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FAIL - First Atari Image Library
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FAIL is a viewer of pictures in native formats of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family[Atari 8-bit],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST[Atari ST],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Falcon[Atari Falcon]
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio[Atari Portfolio] computers.
Currently the project includes:
- fail2png - portable command-line converter to PNG files
- FAILWin - viewer for Windows
- thumbnail providers for Windows Explorer (Windows Vista and newer) and GNOME (Linux)
- plugin for http://www.xnview.com[XnView]
- (de)coder for http://www.imagemagick.org/[ImageMagick]
- plugin for http://www.nyam.pe.kr/[Imagine]
NOTE: The `win64` setup package only contains 64-bit versions
of the thumbnail provider (for use in x64 Windows),
the ImageMagick coder (for use with x64 ImageMagick)
and Imagine plugin (for use with 64-bit Imagine).
Other programs should be installed from the `win32` package.
That is, on 64-bit Windows you may install both packages.
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Supported file formats
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Atari 8-bit
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256, AP2:: 80x96, 256 colors.
4MI:: "AtariTools-800" 4 mono missiles 2x240 each.
4PL:: "AtariTools-800" 4 mono players 8x240 each.
4PM:: "AtariTools-800" 4 mono players 8x240 each plus 4 mono missiles 2x240 each.
AGP:: "AtariTools-800" graphic.
ALL:: "Graph", 160x192, 5 colors.
AP3, APV, DGP, ESC, ILC, PZM:: "DigiPaint" / "EscalPaint", 80x192, 256 colors, interlaced.
APC, PLM:: "Any Point, Any Color" / "Plama 256", 80x96, 256 colors.
APL:: "Atari Player Editor", up to 16 16x48 frames, 4 colors.
APP:: 80x192, 256 colors, interlaced, compressed.
ART:: "Ascii-Art Editor", up to 64x24 characters, mono.
// I only see up to 40x21 in the editor, but the sample file SIANO.ART is bigger
ART:: "Artist" by David Eaton, 160x80, 4 colors.
BG9, G09:: 160x192, 16-level grayscale.
BKG:: "Movie Maker" background, 160x96, 4 colors.
CCI:: "Champions' Interlace", 160x192, compressed.
CHR:: "Blazing Paddles" font, mono.
CIN:: "Champions' Interlace", 160x192 or 160x200.
CPR:: "Trzmiel", 320x192, mono, compressed.
DLM:: "Dir Logo Maker", 11x16 characters, mono.
DRG:: "Atari CAD", 320x160, mono.
FNT:: Standard 8x8 font, mono.
FWA:: "Fun with Art", 160x192, 128 colors.
G10:: "Graphics 10", up to 80x240, 9 colors.
G11:: "Graphics 11", up to 80x240, 16 colors.
GHG:: "Gephard Hires Graphics", up to 320x200, mono.
GR7:: "Graphics 7", up to 160x120, 4 colors.
GR8:: "Graphics 8", up to 320x240, mono.
GR9:: "Graphics 9", up to 80x240, 16-level grayscale.
HIP:: "Hard Interlace Picture", 160x200, grayscale.
HR:: 256x239, 3 colors, interlaced.
HR2:: 320x200, 5 colors, interlaced.
IGE:: "Interlace Graphics Editor", 128x96, 16 colors, interlaced.
ING:: "ING 15", 160x200, 7 colors, interlaced.
INP:: 160x200, 7 colors, interlaced.
INT:: "INT95a", up to 160x239, 16 colors, interlaced.
IST:: "Interlace Studio", 160x200, interlaced.
JGP:: "Jet Graphics Planner", 8x16 tiles, 4 colors.
MAX:: "XL-Paint MAX", 160x192, interlaced, compressed.
MBG:: "Mad Designer", 512x256, mono.
MCH:: "Graph2Font", up to 176x240, 128 colors.
MCP:: "McPainter", 160x200, 16 colors, interlaced.
MGP:: "Magic Painter", 160x96, 4 colors with optional rainbow effect.
