WinImages
# WinImages

Black Belt Systems WinImages is a bitmap graphics editor and special effects applicator that supports both automation of editing tasks and animation of effects. WinImages is a MDI application which runs under Windows 95 and later versions of Microsoft Windows.

WinImages began life in 1985 as a product called ImageMaster. It was ported to Windows in 1989, which is when the name was changed to WinImages.

As of December 2004, WinImages is at version 7.5.

## Summary of WinImages features

* Timeline for animation on still image, and animation on animation
* 177 image manipulation operation classes in 15 functional groups
* 790 built-in static or timeline-aware controls
* Unlimited number of scripted timeline-aware controls
* Integral ray tracer with timeline-aware engine
* Integral heightfield renderer with timeline-aware engine
* Integral particle system renderer with timeline-aware engine
* Integral texture generator with timeline-aware engine
* 74 layer modes, the usual 20 or so, plus unusual modes like geometric warping
* 14 area selection tools
* Embedded custom scripting language similar to BASIC
* RGB, HSV, CMY and CMYK color separation
* Open plug-in specification (presumes C is development language) with services
* Reads 340 variations of 22 different bitmap image file types
* Writes 25 variations of 13 different bitmap image file types
* Additional animation types are extended by Windows 32-bit CODECS
