Updated: 08.04.08
A collection of graphical programs for the QL. Some of these are quite old, so may not work too well on modern hardware or emulators, but give them a try nonetheless! And with the "colour drivers" having been around for a while, there's some more modern stuff here too!
BMP A pointer driven conversion and viewing program for Windows .BMP 24-bit files and QL GD2 graphics. Handles BMP, SCR, PIC, PSA and Page Designer pages. Beta test version (second release). Also converts QL graphics from mode to mode - handles QL modes, Aurora 256 colour and mode 32 and 33 on QPC2/QXL and Q40/Q60 - and converts between QL file formats SCR/PIC/PSA/PD2/PD3. Machine coded conversion routines to help speed things up. The program needs expanded memory systems (BMP files can be huge!) and a pointer driven system with Window Manager 2 - QDOS with pointer environment version 2 or recent SMQ/E systems. As this is a beta test release, any feedback gratefully received! (61K) (D.Jones) [18.08.06]
bmpsample.zip - A sample 512x256 Windows .bmp file to use to play with the above BMP program. (358K) [04/08/06]
BMP and SCR conversions - an article of mine from QL Today and SBASIC programs by Marcel Kilgus and Malcolm Lear and I for converting between 24 bit Windows .BMP files and 16-bit colour QL screens, with a short listing showing how to convert 256 colour QL screens (e.g. Aurora) to 16-bit colour mode 32 (24KB) [11/1/05]
BMP Conversion - BMP Conversion is a small set of SBASIC extensions to help with converting Windows .BMP files and loading them to the screen (34KB) (Wolfgang Lenerz) [12/1/05]
bmp2pic.zip - a Windows program from Phoebus R. Dokos to convert Windows BMP files to QL screens (note: not a QL program!) (11KB) [11/1/05]
bmp2scr.zip -A pair of SBASIC programs from Malcolm Lear to convert 24-bit BMP files to QL screens (2K) [11/1/05]
bmp2sprt - program to convert .BMP graphics files (8 bit or 24 bit) into mode 16 or 64 QL sprites (272KB) (Wolfgang Lenerz) [12/1/05]
col.zip Show 24 bit colour. A small piece of software to enable you to find the colour you want. Only run this on a machine that supports high colour.(35K) (W. Lenerz) [14/02/06]
Convert-PCX (156KB) - Convert .PCX format graphics (mono or 16 colour) to QL mode 4 graphics as screens or PIC files. (D.Jones) [19/10/04]
dkbdumpbjc.zip POV/DKB images printing programs - three programs for different resolutions - for use with the BJC600 colour printer. (51KB) (J. Grimbert) [14/02/06]
engif.zip Engif is a graphics converter program for converting QL screens to .GIF files. Toolkit 2 and pointer environment required. (5KB) (Carlo Delhez) [14/02/06]
g_ratio.zip G-Ratio is a small extension to help with correcting the ratios of the original graphics commands. Non-circular circles is resolutions other than 512x256? Try G-Ratio to see if this will solve your problem. (Jens Wildgruber) (1K) [05/10/06]
gbmexe.zip Generalised Bitmap Modules - utilities for manipulating bitmap images. Change bits per pixel, gamma, size, palette and so on. (176K) (ported by Roberto Porro) [14/02/06]
gbmsrc.zip Generalised Bitmap Modules sources. (249K) [14/02/06]
giftiff.zip 2GIF and 2TIFF are two separate programs for conversion of QL 32KB screen and PIC files to .GIf and .TIFF files. Sources included. (57K) (J. Hudson) [14/02/06]
gif2ps_02.zip GIF to PS converter v002. (29K) (Jonathan Hudson) [14/02/06]
grabit430.zip Grabit v4.30 is a screen grabber utility. Needs Toolkit 2, pointer environment and Menu Extension/QMenu. (80K) (Phil Jones) [14/02/06]
gv115.zip Graphics Viewer v1.15 , pointer driven (needs pointer environment and Menu Extension/QMenu) QL graphics files viewer. View QL screens, compressed screens, Painter and Eye-Q files along with Page Designer and Professional Publisher files. Facility to use the SDUMP facilities to print graphics (needs SDUMP extensions). Compatible with high resolution screens on systems such as Aurora, QXL and QPC. Only suitable for use with mode 4 and mode 8 graphics. (D. Jones) (99K) [05/07/05]
Image Processor (213KB) - Image editor program for QL mode 4 and mode 8 screen graphics. With mode conversion, edge detection, pixel zoom editing, file compression, and so on. Rather an old program, but still surprisingly useful. [19/10/04]