MIC:: "Micro Illustrator" / "Graphics 15" , up to 160x240, 4 colors.
MIC:: "AtariGraphics", 160x192, 4 colors.
MIS:: "AtariTools-800" missile, 2x240, mono.
PIC:: "Koala MicroIllustrator", 160x192, 4 colors, compressed.
PLA:: "AtariTools-800" player, 8x240, mono.
RAW:: "XL-Paint MAX", 160x192, 16 colors, interlaced.
RGB:: "ColorViewSquash", up to 160x192, three-frame interlace.
RIP:: "Rocky Interlace Picture", up to 320x239.
RM0:: "Rambrandt", 160x96, 99 colors.
// 99 = 4 colors + 95 DLI changes
RM1:: "Rambrandt", 80x192, 256 colors.
RM2:: "Rambrandt", 80x192, 104 colors.
// 104 = 9 colors + 95 DLI changes
RM3:: "Rambrandt", 80x192, 128 colors.
RM4:: "Rambrandt", 160x192, 99 colors.
SGE:: "Semi-Graphic logos Editor", 40x24 characters, mono.
SHC:: "SAMAR Hi-res Interlace with Map of Colours", 320x192, interlaced.
SHP:: "Blazing Paddles" shape table, mono.
SHP:: "Movie Maker" shapes, 160x96, 4 colors.
SPC:: "The Graphics Magician Picture Painter", 160x192, 128 colors.
SXS:: 16x16 font, mono.
TIP:: "Taquart Interlace Picture", up to 160x119.
WND:: "Blazing Paddles" window, up to 160x192, 4 colors.
XLP:: "XL-Paint", 160x192 or 160x200, 7 colors, interlaced, compressed.
NOTE: Artist, AtariGraphics, Magic Painter and Rambrandt had no default extensions, so I made them up.
Documentation for Rambrandt suggests RM0-RM4 for the compressed files, I also use them for the raw format.
Atari ST
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ART:: "Art Director", 320x200, 16 colors, compressed.
CA1:: "CrackArt", 320x200, 16 colors, compressed.
CA2:: "CrackArt", 640x200, 4 colors, compressed.
CA3:: "CrackArt", 640x400, mono, compressed.
DOO:: "Doodle", 640x400, mono.
GFB:: "DeskPic".
NEO:: "NEOchrome".
PAC:: "STAD", 640x400, mono, compressed.
PC1:: "DEGAS Elite", 320x200, 16 colors, compressed.
PC2:: "DEGAS Elite", 640x200, 4 colors, compressed.
PC3:: "DEGAS Elite", 640x400, mono, compressed.
PI1:: "DEGAS", up to 320x280, 16 colors.
PI2:: "DEGAS", 640x200, 4 colors.
PI3:: "DEGAS", 640x400, mono.
SPC:: "Spectrum 512", 320x199, 512 colors, compressed.
SPS:: "Spectrum 512 (Smooshed)" , 320x199, 512 colors, compressed.
SPU:: "Spectrum 512", 320x199, 512 colors.
TNY:: "Tiny Stuff", compressed.
TN1:: "Tiny Stuff", 320x200, 16 colors, compressed.
TN2:: "Tiny Stuff", 640x200, 4 colors, compressed.
TN3:: "Tiny Stuff", 640x400, mono, compressed.
Atari Falcon
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DEL:: "DelmPaint", 320x240, 256 colors, compressed.
DGU, DG1:: "DuneGraph", 320x200, 256 colors.
DPH:: "DelmPaint", 640x480, 256 colors, compressed.
FTC:: "Falcon True Color", 384x240, 65536 colors.
GOD:: "GodPaint", 65536 colors.
PI4, PI9:: "Fuckpaint", 320x240 or 320x200, 256 colors.
TRP:: "EggPaint", 65536 colors.
TRU:: "IndyPaint", 65536 colors.
Atari Portfolio
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PGC:: 240x64, mono, compressed.
PGF:: 240x64, mono.
You can find some sample files in http://fail.sourceforge.net/examples.zip[examples.zip].
