PLACER - vector/bitmap converter and composer
(c) Barkhatov A.E. abarkhatov@yahoo.com 
Home page : http://titan.spaceports.com/~spi 

Fast, small program to convert and compose vector/bitmap graphic files 
in following formats: 
Bitmaps 
* GIF
* BMP
* JPEG
* TIFF
* G3-Fax
Vector 
* AutoCAD DXF
* Gerber PCB
Mixed 
* Windows Enhanced/Peaceable EMF/WMF
* HTML/VML (output only)
* PDF (output only)

The program can be used for: 
* viewing common graphic formats
* mixed graphic composition

File formats supported: 
* Input DXF is ASCII mode 2D, used for vector data exchange
  Layers,True Type fonts, LWpolylines are processed
* Input Gerber data ascii file is used in PCB design systems
* Input BMP is uncompressed, palette and rgb
* Input TIFF is uncompressed, multipage, palette and rgb
* Input G3-Fax is CCITT-1D compressed, black/white
* Input GIF is standard, out - RLE compressed, interlaced
* Input JPEG is standard, is progressive with 75% quality
* Input EMF/WMF can contain bitmaps, out - Windows standard
* Output HTML is Microsoft VML Web standard
* Output PDF is ZLib compressed, version 1.2

To make overlaid composition several bitmaps and vector files can be opened 
onto a page with optional position/scale parameters. 
Position and scale factors can be adjusted using the keyboard or through
point and pull.

The program contains: 
* JPEG - Intel(c) IJL library
* Fax - Ed Casas open source EFAX
* Eddie Kohler Gifsicle
* ClibPDF Library of FastIO Systems

Registration at ShareIt!: http://shareit1.element5.com/programs.html?productid=133799 
Registered users will be provided with C source code of the program and the binaries 
without some restrictions for the freeware version
