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Gamma310
========
Version 1.03 (21 Mar 1997)
Introduction
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I get fed up with all this Risc PC business... It's doesn't bother me that
they are faster than my machine - I've seen high spec Pentiums used for
'Word' so this it's nothing new to see a machine not being used to it's
fullest. I do miss the colours and memory though. Dynamic Areas and JPEGs on
the fly I've got. Multi-tasking Error boxes ? Old hat. 16-bit sound ? Well,
could I tell the difference out of those little speakers ? JPEGs embedded in
Sprites ? Pah !
What has this to do with Gamma correction ? Not much really, I just wanted a
rant. I lied, actually it has got a point. You see, RPC's can do this snazzy
thing with VIDC20 involving a lookup table to perform colour translation
prior to display. It probably looks great if your brightness doesn't go up
any higher on your monitor. I wouldn't know.
Well, I wouldn't have yesterday. Now however, I'm sitting in Mode 28 with
Dave Thomas' !Gamma proggy telling me I've got gamma correction of 0.5. And
quite horrible it looks. But that's not the point, is it ? The thing is that
it's another thing I can do that the RPC can. Not a useful things, but still
one I can do...
Usage
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Run the !Run file. It'll install itself with the most disgusting gamma
correction you've ever seen - the default. You'll probably want to change
this, otherwise there's not a lot of point in having the module.
I've included a very quick utility I rattled off to change the gamma
correction tables. No snazzy bezier curves here. Not even the whiff of one.
Sorry... You'll just have to try some numbers - 1 is normal, <1 is darker,
>1 is lighter.
How it works
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Dead easy - Trap the Palette Vector to ensure we know about those fun
gamma correction table setting requests (number 9), then on to all the
funny old ColourTrans routines which require 'palette entries' (RGB
values to you and me) we stick a simple lookup in it's place. Fun eh ?
Actually, two bits of the code aren't that easy - Select/GenerateTable
and SelectGCOLTable - here you have to find out the number of colours
actually in the mode or sprite in question; this is made more fun by 256
being used to mean that r0 is not a sprite pointer, but that r1 is a pointer
to a sprite.
Other than that it's all dead simple. I wrote a 'reverse conversion' routine
to do the opposite of the colour lookups. Unfortunately, it's not used. Nor
tested. It's there though.
Disclaimer
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The author accepts no responsibility for any problems which this application
may cause or loss of data resulting in its use. This application is Public
Domain Freeware. This means that it may be distributed, so long as no charge
other than copying costs are charged for it.
Contact
-------
Any comments, queries, donations or bug reports can be sent to Justin
Fletcher at :
E-Mail : Gerph@innocent.com
URL : http://users.essex.ac.uk/users/gerph
IRC : On #Acorn as Gerph
Finger : finger jrflet@postman.essex.ac.uk
Tel : (01842) 813979
Snail Mail :
Justin Fletcher
�Galadriel�
17b Cromwell Road,
Weeting,
Brandon,
Suffolk.
IP27 0QT
History
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Version 1.00 : 20 Mar 1997
Started it. Nothing special. Just a trap for PaletteV
Version 1.01 : 20 Mar 1997
Simple colour translation for just SelectTable - this
did the bulk of the desktop and looked quite groovey :-)
Fixed little 63 colours bug (ncolours in 256 colour
modes is 63 but the table is 255 bytes long)
Version 1.02 : 20 Mar 1997
Majority of routines written, mostly just calls to
convertrgbtogammad (except SelectTable/SelectGCOLTable)
Added GenerateTable to list to cope with inverted
sprites.
Version 1.03 : 21 Mar 1997
Fixed =256 in Select/GenerateTable so that this reads
the sprite correctly.
