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IMDISP 7.9
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Version 7.9 of the IMDISP program has now been released. IMDISP is an
interactive image processing program that runs on an IBM PC computer. It was
written to be used with the Voyager and Magellan images which are available
on CD-ROM. IMDISP has appeared on the GRIPS CDROM (version 4.4) and the
GRIPS 2 CDROM (version 5.6), and is currently distributed with the planetary
images CDROMs.

IMDISP 7.9 is available via anonymous ftp at ames.arc.nasa.gov
[128.102.18.3] in a file called imdisp79.zip in the pub/SPACE/SOFTWARE
subdirectory.

IMDISP79.ZIP consists of the following files:

IMDISP.EXE - IMDISP program version 7.9
IMDISP.DOC - User's Guide for IMDISP 7.9
IMDISP.HLP - IMDISP Help file
PALETTES.ZIP - Collection of color palettes
PAL.BAT - Batch file to display each color palette
CYCLE.BAT - Batch file to color cycle each color palette
COPIM.EXE - Image copying program
CONVERT.EXE - Pixel conversion program

The demo files have not changed but have been repackaged into two
files of more manageable sizes, IMDISPD1.ZIP and IMDISPD2.ZIP. The demo
requires a minimum of a 800x600 graphics display, 3MB of memory, and 3MB of
hard disk space.

Being one of the programmers for IMDISP, I would appreciate any
feedback on IMDISP, including any problems encountered and suggestions for
improvement. The features of IMDISP are listed below.


Ron Baalke
Jet Propulsion Lab
M/S 525-3684
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109

Email: [email protected]

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IMDISP 7.9 features:
* = updates since version 5.6
** = updates since version 7.4
*** = updates since version 7.7

o Basic Operations
Image Display
Image Sub Sampling
Image Zooming
**Image Rotation
**Image Extraction
*Image Buffering
*Image Merging & Subtraction
*Image Darkening & Brightening
Image Flipping
Histograms
Image Browsing of CDROMs
Text Display
Profiling

o Image Processing
Contrast Enhancement
*Smoothing
*Edge Enhancement
*Sharpening
*Convolutions
*3D Perspective
*Smearing
*Power Filtering
*Image Masking
***High Pass Filtering
***Histogram Equalization

o Color Palettes
Load & Save
Pseudo Coloring
*Color Cycling
Built-in Color Palettes

o Graphics Support
CGA
EGA
VGA
Super VGA:
ATI VGA Wonder
Everex
Orchid (ET3000 & *ET4000 versions)
Paradise
PGA
*Trident

o File Formats Supported:
Input:
VICAR
PDS
FITS
GIF (*GIF87a & **GIF89a)
raw

Output:
PDS
*GIF
***raw

o Miscellaneous Features
*Extended and Expanded Memory Support
*Command Logging
*Mouse Support
Batch File Support

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