WinImages
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Black Belt Systems WinImages is a bitmap graphics editor and special effects applicator that supports both automation of editing tasks and animation of effects. WinImages is a MDI
application which runs under Windows 95
and later versions of Microsoft Windows
.
WinImages began life in 1985 as a product called ImageMaster. It was ported to Windows in 1989, which is when the name was changed to WinImages.
As of December 2004, WinImages is at version 7.5.
Multiple document interface
Graphical computer applications with a multiple document interface are those whose windows reside under a single parent window , as opposed to all windows being separate from each other . Such systems often allow child windows to embed other windows inside them as well, creating complex nested...
application which runs under Windows 95
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
and later versions of Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
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WinImages began life in 1985 as a product called ImageMaster. It was ported to Windows in 1989, which is when the name was changed to WinImages.
As of December 2004, WinImages is at version 7.5.
Summary of WinImages features
- Timeline for animation on still image, and animation on animation
- 177 image manipulation operation classes in 15 functional groups
- 790 built-in static or timeline-aware controls
- Unlimited number of scripted timeline-aware controls
- Integral ray tracer with timeline-aware engine
- Integral heightfield renderer with timeline-aware engine
- Integral particle systemParticle systemThe term particle system refers to a computer graphics technique to simulate certain fuzzy phenomena, which are otherwise very hard to reproduce with conventional rendering techniques...
renderer with timeline-aware engine - Integral textureTexture mappingTexture mapping is a method for adding detail, surface texture , or color to a computer-generated graphic or 3D model. Its application to 3D graphics was pioneered by Dr Edwin Catmull in his Ph.D. thesis of 1974.-Texture mapping:...
generator with timeline-aware engine - 74 layer modes, the usual 20 or so, plus unusual modes like geometric warping
- 14 area selection tools
- Embedded custom scripting languageScripting languageA scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
similar to BASICBASICBASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.... - RGB, HSV, CMYCMYCMY may refer to:*Sparta/Fort McCoy Airport in Sparta, Wisconsin*CMYK color model...
and CMYK color separation - Open plug-in specification (presumes CC (programming language)C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
is development language) with services - Reads 340 variations of 22 different bitmap image file types
- Writes 25 variations of 13 different bitmap image file types
- Additional animation types are extended by Windows 32-bit CODECCodecA codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor" or, more commonly, "coder-decoder"...
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