Warppsddt

Changes since previous release:

 - Added workaround for a bug in OS4 which can cause a crash when a
   requester is opened (bug fixed in intuition.library 53.32).
 - Fixed (VBCC fix) potential system lockup when calling the GM_RENDER
   method in the WarpOS version (e.g. when using Multiview with the
   AfA OS picture.datatype).
 - Added workaround for a bug in OS4's datatypes.library DTST_MEMORY
   handling.
 - Enabled virtual memory usage in OS4 version.
 - MorphOS and WarpOS versions recompiled with VBCC 0.9a.
 - OS4 version recompiled with latest SDK.
 - Added AmiUpdate support.
 - Updated Spanish installer strings.
 v45.4
 - Upto 10% faster
 - Fixed broken 8-bit greyscale image decoding in the MorphOS version.
 - Updated with the latest WarpDT engine build.
 - Added native AmigaOS 4 version.
 - Asynchronous i/o now uses dos/SendPkt instead of exec/PutMsg.
 - MorphOS and WarpOS versions recompiled with VBCC 0.8j.
 - Added Polish installer translation.
 - Updated French and Spanish installers.


FEATURES

 - Handles Adobe Photoshop® 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 images
   (currently does not support layered images)

 - Most of the available modes are supported, including 24-bit RGB,
   Greyscale, Monochrome, 256 colour palette-based and CMYK images.
   Images using RLE compression are also supported

 - Highly optimized datatype dispatch engine and PSD decoder,
   resulting in a very efficient, compact and quick PSD datatype

 - Asynchronous file i/o and double buffering techniques (WarpOS only),
   which speeds up image decoding
 
 - Optimized versions for 68020, 030, 040 and 060

 - PowerPC support with native OS4, WarpOS and MorphOS versions

 - Alter the pen allocation precision when images are remapped to an
   8-bit display

 - Specific support for the AmigaOS picture.datatype v44+, when available

 - The dithering feature of the AmigaOS picture.datatype v44+ can be
   configured to your liking (e.g. disabled for 15/16-bit displays)


REQUIREMENTS

WarpPSD utilizes and requires the following:

 - Kickstart 3.0 or higher
 - picture.datatype v43 or higher
   (i.e. either of the ones supplied with AmigaOS 3.5+, P96 or CGraphX)

 68k version

 - 68020 processor or higher (optimized versions included)

 WarpOS version

 - PPC accelerator card + 68040/060
 - WarpUp Release 5.0 or higher

 OS4 version

 - PPC accelerator card / AmigaOne / SAM
 - AmigaOS 4.0 or higher

 MorphOS version

 - PPC accelerator card / Pegasos / Efika
 - MorphOS 1.4 or higher

Note that a graphics card is not necessary.