TIFFY Java Toolkit
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Extend your own platform independent application with viewing, image
processing and printing capabilities for TIFF, BMP, GIF, JPG and PNG
images!

Get powerful and well documented Java class libraries for
  - image producers for several formats
  - handling memory images with packed image data to reduce memory
    consumption and improve performance for several image and
    color transformations
  - image panel component with button panel and scroll bars for
    easy navigation (zooming, scrolling etc.)

Get well documented source code for two sample demo applets that
extend your browser with many features of TIFFY View like 

- Viewing and printing of image files
- File formats: TIFF, BMP, GIF, JPG, optionally PNG
- Compression types:
  Packbits, CCITT Gr.3, Fax Gr. 3, Fax Gr.4, LZW, LZ77
- Color depths: 1, 4, 8 and 24 Bit, transparency
- Printing with preview control dialog
- Zooming, scrolling (with keyboard and mouse)
- Smooth scaling (antialiasing), inversion, rotation
- Executable platform independent as standalone application
  or as Java applet
- packed storage of image data in memory

Installation
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Operating system and unzip-utility to unpack installation files
(like WinZip) must support long filenames. For execution you need
a Java Virtual Machine installed (e.g. installed as component of
the Microsoft Internet Explorer). To use it as applet, a Java
capable web browser is required.

Further information
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Please consult the file "TiffyAppletDoc.html" for further details
about installation and operation. To view these files a web browser
is recommended. Latest changes are documented in the file
releasenotes.txt.

Licensing
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The TIFFY Java Toolkit is licensed, not sold. Details for using
the trial version are described in the file DemoLicense.txt.
You may evaluate the software for 30 days, further usage requires
a license. Please contact the author at the address listed below
to request an offer with the latest terms and conditions of a
licensed version of the TIFFY Java Toolkit.

Art&Computer Hackbarth
Hellgrund 84
D-22880 Wedel, GERMANY

Fax: +49 4193 761 842
e-mail: info@tiffy.de
Internet: http://www.tiffy.de
