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Welcome to mediaview Photo CD software!
This file contains an overview of the mediaview software
feature description, installation instructions, configuration,
license agreement and operation recommendations.
LICENSE
=======
The software accompanying your CD is not free software.
mediaview grants you a license to use one copy of the enclosed
software program provided that you use the software only on one
computer at a time. For each additional computer on which the software
is runnung at the same time, you will need an additional licensed copy of
the software. You may permanently transfer the software to another party
if the other party agrees to accept the terms and conditions of this
license and you do not keep any copies of the software. This license
is effective until termination. You may terminate it at any time by
destroying the software, and all copies of it. It will also terminate
if you fail to comply with any condition of this agreement.
INSTALLING MEDIAVIEW PHOTO CD SOFTWARE
======================================
mediaview Photo CD software requires MICROSOFT Windows 3.1
running in standard mode or in enhanced mode. The required PC
configuration is as follows:
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
We do not recommend viewing the pictures with the Windows standard VGA
driver or with something less than 256 colors. If possible use
16 bit colors modes (Hi-color) or the recommended 24 bit true color mode.
Using the Windows Program Manager to install
1. Insert the Photo CD disc into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Use the File menu and choose Run. In the command line, type
[d]:\mview\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 disc.
Double-click the directory MVIEW. Double-click the file SETUP.EXE
to install.
3. Click OK to continue setting up mediaview Photo CD software.
4. Type the path of the directory where you want to install the
software, the default path is C:\MVIEW. 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.
RUNNING MEDIAVIEW DIRECTLY FROM THE PHOTO-CD
============================================
You don't have to install the software on your hard disk in order
to run the software. It can be run directly from the Photo CD without
installing.
1. Insert the Photo CD disc into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Use the File menu and choose Run. In the command line, type
[d]:\mview\mview
where [d] is the letter designating the CD-ROM drive. Click OK to
run the software.
OR, Open the Windows File Manager. Change to the CD-ROM drive
containing the Photo CD disc.
Double-click the directory MVIEW. Double-click the file MVIEW.EXE
to run the software.
FEATURES
========
mediaview Photo CD software lets you:
* load photographic images stored on a Photo CD disc
or any other disc drive,
* view the stored photos on a Thumbnail Overview Pac,
* select and display a single photo or a set of photos,
* copy an original or edited photo to the Clipboard as a bitmap,
* save an original as a .BMP file,
* run a slideshow of selected pictures,
* print images on your printer.
OPERATING RECOMMENDATIONS
=========================
The best way to use the mediaview Photo CD software, particularly if your
system memory is at the lower end of the recommended range, is to work
with smaller image sizes (1 or 1/4) on your display.
Photo CD discs store images at different resolutions. In order to
display images, your system must have memory resources available
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.
Factor Resolution Approximate Memory
1/16 192 x 128 2.5 MB
1/4 256 x 384 3.0 MB
1 512 x 768 7.5 MB
4 1024 x 1536 15.0 MB
16* 2048 x 3072 30.0 MB
* We have disabled the loading of images enlarged by 16, as it takes
several minutes to load such an image even on high end PC-Systems.
(Even the loading of images with a factor of 4 is cucumbersome on a PC.)
A Thumbnail Overview Pac can take up to 5+ MB of memory to display. To save
space, you may load an image without first loading the Overview Pac. On the
other hand, the Overview Pac is the image where you select imgages for
viewing or for slide shows. In order to save memory you can select the images
you want from the Overview Pac then close it and keep the selection.
OPENING IMAGES
==============
* File Open Menu
Browse your CD-Rom or any other drive with the File Open Dialogbox to
load either an image (IMG0000.PCD) or an Overview Pac (OVERVIEW.PCD).
Overview Pacs are automatically detected by the program as special images;
some menu items to change the resolution, format and transformation are
disabled for Overview Pacs.
* Run via Extension PCD or BMP
Some Programs, like the File Manager, are able to start programs if you
give them a file with a special extension. mediaview accepts files with
the extension PCD and BMP.
* Drag and Drop with the File Manager
You may also use the Drag and Drop facility to load images from the File
Manager to mediaview using your mouse.
