Edmund's software for the BeOS

LibImageManip

Shared library for image manipulation add-ons

• Release 1.1.0 (Jan 26th, 1999)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC and Intel
• Public domain, source included

LibImageManip is a shared library for image manipulation add-ons. The library and its add-on interface are designed to be as simple as possible in order to encourage anyone to create add-ons or use the library in his/her applications. The library is completely free and comes with full source code.

Gobe Productive uses the library, and (even the demo version) includes a whole bunch of cool image manipulation add-ons!

Read more about the API in the library's online documentation.
Read how Gobe Productive implements live preview with LibImageManip.

Download LibImageManip.zip (124K). Source code of the library, an example application, and some add-ons are included.

DTPicView

Data translation picture viewer

• Release 3.4.0 (Jan 3rd, 1999)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC and Intel
• Freeware

DTPicView is a picture viewer that uses the translation kit and its data translator add-ons for displaying bitmap images.

Features:

• Progressive display. Watch the pictures as they are being loaded.
• Multithreaded and multi-window. Load several pictures simultaneously.
• Automatic dithering on 8-bit screens.
• Automatic switching between 32-bit true colour and 8-bit dithered when changing screen colour depth.
• Save a bitmap in any format for which you have a translator add-on.
• Take an image clip by simply selecting a rectangle.

Source included of the ProgressiveBitmapStream and OutputFormatWindow classes.

Take a look at the screenshot of DTPicView in action.

Download DTPicView for PowerPC (47K) or for Intel (74K).

PilotImageTranslator

PalmPilot ImageViewer translator add-on

• Release 2.2.0 (Mar 3rd, 1999)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC and Intel
• Shareware ($5)

BeOS translator add-on for reading and writing PalmPilot images in the Image Viewer format.

Take a look at PilotImageTranslator's features in the online documentation.

Download PilotImageTranslator.zip (46K) for both PowerPC and Intel.

IFF_ILBMTranslator

Amiga IFF ILBM image translator add-on

• Release 2.0.2 (Jan 3rd, 1999)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC and Intel
• Public domain, source included

IFF_ILBMTranslator is a translator add-on for reading and writing the Amiga's IFF ILBM (interleaved bitmap) format. Images with 1-8 and 24 bitplanes are supported, as are the EHB, HAM, and HAM8 formats.

Download IFF_ILBMTranslator.zip (37K) for both PowerPC and Intel.

GIFTranslator

Read-only GIF image translator add-on

• Release 1.1.0 (Jan 3rd, 199)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC and Intel
• Public domain, source included

GIFTranslator is a simple translator add-on for reading GIF images.

Download GIFTranslator.zip (22K) for both PowerPC and Intel.

JX100Translator

Sharp JX-100 colour scanner translator add-on

• Release 2.1.0 (Jan 4th, 1999)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC
• Freeware

JX100Translator is a translator add-on that allows you to make colour scans with a Sharp JX-100 serial scanner from within any application that supports loading bitmaps through the translation kit.

Features:

• Activated through a special starter file.
• Serial port name can be edited in the starter file.
• Progressive output option lets you see the scan process in real-time.
• Scan window can display a grayscale preview scan and lets the user select the area and resolution to scan in colour.
• Preview bitmap stored between sessions.

Download JX100Translator.zip (15K) for PowerPC.

ArchivedBitmapTranslator

Archived BBitmap translator add-on

• Release 1.1.0 (Jan 3rd, 1999)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC and Intel
• Public domain, source included

ArchivedBitmapTranslator is a translator add-on for reading and writing archived ('dehydrated') BBitmaps. Because of its simplicity, it makes for a nice example translator add-on.

Download ArchivedBitmapTranslator.zip (17K) for both PowerPC and Intel.

ZXTranslator

ZX Spectrum SCREEN$ translator add-on

• Release 2.1.0 (Jan 3rd, 1999)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC and Intel
• Public domain, source included

ZXTranslator is a translator add-on for reading Sinclair ZX Spectrum SCREEN$ pictures. I've included a few example pictures for you to try. The code is based on my ZX Datatype for the Amiga.

Download ZXTranslator.zip (40K) for both PowerPC and Intel.

You can download more ZX pics (98K) if you are feeling nostalgic.

NumLock

Sets NumLock on the keyboard.

• Release 1.2.2 (Jan 3rd, 1999)
• BeOS R4 for PowerPC and Intel
• Public domain, source included

Put it in your UserBootscript.

NOTE! Due to a bug in the latest versions of the BeOS, NumLock doesn't currently work properly. The bug has been reported to Be, so hopefully it will fixed soon. -EAV

Download NumLock.zip (8K) for both PowerPC and Intel.

LHa

BeOS port of the Unix LHa archiver

• Version 1.01u
• BeOS PR2
• Executable only

Download LHa (25K) for PowerPC.

An Intel version is available on Olaf van Es's home page. There's even a cool screenshot!

Nostalgia time. Here are some old screenshots that I found lying around on my hard disk. They are from 1996, and show the BeOS Developer Release 8 in action. There's one of the DR8 Browser, and one with my old SharpScan application.