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Aldus PhotoStyler 1.1a Trial Version README.TXT March, 1992
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This file contains the following topics:
- Ordering the retail version of PhotoStyler 1.1a
- Features included in PhotoStyler 1.1a
- Installing compressed files
- Installing the Sharp or Nikon scanner driver
- Installing with the Mona Lisa display card
- Network operation
- Updating PhotoStyler
- File formats -- Resolution
- File formats -- EPS for Macintosh
- Mask limitation
- Plug-in filters
- Setting page size for printing from a PostScript dump
- Separating PhotoStyler images through Aldus PrePrint
- Running STACKER with PhotoStyler
- Printing error under Windows 3.1
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=======================================
Ordering the retail version of PhotoStyler 1.1a
=======================================
For information about ordering the retail version of Aldus
PhotoStyler 1.1a, contact the authorized Aldus Distributor
for your area (refer to the Aldus Distributor information
card included in your package).
=======================================
Features included in PhotoStyler 1.1a
=======================================
Aldus PhotoStyler 1.1a incorporates a number of feature enhancements,
a JPEG image compression module, a raw data format module,
updated Epson and Nikon scanner drivers, and an updated Kodak export
module.
- Additional TARGA data type
PhotoStyler can now open and save grayscale images in the TARGA format.
- Printer marks
The new "Include printer marks" checkbox in the "Page Setup" dialog box
causes PhotoStyler to print crop marks, registration marks, a
calibration bar, and (for color images) a color bar along with
the image. This new checkbox takes the place of the old "Include
crop marks" and "Include calibration bar" checkboxes.
- Improved performance
Performance has been improved in several areas, most notably
cutting, copying, and pasting via the Clipboards, operation of
painting tools, and display of images onscreen. In addition,
the speed of opening and saving images using LZW compression
has been greatly improved.
- Opening files
Several enhancements make it easier and faster to open files in
PhotoStyler 1.1a:
- PhotoStyler now lists the most recently opened filenames
at the bottom of the File menu for faster access. To open
a file directly from the File menu, click its filename.
Note that you can open only a single file at a time by
this method.
- You can now open multiple files in one operation. In the
"Open Image File" dialog box, select a group of filenames
by clicking the top name, then holding down the Shift key
and clicking the bottom name. Or select discontiguous
filenames by holding down the Ctrl key as you click.
Alternatively, you can type the names of the files you
want to open, separating each name by a space. Click "OK"
to open all selected files. To cancel the opening of
all remaining selected files, hold down Shift and press
the Esc key.
- The new "All formats" file extension option in the "Open
Image File" dialog box lets you choose from a list of all
PhotoStyler-compatible files, regardless of file type.
- Closing files
New shortcuts enable you in a single operation to close all open
images without saving or to exit from PhotoStyler without saving
open images.
- To close all open images without saving, hold down the
Shift key and choose "Close" from the File menu.
- To exit from PhotoStyler without saving multiple open
images, hold down the Shift key and choose "Exit" from
the File menu. Alternatively, you can hold down the Shift
key and double-click the control menu box at the upper
left corner of the PhotoStyler application window.
- Context-sensitive online help available for dialog boxes
You can now display context-sensitive online help for a dialog box
by pressing the F1 key when the dialog box is open.
- Updated scanner driver
The updated Epson scanner driver now supports use of the Epson
scanners with IBM PS/2 computers.
- Updated Kodak export module
The Kodak export module has been updated to support the Kodak
XLT7720 printer.
- JPEG image compression
JPEG is a standard method of compressing continuous-tone images
while saving them, resulting in a smaller file size. Photo-
Styler 1.1a enables you to save a Grayscale or RGB True Color
image in a compressed form on disk, then decompress the image
when you want to work on it. For detailed online information
about the JPEG import/export module, highlight the JPEG
compression command on either the "Import" or "Export"
submenu on the File menu, then press the F1 key.
- Raw format images
Some types of medical imaging and other scientific equipment
(such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging machines, scanning laser
microscopes, x-ray machines, and LANDSAT satellites) can create
images in the form of raw binary data. PhotoStyler 1.1a provides
an import/export module that enables you to open non-interlaced
raw image files in PhotoStyler if you know some information about
the file, such as the image height and width in pixels, whether
the image file has a header, etc. You can also export images
from PhotoStyler 1.1a in the form of a raw data file for use in
other applications that do not support standard file formats. The
"Raw Format Image..." commands appear on the "Import" and "Export"
submenus on the File menu only if you have installed the Raw Image
Data Format import/export module (RAWIMAGE.EXE). For detailed
online information about the raw data format, press the F1 key
while the "Raw Format Image..." command is highlighted.
=======================================
Installing compressed files
=======================================
Your Aldus PhotoStyler disk set contains files that have been
compressed to save disk space. These files contain the tilde (~)
character as part of their filename extension. These files are
automatically decompressed by the PhotoStyler installation program,
at which point they are automatically renamed to their standard
filename.
=======================================
Installing the Sharp or Nikon scanner driver
=======================================
If you choose to install either the Sharp or the Nikon scanner
driver BEFORE you have installed the required General Purpose
Interface Bus (GPIB) board and its associated software, you will
receive an error message stating "Cannot find GPIB.DLL" each time
you start PhotoStyler. Click the "OK" button to continue. The
absence of the GPIB file will not prevent you from using PhotoStyler,
however, you will not be able to use the scanner until you have
installed the scanner, the GPIB board, and the GPIB software. Once
these are successfully installed, the error message will no longer
appear.
