picture correctly. However, if you can successfully see one, the rest will come naturally. Several example images are included on disk and print out is supported to Epson compatibles. STIS is no longer restricted to working with 16 colour pictures and runs on any ST, STE, TT or Falcon.
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  • Kozmic 4
    Kozmic is a psychedelic pattern generator with full user control over the patterns generated. As well as creating the patterns, you can zoom, mirror, distort, merge two screens, merge bitplanes and much more. Many of these are accompanied by equally unusual sampled sound effects. There's extensive palette control and a built in slideshow feature too. This latest version has on-line help and if you have an STE and more than 1 Meg of memory, you'll get stereo sound samples as well as the mono ones. Kozmic's two main claims to fame are that graphics created by it were used by the techno-rock group Tranceport on the cover of their CD Tranceglobal and Kozmic graphics were used in a video by a Belgian rock band which was shown on MTV!
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  • Zonk 1.02
    "Zonk makes psychedelic patterns to stare at when you're too zonked for anything else". It can grab screens, play bitmaps over them, freak about with the colours and cycle them, amongst other things.
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  • Kozmic 4 (Mega ST)
    Kozmic is a psychedelic pattern generator with full user control over the patterns generated. As well as creating the patterns, you can zoom, mirror, distort, merge two screens, merge bitplanes and much more. Many of these are accompanied by equally unusual sampled sound effects. There's extensive palette control and a built in slideshow feature too. This latest version has on-line help and if you have an STE and more than 1 Meg of memory, you'll get stereo sound samples as well as the mono ones. Kozmic's two main claims to fame are that graphics created by it were used by the techno-rock group Tranceport on the cover of their CD Tranceglobal and Kozmic graphics were used in a video by a Belgian rock band which was shown on MTV!
  • Kozmic 4 (Source code)
    Kozmic is a psychedelic pattern generator with full user control over the patterns generated. As well as creating the patterns, you can zoom, mirror, distort, merge two screens, merge bitplanes and much more. Many of these are accompanied by equally unusual sampled sound effects. There's extensive palette control and a built in slideshow feature too. This latest version has on-line help and if you have an STE and more than 1 Meg of memory, you'll get stereo sound samples as well as the mono ones. Kozmic's two main claims to fame are that graphics created by it were used by the techno-rock group Tranceport on the cover of their CD Tranceglobal and Kozmic graphics were used in a video by a Belgian rock band which was shown on MTV!
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  • The Sprites Portfolio 2.0
    This disk contains over 600 individual sprites for use in your own games. The artwork is truly outstanding and on a par with that used in the top ST arcade games. Screens are in Degas PI1 format so they can be used easily.
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  • Splash
    An art package for young children (age 3 to 10). Being icon driven, it is extremely easy to use. All the usual functions such as draw, line, fill, palette, disk, cycle, etc. are available. Ideal as an introduction to computer art.
  • Sprite Master
    A professional Sprite editing program which will output source code which can be incorporated into most programming languages. Sprite sizes can be user defined and stacked together to create multi sized output files. The disk contains the editor program, a short demo game, example sprites and a NEO to Sprite Master conversion kit.
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  • DRAW 0.2
    A monochrome drawing program which supports the loading and saving of IMG, PI3, PC3, DOO and BLK files and uses GDOS fonts if GDOS is loaded. It has all the usual tools like box, line, circle, polygon, fill, text, spray and zoom as well as a few new ones. Mosaic can produce interesting effects! The bezier curve tool is particularly well implemented.
  • Laser Design Pro 1.0
    Pixel drawing program that leaves nothing to be desired. With 3D part - extensive drawing functions - numerous image and block formats etc. GDOS and Signum! fonts. Only works in ST-high! Supports almost all common printers: 9-/24-needles, ink and laser printers.
  • Looker
    Described as an image processing program, it is primarily concerned with the conversion of colour images to monochrome or greys by use of dithering and half-toning, both of which allow extensive user control over their parameters. You can lighten or darken a picture, negate it or access the colour values to alter the converted image. Looker loads PI1, PI3 and DTH formats and saves as PI3 and DTH. Looker is well documented but entirely command driven, therefore not really user friendly.
  • Polystar (Mono)
    Originally designed to create multi-pointed stars for DTP work, Polystar has evolved into a drawing program in its own right. It offers such unusual tools as star, petals and spiral as well as implementing many of the usual ones. Polystar is a fun program to use, offering several new features over those expected from this type of package. It loads and saves Degas format pictures.
