<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
image	I-Application
viewer	I-Application
,	O
converter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
organizer	O
with	O
basic	O
image	B-Application
editing	I-Application
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
but	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
reads	O
and	O
writes	O
and	O
converts	B-Application
between	O
more	O
than	O
40	O
image	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
shows	O
the	O
images	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
single	O
and	O
in	O
slide	O
shows	O
,	O
rotates	O
or	O
mirrors	O
them	O
,	O
changes	O
sizes	O
and	O
color	O
depth	O
,	O
crops	O
parts	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
global	O
editing	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
,	O
all	O
this	O
individually	O
on	O
the	O
image	O
displayed	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
by	O
prerecorded	O
macros	O
called	O
batch	O
scripts	O
on	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
images	O
,	O
or	O
directly	O
in	O
the	O
File	O
Open	O
Container	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
uses	O
its	O
own	O
file	O
open	O
dialog	O
,	O
showing	O
thumbnails	O
of	O
all	O
images	O
in	O
a	O
given	O
folder	O
in	O
what	O
PMview	B-Protocol
calls	O
the	O
"	O
File	O
Open	O
Container	O
"	O
,	O
unless	O
the	O
user	O
chooses	O
to	O
see	O
only	O
the	O
filenames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
of	O
those	O
thumbnails	O
can	O
be	O
changed	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
choose	O
if	O
the	O
thumbnails	O
are	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
JPEG	O
or	O
PNG	O
files	O
,	O
or	O
dynamically	O
generated	O
by	O
PMView	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
File	O
Open	O
Container	O
"	O
,	O
all	O
or	O
selected	O
images	O
can	O
be	O
processed	O
by	O
file	O
copy	O
and	O
move	O
operations	O
,	O
conversion	O
between	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
application	O
of	O
various	O
image	B-Application
editing	I-Application
tasks	O
in	O
batch	O
operation	O
macros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
can	O
acquire	O
images	O
by	O
scanning	O
of	O
images	O
using	O
a	O
TWAIN	B-Application
interface	O
to	O
an	O
Image	B-Application
scanner	I-Application
,	O
and	O
by	O
grabbing	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
screen	O
by	O
screenshots	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	B-Application
editing	I-Application
features	O
are	O
global	O
color	O
modifications	O
regarding	O
color	B-Algorithm
balance	I-Algorithm
,	O
gamma	O
correction	O
,	O
luminance	O
,	O
negative	O
conversion	O
,	O
solarization	O
,	O
sharpening	B-Algorithm
and	O
softening	O
of	O
edges	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
filters	O
including	O
Gaussian	B-Error_Name
blur	I-Error_Name
and	O
user-defined	O
filters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
images	O
with	O
indexed	B-Data_Structure
color	I-Data_Structure
(	O
2	O
,	O
4	O
,	O
16	O
,	O
or	O
256	O
colors	O
)	O
,	O
typical	O
for	O
GIF	O
images	O
and	O
found	O
in	O
most	O
PNG	O
images	O
,	O
PMView	B-Protocol
can	O
edit	O
the	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
of	I-Data_Structure
colors	I-Data_Structure
,	O
thus	O
modifying	O
the	O
color	O
of	O
individual	O
spots	O
within	O
the	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
runs	O
on	O
all	O
Windows	O
versions	O
from	O
Windows	O
98	O
to	O
Windows	O
8	O
,	O
including	O
native	O
64	O
bit	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
version	O
on	O
OS/2	B-Application
3	O
"	O
Warp	O
"	O
and	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
with	O
some	O
routines	O
in	O
Assembler	B-Language
,	O
making	O
heavy	O
use	O
of	O
multithreading	O
,	O
creating	O
and	O
destroying	O
threads	O
as	O
needed	O
,	O
thus	O
enabling	O
PMView	B-Protocol
to	O
be	O
very	O
fast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
is	O
short	O
for	O
Presentation	B-Device
Manager	I-Device
Viewer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
dates	O
back	O
to	O
1992	O
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
version	O
1.x	O
where	O
the	O
graphical	O
shell	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
was	O
called	O
Presentation	B-Device
Manager	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
OS/2	B-Application
version	O
of	O
PMView	B-Protocol
was	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	O
BBS	O
as	O
"	O
pmview86.zip	O
,	O
231751	O
,	O
11-30-93	O
,	O
PM	O
Picture	B-Application
viewer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIF/BMP/JPG/PCX/TGA	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
version	O
1.00	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
version	O
1	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
and	O
Spanish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
OS/2	B-Application
-only	O
version	O
of	O
PMView	B-Protocol
as	O
version	O
1.05	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
2000	O
(	O
aka	O
PMView	B-Protocol
v2.00	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
2000	O
for	O
both	O
Windows	O
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
PMView	B-Protocol
2000	O
is	O
v2.32	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMView	B-Protocol
Pro	O
(	O
aka	O
PMView	B-Protocol
v3.00	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PMview	B-Protocol
supported	O
file	O
formats	O
Format	O
ExtensionReadWrite	O
notes	O
OS/2	B-Device
Bitmap	I-Device
BMP	B-Device
Windows	B-Device
Bitmap	I-Device
BMP	B-Device
Windows	O
Cursor	O
CUR	O
DCA/Intel	O
DCX	O
,	O
or	O
multipage	O
PCX	O
DCX	O
Digital	O
Communications	O
Associates	O
(	O
DCA	O
)	O
and	O
Intel	O
had	O
designed	O
the	O
DCA/Intel	O
Communicating	O
Applications	O
Specification	O
(	O
CAS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Encapsulated	B-Language
PostScript	I-Language
EPS	B-Language
Flexible	O
Image	O
Transport	O
System	O
FITS	O
image	O
with	O
a	O
BITPIX	O
value	O
of	O
8	O
,	O
16	O
,	O
32	O
,	O
-32	O
,	O
or	O
-64	O
.	O
</s>
