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PhotoFinish 3.0 Readme File
Welcome to PhotoFinish version 3.0!
PhotoFinish 3.0 has added even more automation to
make editing your pictures even easier. PhotoFinish has
added more than a dozen new commands and has more
than doubled the number of tools and tool types.
PhotoFinish now has nearly 90 tools and tool types --
including innovative natural art tools you can use to
create your own artistic masterpiece.
This file contains a summary of what is new in PhotoFinish
3.0. It also contains specific release information and other
items that became available after the PhotoFinish manuals
went to print.
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What's New in PhotoFinish 3.0
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--The AutoBar has been added to the top of the PhotoFinish
desktop. Just a click of the mouse button lets you start,
open, or save a picture; cut, copy, or paste a cutout; undo
your last changes; automatically enhance the picture with
several options; automatically adjust brightness and
contrast, crop the border from a picture, remove moirΘ
patterns, adjust the intensity of colors in the picture, sharpen
the picture, or straighten the picture; or automatically scan a
picture.
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--Six new Auto commands have been added to the Image menu.
Choose Auto Brightness/Contrast to have PhotoFinish
automatically adjust brightness and contrast in the entire
picture.
--Choose Auto Crop to automatically crop the border from a
picture.
--Choose Auto Remove MoirΘ to automatically remove moirΘ
patterns from the entire picture.
--Choose Auto Saturation to automatically adjust the intensity of
colors in the entire picture.
--Choose Auto Sharpen to automatically sharpen the entire
picture
--Choose Auto Straighten to automatically straighten or deskew
the entire picture.
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--The ribbon bar has been added to the PhotoFinish desktop.
The ribbon bar changes depending on the selected tool. You
can quickly change most of the tool's settings with a click of
the mouse button on the ribbon bar. Some ribbon bars also
have command buttons you can click to quickly perform a
task. For example, if the selected tool is the Zoom tool and
you have zoomed in on a picture, click the Fit To Zoom
button on the button bar to resize the picture window so you
can see more of the zoomed-in picture.
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--The Samples command has been added to the Filter, Special
Effect, and Tune cascading menus on the Image menu.
These commands make it easy to decide which Filter,
Special Effect, or Tune command to apply to the picture or
cutout.
--Individual Filter, Special Effect, and Tune commands also
display samples of how the command will change the
picture or cutout. Click the Shrink or Expand button to
display more samples of the command using different
settings. Click Advanced to manually adjust the settings.
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--Two new Special Effect commands have been added.
Choose Apply Paper to add a paper texture to the entire picture
or a cutout. The paper effect is apparent immediately, unlike
the Paper command on the Options menu, which is used
with some tools. This command is available for 24 bit color
and gray scale pictures.
--Choose Crumple to create a crumpled look to the entire picture
or a cutout. This command is available for 24 bit color, gray
scale, and 256 color pictures.
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--New tools and tool types have been added. PhotoFinish now
has nearly 90 tools and tool types, giving you even more
picture editing possibilities. The new tools are the Chalk,
Color Pencil, Marker, and Crayon tools.
--Select a tool type to change the effect of most tools. Tool types
vary depending on the selected tool. Most tool types are
available for all color modes. However, the effect of most
tool types is more apparent with 24 bit color or gray scale
pictures.
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--You can paint with a paper effect with many of the painting
tools. Choose Paper to load a paper. The texture of the
paper appears when you begin painting with a tool and tool
type that use paper.
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--PhotoFinish supports pressure sensitive tablets. You can
affect how many of the painting tools apply color by varying
the downward force on the tablet surface. If you have a
pointing device that has only one button, you can simulate a
right mouse button click by holding the Ctrl key and clicking
the button.
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--The Box tool has more options. Use the ribbon bar or the Tool
Options command to select the Basic Box tool type to paint
boxes filled with the secondary color. Select the Tile tool
type to paint a box filled with a tile pattern. Select the
Gradient tool type to paint a box filled with a gradient that
begins with the secondary color and ends with the
background color.
--The Text tool has more options. You can now choose to apply
a shadow or outline to make your text more distinctive.
Shadows and outlines appear in the primary color. You can
also choose to left justify, right justify, or center text within
the Text Frame.
--The Paint Roller tools have been combined. Use the ribbon
bar or choose the Tool Options command to select the Basic
Roller tool type to fill an area with the primary or secondary
color. Select the Tile tool type to fill an area with a tile
pattern. Select the Gradient tool type to fill an area with a
gradient that begins with the secondary color and ends with
the background color.
--The Line and Tile Pattern Line tools have been combined.
Use the ribbon bar or choose the Tool Options command to
select whether you want to paint a line in the primary color
or a line of tile patterns.
--The Hollow and Filled shape tools have been combined.
Choose a shape tool and use the ribbon bar or the Tool
Options command to select whether you want to paint a
hollow shape, a filled shape with a border, or a filled shape
without a border.
--You can choose the width and shape for tools on the ribbon
bar or in the Tool Options dialog box for the selected tool.
Width and shape are tool specific. That means that when
you switch tools, width and shape change to the last
selected options for the tool. The Width & Shape workbox
no longer appears.
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--Color Tolerance has been improved. You can now specify a
separate, tool specific color tolerance setting for the Magic
Wand, Color Replacer, and Paint Roller tools.
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--The Apply Texture command has been renamed Texturize.
The Font More Fonts command has been renamed Font.
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--Beginning with version 2.02, PhotoFinish has supported the
Photo CD (.PCD) file format. This format is used to load
images from a Kodak Photo CD into PhotoFinish. To open a
Photo CD image, select the drive where your CD device is
located.
Kodak Photo CD is a registered trademark of Eastman Kodak
Company. Kodak Photo CD technology is a copyright of
Eastman Kodak Company, 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Photo CD images are available in 24 bit color only. Use one of
PhotoFinish's Image Convert To commands if you want the
image in another color format, You can save .PCD files in
any format, except PCD, onto your hard disk for later use.