* Last Recently Used Files
In the mediaview File Menu, you can choose one of the last four viewed
files to quickly access these images.
* Overview Pac
If you have opened an Overview Pac, you can double click on an image to
load it. Images MUST be located in the .\IMAGES directory which is located
in the same directory as the current Overview Pac. You may load more than
one Overview Pac at the same time.
* Load All Selected Images
This File menu item lets you load all selected images. It is strongly
recommended that you use this command with a maximum of three or four images.
If you select more, your PC will work until all of its memory is eaten up.
IMAGE SELECTION AND SLIDE SHOWS
===============================
mediaview gives you the opportunity to perform a Slide Show with an
unlimited number of images. You have to select these images by clicking
on thumbnails in the Overview. You may use the right mouse button, or
press down Shift or Control if you want to use the left mouse button.
You can determine the selection status of an image by its frame
color: BLACK means unselected, a RED frame indicates that this image
is in the selection list. The program gives you feedback about the
actions in the status line. To select or deselect all images use
Ctrl+A / Ctrl+D or the toolbar buttons. With Ctrl+D the complete
selection list is cleared!
To start the Slide Show you may choose the File menu item or click on
the button in the toolbar. As a shortcut press the Space Bar. To stop
and continue the Slide Show use the same command. To skip to the next
image double click on the toolbar button or press the space bar twice.
Images are shown in the order of your selection.
If you want to abort the Slide Show, choose Reset from the File Menu.
The Slide Show Time, default 10 seconds, can be changed in the Options
Menu. If you trigger the Slide Show manually, you have the opportunity
to save or print the viewed images. These services are also available
if an automatically triggered Slide Show is stopped.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.2X
==========================
* Full Screen Slide Show
You can choose a Full Screen Slide Show in the mediaview Options Menu.
Printing and Saving images is disabled during a Full Screen Slide Show.
To interrupt the Full Screen Slide Show press the ESC key. Use the
spacebar to start and stop the show. You may switch to other Windows
applications using Alt-Tab, Alt-ESC or Ctrl-ESC to bring up the Task List.
* Custom Slide Show Time
Now you can enter any value from 0 to 65535 seconds for the
Slide Show Time. A value of zero means manually triggered!
* Selection Restore Feature of reloaded Overview Pacs
Selections you made in an Overview Pac are automatically stored
when the Overview is closed. To free the complete selection list
choose the menu File and the command Deselect all (Ctrl+D).
HINT: If your machine does not have a large memory configuration (4 MB),
we recommended that you close any image windows, including the Over-
views preserving their selections, before starting a Slide Show.
* Save Settings On Exit
From the Options menu you can now choose the item Save Settings On Exit
to store your own settings in the MVIEW.INI - file for further mediaview
sessions. Unchecking this item will cause the default values to reset. You
have to change the default values if you use a different display driver.
* Location of Overview Pacs
If you have a local CD ROM drive the location of the OVERVIEW.PCD
is detected automatically by the software. If you want to work with
other Overview Pacs on other drives, you have to open them manually
via the File/Open menu command. Checking the Save Settings on Exit option
causes the new location to be stored for further sessions of mediaview.
* Screen Saver
A new Screen Saver is copied onto your system when you install the soft-
ware. It works with your mediaview Photo CD and can be configured with
the Windows Control Panel as any other screen saver.
There are two additional directories in the MVIEW directory.
The 256CLR directory contains 100 bitmaps in a 256 color depth.
The TRUECLR directory contains 100 bitmaps in true color.
You can choose the directory for the screen saver with the windows control
panel/desktop option. The default directory is the 256CLR directory. You
can choose any directory which contains bitmap files in order to customize
your screen saver pictures.
Important notice!
=================
Be sure that your PC configuration meets the minimum requirements of
the mediaview software, especially RAM - and Swap-File-size (virtual memory).
To check the swap file size click on the 386 enhanced button in
the windows control panel and check that the virtual memory is set
to the minimum of 12000 KB. If your system does not meet the minimum
requirements, the sofware might hang your system during the load process.