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Date:         Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:39:33 GMT
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From:         M.Crawford@DCS.SHEFFIELD.AC.UK
Subject:      Re: Sun raster file viewing

I've mailed Sven a copy of this directly... others may be interested
too, though...  it seems to do a lot of what PixelMagician's service
does (if I understand that correctly), but it only runs under 3.0
which we haven't installed yet, so I can't comment on its efficacy.
(Some applications, such as FrameMaker, can display SUN raster files
directly, of course.)

============================================================
OmniImageFilter
Version 1.0

This service will automatically translate a variety of image formats
into the native NeXT TIFF format.  Simply install this directory in
~/Library/Services and well-behaved programs will allow you to
drag-and-drop any of the following image types if the programs
support drag-and-drop of TIFF images.

bmp|Microsoft Windows BitMaP file
cur|Microsoft Windows CURsor file
gif|giff|CompuServe Graphics Image Format file
hdf|df|ncsa|Hierarchical Data Format file
ico|Microsoft Windows ICOn file
icon|cursor|pr|Sun Icon and Cursor file
suniff|taac|Sun TAAC Image File Format
mpnt|macp|pntg|Apple Macintosh MacPaint file
pbm|Portable Bit Map file
pcx|pcc|ZSoft PC Paintbrush file
pgm|Portable Grayscale Map file
pic|picio|pixar|PIXAR PICture file
pict|pict2|Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT picture file
pix|alias|Alias PIXel image file
pnm|Portable aNy Map file
ppm|Portable Pixel Map file
ras|sun|sr|scr|Sun RASterfile
rgb|iris|sgi|Silicon Graphics RGB image file
rla|rlb|Wavefront raster image file
rle|Utah Run-Length-Encoded image file
rpbm|Raw Portable Bit Map file
rpgm|Raw Portable Grayscale Map file
rpnm|Raw Portable aNy Map file
rppm|Raw Portable Pixel Map file
synu|Synu image file
tga|vda|ivb|Truevision Targa image file
viff|viff|xv|Khoros Visualization Image File Format
x|avs|Stardent AVS X image file
xbm|bm|X11 Bit Map file
xwd|x11|X11 Window Dump image file

Authors: William J. Shipley, The Omni Group <wjs@omnigroup.com>
         Kenneth R. Case, The Omni Group <kc@omnigroup.com>

From example code by: Ali T. Ozer, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Image conversion provided by the San Diego Supercomputer Center image
library, version 2.1.

Because of the copyright on the image library from SDSC, you are free
to distribute this filter, but cannot use it as the basis of any
commercial product.

For the very latest image library, ftp to ftp.sdsc.com, and look in
the sdscpub/next/ directory.  For information about the sdsc image
library, email info@sdsc.edu.

Please do not remove this README file from the
OmniImageFilter.service directory.

Copyright 1992 William Shipley
Portions developed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center


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If you want a copy (and can accept 300K or so NeXTMail), please ask.
I can't find it on ftp sites yet (I was mailed my copy by a chap at
NeXT - Thanks Paul!)

Have fun,

Malcolm.

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