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README.1st	for Complex Conversion System (CCS)
		July 1, 1992	- (ftp)128.3.196.93
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#	Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Image Technology Group

This is the CCS library software for public release, version Ja1-92.

	The CCS is a standard software interface for image processing in which
users and programmers can easily manipulate various images without worrying
about image types, such as GIF, RLE, TIFF, etc.; the CCS also provides many
debug and image manipulation functions.  This library is a part of the stardand
CCS software which can handle more image types, such FITS, HIPS, VFFT...
(HIPS is copyrighted and is available from:
		Mike Landy,
		SharpImage Software
		P.O. Box 373, Prince Street Station,
		New York, NY  10012-0007
		landy@nyu.edu
It contains a number of excellent image tools.  The standard CCS goes with HIPS)
The following image types are included in this release:
	GIF, ICC, JPEG, PICT, PNM (PPM, PGM, PBM), RLE, SUN-RASTER, and TIFF
Note:
	If you want to be able to write a SUN-RASTER image by using CCS, 
(e.g. to use ccs-lib/sun/sources/torast.c), you have to have the libpixrect.a
(sun library) installed on your machine.  This is a restriction for writing a
SUN-RASTER file.



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This software is copyright (C) by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Permission is granted to reproduce this software for non-commercial
purposes provided that this notice is left intact.

It is acknowledged that the U.S. Government has rights to this software
under Contract DE-AC03-765F00098 between the U.S.  Department of Energy
and the University of California.

This software is provided as a professional and academic contribution
for joint exchange. Thus, it is experimental, and is provided ``as is'',
with no warranties of any kind whatsoever, no support, no promise of
updates, or printed documentation. By using this software, you
acknowledge that the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Regents of the
University of California shall have no liability with respect to the
infringement of other copyrights by any part of this software.

For further information about this notice, contact William Johnston,
Bld. 50B, Rm. 2239, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720.
(wejohnston@lbl.gov)

For further information about this software, contact:
        Jin Guojun
	1 Cyclotron Rd.
        Bld. 50B, Rm. 2275
	Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
	Berkeley, CA, 94720
        jin@george.lbl.gov
	Ph. (510) 486-7531

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ARCHIVE LOCATION:

	The ftp site for this software is at george.lbl.gov (128.3.196.93)
with user name "anonymous" and using your e-mail address as a "password".
After login, cd to pub/ccs-lib, you will find ccs.tar.Z.


INSTALLATION:

	decompress ccs.tar.Z and untar ccs.tar

	Configure your system:
		cd ccs-lib	:	change directory to ccs-lib
		edit config.src	:	use any text editor (vi, ...)

			change	LIBDIR = $(TOPDIR)/sun4/lib
			to	LIBDIR = your_lib
			e.g.	LIBDIR = /usr/local/lib

			change	DESTDIR = $(TOPDIR)/sun4/bin
			to	DESTDIR = dest-binary-dir
			e.g.	DESTDIR = /usr/local/bin

		type Configure	to configure your system
		type make	to build libraries and conversion filters

	When programmming, read ccs.n (man ccs), or read source codes in
ccs-lib/convert directory.


FREE DEMO programs for SUN work-station users:

	Under directory ccs-lib/sun4/bin, the color and gray scale image editor
and viewer tools are available to run on sun4 and sparc stations.  For detailed
information, see ''man tuner'' or ''man getx''.

List of this package:

	See package.lst