Note: The Nikon scanner driver shipped with PhotoStyler 1.1a
supports the Nikon LS3500 scanner. If you need the scanner driver
for the Nikon LS3510 scanner, contact the dealer where you
bought your Nikon product. If they cannot help you, contact Nikon's
technical support line at Nikon headquarters in New York, at
1-516-547-4358.
=============================
Installing with the Mona Lisa display card
=============================
To install Aldus PhotoStyler on a system that uses a Mona Lisa
display card, you must have a Mona Lisa driver version 1.05
(or higher). If you don't have the appropriate driver, change
the display setting in Windows Setup to VGA before you run
"pssetup.exe." When the installation is complete, switch the
display setting back to the Mona Lisa driver.
=====================================================
Network operation
=====================================================
If you have trouble using PhotoStyler in a network environment,
(for example, if the double dot ".." does not appear at the top of
the directory list box in the "Open" dialog box), please refer to
the file "NETWORKS.TXT" in your Windows 3.0 directory.
=======================================
Updating PhotoStyler
=======================================
If you want to update part, but not all, of PhotoStyler (for
example, to change to a different scanner driver), run PSSETUP.EXE
and select the "Update" option. You must correctly enter the path
to the PhotoStyler directory. When you have completed updating the
selected file(s), click "Exit" to return to the program manager.
============================
File Formats -- Resolution
============================
Files saved from some applications that use the old .PCX format
(that follow specifications dated before Dec 12, 1990) are saved
with a different type of "resolution" information. In addition,
the GIF and TGA file formats do not retain resolution information.
If you have files that were saved in one of these formats, and the
resolution of the file is important to you, open the file in Aldus
PhotoStyler, resample to the resolution you want, then save in
another file format.
=======================================
File Formats -- EPS files for Macintosh
=======================================
If you choose to save your file in the Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
format, PhotoStyler gives you the choice of ASCII or Binary. If you
intend to use your EPS file in a Macintosh application, we recommend
that you choose the "ASCII" option, and save the file without a
preview image.
======================
Mask limitation
======================
[For additional information, refer to pages 148 through 152 in the
Aldus PhotoStyler User Manual.]
To be used as a mask, an image must contain at least one pixel with
a grayscale value of 128 or greater. If the image that you attempt
to use as a mask does NOT contain any graysale values in the
permissible range, PhotoStyler will display an error message
informing you that the operation cannot be done.
=========================
Plug-in filters
=========================
A maximum of 60 plug-in filters can be used with PhotoStyler.
=====================================================
Setting page size for printing from a PostScript dump
=====================================================
If you experience difficulty in printing a PostScript dump file
to the proper page size (for example, in printing the PostScript
file to an imagesetter), follow these steps AFTER you have created
your file:
1. Select "Printer Setup..." from the File menu.
2. In the "Printer Setup" dialog box, click the "Setup..." button.
3. In the printer-specific dialog box, choose options for
"Printer," "Paper Size," etc.
4. Click the "Options..." button.
5. In the "Options" dialog box, click the "Header..." button.
6. In the "Header" dialog box, select "Printer."
7. Click "OK" to close each dialog box.
8. If you need crop marks or calibration bars, choose "Page
Setup..." from the File menu, then make the appropriate selections.
9. Select "Print..." from the file menu and print the file.
=====================================================
Separating PhotoStyler images through Aldus PrePrint
=====================================================
If you have trouble separating an Aldus PageMaker publication
that contains PhotoStyler TIFF images through Aldus PrePrint
1.5, open the TIFF image(s) in PrePrint before you separate
the publication. Leave the image window(s) open while you
print separations of the publication.
=====================================================
Running STACKER with PhotoStyler
=====================================================
The following are steps you can take to avoid possible
problems with PhotoStyler if you are using the disk-
compression utility STACKER:
1. Swap files
When setting up STACKER, you can leave disk space
uncompressed for storing of system files. If you will
be using a swap file, it must be set up on the
uncompressed drive. To work with an image, PhotoStyler
requires a swap file space at least double the size of
the image itself. If you get "Disk full" error messages
even when your compressed drive indicates that there
is sufficient room for the active file, check that your
permanent swap file (or the uncompressed drive containing
your temporary swap file) is large enough to hold twice
the image size.
2. CONFIG.SYS
During STACKER installation, a SSWAP line may have been
added to your CONFIG.SYS file to substitute the drive
letter of your physical hard drive for the letter of
STACKER's logical drive. If this is the case, any lines
added for PhotoStyler-related devices must come after
the SSWAP line. If you install certain PhotoStyler drivers
that require additions to your CONFIG.SYS file, you will
be alerted to that fact by the PSSETUP installation program,
which will give you the option of updating CONFIG.SYS
automatically or updating the file yourself after the
installation is complete. Whether you allow PSSETUP to
automatically update your CONFIG.SYS file, or you make
the modification yourself, you should check to make sure
that the added device line(s) are positioned after the
STACKER-related SSWAP line.
=====================================================
Printing error under Windows 3.1
=====================================================
Microsoft has fixed a problem existing in the universal
printer driver shipped with Windows 3.1. This problem
caused a "General Application Error" (GAE) when printing
from PhotoStyler to some printers that use the universal
printer driver (such as the Hewlett-Packard PaintJet).
The error will occur with this printer driver if the
"Halftone by Printer" option is selected in PhotoStyler's
"Page Setup" dialog box. The fixed version of Microsoft's
Windows 3.1 universal driver is available on the WDL
(Windows Driver Library) disk available on CompuServe
or from Microsoft.
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