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Fractal Design Expression(tm) 1.0 - Windows Demo Version -- Read Me File
WELCOME
Welcome to Fractal Design Expression - The Revolutionary Natural-Media(TM)
Vector Drawing Tool. Please be sure to read this document for important
information about this version that may not be included in the printed
documentation.
This demo version has the following features disabled :
-Save
-Save As
-Save As Bitmap
-Save As Movie
-Copy/Paste to other Applications
To order your fully working version, please contact Fractal Design Sales at 1-800-846-0111
REGISTRATION
We strongly encourage you to register your copy of Expression. The
benefits of registration include:
* Free technical support via phone, email, online services or the World
Wide Web.
* Advance information on future releases.
* Special offers available to Fractal Design customers only
* Notification of updates and patches.
DOCUMENTATION ERRATA
After the documentation was sent to print several additions were made to
the application.
If the cursor is over a stroke and you click on the right mouse button,
a context sensitive menu appears which includes option to edit the stroke
definition or reverse its path.
Two new menu items were added to the Stroke menu.
Reset Stroke Shear sets the shear angle to any selected stroke or strokes
back to 0 degrees.
Reverse Ribbon Folds works on any selected stroke or strokes drawn in Ribbon
mode. If a ribbon stroke overlaps itself, selecting the Reverse Ribbon Folds
command will change the drawing order of how the stroke overlaps.
MANAGING YOUR STROKES
Expression lets you load hundreds of strokes into your Stroke Warehouse.
Depending on the number and complexity of those strokes, and your system
configuration, this may result in slower performance within the application.
To maintain high-levels of performance, you may want to limit the number
and complexity of strokes that are loaded at one time.
MANAGING PATTERNS
Expression uses a system pattern file to automatically load various patterns
into the pattern list in the Paint Style dialog and Hatching... dialog. To
conserve RAM not all patterns included with Expression are loaded into the
pattern file. There are several Expression files in the PATTERNS folder that
contain dozens of patterns. To use any of the patterns in these files, simply
open them and Expression will automatically add them into your pattern list.
When you close the pattern file they will be removed from the pattern list, but
any documents you've created with those patterns will continue to store them.
PRINTING
There may be some cases where Expression will have difficulty printing a file
to a PostScript printer. This might occur if you use transparent strokes or
if you've created a very complex file. If this occurs you may want to choose
the "Rasterize Before Printing" checkbox in the Print dialog and select the
appropriate dpi setting for your printer.
CORELDRAW EXPORT
This version of Expression does not support CMX (Corel exchange format)export.
To move an Expression file to CorelDraw, first save it as an Adobe Illustrator
file, which can be imported by CorelDraw. CMX support will be available in an
upcoming version. This will be made available as an online updater as soon as
it becomes available. Be sure to check our website at www.fractal.com or
our AOL forum (keyword: FRACTAL) You can also order updated versions directly
from Fractal sales at 1-800-846-0111.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Expression is designed specifically to run on Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 and
Windows NT 4.0. You can install Expression on a Windows 3.1 based PC, but
performance may suffer.
Expression for Windows requires a 486, Pentium or Pentium Pro PC with a minimum
of 16MB of RAM, and a CD-ROM player.
Many of the answers to your questions, along with tips and tricks may
already be posted on our web site. Be sure to check out the technical support
pages on the Fractal Design web site.
Internet: http://www.fractal.com/support/tech
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Copyright (c) 1996 Fractal Design Corporation, all rights reserved.
Fractal Design Expression and Natural-Media are trademarks of Fractal Design
Corporation which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Creature House
and Skeletal Strokes are trademarks of Creature House Ltd. Fractal Design
Expression was developed by Creature House Ltd. and Fractal Design Corp.