     ===================== EXA V4.0 ========================

REQUIREMENTS

    Win98SE / pentium3@500mhz  works fine. Should work on all windows i think.
    Compiled with MINGW32. and Allegro 4.2.0, Compressed with UPX.
    Source code is regular C.


DESCRIPTION

    Graphic editor program.Windows only.
    Uses screen resolutions from 640x480 to 1600x1200
    Edits 256 colors paletted images and 24 bpp color images also.

    Loads/Saves formats:
      TGA, BMP, LBM.             - from allegro
      KCF palette & CEL, PCX, GIF, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, XBM.

    The kisekae files *.KCF, *.CEL corresponds to
    Kisekae program KISS.EXE ver 2.24c and 2.37+ according to the specification.
    handles bpp 4 and 8 of CEL (old and new CEL types).
    handles bpp 12 and 24 of KCF. Should go fine with KISS/GS1 to KISS/GS4.

    Uses up to 3 mouse buttons.
    Positive zooming and using of tools in all zoom scales.
    No negative zoom.
    An alternative configuration file can be specified on the argument line.
    Default configuration file is 'exa.cfg'.

    Screen resolutions supported (fullscreen):
    640x480
    800x600
    1024x768
    1152x864
    1280x1024
    1600x1200

    There is also an option to use windowed resolution or fullscreen.

    you can use this program as a single graphic editor or you
    can use it for drawing several graphic blocks as a film strip.
    All the graphical blocks are saved as one single file.
    Each block is saved one below the other.
    The file exa.cfg defines several configuration parameters.

    This program is suitable for using as a tile or sprite editor.
    you can later on use the GRABBER utility which came with allegro to
    capture your sprites and use for example in a game or an application.

    Some windows autoscale themselves so the use of screen area is
    quite economic.

    Files needed:
    exa.exe    = main program.
    exa1.pcx   = button icons,   30x30 pixels in size, bpp=1.
    exa2.pcx   = mouse patterns, 46x46 pixels in size (bpp must be 256 colors).
    exa3.pcx   = Fill patterns,  8x8 pixels in size, bpp=1.
    exa.cfg    = default configuration file for drawing program.

    When the checkbox "ALL" is checkered, then any drawing operation
    will operate on ALL sprite blocks.

    When the checkbox "SRC" is checkered, then drawing operations
    will operate on the source rectangle inside a sprite block.

    When the checkbox "DST" is checkered, then drawing operations
    will operate on the destination rectangle inside a sprite block.

    Black and White images loaded will use palette indexes 0 and 255.
    All binary operations use colors 0 and 255 as black and white.

    Double clicking on the palette pops up a color changer dialog.

   * Xwindows font support. GRX fonts.


CONTACT

    email: victormena777@yahoo.com - comments, critics, bug reports...etc.
    http://www.geocities.com/victormena777/
    old stoneage thingys -> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/1780/index.html


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