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!Help file for Stereo v2.00 Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stereo is an application which can be used to generate autostereograms from any appropriate sprite files. As far I know it is unique in that it not only is it written in code, but it does not need a special designer. Any bitmap art package, especially Paint, can be used to create the maps (see below). Included with Stereo is a simple compression utility, which generates valid compressed maps for use with Stereo. However, this compression routine is only useful for compressing stereogram maps (see !Compress.Help) Creating stereogram maps ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stereo uses 640x256 mode 15 sprites to generate the autostereograms, although the right-hand 96x256 column is ignored by the program in order to make room for the pattern. It uses the internal colour numbers as shown in the 256-colour palette in Paint. This can be used as a reference. Each colour represents a different depth in the autostereogram. Colour 0 (black in the internal palette) is the deepest, and 95 (light orange) is the shallowest. 95 is the absolute maximum, and any higher colour will corrupt the image. However, you should try to limit yourself to 45 or below, as any large differences from one point to another will result in "echoing" of the right hand side of the object. If the number of colours is limited, and you try to achieve a small graduation of depths, the echoes will be less noticable. You must make sure that your sprites are the correct size, and be sure that they have no mask. Creating autostereograms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once you have created your map, just drag it, or its compressed equivalent, on to the Stereo sprite on the icon bar. Double-clicking also works on the compressed files. In order to save on memory, Stereo and Compressor both use screen memory, and both require 160k during any creation or compressing. When it is created, the autostereogram will be displayed on screen until the mouse is clicked. It can then be displayed again at any time by clicking with Select on the Stereo icon. Autostereogram patterns ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The pattern is the sprite file used as the basic strip of the autostereogram. It is then copied across the screen and stretched or squashed to create the differences that give an autostereogram its three-dimensional effect. Each pattern is a mode 15 96x256 sprite. It may have a palette, which will be ignored by Stereo, but it must not have a mask. The patterns are kept in !Stereo.Patterns, and are read in when the program is initially loaded. You can use a different pattern by choosing one from the 'Pattern' submenu on the icon bar menu, but you will have to reload the autostereogram pattern before it is actually displayed. If you alter the Patterns directory while the program is loaded, the program can be forced to update its pattern list by choosing the 'Update' option from the main menu. The program will do this automatically if it cannot find a chosen file. Think carefully when choosing your pattern, as they are loaded up from disc each time they are selected. If no patterns are found, the program will report the error and quit itself. Saving autostereograms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Originally, this was not to be implemented, as Stereo itself will display any autostereogram, and can save disc space with its compressed files. However, by saving the autostereograms as sprites, it is possible to create autostereogram animations, and these can be very impressive. After an autostereogram has been created, it can be saved from the standard 'Save' option on the main menu. Contact ~~~~~~~ If you create any interesting autostereograms, animations, or have suggestions for improvement, send them to : Dave Horman, Beaumont Hill, St Peter, Jersey, CI JE3 7BR or you can mail me as Dave Horman on Arcade BBS.
00000000 21 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 53 |!Help file for S| 00000010 74 65 72 65 6f 20 76 32 2e 30 30 0a 0a 49 6e 74 |tereo v2.00..Int| 00000020 72 6f 64 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |roduction.~~~~~~| 00000030 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 53 74 65 72 65 6f 20 69 73 |~~~~~~.Stereo is| 00000040 20 61 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 | an application | 00000050 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 |which can be use| 00000060 64 20 74 6f 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 74 65 20 61 75 |d to generate au| 00000070 74 6f 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 66 72 |tostereograms fr| 00000080 6f 6d 0a 61 6e 79 20 61 70 70 72 6f 70 72 69 61 |om.any appropria| 00000090 74 65 20 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e |te sprite files.