ham_convert 0.5 pre-alpha

This version will support importing a 64-color palette from a text file (JASC palette file format). I decided to add it because some time ago IrfanView received a very good high-quality colour reduction algorithm which is better than ImageMagick‘s. It also can export the colour palette to a text file.
If you reduce the number of colours of your image to 64 in IrfanView by that algorithm and export the resulting 64-color palette to a file you will be able to import it to my program. That optimized palette will drastically improve the quality of the resulting HAM8 file. I’m also working on my own colour reduction algorithm, but it will be not as good as the IrfanView’s. I’m also experimenting with ImageMagick.
I posted some test pictures below. I took them in Warsaw, Poland.
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JDiskCat 1.3.1 released.

Changelog:
1.3.1

  • New Configuration Window.
  • Added “nerd mode” option featuring old size display method.
  • Display “no results” in Search Window using message box instead of results table.
  • Improved About Window.
  • Cleaned code a bit.

1.3.0

  • Main window: added option to open data files save location
  • Main window: added option to import xml file
  • Main window: volume add button is now disabled during cataloging
  • Main window: volume properties additionally displays number of files, folders, catalog data file name, size and location
  • Progress window: added path to currently analysed sub-folder
  • About window: e-mail address can be clicked to send an e-mail using default mail client
  • Main window+search window: size is now displayed in a more elegant way
  • Search window: new look
  • Fixed incorrect search window display under linux
  • Fixed lack of file and volume sorting on linux (listfiles java function lists folder contents unsorted on linux with openjdk so added own sorting)
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