  • Rotation 1.0
    This program was inspired by EZ Draw and other 'object-oriented' programs that don't let you rotate objects in any increment other than 90 degrees. With Rotation, you can draw squares and polygons and rotate them in any increment up to 180 degrees, in any direction and about any center.
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  • Pulser
    A drawing package with a difference. It allows you to create the illusion of movement by clever use of colour cycling. Although this in itself is not a new concept, what makes Pulser unique is that you can have colour cycling switched on whilst drawing and this applies not only to freehand drawing but to shapes as well. In addition, you can specify the direction and speed of the cycling. A number of standard tools such as freehand, circle, box, lines and rays are also included. Pulser allows you to load and save Degas images as well as its own format (which stores all the colour cycling info). Several example pictures are supplied on disk.
  • Rotation 1.0
    This program was inspired by EZ Draw and other 'object-oriented' programs that don't let you rotate objects in any increment other than 90 degrees. With Rotation, you can draw squares and polygons and rotate them in any increment up to 180 degrees, in any direction and about any center.
  • Showtime (Greenwood)
    A slideshow with a difference. It displays all pictures in overscan mode (i.e. no borders). The program will display all PI1 and NEO files in the root directory of any specified drive and you can select the wait time between the loading of each picture.
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  • Neodesk Patterns
    A collection of patterns suitable for use to create a Desktop backdrop for NEODesk 4, Deskpic and similar programs. Some are in 256 colours and others in High Colour format.
  • Polystar (Color)
    Originally designed to create multi-pointed stars for DTP work, Polystar has evolved into a drawing program in its own right. It offers such unusual tools as star, petals and spiral as well as implementing many of the usual ones. Polystar is a fun program to use, offering several new features over those expected from this type of package. It loads and saves Degas format pictures.
  • Specshow
    A small program which can be called up by STOS Basic in order to let you display Spectrum 512 pictures (in full colour) within your own STOS Basic programs. Instructions are given and a sample .BAS file and SPC picture is also included.
  • Spectra
    An image processing program. It allows you to load up a RAW, TGA or POV RAW 24-bit True Colour picture and display it using 64 greyscales on an STE or 32 on an STFM. You can then lighten, darken, dither, enlarge, reduce or negate your picture. In addition, you can also carry out individual pixel editing in zoom mode. All processes may be applied to the entire picture or to user defined areas. What's more, although the picture has been colour reduced for display purposes, the 'real' picture in memory has not.
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  • Imagelab (English) 2.1
    A Freeware greyscale image processing package with a few nice touches. Features include scaling, contrast/brightness adjust, linear distribution, equal distribution, median filter, dilation, erosion, edge enhancement and the ability to display any of an image's 8 bitplanes. An invaluable feature is the ability to design your own filters and over 20 of these are supplied on disk. A number of greyscale adjustment filters are also supplied. Blocks may be cut and pasted between images and two images can be merged together to create some interesting effects. The ability to convert mono IMGs into true greyscale images is most helpful for those of you who do not have greyscale scanners. Imagelab is restricted to loading its own B_W format, AIM format or uncompressed IFFs but external conversion utilities allow GIF, TIFF, Degas and IMG format to be converted to B_W and vice versa. Although the program runs in mono, all work is actually performed in 256 greyscale mode.
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  • (X)IMG-Snapshot
    A program which lets you save any section of the Desktop to disk. Can be run as a PRG or ACC.
  • FLM Play (Kinetics)
    Allows you to play FLM animations (commonly found on PC CD ROMs) on any ST, STE or TT.
  • ImCon 1.1
    Converts pictures between many graphic formats including DOO, PIC, P?1, P?2, P?3, NEO, PAC, TN?, ART, SPC, SPU, IM, IMG, IFF, PCX, GIF & TIF. You can enlarge or reduce the size of pictures, enlarge the screen area but retain the image size, convert between True Colour, Greyscale and palette based formats, invert the picture, switch on or off dithering and so on. Images can be resaved in IMG, TIFF, IFF or raw screendump formats. What makes IMCON score over more fully featured packages like GEM-View is its ability to load the picture into memory rather than display it on screen, thus avoiding the problems of colour reduction in lower resolutions. Having said that, you can display the image on screen if you want. IMCON runs on any Atari and is compatible with most graphic cards.
  • MOV-POV 2.86
    GEM based shell for use with POV Raytrace. What makes this shell different is that it can be set to render several scripts, one after the other, and it can also generate animations from POV scripts. You enter the parameters for the animation and the program generates the appropriate scripts for the in- between frames. Lots of options (some only available when you register) to make life easier for anyone who uses POV Raytrace.