| 000000a0 20 41 73 20 66 61 72 20 49 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 69 | As far I know i| 000000b0 74 20 69 73 20 75 6e 69 71 75 65 20 69 6e 20 74 |t is unique in t| 000000c0 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 |hat it not only | 000000d0 69 73 20 69 74 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 69 6e |is it written in| 000000e0 20 63 6f 64 65 2c 20 62 75 74 20 69 74 20 64 6f | code, but it do| 000000f0 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 6e 65 65 64 20 61 20 73 70 |es not need a sp| 00000100 65 63 69 61 6c 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 65 72 2e 20 |ecial designer. | 00000110 41 6e 79 20 62 69 74 6d 61 70 0a 61 72 74 20 70 |Any bitmap.art p| 00000120 61 63 6b 61 67 65 2c 20 65 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c |ackage, especial| 00000130 6c 79 20 50 61 69 6e 74 2c 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 |ly Paint, can be| 00000140 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 20 | used to create | 00000150 74 68 65 20 6d 61 70 73 20 28 73 65 65 20 62 65 |the maps (see be| 00000160 6c 6f 77 29 2e 0a 0a 49 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 64 20 |low)...Included | 00000170 77 69 74 68 20 53 74 65 72 65 6f 20 69 73 20 61 |with Stereo is a| 00000180 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 | simple compress| 00000190 69 6f 6e 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 2c 20 77 68 69 |ion utility, whi| 000001a0 63 68 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 74 65 73 20 76 61 6c |ch generates val| 000001b0 69 64 0a 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 6d 61 |id.compressed ma| 000001c0 70 73 20 66 6f 72 20 75 73 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 |ps for use with | 000001d0 53 74 65 72 65 6f 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c |Stereo. However,| 000001e0 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 69 6f | this compressio| 000001f0 6e 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 20 69 73 0a 6f 6e 6c |n routine is.onl| 00000200 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 66 6f 72 20 63 6f 6d |y useful for com| 00000210 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 |pressing stereog| 00000220 72 61 6d 20 6d 61 70 73 20 28 73 65 65 20 21 43 |ram maps (see !C| 00000230 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 2e 48 65 6c 70 29 0a 0a 43 |ompress.Help)..C| 00000240 72 65 61 74 69 6e 67 20 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 72 |reating stereogr| 00000250 61 6d 20 6d 61 70 73 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |am maps.~~~~~~~~| 00000260 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 00000270 0a 53 74 65 72 65 6f 20 75 73 65 73 20 36 34 30 |.Stereo uses 640| 00000280 78 32 35 36 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 31 35 20 73 70 72 |x256 mode 15 spr| 00000290 69 74 65 73 20 74 6f 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 74 65 |ites to generate| 000002a0 20 74 68 65 20 61 75 74 6f 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 | the autostereog| 000002b0 72 61 6d 73 2c 20 61 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 0a 74 |rams, although.t| 000002c0 68 65 20 72 69 67 68 74 2d 68 61 6e 64 20 39 36 |he right-hand 96| 000002d0 78 32 35 36 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 69 73 20 69 |x256 column is i| 000002e0 67 6e 6f 72 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 |gnored by the pr| 000002f0 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 6e 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 74 |ogram in order t| 00000300 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 72 6f 6f 6d 0a 66 6f 72 20 |o make room.for | 00000310 74 68 65 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 2e 20 49 74 20 |the pattern. It | 00000320 75 73 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 61 |uses the interna| 00000330 6c 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 |l colour numbers| 00000340 20 61 73 20 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 | as shown in the| 00000350 0a 32 35 36 2d 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 70 61 6c 65 |.256-colour pale| 00000360 74 74 65 20 69 6e 20 50 61 69 6e 74 2e 20 54 68 |tte in Paint. Th| 00000370 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 61 |is can be used a| 00000380 73 20 61 20 72 65 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 2e 0a 0a |s a reference...| 00000390 45 61 63 68 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 72 65 70 72 |Each colour repr| 000003a0 65 73 65 6e 74 73 20 61 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 |esents a differe| 000003b0 6e 74 20 64 65 70 74 68 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |nt depth in the | 000003c0 61 75 74 6f 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 20 |autostereogram. | 000003d0 43 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 30 0a 28 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 |Colour 0.