framegrabber

• realtime digitizing in 1/60th of a second – but transferring the image to the Amiga takes several seconds
• separate PAL and NTSC versions
• supported NTSC resolutions are 320×200, 384×240 (overscan), 320×400, 640×200, 640×400
• can digitize in colour (except in 640×400) in 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 (EHB) or 4096 (HAM) colours, in 16 grays or in definable pseudo colours
• uses its own built-in RAM to digitize
• external control knobs for intensity (brightness), hue (colour bias) and saturation
• composite input (RCA connector)
• connects to the parallel port (Centronics) and between the monitor and the RGB port (2× DB9)
• external power supply

FrameGrabber 2.0 software

• pre-digitizing options:
  • Over Sampling – digitize an image any specified number of times up to 50 and combine them into a composite (gives far better results than a single capture)
  • Multiple Exposure – gives two samples
  • Mirror Image
  • Weighted – modifies the automatic contrasting performed
  • Auto Zone – improves image quality in the center at the expense of the border areas
  • these options can be combined in a variety of ways
• post-digitizing options include: edge detection, sharpening, averaging, photographic negative
• slow-scan mode – digitize a still object through the supplied colour wheel with a black and white camera
• supported file formats:
  • IFF, IFF24, RAW
  • DV21 (DigiView Gold’s 21 bit format)
  • Brush (for areas smaller than the screen)
  • Palette (for saving only colour information)
  • LUT (contains information for the pseudo colour option)
  • ANIM