  • Pixikrome
    An image processing package written in STOS! You can load pictures in Spectrum 512, RAW (QRT Raytrace), Degas, NEO, NeoChrome Master, Canvas, Art Director, IFF, IMG and TNY formats amongst others or digitise into the program directly using Vidi ST. Special effects include mosaic, inverse, shatter, sinewave, tanwave, flip and mirror. The colour intensities of RAW images can be adjusted for the different red, green and blue components. A number of filters such as min, max, mean, median and blur are also included. Although True Colour pictures are worked in in their their separate RGB parts, there is a preview mode which gives you an idea of what the adjusted picture will look like. Your completed masterpiece will have to be viewed using Photochrome or Raw2Spec. Needs 1 Meg, Colour ONLY.
  • Virtual Screen XIMG Viewer 1.3
    Allows you to view any IMG or XIMG picture quickly and easily. It can even be installed as an application for viewing IMGs. Colour IMGs with more colours than the current screen resolution supports, will be displayed as monochrome.
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  • EC-Paint 1.01
    EC Paint hails from Norway and has a host of features not normally associated with mono art packages, the ability to load colour pictures being just one. In this case, you are given extensive (but easy to use) control over the dithering process. It loads IMG, PCX, TIF, IFF, CRG, BMP, MSP, MAC, PAC, DOO, GEM, EPS, NEO, TN?, PI? & PC? formats and saves back using about a dozen of those formats. EC Paint easily accommodates images larger than the physical screen area. You can use Calamus, GEM or system fonts for text input, although Calamus fonts give best results. As well as the usual line, point, box, circle, polygon, airbrush, mirror and magnify tools, you can create circle segments, 3D wireframe boxes, 3D wireframe polygons, ellipses, arcs, elliptical arcs, parallelograms, bezier curves and b-spline curves. A number of different fills are supplied or you can design your own with the built-in fill designer. Block handling is extensive with the ability to cut, bend, skew, rotate, twist, lighten, darken and distort. User settings are available for the spray can, orientation of shapes, gradient fills (very powerful), shadow and much more. Printout is supported to 9-pin, 24-pin and HP Desk/Laserjet printers with the option to print thumbnails of your pictures.
  • PABLo Paint 2.5
    Another mono offering but this one has colour versions available to registered users. Pablo loads PIC, ART, NEO and Degas formats as well as its own PK3 and PA3. The True Colour version for Falcon owners loads around 40 file types and saves about 20! There are over 150 icons on screen representing tools and other useful functions. Most (but not all) are functional in this Shareware version. As well as all the usual tools, you can map any texture onto a selected shape, convert pictures from colour to mono, convert to greyscale and work on pictures as large as 1800x1800 pixels. Up to 53 screens are supported subject to memory and 12 screens may be viewed at once in miniature. Other unique features include a built-in perspective system, 23 different block transformations, built-in screen saver, masking, libraries of commonly used systems, special cartoon effects and much more. This is no ordinary art package! The demo version is complete but all save operations are disabled until you register with the author. Needs 1 Meg.
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  • AQT 0.96
    A simple Apple QuickTime player for Atari (mono, 16 or 256 colors). For all, which have found any animations and couldn't show them. The viewer supports CVID24, RLE8, RLE16, RLE24, RAW, SMC8 and without sound.
  • AVI Play
    A simple AVI player for Atari computers (mono, 16 or 256 colors). For all who have found animations and couldn't show them. At the moment the viewer supports only CRAM8,CRAM16 and uncompressed, RLE8,RLE4 (untested) and CVID and all without sound.
  • AVI2Wave
    Converts the sound data in AVI animations into WAV format which can then be loaded into WAVE PLAYER
  • DL Viewer 0.01b
    This utility will play back DL animations. Simply known as DL animations this file format originates from the PC platform. Many PC CD-ROMS and Bulletin Boards. Memory requirements are based on the DL files you attempt to load. Runs in any resolution greater than 320x200x16. contain DL files and now you can view them on your Atari.
  • McFli 0.7
    Plays FLI or FLC animations in a GEM window on an ST/E or TT with a graphic card running in 256 colours.
  • RIFF Show
    Displays information on RIFF animation files.
  • Squirl
    A light synthesiser/pattern generator program similar in many ways to Jeff Minter's Trip-A-Tron (ART.3487). Patterns are generated by mouse movement but the emphasis is less reliant on the actual movement and more so on the way the mouse is moved. Dim the lights and play around with this one. You'll be amazed with some of the results you get. You can even try running it with a screen magnifier or mouse speeder program installed and watch how the display changes.
