Short:    image processing kernel
Author:   Timm S. Müller <tmueller at neoscientists.org>
Type:     dev/misc
Version:  30.0
Requires: Kickstart 2.04 (v37), 68020


render.library
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  render.library is an amiga shared library that serves an image
  processing kernel. it is an interface between truecolor and chunky
  graphics, and it supports all amiga-specific pixel and color schemes.
  render.library provides palette-management, histograms, alpha-channel
  processing, color reduction, scaling, rendering, dithering,
  texture-mapping, and many conversion and support functions.
  
  this archive provides the original version, which was implemented
  in 68k assembler. source code is included.
  

requirements
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  - mc68020 or better
  - kickstart 2.04 (v37) or better


features
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  - histograms up to 24 bit
  - rendering
  - dithering
  - color quantization
  - heavy alphachannel support
  - HAM mode support
  - custom memory management
  - scaling
  - low-level texture-mapping
  - conversion functions