DTA (Dave's .TGA Animation Program)
                          Rel 2.0.8 (10/23/93)
               Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993 by David K. Mason
 
  DTA is a command-line utility for creating Autodesk Animator .FLI
  and .FLC animation files from:
 
  o .TGA files as created by the POV-Ray and POLYRAY ray-tracers.
  o .IMG files as created by the Vivid ray-tracer.
  o .PCX files.
  o .GIF files.
  o Other .FLI or .FLC files.
  o Presidio .ANI animation files
 
  DTA can also perform a wide range of post-processing functions
  on image files including:
 
  o Creating a single optimal 256-color palette from a series of
    truecolor pictures, and then creating an Autodesk Animator .FLI
    file out of them.
  o Rescaling.
  o Multi-layer compositing.
  o Saving the palette as a .COL file, readable by either Autodesk
    Animator or the TGAFLI animation utility.
  o Saving the palette as a .MAP file, readable by the PICLAB and
    IMPROCES image processors, and the FRACTINT fractal generator.
  o Reading in a palette file in either .COL or .MAP format
    and animating a bunch of pictures using that palette.
  o Animating a bunch of pictures using grayscale.
  o Convert pictures to .GIF, .TGA, and graycale .TIF files.
  o Averaging images together for a variety of effects, including
    simulated motion blur and red/blue 3D.
  o And more.
 
[ ftp'd to avalon.chinalake.navy.mil 3/1/94 by plook@rigel.infinet.com ]