Mark Ferrari Slideshow
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# MARK FERRARI SLIDESHOW #
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For the first time ever on Amiga you can experience these magical VGA color
cycling images of Mark Ferrari, who is otherwise known for his original
artwork for Monkey Island and Loom backgrounds.
System Requirements: FastRAM, AGA, 020
(Will run without fastmem but not full speed)
This slideshow is based on the HTML5 Canvas Cycle demo by Joseph Huckaby,
[http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/] which was published in 2010.
In addition to the 35 images featured in that demo, this slideshow includes
eight images (of which one features color cycling) from the 1997 PC game
"Magic the Gathering - Battlemage". You can read more about the images in
this interview with Mark Ferrari himself which is currently available online
but also included in this release as `interview.md`.
[http://www.effectgames.com/effect/article-Q_A_with_Mark_J_Ferrari.html]
The "Blend" mode which is enabled by default allows smooth cycling of the
colors by adding extra animation steps using interpolation. This greatly
enhances slowly moving cycles, but it also makes the effect more subtle and
even difficult to percieve in some scenes. Blend can be toggled via command
line and/or keyboard shortcut (B).
Made by Dalton/Tulou
C2P by Kalms
PS. They images are encoded as PBM (Deluxe Paint for DOS) because it supports
up to 16 color ranges in an image. Amiga DPaint supports only 8.
Command line options
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ALLOWINTERLACE
Allow interlaced screen mode if it's found to be the most suitable.
Recommended if you have a flicker fixer. If this flag is *not* specified, the
program will avoid interlace and instead display the images in super hires
mode, interleaving the pixels of two rows into one. This works surprisingly
well.
SHUFFLE
Start with shuffle enabled
HOLDTIME
Set how long each image is displayed (default 60s)
MUTE
Play without sound
Icon Tool Types
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ALLOWINTERLACE=0 (or 1)
SHUFFLE=0 (or 1)
HOLDTIME=60 (seconds)
MUTE=0 (or 1)
BLEND=1 (or 0)
Keyboard shortcuts
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[Esc] ......... Exit
[Caps Lock] ... Hold on/off
[Space] ....... Next slide
[Backspace] ... Previous "
[S] ........... Toggle Shuffle on/off
[0]-[9] ....... Type two digits to display specific image (01-43)
[P] ........... Hide/Show palette panel
[B] ........... Toggle blend on/off
[Tab] ......... Toggle cycle on/off
[F1] .......... Cycle speed 0 (1/4x)
[F2] .......... Cycle speed 1 (1/2x)
[F3] .......... Cycle speed 2 (1x, default)
[F4] .......... Cycle speed 3 (2x)
[F5] .......... Cycle speed 4 (4x)
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MARK FERRARI SLIDESHOW
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For the first time ever on Amiga! Experience
the high resolution color cycling artwork of
Mark Ferrari, known for his work on Loom and
Monkey Island. Brought to you by Dalton/TLU.
[AGA/020/FAST]===========[V1.0 Aug 26, 2023]
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