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IFFImageViewer

Amiga IFF (Interchangeable File Format) image file viewer.

This is my personal attempt to create a IFF image viewer with Lazarus-IDE and FPC (FreePascal). It's a basic viewer which currently has the following functionality:

• View .lbm and .iff files;
• View other files if they have embedded IFF format files;
• Works for both progressive and interlaced bitmaps;
• Works for both compressed and non-compressed bitmaps;
• Works for EHB (Extra Half-Brite, Amiga specific gfxmode) bitmaps (also has EHB palette force option);
• Works for HAM (Hold-And-Modify, Amiga specific gfxmode) bitmaps if they are of interlaced (ILBM) type;
• Shows bitmap properties for all embedded bitmaps;
• By default loads all embedded bitmaps as one, if they have compatible properties;
• Can also show each embedded bitmap one by one (user selects the one to show);
• Can show the Thumbnail images if they exist in the IFF files;
• By default does aspect ratio correction.

I guess that's about it for now.

Stay tuned for more updates over the coming time :-)

Rudolf Cornelissen.