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MasterClips Publisher 3.0 for Windows 95/NT
August 1998

 
Welcome to MasterClips Publisher 3.0
 
Contents
 
 
1. Introduction
2. Pre - Installation
3. Installation
4. DirectX Notes


1. Introduction

MasterClips Publisher 3.0 contains 4 utilities -
 
· Picture Browser 
· PhotoEditor 
· SnapShot 
· KeyPad

that are included in order to make the manipulation of 
additional graphic objects into your publications as 
simple and easy as possible. 

Further information is available via on-line manuals and 
built in context sensitive help following product 
installation.
 

2. Important Information Prior To Installation

System Requirements:

Hardware

Pentium 90 Processor with 16MB RAM.

25 Mb of free hard disk space for minimum installation, 
Approx. 75 Mb for the full installation.
CD-ROM drive.
Windows compatible mouse and keyboard.
SVGA monitor and graphics card capable of displaying a 
minimum of 800 by 600 resolution at 256 color 
resolution. 

Operating System:

Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT. It will NOT 
function under earlier versions of Windows 3.XX

Microsoft DirectX Version 5

(Windows 95 and Windows 98 Only)

PowerText, an integral component to MasterClips 
Publisher 3 requires Microsoft DirectX version 5 to be 
installed on your system (MasterClips Publisher 3.0 
Setup will do this for you). DirectX is used to 
manipulate graphics data as quickly and efficiently as 
possible on your system. However, installing DirectX 
may have a negative effect on certain video cards. See 
the section regarding Microsoft DirectX below.
Software Upgrades


3. Installation

When you insert the MasterClips Publisher 3.0 CD into 
your CD-ROM drive for the first time, AutoRun will 
start the MasterClips Publisher Installation.

If you wish to re-install, then click on the setup.exe 
located on the root of the CD. We strongly advise that 
you uninstall MasterClips Publisher 3.0 before 
re-installing.


The installation procedures create the appropriate files 
needed by Windows to allow a future uninstall to be 
executed from the Control Panel, Add/Remove programs tab.
 


5. Microsoft's DirectX 5

Please Note: We recommend that you re-install MasterClips 
Publisher 3 and DirectX after any changes to your 
computer's hardware configuration.
DirectX Information
1) Direct3D and DirectSound3D were designed to run on 
Pentium-class processors, which have built-in math 
co-processors.
2) Users of the ATI-TV tuner option will experience 
loss of TV tuner and MPEG viewing functionality after 
installing DirectX drivers. If this happens, the user 
should uninstall the DirectX drivers by going to the 
control panel, selecting Add/Remove Programs, then 
selecting DirectX drivers and pressing the "Restore 
Display Drivers" button.
3) The DirectX setup program may be unable to restore 
ATI OEM drivers for Rage 1 & 2 using the uninstall 
option. If this happens, the user may reinstall the 
original OEM drivers using the following steps: in the 
control panel, select "Display" to bring up the "Display 
Properties" window. Click on the "Settings" tab, and 
select the "Change Display Type" button setting tab. Now 
click on the Adapter Type "Change" button, and select the 
original OEM driver to be reinstalled.
4) Users of the NEC PC-9821Ct20 may experience loss of 
video adapter functionality if the "no" option is selected 
rather than the "yes" option in the display driver 
installation dialog box during DirectX5 setup. If "no" is 
selected, the user might see a screen when the system 
reboots saying, "The display adapter is disabled. Press 
'OK' to start Device Manager and resolve the problem". The 
user must then re-enable the display driver by selecting 
'Display Driver' from the device manager list and selecting 
the box that says, "Use this device in all hardware 
profiles". Then select "OK" from device manager. Next, press 
the "Yes" button to restart the computer. The display driver 
should now be functional.
5) Users of the NEC PC-9821Cu13/Cu16/Ct20 may experience 
loss of the 98TV tuner functionality after installing 
DirectX 5 display drivers. If this happens, please update 
your 98TV software. To get those updated software, please 
consult the guide book "CanBe WO TSUKAI KONASOU"-"Software 
SAISHIN NO OSHIRASE(The latest software information)". This 
page contains descriptions about the NEC user support 
information.
 
Multiple Monitor Support (Windows 98 only)
On the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system, DirectDraw is 
capable of supporting multiple displays. 
AGP Support (Windows 98 only)
On the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system, DirectDraw can 
make use of display hardware that supports Intel's AGP 
architecture.
MMX Support
DirectDraw supports Intel's MMX architecture. Some major 
performance improvements may be seen when running DirectDraw 
applications on MMX machines.
Video Port Extensions
On suitably equipped hardware, DirectDraw VPE improves video 
quality and performance by allowing applications to control 
the flow of data through the display adapter's hardware 
video port.
For further information on DirectX contact Microsoft.
DirectX Email: directx@microsoft.com
DirectX Web: http://www.microsoft.com/directx