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It's| 000000c0 20 64 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 20 62 6f 74 68 65 72 20 | doesn't bother | 000000d0 6d 65 20 74 68 61 74 0a 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 |me that.they are| 000000e0 20 66 61 73 74 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6d 79 20 | faster than my | 000000f0 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 2d 20 49 27 76 65 20 73 |machine - I've s| 00000100 65 65 6e 20 68 69 67 68 20 73 70 65 63 20 50 65 |een high spec Pe| 00000110 6e 74 69 75 6d 73 20 75 73 65 64 20 66 6f 72 0a |ntiums used for.| 00000120 27 57 6f 72 64 27 20 73 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 |'Word' so this i| 00000130 74 27 73 20 6e 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 20 6e 65 77 20 |t's nothing new | 00000140 74 6f 20 73 65 65 20 61 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 |to see a machine| 00000150 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 75 73 65 64 20 | not being used | 00000160 74 6f 20 69 74 27 73 0a 66 75 6c 6c 65 73 74 2e |to it's.fullest.| 00000170 20 49 20 64 6f 20 6d 69 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 | I do miss the c| 00000180 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 |olours and memor| 00000190 79 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 2e 20 44 79 6e 61 6d 69 |y though. 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You see, | 000002e0 52 50 43 27 73 20 63 61 6e 20 64 6f 20 74 68 69 |RPC's can do thi| 000002f0 73 20 73 6e 61 7a 7a 79 0a 74 68 69 6e 67 20 77 |s snazzy.thing w| 00000300 69 74 68 20 56 49 44 43 32 30 20 69 6e 76 6f 6c |ith VIDC20 invol| 00000310 76 69 6e 67 20 61 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 75 70 20 74 61 |ving a lookup ta| 00000320 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 20 63 |ble to perform c| 00000330 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 74 72 61 6e 73 6c 61 74 69 6f |olour translatio| 00000340 6e 0a 70 72 69 6f 72 20 74 6f 20 64 69 73 70 6c |n.prior to displ| 00000350 61 79 2e 20 49 74 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 |ay. It probably | 00000360 6c 6f 6f 6b 73 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 69 66 20 79 |looks great if y| 00000370 6f 75 72 20 62 72 69 67 68 74 6e 65 73 73 20 64 |our brightness d| 00000380 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 20 67 6f 20 75 70 0a 61 6e 79 |oesn't go up.any| 00000390 20 68 69 67 68 65 72 20 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 20 | higher on your | 000003a0 6d 6f 6e 69 74 6f 72 2e 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 |monitor. I would| 000003b0 6e 27 74 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2e 0a 0a 57 65 6c 6c 2c |n't know...Well,| 000003c0 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 68 61 76 65 | I wouldn't have| 000003d0 20 79 65 73 74 65 72 64 61 79 2e 20 4e 6f 77 20 | yesterday. Now | 000003e0 68 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 49 27 6d 20 73 69 74 |however, I'm sit| 000003f0 74 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 32 38 20 |ting in Mode 28 | 00000400 77 69 74 68 0a 44 61 76 65 20 54 68 6f 6d 61 73 |with.Dave Thomas| 00000410 27 20 21 47 61 6d 6d 61 20 70 72 6f 67 67 79 20 |' !Gamma proggy | 00000420 74 65 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 20 49 27 76 65 20 |telling me I've | 00000430 67 6f 74 20 67 61 6d 6d 61 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 |got gamma correc| 00000440 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 30 2e 35 2e 20 41 6e 64 |tion of 0.5. And| 00000450 0a 71 75 69 74 65 20 68 6f 72 72 69 62 6c 65 20 |.quite horrible | 00000460 69 74 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 73 2e 20 42 75 74 20 74 68 |it looks. But th| 00000470 61 74 27 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 69 |at's not the poi| 00000480 6e 74 2c 20 69 73 20 69 74 20 3f 20 54 68 65 20 |nt, is it ? The | 00000490 74 68 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 0a 69 74 |thing is that.it| 000004a0 27 73 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 69 6e 67 |'s another thing| 000004b0 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 64 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 | I can do that t| 000004c0 68 65 20 52 50 43 20 63 61 6e 2e 20 4e 6f 74 20 |he RPC can. Not | 000004d0 61 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 2c |a useful things,| 000004e0 20 62 75 74 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 0a 6f 6e 65 20 49 | but still.one I| 000004f0 20 63 61 6e 20 64 6f 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 0a 55 73 61 | can do......Usa| 00000500 67 65 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 52 75 6e 20 74 68 65 |ge.-----.Run the| 00000510 20 21 52 75 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 49 74 27 6c | !Run file. It'l| 00000520 6c 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 |l install itself| 00000530 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 64 | with the most d| 00000540 69 73 67 75 73 74 69 6e 67 20 67 61 6d 6d 61 0a |isgusting gamma.