Kodak Photo CD - Access Software & Photo Sampler/Kodak Photo CD Access Software & Photo Sampler.iso/windows/readme.txt

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Welcome to KODAK Photo CD Access Software!

This file contains an overview, feature description, installation
instructions, configuration and operation recommendations.

OVERVIEW
KODAK Photo CD Access Software provides a familiar, menu-driven interface
that allows near photographic-quality images stored on Photo CD discs
bearing the Photo CD symbol to be displayed, manipulated, and exported
to existing software applications.  You will find many ways in which to
use the photographs.  You can use them in

    * Word processing and desktop publishing software

    * Painting, drawing, graphics, and presentation packages

    * Database and development tools

    * Other applications that support bit-mapped color or
      bitonal gray-scale images

In addition to the Photo CD disc included with Photo CD Access Software,
you can take your negatives or film to a photofinishing service and have
your own photographs placed on new Photo CD discs.  Each new disc has the
capacity to hold 100 or more images.

On-line Help describes all Photo CD Access Software operations in detail.

FEATURES
Photo CD Access Software lets you

    * Load photographic images stored on a Photo CD disc

    * View the stored photos on a contact sheet

    * Select and display a single photo or a set of photos

    * Edit a displayed photo by cropping, changing the size
          (resolution), color settings, and orientation

    * Copy an original or edited photo to the Clipboard as a bitmap

    * Export an original or edited photo to a file in one of the
      following formats:
        .BMP    .EPS    .PCX    .RIF    .TIF    .WMF

INSTALLING PHOTO CD ACCESS SOFTWARE
Photo CD Access Software requires MICROSOFT Windows 3.0  or later
running standard mode or enhanced mode.

Minimum Configuration             Recommended Configuration
386 IBM PC or compatible        486 IBM PC or compatible
4+ MB RAM                8+ MB RAM
4+ MB hard drive free disk space    8+ MB hard drive free disk space
12 MB Windows swap file            24 MB Windows swap file
VGA adapter & compatible monitor    24-bit video card & compatible
                        monitor
CD-ROM XA drive Mode 2            CD-ROM XA drive Mode 2

Using the Windows Program Manager to install
1.  Insert Photo CD Access Software & Photo Sampler disc into the CD-ROM
    drive.
2.  Use the File menu and choose Run.  In the command line, type
    [d]:\windows\setup
    where [d] is the letter designating the CD-ROM drive.  Click OK to
    begin the setup process.
    OR, Open the Windows File Manager. Change to the CD-ROM drive
    containing the Photo CD Access Software & Photo Sampler disc.
    Double-click the directory WINDOWS.  Double-click the file SETUP.EXE
    to install.
3.  Click OK to continue setting up Photo CD Access Software.
4.  Type the path of the directory where you want to install the
    software, the default path is C:\ACCESS.  After you specify the
    path, press ENTER.  A progress indicator appears showing the
    progress of the files being copied.  After all the files are
    copied, a message appears indicating successful installation.
    Click OK to remove the message.

CONFIGURING YOUR MACHINE FOR OPTIMAL USE OF MEMORY
Photo CD Access Software works with very large images.  To optimize your
system to work with large images, use disk caching.  To enable disk
caching with Photo CD Access Software:

1.  Double-click the Photo CD Access Software icon to open the window.
2.  Use the File menu and choose Preferences.
3.  Increase the number in the Maximum size box in the Image Cache
    section of the Preferences dialog box.  See Operating
    Recommendations, below, for image size requirements.
4.  Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.
5.  Use the File menu and choose Exit.  You must exit Photo CD Access
    Software in order for the changes made to disk caching to take
    effect.  When you start Photo CD Access Software, the new settings
    take effect and become the default.

OPERATING RECOMMENDATIONS
The best way to use Photo CD Access Software, particularly if your system
memory is at the lower end of the recommended range is to work with smaller
image sizes (wallet and snapshot) on your display.  You can still export
images at any size, since exporting does not make heavy demands on memory,
only on available disk storage space.

Photo CD discs store images at different resolutions.  In order to
display images, your system must have available a combination of RAM
and disk caching larger than the size of the images.  The following list
shows the five supported resolutions and the approximate amount of
memory required to display each size.

    Resolution    Approximate Size
     Wallet        2.5 MB
     Snapshot    3.0 MB
     Standard    7.5 MB
     Large        15  MB
     Poster        30  MB

A contact sheet can take up to 4+ MB of memory to display if the
Photo CD disc contains the maximum number of images.  To save space,
you may load an image without first loading the contact sheet.

KNOWN PROBLEMS
Exporting a portrait (tall) image as a Large size image, will incorrectly
display the progress indicator. It will complete the export when the
progress indicator is showing about half way.

Exporting a portrait (tall) image as a Poster size  image, will also
incorrectly display the progress indicator.  The progress indicator will
start at 0%, and count up to 99%. Then it will return to 0% and stay there
for several minutes. Then, it will count back up to 99% and complete the
export.