  • Timmy's Tree Designer
    A fun program to play around with when you need to relax. Simply set the twig, branch and trunk sizes for the tree along with a few other user definable parameters, then grow your own tree! A number of example script files are supplied which will enable you to create 16 different 'types' of tree with ease. Your masterpieces may be saved out as script files or in PI3 format.
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  • Munch 1.1
    An impressive monochrome graphics package. As well as all the usual drawing tools, there's the following tools:- star/multigon, parallelogram, smudge, multi-bezier, rubber ellipse, gradient, bend and lasso, to name just a few. Munch also allows you to work on pictures larger than the screen and has lots of special effects (registered users get a program to create their own). You can load images in Degas, NEO, IMG, MAC, PAC and TN3 formats and save as IMG, TIFF, PAC, PI3 and more. You can even save pictures in PRG format so that they can be double-clicked and displayed from the Desktop. There are lots of user definable parameters which affect the way the tools work. Munch is fully compatible with (Speedo)GDOS and can make use of GDOS fonts.
  • Scan It!
    Formerly a commercial release, this package is now available as Shareware. The software as supplied loads, GIF, IMG, ESM and PAC file formats and saves as ESM or IMG. It features a number of block manipulation and filtering processes (some are disabled in this version) and allows you to convert True Colour pictures to Greyscales or Greyscales to monochrome. This is of course just a taster of Scan-It's real power, which lies in its ability to scan images. Registered users get the appropriate scanner driver for their make of scanner. Scan-It runs in any resolution and is fully compatible with graphic cards.
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  • PICFIB V1.1a
    A slideshow program with a few differences. Picfib currently supports the viewing of IMG, Degas, PCX and GIF images. Lists of images can be created and individual pictures assigned 'tags'. These tags are then used as basis of searches so that only files in the list which match any chosen tag or tags, will be displayed. Picfib runs on any Atari but pictures with less colours than the current resolution will look pretty awful! If you've got lots of pictures (especially clip art) on your hard drive, this may well be just what you need to get them into some sort of logical order.
  • The Fractal Engine 2.1
    Supports all sets including 'Barnsley' and saves zoomed animations in  small or  full screen format with its own animation player.  Also,  you can  save palettes and co-ordinates etc. Fractal popcorn, mountains and plasma clouds are new for v2 as are 3D fractal landscapes (created using spherical mapping or landscape rendering), and images may be overlayed on top of each other. Very well documented with plenty of  example files.
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  • POV Stuff Volume 1
    A collection of 25 very high quality raytracing scripts for you to render yourself using POV Raytrace v2. These have been collected from a number of sources and cover a wide variety of subject matter. Scenes are BUG4, CAM1, COBRA, DISP2, DISPLAY, EN, ENTERPR2, ENTERPRS, FILM, FLAME, GAP1, H2O, HAVESEAT, LIONFISH, NIGHTSKY, OBJ1, OBJ3, ONGARD, PAWN, PICFRAME, SHNY_POV, SWORD, WINDOW, WORLD2, XWING. Most can be rendered on a 1 Mb machine but some will need more, one in particular requires 4 Mb
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  • POV Stuff Volume 1
    A collection of 25 very high quality raytracing scripts for you to render yourself using POV Raytrace v2. These have been collected from a number of sources and cover a wide variety of subject matter. Scenes are BUG4, CAM1, COBRA, DISP2, DISPLAY, EN, ENTERPR2, ENTERPRS, FILM, FLAME, GAP1, H2O, HAVESEAT, LIONFISH, NIGHTSKY, OBJ1, OBJ3, ONGARD, PAWN, PICFRAME, SHNY_POV, SWORD, WINDOW, WORLD2, XWING. Most can be rendered on a 1 Mb machine but some will need more, one in particular requires 4 Mb
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  • MPEG Fever 1.0
    A collection of utilities for analysing and creating MPEG animations, all held together in a nice friendly GEM based shell. MPEG is the animator's equivalent of JPEG. It is a lossy compression method but first generation MPEGs are usually of a high enough quality to deceive the human eye into thinking that they are the same as the original. The loss in quality is offset by the fact that files are typically compressed to around 10% or less of their original size. MPEG Fever allows you to create your own MPEGs from a set of sequentially numbered TGA files (other more obscure formats are also supported) or extract the individual frames from an existing MPEG animation. You can also extract specified sections of the animation to its own MPEG file or join two animations together. A large amount of analysis of MPEGs is also supported for the technically minded. All other functions are fully operational. Needs at least 1 Mb, more for processing large files. Needs to be run in ST high resolution or better. Although you can work on MPEG files in mono, you cannot view the animations on an ST unless you have a graphics card.