| 00000550 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 79 6f 75 27 76 |correction you'v| 00000560 65 20 65 76 65 72 20 73 65 65 6e 20 2d 20 74 68 |e ever seen - th| 00000570 65 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 2e 20 59 6f 75 27 6c |e default. You'l| 00000580 6c 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 77 61 6e 74 20 |l probably want | 00000590 74 6f 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 0a 74 68 69 73 2c 20 |to change.this, | 000005a0 6f 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 20 74 68 65 72 65 27 |otherwise there'| 000005b0 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 70 |s not a lot of p| 000005c0 6f 69 6e 74 20 69 6e 20 68 61 76 69 6e 67 20 74 |oint in having t| 000005d0 68 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 49 27 76 65 |he module...I've| 000005e0 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 64 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 | included a very| 000005f0 20 71 75 69 63 6b 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 49 | quick utility I| 00000600 20 72 61 74 74 6c 65 64 20 6f 66 66 20 74 6f 20 | rattled off to | 00000610 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 6d 61 |change the gamma| 00000620 0a 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 62 6c |.correction tabl| 00000630 65 73 2e 20 4e 6f 20 73 6e 61 7a 7a 79 20 62 65 |es. No snazzy be| 00000640 7a 69 65 72 20 63 75 72 76 65 73 20 68 65 72 65 |zier curves here| 00000650 2e 20 4e 6f 74 20 65 76 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 77 |. Not even the w| 00000660 68 69 66 66 20 6f 66 20 6f 6e 65 2e 0a 53 6f 72 |hiff of one..Sor| 00000670 72 79 2e 2e 2e 20 59 6f 75 27 6c 6c 20 6a 75 73 |ry... You'll jus| 00000680 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 74 72 79 20 73 6f |t have to try so| 00000690 6d 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 20 2d 20 31 20 69 |me numbers - 1 i| 000006a0 73 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 2c 20 3c 31 20 69 73 20 |s normal, <1 is | 000006b0 64 61 72 6b 65 72 2c 0a 3e 31 20 69 73 20 6c 69 |darker,.>1 is li| 000006c0 67 68 74 65 72 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 0a 48 6f 77 |ghter... .How| 000006d0 20 69 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | it works.------| 000006e0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 44 65 61 64 20 65 61 73 79 |------.Dead easy| 000006f0 20 2d 20 54 72 61 70 20 74 68 65 20 50 61 6c 65 | - Trap the Pale| 00000700 74 74 65 20 56 65 63 74 6f 72 20 74 6f 20 65 6e |tte Vector to en| 00000710 73 75 72 65 20 77 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 61 62 6f |sure we know abo| 00000720 75 74 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 66 75 6e 0a 67 61 6d |ut those fun.gam| 00000730 6d 61 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 |ma correction ta| 00000740 62 6c 65 20 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 72 65 71 75 |ble setting requ| 00000750 65 73 74 73 20 28 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 39 29 2c |ests (number 9),| 00000760 20 74 68 65 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 6c 20 | then on to all | 00000770 74 68 65 0a 66 75 6e 6e 79 20 6f 6c 64 20 43 6f |the.funny old Co| 00000780 6c 6f 75 72 54 72 61 6e 73 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e |lourTrans routin| 00000790 65 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 |es which require| 000007a0 20 27 70 61 6c 65 74 74 65 20 65 6e 74 72 69 65 | 'palette entrie| 000007b0 73 27 20 28 52 47 42 0a 76 61 6c 75 65 73 20 74 |s' (RGB.values t| 000007c0 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 65 29 20 77 65 |o you and me) we| 000007d0 20 73 74 69 63 6b 20 61 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 20 | stick a simple | 000007e0 6c 6f 6f 6b 75 70 20 69 6e 20 69 74 27 73 20 70 |lookup in it's p| 000007f0 6c 61 63 65 2e 20 46 75 6e 20 65 68 20 3f 0a 41 |lace. Fun eh ?.A| 00000800 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 74 77 6f 20 62 69 74 |ctually, two bit| 00000810 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 61 72 |s of the code ar| 00000820 65 6e 27 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 65 61 73 79 20 2d |en't that easy -| 00000830 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 2f 47 65 6e 65 72 61 74 65 | Select/Generate| 00000840 54 61 62 6c 65 0a 61 6e 64 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 |Table.and Select| 00000850 47 43 4f 4c 54 61 62 6c 65 20 2d 20 68 65 72 65 |GCOLTable - here| 00000860 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e | you have to fin| 00000870 64 20 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |d out the number| 00000880 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 0a 61 63 74 75 | of colours.actu| 00000890 61 6c 6c 79 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 64 65 |ally in the mode| 000008a0 20 6f 72 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 69 6e 20 71 75 | or sprite in qu| 000008b0 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 3b 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 |estion; this is | 000008c0 6d 61 64 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 66 75 6e 20 62 79 |made more fun by| 000008d0 20 32 35 36 0a 62 65 69 6e 67 20 75 73 65 64 20 | 256.being used | 000008e0 74 6f 20 6d 65 61 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 72 30 20 |to mean that r0 | 000008f0 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 |is not a sprite | 00000900 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 2c 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 61 |pointer, but tha| 00000910 74 20 72 31 20 69 73 20 61 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 |t r1 is a pointe| 00000920 72 0a 74 6f 20 61 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 2e 0a 0a |r.to a sprite...