FRACTAL IMAGER PLUS 1.6 - README FILE ----------------------------------------- Copyright 1994-1997 Iterated Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved Iterated Systems Inc. 3525 Piedmont Road Seven Piedmont Center, Suite 600 Atlanta, Georgia 30305-1530 WWW: http://www.iterated.com Tech support: support@iterated.com Covered by one or more of the following U.S. and international patents: U.S. 5,065,447; U.S. 5,347,600; U.S. 5,384,867; U.S. 5,430,812; Aus. 623,333; Europe 0480941. Other U.S. and international patents pending. USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS DEPENDENT UPON A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH ITERATED SYSTEMS INC. See LICENSE.TXT. Version 1.6 Release Date: September 10, 1997 =========================================== This release has been built using Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1. What's New in Version 1.6 of Fractal Imager =========================================== This version is bundled with Fractal Viewer 1.6 Plug-in for Netscape Navigator. Long file names are supported in this release of Fractal Imager. (NOTE: In batch compression mode on WinNT 3.51, only long file names without spaces are supported.) The embedded palette option no longer functions in batch compression mode. Fractal Conversion of GIF and Colormapped Files =============================================== GIF files and images that are colormapped, especially computer-generated artwork, may be larger in the Fractal Image Format (FIF) than in their original format. However, conversion to FIF does provide resolution independence and online zooming for the World Wide Web. Known Problems ============== 1) When you use the control panel to change printer settings such as Landscape/Portrait, they do not take effect in Fractal Imager until the next time it is started. 2) In 16 color mode, the colors available on your system may not be suitable for displaying some images. Use a display mode with more colors for better results. 3) Displaying black/white images with color images on a 256 color (or less) display mode may result in a poor color usage. Only the active image will be fully represented by the available colors. 4) Color plane information in generated RAS files is in BGR (Blue-Green-Red) order. Some applications require these files to be in RGB order. 5) In batch mode you are allowed to specify a single physical size for all images being compressed. This physical size needs to match the aspect ratio of all of the images. 6) WINDOWS NT 3.5.1 USERS: Please be sure to install Win NT 3.51 Service Pack 3, available from Microsoft. This service pack fixes a memory leak which can cause the software to run out of memory during routine processing. 7) Under Windows 95, the dragging of multiple image files onto the Fractal Imager desktop is not supported. 8) Batch mode can only compress PCD images that are oriented correctly. Please note that if you are using Kodak Photo CD images, you may have a problem with the images not being stored in a correct orientation for correct viewing. 9) Compressing certain *.bmp to *.fif in batch mode crashes, while taking those same files that cause the crash and converting them individually works fine. 10) Converting certain *.gif files into *.bmp files causes a crash. 11) Trying to save a series of long filenames on the Novell network causes a false error message. This bug occurs if you are compressing sequences of images whose filenames only differ by their sequence number (e.g., longfilename21.fif longfilename22.fif). Fractal Imager File List: ========================= ACCUISR5.DLL - Image Processing library. DECO_32.DLL - Fractal Decompression library. COMP_32.DLL - Fractal Compression library. (The following files are located in ...\Program Files\Iterated\Fractal Imager) IMAGER.EXE - Fractal Imager executable. IMAGER.HLP - Fractal Imager help file. README.TXT - This file. LICENSE.TXT - The license agreement. SKIER.FIF - Sample FIF file. Fractal Viewer PlugIn File List: ================================ NPFIF.DLL - Netscape PlugIn for FIF library. DECO_32.DLL - Fractal Decompression library. (The following files are located in ...\Program Files\Iterated\Fractal Viewer Netscape32 PlugIn) FVREADME.TXT - Readme file for Fractal Viewer 1.2 PlugIn for Netscape Navigator. LICENSE.TXT - The license agreement. SKIER.FIF - Sample FIF file. About The Sample Image: ======================= The image SKIER.FIF is from Professional Photos CD-ROM from Corel Corporation. For information concerning Corel's Professional Photo CD-ROM Products, contact: Corel Corporation 1600 Carling Ave. Ottowa, Ontario K1A 8R7 Canada (800) 836-3729 (inside US) (613) 728-3733 (outside US) Use of this image outside of Fractal Imager is prohibited.