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  • AtSIRDS
    Single Image Random Dot Stereograms (SIRDS) are those 3D pictures that nobody can ever focus in on! This two disk set comprises of several GFA Basic programs which let you create your own from any standard uncompressed TGA image. The output files from POV Raytrace are ideal for the purpose and several example POV scripts are included along with a handful of pre-rendered images. Two versions of the program are included, one for making monochrome SIRDS, the other for creating True Colour ones.
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  • AtSIRDS
    Single Image Random Dot Stereograms (SIRDS) are those 3D pictures that nobody can ever focus in on! This two disk set comprises of several GFA Basic programs which let you create your own from any standard uncompressed TGA image. The output files from POV Raytrace are ideal for the purpose and several example POV scripts are included along with a handful of pre-rendered images. Two versions of the program are included, one for making monochrome SIRDS, the other for creating True Colour ones.
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  • 3D2->POV Converter 1.2
  • APEXTGA
    A full (yes FULL) 24-bit TARGA viewer for the Falcon and ST/STE.Uses scaling & supersampling to allow images larger than visible resolution to be viewed on VGA/RGB/TV monitors without pixel deterioration.
  • DEPICT
    DEPICT: DEgas to MacPaint PICTure Converter by Rana Dutt. Very simple to use - just select the Degas file to convert using the item selector, the program will do the rest
  • ESC/P Emulator
    This GEM-View module allows you to view a file intended for printing on Epson 9-pin printers. The file can also be output to a different printer via GEM-View's printer drivers.
  • EZGEM
    Converts GEM Metafiles produced by Uniterm (when using GDOS) into a format which can be used in EasyDraw. Probably works for *.GEM files produced by other packages too.
  • FLIplayer 2.5
    Plays AutoDesk Animator FLI animations in resolutions of 640x480 or higher (ST high res or TT/Falcon modes).
  • FLM Animation Builder (GIF2FLM) 0.50
    This utility will create an FLM delta animation file from a series of GIF images rendered with Phoenix and ANM-Link.
  • Gif to FLI
    Allows you to specify a list of GIF images to be joined together in a continuous animation in FLI or FLC format. There are lots of other options such as the speed of animation, colour mapping options if more than one palette is used (FLI only), double-buffering support and positioning of animation on screen.
  • GIFSPC
    Converts GIF format files into Spectrum 512 format.
  • HPCDTOPPM 0.51
    Converts Kodak PCD files (at their various resolutions) into Portable PixMap (PPM) format or PostScript/Encapsulated PostScript formats. Convert the PPM output to something more useful using GEM-View. Several user definable settings can be used in the conversion process.
  • IMG2PS 0.2
    Converts monochrome IMG images to PostScript files.
  • JML-Snapshot 5.21
    A snapshot program, for all resolutions and colour depths. Storage formats (X)IMG, IFF and TIFF; in German and English
  • XIMG-Snapshot v1.43df
    An ACC based screen grabber. Rather than snapshot the entire screen, you can either rubberband the required area for saving or select the top window so that only the top windows contents (excl. GEM slider bars) are saved to disk (useful for grabbing screenshots for reviews or product manuals).
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  • The Degas Art Presentation
    A taster from Floppyshop's DegasArt graphics tutorial. This disk contains over 40 impressive hand drawn images by the above named graphic artists. Some are from the DegasArt package itself, others have never been seen before. Nicely presented in a slideshow with an accompanying text file giving some background on each image. Don't misunderstand, this is not a tutorial disk, you'll have to buy the full three disk set for that. Instead it's a collection of superb original artwork with a smattering of hints and tips for the budding computer artist.
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  • Bitmap View 4.2.0
    A file viewer, converter and slideshow program which runs in almost any resolution. Conversions can be performed blind in order to preserve colour depth or you can have the image colour reduced (where necessary) to display in the current mode. Some new features include real-time zooming, slideshow option, fullscreen display option and mosaic mode which lets you display all loaded pictures on screen at once. New to v4 is support for Parx Software's external modules which allow scanners and digitisers to input directly into BV4.
  • Diapo 1.02
    Converts an entire directory of images into thumbnails (miniatures) on a single page at the current screen resolution, colour reducing as necessary. There are various dithering and palette options, an optional 3D look, adjustable image size, adjustable spacing between images and much more. Ideal for cataloguing your collection of graphics. This Shareware version does not allow different image sizes and Save is disabled.
