-- xtrace --
© by Ronny Schütz, All Rights Reserved.
XTrace v2.00 / 07/03/1998
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
What is XTrace ?
XTrace is a vector tracer to convert bitmap pictures (e.g. IFF ILBM files) to vector
pictures (e.g. AI, EPS, FIG, IFF DR2D or DXF files). It offers several operators to
process bitmap and vector pictures and it even supports Bézier curves, XPK,
clipboards, CyberGraphX/Picasso96, etc. As a very special feature, XTrace is able
to save traced pictures as 3-dimensional logo for Michiel den Outer's
"Navigator Titler"
(Video Titler) and as 3-dimensional DXF files (to load them into raytracers). It is even
able to load and trace Amiga fonts and save them as 3-dimensional fonts for the
"Navigator Titler".
Requirements
XTrace requires an Amiga with at least AmigaDOS 3.0, 5 Mb RAM and a fast processor (>=MC68020 @ 25 MHz) to
work efficiently, but it should even run with 2 Mb RAM and a MC68000. Approximately 2Mb hard disk space is
required for a full installation.
Features / Operators
- change colors
- digital filters
- color curves support
- internal list of about 400 named colors
- picture display in grayscale or real colors
- histogram displaying, stretching and equalizing
- get rid of unused colors
- coalescing of resembling colors
- conversion between different colortypes (palette, gray, b/w)
- powerful palette editor
- scaling
- border processing
- thinning
- edge detection/enhancement
- aspect/DPI change
- 3D rotation
- noise reduction
- flipping
- transparency support
- Bézier curves support
- clipboard load/save/export/import
- XPK support
- CyberGraphX/Picasso96 support
- own compact IFF-file format to save all relevant parameters
- loads IFF-ILBM files directly, other formats are supported via Datatypes
- export traced image as IFF-DR2D, EPSF, EPSI, EPSB, FIG, Adobe Illustrator, HP-GL
- export traced images as 3D Navigator Titler Logo for Michiel den Outer's NTitler
- export traced fonts as 3D Navigator Titler Font for Michiel den Outer's NTitler
- export 2D and 3D DXF files (to load them into raytracers)
- magnifying, cut, eyedropper functions
- undo
- multiple simultaneous usage of pictures
- window cleanup
- screen- and font sensitive GUI
- built-in AmigaGuide® based online help
Articles
| Magazine | Issue | Language | Pages | Written by | Copyright by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiga Magazin | 07/97 | German | 1 | Walter Watzl | MagnaMedia Verlag AG, Haar, Germany |
| Amiganews | 03/98 | French | 1 2 | Franck Anière | Amiganews |
| Amiga Plus | 09/98 | German | 1 | Hartmut Schumacher | ICP GmbH & Co. KG, Nürnberg |
Download / Distribution
XTrace v2.00 automatically detects if you're registered to use it or not.
If you're already registered, i.e. you got a keyfile from the author of
XTrace, its full functionality can be used immediately, otherwise it
works in the unregistered demo mode, i.e. all pictures will be marked
with "DEMO" and there is a short delay after it has been
started.
To install XTrace you'll need at least three archives, the main archive, one documentation archive and one CPU archive. There are multiple documentation and CPU archives available. Please choose the required documentation language and the required CPU version. If you are not sure, which CPU and possibly FPU you have, just download some or all CPU files. You might even download multiple documentation archives. The install script detects which CPU and FPU you've and let you select the documentation language and CPU version to be installed.
For further information how to install XTrace please read the ReadMe file "XTrace_Main.readme" (it is even included in the main archive).
If you just want to change an installed XTrace v2.00 documentation into another language, you may download a documentation archive only and install it using install script located in the Documentation/<Language> drawer.
To install XTrace you'll need at least three archives, the main archive, one documentation archive and one CPU archive. There are multiple documentation and CPU archives available. Please choose the required documentation language and the required CPU version. If you are not sure, which CPU and possibly FPU you have, just download some or all CPU files. You might even download multiple documentation archives. The install script detects which CPU and FPU you've and let you select the documentation language and CPU version to be installed.
For further information how to install XTrace please read the ReadMe file "XTrace_Main.readme" (it is even included in the main archive).
