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Sputnik image viewer ver 2.3.2

Written by Andrej E.Barkhatov
Release Date: 06/16/2000
Shareware
Cost: 15$
Free download ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/graphics/sputv232.zip
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Supported OS : Win98,WinNT4.x,Windows2000
No installation needed


THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY
For IJL11.DLL usage see Intel(r) JPEG Library v. 1.1 License Agreement

Description : SPI.EXE - fast, simple viewer, which helps viewing large DXF,EMF,JPEG and TIF files.
DXF and EMF can be easy laid on a TIF or JPEG, without any reference definition procedure.

  1. Data formats supported TIF,JPG,DXF,EMF
    • Uncompressed TIF can be 8 bit per channel - RGB, indexed and gray scale
    • DXF is ASCII mode, 2D, wire frame drawing. Many of DXF group codes are not processed yet, header constants either
    • JPEG can be 8 bit per channel - RGB, and gray scale, baseline and progressive
    • Intel(r) JPEG Library v. 1.1 IJL11.DLL file from the distr package should be in a working dir !
  2. Overlay
    • Multiple file "Open" works as usual (select with Ctrl, order not important). Command line loading also provided (quoting file names with blanks)
    • For now, only one raster file can be used as a background for vector layers. If files are opened one by one - raster should be the first. If TIF/JPG presented, subsequent vector files are scaled to its extent. If no raster files - first vector's extent is used
    • Mounting point is fixed to upper-left corner. If DXF has no header, scanning for min-max performed. If DXF header presented - all outside elements are squeezed
    • Currently opened TIF/JPG name, scale factor, DXF/EMF names with number of blocks and layers, number of vertexes and number of text items appears on the status bar
    • statusb.gif
  3. Save
    • Only raster saving implemented for now
    • When indexed mono chanal TIF is saved to JPEG color information is discarded
    • JPEG saving quality [0-100] can be chosen using "Options-File" dialog page
    • By default, a preview image is saved into a TIF, as the standard allows. This is useful for browsing by Open file dialog
  4. Copy
    • Copy to clipboard command places currently viewed data to system clipboard
  5. Print
    • Print command sends currently viewed data a default printer
  6. Magnify
    • "Zoom" step is x2 (100%), target is window center
    • Max resolution for TIF - 4 point per pixel, for vector - 1/250000
  7. Rubber draw
    • "Draw / length" tool shows coords in native format (pixels for TIF, WCS for DXF)
    • To stop drawing - Esc or right mouse button. To clear - trash button on the tool bar
  8. Current display settings
    • A window background color, default font and default character set can be chosen by the "Options" dialog in the "Drawing"page
    • To ensure that changes occur, reloading is sometimes required
    • Current setting are saved into SPI.INI text file. To restore default settings - delete (or edit) SPI.INI file in a working dir
  9. Layers
    • "Layers lighting" switches visibility flag for elements in a corresponding layer
    • First item for each file in the pull down list is for on/off all layers in a file
    • EMF seems entirely flat, so layer tags attributed to color
  10. Searching
    • All text strings are dumped regardless of duplicating and appears at the "Text search" list box
    • Peek list item to move to its location in a drawing
  11. Quick moving
    • "Quick move" panel, stuck to the upper-right corner, helps jumping thru an image randomly
    • To move - drag red rect to proper place and drop it
    • To hide the panel - pop the button
  12. Trash
    • Clears all, layer by layer, starting from user made rubber drawing

Home page: http://titan.spaceports.com/~spi/index.htm