Program name:
ConGo - Converter for GoDot
featuring Congo-Paint

Author:
(c) Matthias Matting, 1998/99

Status: 
Freeware

Description:
ConGo displays and edits a range of C64
file formats and saves them to GIF, JPG,
PCX, BMP, to Koala and C64-Bitmaps 
as well as a special 4bit-format
for GoDot, the C64 image processor.

Installation:
Unzip the files in the archive to any
directory and start congo.exe. 

Usage:
The program is fairly self-explanatory.
Just click on a picture to display it.
You may also drag'n drop pictures from
explorer or start the program by double
clicking on files you have associated 
with it.

Functions:
- Load GIF, BMP, PCX, PNG, JPG, TIF,
  Koala (+comp.), Runpaint, GeoPaint, Doodle,
  Amica Paint, IFLI (Funpainter 2),
  OCP Art Studio, GoDot-4Bit, Geos-Album,
  Geos-Fotoscrap, Pictures in GeoWrite-Files,
  Printshop, Printmaster, CDU-Paint, Vidcom 64,
  Artist 64, Image System, 
  other C64 bitmap formats definable by 
  ini file
- Save GIF, BMP, PCX, PNG, JPG, TIF,
  Koala, Bitmap, GoDot
- Palette conversions (palette can be
  defined in Ini-file)
- Drawing functions: dot, line, rectangle,
  ellipse, spray, fill, copy&paste,
  text, arc
- Effects: bleed, blur,
  bright/dark, color, curl, edge detection,
  engrave, enhance, gray area, gamma,
  invert, jiggle, mirror, mosaic, motion,
  noisy, oil paint, pinch hole, pixel fix,
  polar, rotate, sharp, spray,
  whirl pool, wave image 
- Batch convert C64 -> PC -> C64
  (just select more than one picture
  and click "Save As")

System requirements:
Any PC able to run Win95/98 with sufficient
speed should be fine. Program tested
on P133, P200 as well as PII-400.
A screen resolution of 800x600
(> 256 colors) is highly
recommended. Does not run on Win NT.

History:
12/19/98: Release 1.0
01/17/99: Release 2.0
02/13/99: Release 2.2 Beta
          _lots_ faster, new
          c64 formats, batch
          convert to c64, bug-
          fixes, resizing

Future plans for version 3.0:
- save 4Bit-Clips
- load more C64 formats
- extended drawing capabilities
- optional grid in draw module 
- better usable on 640x480-screens
- corrected drawing on big pictures

If anyone has defined own c64
formats via Ini-file, please mail me
the file so it can be included into
new versions.

For informations & ideas, contact:
mmatting@8bit.com

Special thanks to Arndt Dettke (GoDot) for
extensive help and beta testing.

You may get informations about GoDot on:
http://members.aol.com/HowToGoDot/welcome.htm