If you just want to change an installed XTrace v2.00 documentation into another language, you may download a documentation archive only and install it using install script located in the Documentation/<Language> drawer.
| Program archives | ||||
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| Files | Size | Description | XTrace version | |
| Main archive | XTrace_Main.lha XTrace_Main.readme |
Main archive | v2.00 | |
| CPU archives | XTrace_000.lha XTrace_000.readme |
MC68000 optimized version | v2.00 | |
| XTrace_020.lha XTrace_020.readme |
441 Kb | MC68020 optimized version | v2.00 | |
| XTrace_020882.lha XTrace_020882.readme |
423 Kb | MC68020/M68882 optimized version | v2.00 | |
| XTrace_030.lha XTrace_030.readme |
440 Kb | MC68030 optimized version | v2.00 | |
| XTrace_030882.lha XTrace_030882.readme |
423 Kb | MC68030/M68882 optimized version | v2.00 | |
| XTrace_040.lha XTrace_040.readme |
421 Kb | MC68040 optimized version | v2.00 | |
| XTrace_060.lha XTrace_060.readme |
420 Kb | MC68060 optimized version | v2.00 | |
| Documentation archives | XTrace_EngDoc.lha XTrace_EngDoc.readme |
67 Kb | English documentation | v2.00 |
| XTrace_FreDoc.lha XTrace_FreDoc.readme |
55 Kb | French documentation | v1.20 | |
| XTrace_GerDoc.lha XTrace_GerDoc.readme |
76 Kb | German documentation | v2.00 | |
| XTrace_ItaDoc.lha XTrace_ItaDoc.readme |
74 Kb | Italian documentation | v2.00 | |
| Information archives | ||||
| Files | Size | Description | ||
| News archives | XTrace_News01.lha XTrace_News01.readme |
4 Kb | News 07/22/1999 (new registration service) | |
| XTrace_News02.txt XTrace_News02.readme |
4 Kb | News 01/06/2000 (addresses changed) | ||
| XTrace_News03.txt XTrace_News03.readme |
4 Kb | News 06/29/2002 (address changed, XTrace development) | ||
Hint: Some browsers are unable to detect the file type. If you've one of them, just hold down <Shift> and
left-click the hyperlink to download the file to disk.
Extract all downloaded XTrace archives into the same directory and start the installer script. The information archives do not have install scripts, they just contain some text files.
Extract all downloaded XTrace archives into the same directory and start the installer script. The information archives do not have install scripts, they just contain some text files.
Registration
Direct registration
XTrace has been released as "Shareware". To use its full functionality
you have to become a registered user. After the registration you'll get your
personal keyfile containing your name, address and ID number. No person(s) or businesses other than
the author are authorized to accept any registration or distribution fees in any form whatsoever
except as specified by the author. Exclusively people who have sent UK£ 15.00, US$ 25.00, € 15.00 or more
to the author will be regarded as registered users. These three currencies will be accepted only.
Payment can be made in one of the following ways:
Please contact the author, too, if you encounter bugs, in case you have ideas for making XTrace better, or if have you comments, criticism, contributions, questions, gifts etc.
You may even download my public PGP key if you want to encrypt your mails. The author is interested in your public PGP key for encrypting your keyfile, too.
Payment can be made in one of the following ways:
- Transfer UK£ 15.00, US$ 25.00 or € 15.00 to the authors bank account nbr.: 1251074802, bank: 1822direkt / Frankfurt/Main / Germany, bank code: 500 502 01.
- Transfer UK£ 15.00, US$ 25.00 or € 15.00 to the authors PayPal account Ronny.Schuetz@gmx.de (Note: requires a PayPal account resp. registration)
- Send a cheque drawn on a german bank about the amount of € 15.00 to the address below. Do not forget the card number if applicable.
- Send a letter with the money inside to the address below.
- Send your printed register form (english, german) and fee to the authors postal address (see below)
- Transfer the registration fee to the authors account (see above), get the register form (english, german) and send it to the author via e-mail (address see below).
| Snail mail | |
| Ronny Schütz Max-Liebermann-Straße 69 04157 Leipzig Germany |
Ronny.Schuetz@gmx.de |
Please contact the author, too, if you encounter bugs, in case you have ideas for making XTrace better, or if have you comments, criticism, contributions, questions, gifts etc.
You may even download my public PGP key if you want to encrypt your mails. The author is interested in your public PGP key for encrypting your keyfile, too.
Registration via ShareIt!
It is possible to register XTrace via ShareIt!. The
registration fee is a bit higher than the fee for a direct registration (cause it need to cover the ShareIt! fee),
but therefore it is possible to register via phone and fax and to pay by credit card, US check and cash orders.
The registration fee for registration via ShareIt! is € 25.00 or US$ 25.00.
If you would like to register XTrace via ShareIt!, you can register online:
You may even browse to http://www.shareit.com and enter the program number 104814 there.
If you don't have Internet access, you can register via phone, fax or postal mail. Please print out the ShareIt! register form (english, german, this is a different registerform than for direct registration), fill it in, and fax or mail it to:
If you would like to register XTrace via ShareIt!, you can register online:
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You may even browse to http://www.shareit.com and enter the program number 104814 there.
If you don't have Internet access, you can register via phone, fax or postal mail. Please print out the ShareIt! register form (english, german, this is a different registerform than for direct registration), fill it in, and fax or mail it to:
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