  • GIF Trans 0.1b
    Lets you create 'transparent' GIFs for use in your HTML documents. Select which of the 256 colours is to be treated as transparent and the file will be re-saved with the transparency set accordingly.
  • GIFcolor & GIFscale
    Two very compact GIF viewers. They take a standard GIF, colour reduce it to 16 colours (or greyscales), then let you pan around the image on a huge 'virtual' screen. Both programs can be installed as Applications from the GEM Desktop (lets you double-click GIFs to view them).
  • JPEG 68k RIM
    M&E JPEG loader module for use on STs and TTs. Works with Bitmap View.
  • JPG68000.CPX
    A CPX for use with XControl which allows you to convert GIF, TGA or PPM images into JPEG format or vice versa using various options.
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  • M&E Modules
    An impressive collection of graphics based modules created by Parx, a French company responsible for a number of Atari based products. These must be installed prior to use and are common to all applications (eg; BV4, Piccolo, D2M, Diapo etc), using M&E modules, so you need only have one set of modules installed on your system. They handle graphic cards, memory management, intelligent colour reduction, generation of textures, support for GDOS/NVDI printing, the loading of over 40 and saving of over 30 different file types (all common Atari formats as well as Photo CD, TIFF, GIF etc) and digitising directly into any supporting program using Vidi ST and others. There's even a module which lets you output photographic quality images to the Fargo FotoFun. M&E modules (and programs which use them) are most usable if you have two floppy drives or a hard drive.
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  • POV (Persistence of Vision) 3.00
    A reliable stable followup to POV 2.2 has finally arrived on the Atari thanks to Doug Little's porting of the PC sources. This latest version is downwardly compatible with POV 2.2 but with dozens of new features and bug fixes. Amongst the new features is the ability to render a screen preview when running on a Falcon. Another major improvement is the incorporation of the faster routines from FTPOV. Like v2.2, this version features hundreds of scenes for you to render yourself, all grouped according to your level of experience. The on-disk manual's huge, running to over 800K and is very well written, starting out with an easy to understand introduction to ray tracing, then moving progressively to the more advanced stuff. It also includes several detailed tutorials, all aimed at different ability levels.
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  • POV (Persistence of Vision) 3.00
    A reliable stable followup to POV 2.2 has finally arrived on the Atari thanks to Doug Little's porting of the PC sources. This latest version is downwardly compatible with POV 2.2 but with dozens of new features and bug fixes. Amongst the new features is the ability to render a screen preview when running on a Falcon. Another major improvement is the incorporation of the faster routines from FTPOV. Like v2.2, this version features hundreds of scenes for you to render yourself, all grouped according to your level of experience. The on-disk manual's huge, running to over 800K and is very well written, starting out with an easy to understand introduction to ray tracing, then moving progressively to the more advanced stuff. It also includes several detailed tutorials, all aimed at different ability levels.
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  • POV (Persistence of Vision) 3.00
    A reliable stable followup to POV 2.2 has finally arrived on the Atari thanks to Doug Little's porting of the PC sources. This latest version is downwardly compatible with POV 2.2 but with dozens of new features and bug fixes. Amongst the new features is the ability to render a screen preview when running on a Falcon. Another major improvement is the incorporation of the faster routines from FTPOV. Like v2.2, this version features hundreds of scenes for you to render yourself, all grouped according to your level of experience. The on-disk manual's huge, running to over 800K and is very well written, starting out with an easy to understand introduction to ray tracing, then moving progressively to the more advanced stuff. It also includes several detailed tutorials, all aimed at different ability levels.
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  • POV (Persistence of Vision) 3.00
    A reliable stable followup to POV 2.2 has finally arrived on the Atari thanks to Doug Little's porting of the PC sources. This latest version is downwardly compatible with POV 2.2 but with dozens of new features and bug fixes. Amongst the new features is the ability to render a screen preview when running on a Falcon. Another major improvement is the incorporation of the faster routines from FTPOV. Like v2.2, this version features hundreds of scenes for you to render yourself, all grouped according to your level of experience. The on-disk manual's huge, running to over 800K and is very well written, starting out with an easy to understand introduction to ray tracing, then moving progressively to the more advanced stuff. It also includes several detailed tutorials, all aimed at different ability levels.
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  • Piccolo (Bayle) 1.00
    A cut down version of Parx's D2M which is designed to demonstrate the use of their M&E modular system. It lacks a decent set of tools but does load and save in a variety of formats using the Parx M&E modules. A small selection of these modules are supplied and a fuller distribution version of them is available on ART.5895. Using the M&E modules you can input images directly from Vidi-ST, select from a variety of colour reduction methods to obtain best results, and apply various effects to your images. With the full version of the M&E modules, the functionality of this package is further extended.
