Short:    User-friendly picture viewer
Author:   Timm S. Müller
Uploader: Timm S. Müller (Timm.Mueller@darmstadt.netsurf.de)
Version:  0.99f
Type:     gfx/show
Requires: Kickstart 3.0 (v39), MC68020


features
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  - independent from display hardware:
    displays every picture on any screen mode, resolution and
    color depth, including hicolor, truecolor and HAM.

  - free scaling:
    scales images to the required dimensions automatically, with
    respect to the aspect ratios of both the screen and the
    picture.
  
  - display quality:
    features highly elaborated color quantization and rendering.
    dithering is available on displays with 256 or less colors,
    and on HAM screens.

  - user friendly:
    opens a scalable (or borderless) window on the workbench, on
    public or custom screens.

  - heavily multithreaded:
    uses massive internal multitasking for an user-compliant
    behavior. the main window stays usable while loading, drawing,
    copying, scanning, ...

  - highly configurable:
    has got innumerous configuration details to suit your personal
    taste.


requirements
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  - os3.0 (v39)
  - 68020, minimum suggested: 68030/50
  - lots of memory, minimum suggested: 16mb
  - datatypes.library v39 (suggested: v43)

  supports
  
  - higher cpu, fpu
  - os3.1 (v40)
  - cybergraphics, picasso96
  - newicon.library v40


news
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  - improved thumbnail generation
  - some minor bugfixes



installation notes
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  MysticView is meant to be a stand-alone utility, and I really
  recommend to install it in the SYS:Utilities drawer (or any
  other path that is looked up by the Workbench).

  in this case, MysticView can be easily configured to be the
  default tool for pictures and preset files. you just have to
  specify 'mysticview' instead of a clumsy path, such as
  'work:applications/graphics/viewers/mysticview/mysticview'.


recent changes
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  0.99f
    - newicon thumbnail creation did not work properly. fixed.
    - Thumbnail AutoUpdate now recognizes changes of the pictures
      themselves, as well as changes of the thumbnail parameters.
    - removed redundant modes from the screenmode requester.
    - some minor bugfixes.
.