MIF package v2.1

MIF is a set of tools to convert images to MSX format.

It consists out of:

• The command line Windows version of the tool: mif.exe.
• The GUI version of the tools, with real-time preview of conversion settings: mifui.exe.
• The MSX-DOS viewer: mifview.com

Features:

• * Support for all MSX 1 up to MSX 2+ graphical screen modes.
• Interlaced mode support.
• Real-time preview of parameter changes (using MIFui).
• Error diffusion (dithering).
• Optimized palette generation.
• Control on details level when generating palette ("Details enhancement" parameter).
• Horizontal shift to reduce artefacts in screen 2, 10 and 12.
• Optimized RGB to YJKJ conversion, allowing to "reconstruct" SCC images from PNG snapshots.
• Manual palette optimization.

Description of the files and folders:

• mif.exe: The Win32 command line version of the tool.
• mifui.exe: The GUI tool. Allows real-time preview of parameters change.
• msxbasic/: This folder contains loader for all types of generated *.SC? files.
• msxdos/: This folder contains the MSX-DOS viewer mifview.com, along with its sources.
• palettes/: This folder contains interesting sample-palettes, in GIMP format.
• samples/: MIF pictures of Vampire Killer in all screen modes.

Controls in MIFui:

• [Alt]+[Enter] or double-click switches full screen mode.
• [Right], [Down], [Space] or mouse wheel down displays the next image in current directory.
• [Left], [Up] or mouse wheel up displays the previous image in current directory.
• Click on the main window to set the pointed color to the custom palette current index.
• Right-click on the main window to set the custom palette current index to the pointer color.
• [Control]+click on a custom palette color to switch it with previously selected color.

To use MIFui as a MSX images viewer only, set the "Convert to" setting to PNG. You can also look at the tooltips in the "Settings" dialog for more information.