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  • EB Modelleur 2.75A
    A universal 3D modeller for use with several different raytracing packages. It imports scripts from POV, CLOE  and  3D Studio (on the PC).  The ability to export files  in  anything other than EB-Model's own format is reserved for registered users.  EB-Model simplifies  the  process of setting up cameras and lighting for  your  scene with the use of movable objects in a GEM window rather than the hit or  miss approach  of  entering  the data by hand  into  script  files.  The  program includes precalculated objects (segments,  boxes,  prisms,  tubes,  spheres, pyramids, cones and more) and there's a library feature which lets you store copies  of your own objects for use in other scenes.  You can even spin  and extrude shapes and create fractal landscapes. Your creation can of course be viewed from different elevations.  The program uses the 'modern face of GEM'with colour icons,  movable windows,  3D interface and so forth (all subject to which machine it's running on).  It is compatible with all Atari machines and  multi-tasking friendly.
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  • 3DP
    Allows you to quickly an easily create 3D models for use with POV Raytracer v2. You can adjust the viewing angle and the position of the camera to suit. The resultant image is displayed in its own window as a wireframe graphic and can be saved as an object or output as a POV script file ready to be cut and pasted into your main script. Several example objects are supplied as well as POV scripts of these. Easy to use if you know the basics of raytracing but unfortunately the program and all docs are in French.
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  • 3-D Object Colorizer 2.0
    3-D Object Colorizer is a utility which allows one to recolor individual faces of a CAD-3D v2.0 three dimensional object. Individual objects may be viewed in solid form from any camera angle. Changing a face's color is then as simple as clicking the mouse on the face you wish to change. Objects may then be resaved in CAD-3D file format.
  • Bordure
    Creates a border (within the image's original boundaries) of the size and colour you specify around any 8-bit or 24-bit (Type 2 or 3) TGA image. You can even allow the image to gradually fade into the border and specify settings for this too! Docs in French but easy to figure out.
  • CyberSculpt Extrude Autotracer
    Converts an uncompressed Degas image into an extrude template file which is then loaded into CyberSculpt to create 3D objects. Works better with some images than others but it does offer a simple solution to the problem with virtually no user intervention.
  • GEM2PS 6.1
    Converts GEM Metafiles into PostScript or EPS format for output to PostScript devices. It is also possible to view the structure of the GEM file and to specify positioning on the page for the printing of its PostScript counterpart. Text can also be used but you are restricted to using the Helvetica font.
  • Meta-Bit 1.1d
    With META-BIT, GEM standard vector graphics (metafiles, *.GEM) can be edited within certain limits and then saved as raster graphics of any size. The following formats are available: GEM-VDI IMG, TIFF, ZSoft PCX, Screen (PIC), Degas monochrome uncompressed, PaintShop Compressed and STAD-PAC.
  • Reduct TGA 2.0
    Lets you resize any 24-bit or 8-bit (Type 2 or 3) TGA image by typing in a percentage (for each axis) or the exact dimensions (in pixels) required.
  • Rotation TGA 1.0
    Rotates an 8-bit or 24-bit (Type 2 or 3) TGA by a specified number of degrees. The image's size is increased to avoid cropping. It can be displayed on a black background or using a tiled effect with multiple copies of the image being used as the background to give a 3D effect.
  • xCOPY pOV 0.9
    Allows you to make copies of objects created for use with Persistence Of Vision Raytracer v2. Includes very detailed instructions but unfortunately they are in French.
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  • Anonymous Gif Animation Tool (AGATe) 1.2
    A useful program which takes a 256 colour FLC file and converts it to an GIF animation for use on the WWW. It attempts to save only the animated area rather than the full 640x480 screen. Lots of option allow transparency, interlace and other attributes to be specified.
  • DEMO RWI
    A collection of demo modules for use with packages which support Parx Software's M&E modules (BV4, Picolo and others). The full versions of these modules are commercially available from Parx. They include printer drivers for the Canon BJC-4000 and BJC-70, HP Deskjet 500C and 550C, Epson Stylus Colour, and import modules for the Paragon Mustek M1200D3P, M600D3P, M600DSP, M600S2D flatbed scanners and the Vidi ST digitiser in 256 colours or True Colour (Falcon only). Just drop them into the appropriate folders inside your PARX.SYS folder and they are ready for use.