imgtopws.zip IMG2PWS is a program to convert Atari IMG graphics to pointer environment PIC files. (82K) (Jon Slater) [14/02/06]
jpeg.zip JPEG is a JPEG to GIF graphics file conversion program (89K) (E. Ikemann) [14/02/06]
Lear PCB-CAD - printed circuit board artwork design program v6.43 by Malcolm Lear of Lear Data Services. This version works on QPC2 high colour mode, and from v6.39 can be run as an SBASIC daughter job if required. (918KB) [04/04/08]
mandelbild.zip Mandelbrot generator software with some example pictures. (73K) (Dietrich Buder) [14/02/06]
Mini Graphics Printer (173KB) - Print thumbnail catalogues of your clipart disks. (D. Jones) [19/10/04]
Partial Screen Save - four utilities to save and manipulate Partial Screen Area graphics files. Can also turn these into sprites. (127KB) (George Gwilt) [15/10/06]
Partial Screen Save sources - source files for above program (56KB) (George Gwilt) [15/10/06]
Photon - JPEG graphics viewer (Dave Westbury) (10KB) [10/1/05]
pic2bmp.zip - PIC2BMP is a utility to convert 4, or 8, or Q40 native colour PIC files into 24 bit .BMP files (J. Grimbert) (16K) [11/02/06]
pic2bmp2.zip - PIC2BMP is a utility to convert 4, or, or Q40 native colour, or QPC/QXL PIC files into 24 bit .BMP files (J. Grimbert) (17K) [11/02/06]
pic2bmps.zip - Sources for PIC2BMP utility. (J. Grimbert) (16K) [11/02/06]
PicView - a pointer driven graphics viewer for GD2 systems, from the Launchpad suite. Follow this link to the Launchpad Download Page to download this program. (D. Jones) (42K)
pqiv020.zip (259 KB) - PQIV is
an image viewer for the pointer environment, requires SMSQ/E 2.95 minimum.
Has support for PCX, PNG, PIC, TIFF, GIF and JPEG and can save as PIC
files or background images. This version only works on mode 33 systems
(Q40 or Q60) and needs the patch program below if to be used on mode 32
systems such as QPC and QXL. Prints to Postscript files - you then need
something like Ghostscript for printing. Ghostscript is available for
QDOS/SMS systems thanks to Jonathan Hudson's port. (Claus Graf) [11/02/06]
Mode32 Patch for PQIV- this is a short BASIC program to patch the
saving routines to provide mode 32 high colour save on QPC and QXL
systems. See the README.TXT I've added to the program.
pqivmode32patch.zip (Marcel Kilgus)
(2K) [03/08/07]
Photo-QL version 019, a viewer program for PC graphics files including BMP/GIF/JPG/PCX/TGA/PNG/PIC format PC graphics files. This program runs on a QL and needs "colour drivers" (183KB) (Roberto Porro) [11/1/05]
pnm2picr.zip Converts .pnm (.ppm, .pgm and .pbm) into _pic for Q40 (18KB) (Jérôme Grimbert) [11/02/06]
pnm2pics.zip Sources for the PNM2PIC converter program (2KB) (Jérôme Grimbert) [11/02/06]
pov31grun.zip POV, or Persistence Of Vision, is v3.1g of this ray tracing package. This version has GD2 support for QXL, Q40 and soon QPC and Aurora. (ported by Thierry Godefroy) (1.3MB) [14/02/06]
pov31gsrc.zip POV 3.1g sources, ported by Thierry Godefroy. (581 KB) [14/02/06]
povutils.zip Image format conversion utilities recompiled with C68 v4.14e, ported by Thierry Godefroy. (140KB) [14/02/06]
PSA - PSA is a utility for converting Partial Save Area graphics files between QL high colour modes 32 and 33. It is written in assembler and requires a 68020 or higher processor to run (3KB) (George Gwilt) [11/1/05]
qcoco.zip Q-CoCo, the QL Colour Configurator. The new Window Manager 2 supports System Palettes - lists of colours to be used by standard window elements like borders, inks, papers, loose items and so on, which enable WMan2-aware programs to take on a specified standard appearance. Q-CoCo lets you create Theme files which are the easiest way to make use of System Palettes. Create various colour themes with QCoCo and install the one you prefer at any time and all programs which use System Palette colours (most new software and several updated older programs) can take advantage of the standard colour themes to take up consistent appearances. (Wolfgang Uhlig) (65K) [05/10/06]
dilwyn_themes.zip QCoCo
sample theme files, some rather, err, colourful ones. (D. Jones) (2K)
[05/10/06]
tron.zip Tron theme - a sample QCoCo theme
described by its author as having "a look and feel about it
reminiscent of the colours in the Disney sci-fi classic 'Tron' ."