(black | 000003e0 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 61 6c 20 |in the internal | 000003f0 70 61 6c 65 74 74 65 29 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 |palette) is the | 00000400 64 65 65 70 65 73 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 39 35 20 |deepest, and 95 | 00000410 28 6c 69 67 68 74 20 6f 72 61 6e 67 65 29 20 69 |(light orange) i| 00000420 73 20 74 68 65 0a 73 68 61 6c 6c 6f 77 65 73 74 |s the.shallowest| 00000430 2e 20 39 35 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 61 62 73 6f |. 95 is the abso| 00000440 6c 75 74 65 20 6d 61 78 69 6d 75 6d 2c 20 61 6e |lute maximum, an| 00000450 64 20 61 6e 79 20 68 69 67 68 65 72 20 63 6f 6c |d any higher col| 00000460 6f 75 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 6f 72 72 75 70 74 |our will corrupt| 00000470 0a 74 68 65 20 69 6d 61 67 65 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 |.the image. Howe| 00000480 76 65 72 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 |ver, you should | 00000490 74 72 79 20 74 6f 20 6c 69 6d 69 74 20 79 6f 75 |try to limit you| 000004a0 72 73 65 6c 66 20 74 6f 20 34 35 20 6f 72 20 62 |rself to 45 or b| 000004b0 65 6c 6f 77 2c 20 61 73 20 61 6e 79 0a 6c 61 72 |elow, as any.lar| 000004c0 67 65 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 73 20 66 |ge differences f| 000004d0 72 6f 6d 20 6f 6e 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 74 6f |rom one point to| 000004e0 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 | another will re| 000004f0 73 75 6c 74 20 69 6e 20 22 65 63 68 6f 69 6e 67 |sult in "echoing| 00000500 22 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0a 72 69 67 68 74 20 68 |" of the.right h| 00000510 61 6e 64 20 73 69 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |and side of the | 00000520 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 6e |object. 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Dou| 000006b0 62 6c 65 2d 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 6c 73 |ble-clicking als| 000006c0 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 63 |o works on the.c| 000006d0 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e |ompressed files.| 000006e0 20 49 6e 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 74 6f 20 73 61 76 | In order to sav| 000006f0 65 20 6f 6e 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2c 20 53 74 65 |e on memory, Ste| 00000700 72 65 6f 20 61 6e 64 20 43 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 |reo and Compress| 00000710 6f 72 20 62 6f 74 68 20 75 73 65 0a 73 63 72 65 |or both use.scre| 00000720 65 6e 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 62 |en memory, and b| 00000730 6f 74 68 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 20 31 36 30 6b |oth require 160k| 00000740 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 79 20 63 72 65 61 | during any crea| 00000750 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 |tion or compress| 00000760 69 6e 67 2e 0a 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 69 74 20 69 73 |ing...When it is| 00000770 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 64 2c 20 74 68 65 20 61 75 | created, the au| 00000780 74 6f 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 69 6c |tostereogram wil| 00000790 6c 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 6f |l be displayed o| 000007a0 6e 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 74 |n screen until t| 000007b0 68 65 0a 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 69 73 20 63 6c 69 63 |he.mouse is clic| 000007c0 6b 65 64 2e 20 49 74 20 63 61 6e 20 74 68 65 6e |ked. It can then| 000007d0 20 62 65 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 61 67 | be displayed ag| 000007e0 61 69 6e 20 61 74 20 61 6e 79 20 74 69 6d 65 20 |ain at any time | 000007f0 62 79 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 |by clicking with| 00000800 0a 53 65 6c 65 63 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 53 |.Select on the S| 00000810 74 65 72 65 6f 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 41 75 74 |tereo icon...Aut| 00000820 6f 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 70 61 74 74 |ostereogram patt| 00000830 65 72 6e 73 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |erns.