  • IFX Matrix
    Two new special effects modules for use with packages which support Parx Software's M&E modules. These are demo versions which perform convolutions (on True Colour images) based on a 3x3 matrix. Being demos, you cannot save the resulting images. One version is for use on the Falcon, the other runs on any Atari.
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  • Alvi 0.05beta
    A JPEG viewer. Despite what the docs say, you must run ALVI from the Desktop (i.e. drag & drop etc don't work). The current version runs in any resolution but only displays the image in monochrome. Image can be displayed at various zoom levels. Its main claim to fame is its speed at loading.
  • Eureka 2.12
    A combined statistical analysis/3D modelling package. You need to understand mathematical functions to O Grade/Standard Grade/GCSE level at a minimum in order to make use of this program. You start out by creating a graph using one of the supported formulae or the Julia or Mandelbrot fractal sets, then map your graph onto one of the supplied 3D surfaces. Your creations can also be made into 3D animations. In addition, Eureka can also import images and animations created using the Persistence Of Vision raytracer.
  • MP_STE 2.78
    The ST conversion of the Falcon program MPlayer. Lets you play Quick Time, AVI, FLI, FLC, FLH, SEQ, PI1+DLT and FLM animations on any ST. The STE in the name signifies that you will get stereo sound (where appropriate) if running on an STE. Mono sound is supported on pre-STE machines. It also allows you to create Quick Time, AVI and FLM animations on your ST as well as animated GIFs for the Web.
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  • GFORGE 1.2
    Generates a landscape texture using a process known as "random fractal forgery". The generated landscapes are very realistic in appearance, yet calculated from a simple algorythm. The output files are in 24-bit TGA or PNG format and may be used as standalone files or as backgrounds for POV scenes. A large amount of control is possible when creating these landscapes and the doc is very detailed. The program can hardly be described as user- friendly but the results can be impressive to say the least.
  • GrafTool V4/2/96
    Viewer for graphics and animations with image editing functions, creation of overview images. Also runs on/with TT, Falcon, MultiTOS, MagiC and graphics cards.
  • RIM Fractales & Rosaces
    Four fractal generating modules for use with any program which supports Parx's M&E modules. They allow you to create fractals using the Mandelbrot, Julia, Octo, Barnsley and Phoenix sets. The less common Newton-Raphson method is also supported as is a new method which generates images which look like ceiling roses! The demo versions only create fixed resolution images, use a lower level of detail and are much slower than the full versions which may be obtained from the author. Docs in English and French.
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  • Grafix Art
    Grafix Art is an art package which was originally written to be included with our Grafix The Easy Way art tutor. Written completely in STOS basic and contains the usual features found in an art package.
  • MORPHing 1.05
    As the name suggests, this programs lets you morph one image into another by generating the in between frames and creating an animation. You can specify how many frames should be generated, the more frames, the longer it takes to generate and the more memory/disk space is needed. Having said that, more frames results in smoother animations. It uses a different method to Apex Media, employing the use of a user-defined grid to control the process. The only limitations seems to be that it only works with 24-bit TGA images and it's very slow. Runs in low resolution.
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  • Animdat
    ANIMDAT reads an animation source file and uses it to generate scene files for DKB or POV Raytrace.
  • AnimFLI
    ANIMFLI takes images generated by the quantisation programs and builds them into an FLI animation (at a size of 320x200 only).
  • Big E (POV Script)
    All the files you need to render the Starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A using POV Raytrace v1.00. An impressive scene which contains textures with up to ten layers! Likely to take a day or two to render but should be well worth the wait! The scripts will need a bit of work to alter them for use with a later version of POV.
  • Meta4
    This ACC acts as a metamorphic animator for use with CyberSculpt. Very little documentation, but should make sense to CyberSculpt users. Please note, this ACC does absolutely nothing unless CyberSculpt is currently loaded.
  • MUTA
    Companion to META, this ACC has one purpose only, to save all the intermediate frames in the animations you created using META.
  • PVQUANT 1.60
    A collection of programs for use with DKB Raytrace or POV Raytracer. The quantisation programs take a 24-bit TGA image and reduce it to 16 or 256 colours using the Octree or Heckbert colour reduction methods.
  • Texty
    An art package which has one aim, to handle fonts! It comes supplied with 49 fonts in with character sizes varying from 6*6 pixels to 32*32 pixels. You can load up a PI1 or NEO image, type a line of text in your favourite font and apply various attributes such as shade, underline and inverse to it. It may be moved around prior to pasting down and the text may be pasted down in x- ray or overlay mode

Standard support
GEMScript
OLGA
BubbleGEM
Programs written in...
Assembler
GFA-Basic
Pure C
STOS