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AWViewer and AWRender

Thanks to AWViewer and AWRender, ArtWorks files can be viewed by everyone without having to buy a full copy of ArtWorks. Even better, ArtWorks files can be embedded in documents created in other applications, e.g., OvationPro or Impression. This makes the ArtWorks format the best way of sharing high-quality graphics illustrations with other RISC OS users.

Finally, using AWRender 2, ArtWorks files can be rendered with transparency in third-party applications! AWRender 2 used to be a chargeable upgrade but it is now available for free to everyone in order to make it even easier to share ArtWorks documents using advanced features with other users (more information about transparency in AWRender 2).

AWViewer 2.11 allows you to view ArtWorks files with multiple pages created by ArtWorks 2.7 and has a new full screen mode, so it can be used as a simple presentation package.

AWViewer - the ArtWorks Viewer

				Name AWViewer Requires RISC OS 3.5 or higher Version 2.11 (12-Apr-08)		Status © 1992, Computer Concepts Ltd., and © 2007, Martin Würthner Price Free

AWViewer is both a stand-alone ArtWorks file viewer and a shared resource from which third-party applications load the ArtWorks rendering modules, most notably the AWRender module.

Recently introduced features include the ability to step through the pages of multi-page ArtWorks documents created by ArtWorks 2.7 and to display the document in full screen mode.

AWRender - the ArtWorks renderer module

AWRender, the ArtWorks renderer module, is supplied as part of AWViewer and used by third-party applications (Impression, OvationPro, Easi/TechWriter, Composition, PhotoDesk, OHP, etc.) to display and print ArtWorks files. AWRender was originally developed by Computer Concepts.

The last version released by Computer Concepts (1.22) had three major limitations: First of all, it would reject ArtWorks files that contained deep sprites (sprites with 32k or 16M colours). This meant that only low-quality 256 colour images could be used in ArtWorks files that were meant to be included in, for example, an OvationPro document. Secondly, it did not display 256 colour sprites in deep colour screen modes correctly. And thirdly, it was not able to display any new object types and fill types provided by ArtWorks plug-in modules, e.g., pattern-fills, JPEG images, and text areas.

The latest version of AWRender overcomes the abovementioned limitations: It supports deep sprites, correctly displays sprites in deep colour modes and is able to display all new object and fill types supported by ArtWorks 2.7: Hatch(Pro) fills, JPEGs, Replicates, Text areas, ClipView objects, rainbow blends and the new arrowheads introduced in ArtWorks 2.6. It accepts multi-page files created using ArtWorks 2.7. Please note that AWViewer does not have any multi-page display capabilities, so you can only view the page that was active when the document was saved in ArtWorks.

AWRender 2, originally released as a chargeable upgrade but now made available for free, supports transparency, too, so, finally, all your documents will finally look exactly the same in OvationPro as in ArtWorks! AWRender is 32-bit safe, so it runs on Castle's Iyonix computer and the A9Home.
 

Version	Hatch(Pro) fills	JPEGs	Full address range	Deep sprites	Sprites in deep colour modes	Replicates	Text areas	32-bit safe	ClipView	Rainbow blends	AW 2.6 arrows	Crystal	Multi-page
AWRender 1:
1.22
1.37
1.51
1.60
1.74
1.76
1.80
AWRender 2:
2.05
2.11

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Suitable for RISC OS 3.5 to 3.7, 4, Select/Adjust/Adjust-32, RISC OS 5 and 6:
	Download AWViewer 2.11 (12-Apr-08) (32-bit compatible, with AWRender 2, supports transparency and multi-page documents)

If you would like to be informed of AWRender updates and new ArtWorks plug-in modules, please send me an e-mail to subscribe to the ArtWorks modules e-mail newsletter (if you are an MW Software customer then you will receive the newsletters automatically if you have given me your e-mail address).

Older version suitable for RISC OS 3.1:
	Download AWViewer 1.51c (16-Jan-03) (26-bit only, with AWRender 1.51)

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