(Simon Balderson) (1K) [05/10/06]
tron2.zip An improved version of the Tron colour
theme. (Simon Balderson) (1K) [26/04/07]
qcol.zip QColour is a colour picker for true colours on the QL, to play around with hue, saturation and brightness values, with the facility to transfer hex colour values via the stuffer buffer to a program of your choice. QColour can use different "skins" to change its appearance. Sample "skins" can be downloaded below. (Wolfgang Uhlig) (576K) [05/10/06]
qcp.zip QCP is a RGB colour picker for the QL. Select a colour graphically on screen with a mouse click and send it to the stuffer buffer as either a true colour value or a system colour value. Useful for calculating colour values when programming in SBASIC for example. 16 favourite colours can be defined and stored. (29K) [05/10/06]
bmpsample.zip QColour skins - sample bitmap files for use as "skins" with QColour above, or with Wolfgang Lenerz's bmpcvt extensions above. (Wolfgang Uhlig) (358K) [05/10/06]
ql3d1.zip (149 KB) - QL3D1 is a 3D modeller and viewer by Mark Swift, author of the QDOS Classic emulator. 3D models can be zoomed and rotated. Includes a number of predefined models for you to tinker with. Images can be saved to disk as .AI (Adobe Illustrator) files as used by Line Design or .SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files. (Mark Swift) [11/02/06]
qlmandel.zip QL Mandelbrot v3.07 is a program for drawing mandelbrot graphics. Includes animation feature. (139KB) (Carl L. Cronin) [14/02/06]
QRactal - a formerly commercial fractals program
from Progs. Mandelbrot and Julia set graphics. Download as three disks,
disk 1 being the program and manual disk.
Qractal Disk 1 (26K)
Qractal Disk 2 (254K)
Qractal Disk 3 (143K)
SCR2BMP - program to convert QL mode 4 or 8 screens to Windows .BMP format (22KB) (Norman Dunbar) [11/1/05]
SCR2PCX - program to convert QL mode 4 or 8 screens to .PCX graphics file format (22K) (Norman Dunbar) [11/1/05]
scr2sprite.zip Part screen to sprite converter program for assembler or BASIC. (32K) (J. Grimbert) [14/02/06]
Screen Snatcher 2 - early pointer driven version of Screen Snatcher. (67KB) (Norman Dunbar) [11/1/05]
Screen Snatcher 3 (39KB) - Non-pointer driven version of this screen grabber utility for QDOS and SMSQ systems. Handles QL or hires screens. (D. Jones) [19/10/04]
Screen Snatcher 4 - latest pointer driven version of Screen Snatcher, a screen grabber utility for QDOS and SMSQ systems. This is the version supplied with Launchpad, but will work independently. Follow this link to the Launchpad Download Page to download this program. (D. Jones)
SDUMP Manager(51K) - Pointer driven screen capture program plus an interface to act as a front end for the SDUMP screen dump extensions built into some disk interfaces and supplied as an extensions file with SMSQ/E, although current versions of SDUMP only work in mode 4 and mode 8. Capture or print all or part of a screen. Screen capture works in all modes and can save to screen files, Pic files, Psa files, 24-bit BMP files (for transfer to a PC) and mode 4 Page Designer 2 page files. (D. Jones) [08/04/08]
spv005.zip Simple Pic Viewer v0.05 for QL mode 4 graphics files, needs pointer environment. (37K) (J. Hudson) [14/02/06]
Starfield Simulation - Per Witte routine to simulate the view of a ship passing through a starfield, useful core routine for a screen saver, game or graphical demonstration. [10/12/02]
ungif.zip A GIF graphics file viewer for QDOS systems. Toolkit 2 and pointer environment required. (14K) (Carlo Delhez) [14/02/06]
unpic006.zip Unpic is a package of tools to convert _scn and _pic graphics files from QL to PNG. PS, GIF, TIFF, BMP or PCX formats. Also provides binaries of libz and libpng. Now with a graphical user interface. (662KB) (Jonathan Hudson) [14/02/06]
view218.zip Viewer v2.18 from Beginners Club Vercelli is a graphics viewer program for QL, QXL and Aurora mode 4 and mode 8 screens and PIC files in any resolution. Needs pointer environment. Useful also as a Wallpaper and Slide Show utility. (32K) (Andrea Carpi) [14/02/06]
wunpic.zip Unpic for Windows NT, 95, MOSDOS or OS/2. Binary and documentation only. Note: NOT a QL program! The QL version is Unpic006 above. (80K) [14/02/06]
Vision Mixer 1 (83KB) - original version of this slide show and advertising graphics package. Only works on QL 512x256 screens in mode 4 or 8. (D.Jones) [19/10/04]
Vision Mixer 2 (66K) - all new pointer driven version of this slide show, presentation and advertising graphics package. Works in high colour and high resolution. Window Manager 2 required and high colour modes (mode 16,32 or 33) essential. Can work with mode 4 and mode 8 graphics - any graphics files used are converted to current screen mode 'on the fly'. Totally rewritten from scratch to use pointer environment graphics routines, yet with a much more friendly user interface than the original version. (D.Jones) [21/10/07]