~~~~~~~~~~~| 00000840 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 54 68 65 |~~~~~~~~~~~~.The| 00000850 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 | pattern is the | 00000860 73 70 72 69 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 75 73 65 64 |sprite file used| 00000870 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 69 63 20 73 74 | as the basic st| 00000880 72 69 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 61 75 74 6f 73 |rip of the autos| 00000890 74 65 72 65 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0a 49 74 20 69 73 |tereogram..It is| 000008a0 20 74 68 65 6e 20 63 6f 70 69 65 64 20 61 63 72 | then copied acr| 000008b0 6f 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 61 |oss the screen a| 000008c0 6e 64 20 73 74 72 65 74 63 68 65 64 20 6f 72 20 |nd stretched or | 000008d0 73 71 75 61 73 68 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 72 65 61 |squashed to crea| 000008e0 74 65 20 74 68 65 0a 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 |te the.differenc| 000008f0 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 67 69 76 65 20 61 6e 20 |es that give an | 00000900 61 75 74 6f 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 |autostereogram i| 00000910 74 73 20 74 68 72 65 65 2d 64 69 6d 65 6e 73 69 |ts three-dimensi| 00000920 6f 6e 61 6c 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 2e 0a 0a 45 61 |onal effect...Ea| 00000930 63 68 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 20 69 73 20 61 20 |ch pattern is a | 00000940 6d 6f 64 65 20 31 35 20 39 36 78 32 35 36 20 73 |mode 15 96x256 s| 00000950 70 72 69 74 65 2e 20 49 74 20 6d 61 79 20 68 61 |prite. It may ha| 00000960 76 65 20 61 20 70 61 6c 65 74 74 65 2c 20 77 68 |ve a palette, wh| 00000970 69 63 68 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 0a 69 67 6e 6f |ich will be.igno| 00000980 72 65 64 20 62 79 20 53 74 65 72 65 6f 2c 20 62 |red by Stereo, b| 00000990 75 74 20 69 74 20 6d 75 73 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 68 |ut it must not h| 000009a0 61 76 65 20 61 20 6d 61 73 6b 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 |ave a mask...The| 000009b0 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 73 20 61 72 65 20 6b 65 | patterns are ke| 000009c0 70 74 20 69 6e 20 21 53 74 65 72 65 6f 2e 50 61 |pt in !Stereo.Pa| 000009d0 74 74 65 72 6e 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 72 65 20 |tterns, and are | 000009e0 72 65 61 64 20 69 6e 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 |read in when the| 000009f0 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 0a 69 73 20 69 6e 69 74 | program.is init| 00000a00 69 61 6c 6c 79 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 2e 20 59 6f |ially loaded. Yo| 00000a10 75 20 63 61 6e 20 75 73 65 20 61 20 64 69 66 66 |u can use a diff| 00000a20 65 72 65 6e 74 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 20 62 79 |erent pattern by| 00000a30 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 20 66 72 | choosing one fr| 00000a40 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 0a 27 50 61 74 74 65 72 6e 27 |om the.'Pattern'| 00000a50 20 73 75 62 6d 65 6e 75 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 | submenu on the | 00000a60 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 2c 20 62 |icon bar menu, b| 00000a70 75 74 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 |ut you will have| 00000a80 20 74 6f 20 72 65 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 0a 61 | to reload the.a| 00000a90 75 74 6f 73 74 65 72 65 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 70 61 |utostereogram pa| 00000aa0 74 74 65 72 6e 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 69 74 20 |ttern before it | 00000ab0 69 73 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 64 69 73 70 |is actually disp| 00000ac0 6c 61 79 65 64 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 |layed...If you a| 00000ad0 6c 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 50 61 74 74 65 72 6e |lter the Pattern| 00000ae0 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 77 68 69 6c |s directory whil| 00000af0 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 |e the program is| 00000b00 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 2c 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f | loaded, the pro| 00000b10 67 72 61 6d 0a 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 66 6f 72 63 |gram.can be forc| 00000b20 65 64 20 74 6f 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 20 69 74 73 |ed to update its| 00000b30 20 70 61 74 74 65 72 6e 20 6c 69 73 74 20 62 79 | pattern list by| 00000b40 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 27 55 | choosing the 'U| 00000b50 70 64 61 74 65 27 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 72 |pdate' option fr| 00000b60 6f 6d 0a 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 6d 65 6e 75 |om.the main menu| 00000b70 2e 20 54 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 69 |. The program wi| 00000b80 6c 6c 20 64 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 75 74 6f 6d |ll do this autom| 00000b90 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 63 |atically if it c| 00000ba0 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 66 69 6e 64 20 61 0a 63 68 6f |annot find a.cho| 00000bb0 73 65 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 54 68 69 6e 6b 20 |sen file. 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