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Feedback
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If you are interested in the FAIL project, please subscribe its
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fail-users[mailing list].
This list is for users and developers.
Once you subscribe, you can post comments, ideas and questions about FAIL.
Use http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=258474[tracker]
to submit bug reports, feature requests and small code patches.
History
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FAIL 1.4.0 (2012-11-28)::
Added Atari Falcon formats: Fuckpaint (PI4, PI9), DuneGraph (DGU, DG1),
EggPaint (TRP), IndyPaint (TRU), GodPaint (GOD), Falcon True Color (FTC),
DelmPaint (DEL, DPH).
Added Atari ST formats: Spectrum 512 Smooshed (SPS), DeskPic (GFB),
416x560 DEGAS (PI1).
Created plugin for Imagine (might be interesting for Total Commander users,
as Imagine includes a Total Commander plugin).
Reduced CPU and memory usage in Windows thumbnail provider, ImageMagick
and XnView.
FAIL 1.3.0 (2012-07-23)::
Added Atari ST formats: DEGAS (PI1, PI2, PI3), DEGAS Elite (PC1, PC2, PC3),
NEOchrome (NEO), Spectrum 512 (SPU, SPC), Tiny Stuff (TNY, TN1, TN2, TN3),
STAD (PAC), CrackArt (CA1, CA2, CA3), Doodle (DOO), Art Director (ART).
Added Atari Portfolio formats (PGF, PGC).
More Atari 8-bit formats: Atari Player Editor (APL), Artist (ART),
Ascii-Art Editor (ART), Atari CAD (DRG),
AtariTools-800 (AGP, PLA, MIS, 4PL, 4MI, 4PM), ING 15 (ING),
Lepix dialect of CIN, raw images (GR7, G10, G11).
Fixed non-interlaced RIP modes.
FAILWin extended with "First/Last file in directory", "Skip files on error".
Narrow pictures were cropped in FAILWin.
FAIL 1.2.0 (2011-12-16)::
Added decoding of ColorViewSquash (RGB), Blazing Paddles (CHR, SHP, WND),
Magic Painter (MGP), Mad Designer (MBG), AtariGraphics (MIC),
Fun with Art (FWA), Rambrandt (RM0, RM1, RM2, RM3, RM4), XL-Paint (XLP),
XL-Paint MAX (MAX), SHIMC (SHC), Graph (ALL), APP View (APP),
Semi-Graphic logos Editor (SGE), Dir Logo Maker (DLM), Movie Maker (BKG, SHP),
BG9, G09, The Graphics Magician Picture Painter (SPC).
Improved decoding of all RAW and MIC, some RIP and FNT files.
Added APV extension for the AP3 format.
Created GNOME thumbnailer (for Linux file browser Nautilus).
You may drag&drop files to the FAILWin window.
GR8 wasn't registered in ImageMagick.
FAIL 1.1.0 (2011-04-18)::
Fixed decoding of ILC, AP3, RIP, PIC, CPR, HIP and CIN.
Added support for MCH, IGE, 256, AP2, JGP, DGP, ESC, PZM, IST and RAW.
Created Windows thumbnail provider.
Fixed user interface issues in FAILWin.
Fixed compilation errors with the new libpng.
Updated installation for new ImageMagick.
Moved source code from SVN to Git.
FAIL 1.0.1 (2010-08-25)::
Windows setup has been created. A coder for ImageMagick has been created.
MCP, GHG and HR2 formats are supported. Build process has been improved.
FAIL 1.0.0 (2009-08-25)::
Initial release.
Authors
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Piotr Fusik {failwww!<fox@scene.pl>}::
Idea, programming.
Adrian Matoga {failwww!<epi@atari8.info>}::
Programming.
Pawel Szewczyk {failwww!<ripek@op.pl>}::
FAILWin icon, testing.
Peter Dell {failwww!<jac@wudsn.com>}::
Testing.
Slawomir Sledz {failwww!<slaves@scene.pl>}::
Testing.
Monika Wesolowska {failwww!<giulio.caesar@gmail.com>}::
Testing.
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