Thank you for downloading & testing the program. It has come a long way since I started the project many years ago. The next step is to use a new display method with Datatype Objects so that I can adapt PixieView for Amiga 68k. I already have a small program working on Amiga.
If you are talking about how icon images are displayed in a larger window than normal that's because I set a minimum window size of 100x120 for icon images. I was frustrated with MultiView opening the icon images with small Windows. They were so small I couldn't move the window or resize the window easily.
One of my to do items is to open the images centered on screen rather than the default location at (0,0) top left of the workbench screen.
If you are using PixieView on AROS x86 then the TIFF Datatype should work. But if you try to open a Tiff file using MultiView with TIFF Datatype then MultiView will crash. I suspect it can't load Tiff Lib which is an external library not internal.
Edited by miker1264 on 05-12-2024 12:41,
1 month ago
AMIGASYSTEMDistro MaintainerPosted
1 month agoModified and reconfigured Dopus4 and Def_Icons, created a small video where PixieView on Wanderer displays 12 different graphic formats "without extension".
The last TIF image instead displayed with 'PicShow', where via PicShow I make a SlideShow, attach video.
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AMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer Posted
1 month agomiker with PixieView I have encountered on Wanderer but also on Dopus4 a strange thing, after you view a graphic file, afterwards it cannot be deleted, reason file in use ! with multiview this does not happen.
AMIGASYSTEM
After doing some testing with PixieView I found the unfreed resource that prevented deleting an image after viewing.
The source code is several years old and it's very messy. In the Load_Image_DT function there is a subfunction to read the BMHD by using a Datatype. But the DTObject wasn't being freed.
I will revise it and I will compile a new version later today and post it for testing.
I will compile & post the updated PixieView program later today. It will solve the problem of not being able to delete a picture file after viewing.
AMIGASYSTEM
Try this new version of the PixieView program. You should now be able to delete a picture file after viewing it. If you find any issues please let me know so I can fix them. Thanks for testing.
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AMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer Posted
1 month agoThanks miker, now the images can be deleted, PixieView is perfect, there is only a small problem, it is not important maybe you can improve in the future, in practice if you view an Image higher than the resolution of the video used, the image is cut and you can not see it in full.
For example, if you have a 1024x768 screen, you can't see the entire image at a resolution of 2048x1024.
With Multiview, Zoom is not supported, but you can see the entire image via the vertical/horizontal scroll bars
The Zoom In/Zoom Out & Maximize/Minimize using Scrollbars will be in the next update as well as being able to open images centered on screen rather than at top left corner of screen.
These features require a large re-write of the program & much of the existing source code needs to be cleaned up. There's much work to do. :-)
P.S. - I'm working on revising S-MultiView (Super MultiView) for testing purposes. If I'm satisfied with the new features I will ask deadwood if we can include many of the new features in standard MultiView that we all know & use daily.
The new features are Edit File on the Edit Menu that looks at the App Icon to open an editor based on the currently loaded Datatype Object. Also new is the ability for About information to recognize HAM6/HAM8 & EHB images. Zoom In & Zoom Out, Maximize & Normal are all working. Only Minimize (Iconify) isn't working yet. I have to fix that.
I'm not sure if Convert to PNG will be included, but for Picture files that's very useful. For Sound we could have Convert to WAV. For IFF Text we could Convert to standard text. That will all be tested in S-MultiView to make sure it is working.
Of course, the other option is to completely omit the Convert to functions & instead just use Edit File to open the current filename in the appropriate editor. Then it can be easily converted. I haven't decided yet. But keeping MultiView as pure as possible is surely as important as adding features to improve upon it.
Edited by miker1264 on 09-12-2024 17:01,
1 month agoAMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer Posted
1 month agoOK thanks, in the meantime Pixieview is the default tool for viewing images on the new AROS One that will be released in a few days.
AMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer Posted
1 month agomiker, Pixieview does not recognise the XBM format, see screenshot, with Multiview the XBM format works fine
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The PixieView program has been revised. I updated the About Information & I fixed the fringing on the image when rotating left or right. I also added the fix for images less than 8 bitplanes so that they will display correctly.
I will compile it & post it at lunch time today in a couple hours.
AMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer Posted
1 month agoOK as soon as I download PixieView I will start building and deploying the new AROS One 2.7, so that I can then devote myself to the new Core 20241209-D04 !
Here is the revised PixieView program. It once again supports images less that 8 bitplanes.
The About Information has been updated and the rotate functions don't leave fringing. :-)
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AMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer Posted
1 month agoThanks miker, now PixieView displays image XBM !
