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These are the official file viewers supplied with the 'Apex Animator'
graphics system on the Atari Falcon030 computer.

(c) 1995 Black Scorpion Developments.

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APXTGA24.TTP:

Description: A full (yes FULL) 24-bit TARGA viewer for the Falcon and ST/STE.

Supports:    16/24/32-bit compressed and uncompressed Targas.

Colours:     16.7 Million (Falcon)
             32,768 (STE)
             4096 (STFM)
           
Other:       Uses scaling & supersampling to allow images larger than
             visible resolution to be viewed on VGA/RGB/TV monitors
             without pixel deterioration.

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APXJPG24.TTP:

Description: A full 24-bit JPEG DSP-viewer for the Falcon.

Supports:    All reasonable standard JPEG files.

Colours:     16.7 Million
           
Other:       Uses scaling & supersampling to allow images larger than
             visible resolution to be viewed on VGA/RGB/TV monitors
             without pixel deterioration. Makes use of VRAM if installed.

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APXFLC16.TTP:

Description: 256/16-bit truecol direct-from-disk FLIC player for the Falcon.

Supports:    Autodesk FLI, FLC, FLH, FLT & FLX formats.

Colours:     256-col / 65536 col.
           
Other:       Takes advantage of TV/RGB overscan for anims larger than 320/640
             pixels wide.

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APXGIF18.TTP:

Description: A super-super-quick 18-bit 256-colour GIF viewer for the Falcon.

Supports:    GIF87a/GIF89a (except interlaced - soon to be added)

Colours:     256 from 262,144
           
Other:       Now uses hardware scrolling for big images instead of scaling.

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APXGIF24.TTP:

Description: A super-quick 24-bit 256-colour GIF viewer for the Falcon.

Supports:    GIF87a/GIF89a (except interlaced - soon to be added)

Colours:     256 from 16.7 Million (Only usable with RGB/TV/SVGA monitors)
           
Other:       As with 18-but version, but uses optical persistance tricks
             to achieve 16.7 Million colours!

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For detailed information on the Apex package, please contact:

Titan Designs,
6 Witherford Way,
Selly Oak,
Birmingham.
B29 4AX

Or:

phone:   0121-693-6669
fax:     0121-414-1630
