Short:        Adobe Photoshop  datatype V45.3 (68k,WarpOS,MorphOS)
Author:       oliver@futaura.co.uk (Oliver Roberts)
Uploader:     oliver futaura co uk (Oliver Roberts)
Type:         util/dtype
Version:      45.3
Requires:     OS 3.0+,picture.datatype v43+
Architecture: m68k-amigaos; ppc-warpup; ppc-morphos

Changes since previous Aminet release:

 - Fixed a problem reading the prefs file from disks using FFS.
 - Fixed another bug which caused bogus evaluation period warnings.
 - Tweaked installer so that it checks for picture.datatype in MOSSYS:
   as well as SYS: when run under MorphOS.
 v45.2
 - Fixed problems with the evaluation period code causing bogus warnings.
 v45.1
 - Minor optimizations and cleanups.
 - Bumped version to v45 since a stable release has now been reached
   and to reflect the jump to shareware status.


FEATURES

 - Handles Adobe Photoshop® 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 images
   (currently does not support layered images)

 - Most of the available modes are supported, including 24-bit RGB,
   Greyscale, Monochrome, 256 colour palette-based and CMYK images.
   Images using RLE compression are also supported

 - Highly optimized datatype dispatch engine and PSD decoder,
   resulting in a very efficient, compact and quick PSD datatype

 - Asynchronous file i/o and double buffering techniques (WarpOS only),
   which speeds up image decoding
 
 - Optimized versions for 68020, 030, 040 and 060

 - PowerPC support with native WarpOS and native MorphOS versions

 - Alter the pen allocation precision when images are remapped to an
   8-bit display

 - Specific support for the OS 3.5/3.9 picture.datatype, when available

 - The dithering feature of the OS 3.5/3.9 picture.datatype can be
   configured to your liking (e.g. disabled for 15/16-bit displays)


REQUIREMENTS

WarpPSD utilizes and requires the following:

 - Kickstart 3.0 or higher
 - picture.datatype v43 or higher
   (i.e. either of the ones supplied with AmigaOS 3.5/3.9, P96 or CGraphX)

 68k version

 - 68020 processor or higher (optimized versions included)

 WarpOS version

 - PPC accelerator card + 68040/060
 - WarpUp Release 5.0 or higher

 MorphOS version

 - PPC accelerator card
 - MorphOS beta release 1 or higher

Note that a graphics card is not necessary.