SpeedSix.Jaws (Discreet Box10)
PURPOSE
Renders images described by Encapsulated PostScript Format (EPSF) files. Where these files contain vector graphics information (that is the purpose of most of them), image quality is not lost with zooms, rotation and pans of the image. (This doesn't apply to raster images in EPSF files, however).
INPUT CLIPS
1: Background
Jaws CONTROL PAGE
Path to File (File Browser)
Location of the EPSF file.
Center (Position Default: 0.5,0.5)
The center of the region selection box on the untransformed input EPSF graphic.
Show Original (Checkbox Default: On)
Toggle between the original sized image and the rendered resized/rotated image.
EPS Boundary (Checkbox Default: Off)
Toggle to suit yourself which way you visualise the ROI box.
Off: Scale and position the ROI box over the area within the original image you wish to render.
On: The ROI represents the original extent of the input eps file. Reducing the size of the box scales down the complete image and visa versa.
Match XY (Checkbox Default: On)
Match the X and Y ROI values, preserving the aspect ratios of elements in the input EPSF graphic.
ROI X (Number Min: 0.01, Max: 2.0, Default: 1.0)
ROI Y (Number Min: 0.01, Max: 2.0, Default: 1.0)
X and Y ROI values. This is normally set by interactively adjusting the input region selection box drawn in the overlay.
Spin (Number Min: -360.0, Max: 360.0, Default: 0.0)
Specifies the spin applied to the selected region when Zoom/Transform is ON. The region selected is first translated and scaled until it fills the output image. The output image (in effect) is then rotated about its center by the spin amount.
Special CONTROL PAGE
Oversampling (List Box Options: 1 sample | 2 (4) samples | 3 (9) samples | 4 (16) samples | 5 (25) samples, Default: 1 sample)
Oversampling factor to use when rendering. Setting this to 4 or 5 is recommended, as Jaws isn't significantly slower doing good anti-aliasing than not (in most cases).
View Any Thumbnail (Checkbox Default: Off)
Instead of trying to process the EPS in the file, just display its thumbnail. This is handy for getting an idea of what is in a file. Unfortunately, many (most?) EPSF files do not contain thumbnails. SpeedSix.Jaws also does not understand PICT format thumbnails found in some EPSF files created on Macintoshes.
Try Non-EPS (Checkbox Default: On)
Try to process PostScript (i.e. PostScript data intended to describe one or more whole pages as usually sent to printers, etc., as opposed to a set of graphic elements intended for inclusion in another "document"). While this will usually work, it is impossible for the translations, rotations and scales specified in SpeedSix.Jaws to work correctly, since there are transformations embedded in PostScript files which cannot be "undone".
Also, ALL PAGES of the input file will be processed and the results superimposed on one another! This is generally not a good idea...
To stand a chance of working, the PostScript file MUST contain a valid bounding box specification (as all EPSF files do).
From Macintosh (Checkbox Default: Off)
Turn On if the EPSF file was created on a Macintosh. This causes Macintosh end of line conventions to be processed correctly.
Maximum Time (Number Min: 60, Max: 600, Default: 60)
Only alter this if you have an extremely complex eps file to process - one that may take more than a minute to process. This is the value in seconds of the time the JawsServer will wait for output to arrive in the JawsService Output directory.