From: thorpe@doppler.ncsc.org (Steve Thorpe)
Subject: HP SDSC Image Tools
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:13:19 GMT

Hi Folks,

The ever popular AVS modules based on the San Diego Supercomputing
Center's image conversion tools, and converted into AVS by Terry Myerson,
are now available on the HP platform!  With SDSC's latest release of 
the tools, they have released an HP port.

Two of the approximately 60 AVS modules based on the SDSC tools are
READ_ANY_IMAGE and WRITE_ANY_IMAGE.  These are in the top 3 most 
frequently downloaded modules on the ftp site.  Because they are so
popular, executable versions as well as source code are provided for
your use.

I'll include a copy of their documentation below.  Enjoy!

-Steve

Name        : READ_ANY_IMAGE  Version      : 2.000     Mod Number : 1211 
Author      : Terry Myerson, International AVS Center (NCSC)
Submitted   : 05/21/92        Last Updated : 12/21/92  Language   : C        
Ported to   : Sun DEC IBM HP
Description : This module reads an image into an AVS Network in a variety of
              formats. All formats which the San Diego Supercomputing
              Center's image tools support, this module supports. With
              this module you can read in a postscript file, and edit it
              with the standard tools of AVS ! Any of the following image
              file formats can be read in by this module eps Encapsulated
              PostScript file, gif Compuserve Graphics image file, hdf
              Hierarchical Data File, icon Sun Icon and Cursor file, iff
              Sun TAAC Image File Format, mpnt Apple Macintosh MacPaint
              file, pbm Portable Bit Map file, pcx ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush
              file, pgm Portable Gray Map file, pic PIXAR picture file,
              pict Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file, pix Alias image
              file, pnm Portable aNy Map file, ppm Portable Pixel Map
              file, ps PostScript file, ras Sun Rasterfile, rgb SGI RGB
              image file, rla Wavefront raster image file, rle Utah Run
              length encoded image file, rpbm Raw Portable Bit Map file,
              rpgm Raw Portable Gray Map file, rpnm Raw Portable aNy Map
              file, rppm Raw Portable Pixel Map file, synu Synu image
              file, tiff Tagged image file, x Stardent AVS X image file,
              xbm X11 bitmap file, xwd X Window System window dump image
              file.

Name        : WRITE_ANY_IMAGE Version      : 2.000     Mod Number : 1212 
Author      : Terry Myerson, International AVS Center (NCSC)
Submitted   : 05/21/92        Last Updated : 12/21/92  Language   : C        
Ported to   : Sun DEC IBM HP
Description : This module writes an image from an AVS Network in a variety
              of formats. All formats which the San Diego Supercomputing
              Center's image tools support, this module supports. With
              this module you can write out an AVS image in MacPaint format
              for inclusion in a to-be published document !! Any of the
              following image file formats can be read in by this module
              eps Encapsulated PostScript file, gif Compuserve
              Graphics image file, hdf Hierarchical Data File, icon Sun
              Icon and Cursor file, iff Sun TAAC Image File Format, mpnt
              Apple Macintosh MacPaint file, pbm Portable Bit Map file,
              pcx ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file, pgm Portable Gray Map
              file, pic PIXAR picture file, pict Apple Macintosh
              QuickDraw/PICT file, pix Alias image file, pnm Portable
              aNy Map file, ppm Portable Pixel Map file, ps PostScript
              file, ras Sun Rasterfile, rgb SGI RGB image file, rla
              Wavefront raster image file, rle Utah Run length encoded
              image file, rpbm Raw Portable Bit Map file, rpgm Raw
              Portable Gray Map file, rpnm Raw Portable aNy Map file, rppm
              Raw Portable Pixel Map file, synu Synu image file, tiff
              Tagged image file, x Stardent AVS X image file, xbm X11
              bitmap file, xwd X Window System window dump image file.
              Version 2.0 frees allocated memory after writing each
              image.

PS  Would you be interested in sharing your AVS work with the
scientific visualization community worldwide via a short article 
and / or slides in an upcoming issue of AVS Network News?  This 
is the IAC's quarterly magazine made up of user contributed 
articles.  Thanks for considering this!
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   Steve Thorpe, Application Visualization System Specialist
International AVS Center, North Carolina Supercomputing Center
PO Box 12889   3021 Cornwallis Rd, RTP, NC 27709   avs@ncsc.org
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                   INTERNATIONAL AVS CENTER CONTACT INFO:
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		   David Bennett, IAC Director
		   Katie Mohrfeld
		   Steve Thorpe
		   Terry Myerson
		   Ann Cadran
		   Rebecca Gebuhr
		   Sandra Hedrick
		   Dianne Reid

                   International AVS Center
                   North Carolina Supercomputing Center
                   3021 Cornwallis Road
                   Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

		   Please send articles and slides for future
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		   magazine featuring articles from AVS users
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avs93@ncsc.org     email here for info on the AVS '93 conference
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		   will be routed to all of us and answered by
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		   if you do not have ftp access.  These messages are
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avs.ncsc.org	   ftp address of the IAC's anonymous ftp site
		   (this is IP number 128.109.178.23)

919-248-1100	   Our phone number - though frequently its easier to
		   track us down via email to avs@ncsc.org 

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WHAT_IS_WAIS	   Check these files for information on two useful
WHAT_IS_GOPHER     tools for perusing our anonymous ftp site.  These
		   can be obtained via anonymous ftp (of course!) from
		   the directory avs.ncsc.org:avs_readme

617-890-4300       Advanced Visual Systems Inc. phone number.
		   Call here if you are interested in purchasing AVS.

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