| 00000930 4f 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 |Other than that | 00000940 69 74 27 73 20 61 6c 6c 20 64 65 61 64 20 73 69 |it's all dead si| 00000950 6d 70 6c 65 2e 20 49 20 77 72 6f 74 65 20 61 20 |mple. I wrote a | 00000960 27 72 65 76 65 72 73 65 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 73 |'reverse convers| 00000970 69 6f 6e 27 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 0a 74 6f 20 |ion' routine.to | 00000980 64 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 70 6f 73 69 74 65 20 |do the opposite | 00000990 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 6c 6f |of the colour lo| 000009a0 6f 6b 75 70 73 2e 20 55 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 61 |okups. Unfortuna| 000009b0 74 65 6c 79 2c 20 69 74 27 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 75 |tely, it's not u| 000009c0 73 65 64 2e 20 4e 6f 72 0a 74 65 73 74 65 64 2e |sed. Nor.tested.| 000009d0 20 49 74 27 73 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 6f 75 | It's there thou| 000009e0 67 68 2e 0a 0a 0a 44 69 73 63 6c 61 69 6d 65 72 |gh....Disclaimer| 000009f0 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 54 68 65 20 |.----------.The | 00000a00 61 75 74 68 6f 72 20 61 63 63 65 70 74 73 20 6e |author accepts n| 00000a10 6f 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e 73 69 62 69 6c 69 74 79 |o responsibility| 00000a20 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d | for any problem| 00000a30 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 |s which this app| 00000a40 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 6d 61 79 20 63 61 75 |lication.may cau| 00000a50 73 65 20 6f 72 20 6c 6f 73 73 20 6f 66 20 64 61 |se or loss of da| 00000a60 74 61 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 |ta resulting in | 00000a70 69 74 73 20 75 73 65 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 |its use. This ap| 00000a80 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 50 75 62 |plication is Pub| 00000a90 6c 69 63 0a 44 6f 6d 61 69 6e 20 46 72 65 65 77 |lic.Domain Freew| 00000aa0 61 72 65 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 |are. This means | 00000ab0 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 64 |that it may be d| 00000ac0 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 64 2c 20 73 6f 20 6c |istributed, so l| 00000ad0 6f 6e 67 20 61 73 20 6e 6f 20 63 68 61 72 67 65 |ong as no charge| 00000ae0 0a 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 63 6f 70 79 |.other than copy| 00000af0 69 6e 67 20 63 6f 73 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 63 68 |ing costs are ch| 00000b00 61 72 67 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 2e 0a 20 20 |arged for it.. | 00000b10 0a 0a 43 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |..Contact.------| 00000b20 2d 0a 41 6e 79 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 74 73 2c 20 |-.Any comments, | 00000b30 71 75 65 72 69 65 73 2c 20 64 6f 6e 61 74 69 6f |queries, donatio| 00000b40 6e 73 20 6f 72 20 62 75 67 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 |ns or bug report| 00000b50 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 65 6e 74 20 74 6f |s can be sent to| 00000b60 20 4a 75 73 74 69 6e 0a 46 6c 65 74 63 68 65 72 | Justin.Fletcher| 00000b70 20 61 74 20 3a 0a 0a 45 2d 4d 61 69 6c 20 3a 20 | at :..E-Mail : | 00000b80 47 65 72 70 68 40 69 6e 6e 6f 63 65 6e 74 2e 63 |Gerph@innocent.c| 00000b90 6f 6d 0a 55 52 4c 20 20 20 20 3a 20 68 74 74 70 |om.URL : http| 00000ba0 3a 2f 2f 75 73 65 72 73 2e 65 73 73 65 78 2e 61 |://users.essex.a| 00000bb0 63 2e 75 6b 2f 75 73 65 72 73 2f 67 65 72 70 68 |c.uk/users/gerph| 00000bc0 0a 49 52 43 20 20 20 20 3a 20 4f 6e 20 23 41 63 |.IRC : On #Ac| 00000bd0 6f 72 6e 20 61 73 20 47 65 72 70 68 0a 46 69 6e |orn as Gerph.Fin| 00000be0 67 65 72 20 3a 20 66 69 6e 67 65 72 20 6a 72 66 |ger : finger jrf| 00000bf0 6c 65 74 40 70 6f 73 74 6d 61 6e 2e 65 73 73 65 |let@postman.esse| 00000c00 78 2e 61 63 2e 75 6b 0a 54 65 6c 20 20 20 20 3a |x.ac.uk.Tel :| 00000c10 20 28 30 31 38 34 32 29 20 38 31 33 39 37 39 0a | (01842) 813979.| 00000c20 0a 53 6e 61 69 6c 20 4d 61 69 6c 20 3a 0a 20 20 |.Snail Mail :. | 00000c30 20 20 4a 75 73 74 69 6e 20 46 6c 65 74 63 68 65 | Justin Fletche| 00000c40 72 0a 20 20 20 20 94 47 61 6c 61 64 72 69 65 6c |r. .Galadriel| 00000c50 95 0a 20 20 20 20 31 37 62 20 43 72 6f 6d 77 65 |.. 17b Cromwe| 00000c60 6c 6c 20 52 6f 61 64 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 57 65 65 |ll Road,. 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