FRACTAL IMAGER VERSION 1.1 - README FILE ----------------------------------------- Copyright 1994-1996 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 BBS: (404) 264-2770 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 1.1 Release Date: February 29, 1996 =========================================== This release has been built using Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0. Installation ============ To install Fractal Imager, run: SETUP.EXE either from inside a console window OR select FILE | RUN from the Program Manager. Under Windows 95 select Start/Run and specify SETUP.EXE . 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. Win32s Version ============== Fractal Imager 1.1 requires Win32s version 1.30.166 (or later) to run under Windows 3.1 or Windows 3.11. This version can be downloaded from Iterated Systems' Web site along with Fractal Imager. Known Problems ============== 1) When using Fractal Imager under Win 3.1, images larger than 16Mb cannot be opened for display. Use batch mode to compress these large images under Win 3.1, or use either Windows NT or Windows 95 for full functionality. 2) 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. 3) 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. 4) 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. 5) Fractal Imager requires Win32s version 1.30.166 or later. If another application later installs an earlier version of Win32s, then Fractal Imager will not run. 6) Color plane information in generated RAS files is in BGR (Blue-Green-Red) order. Some applications require these files to be in RGB order. 7) 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. 8) In a batch job, long filenames will be converted to the 8.3 format. The batch editing window will malfunction if you select files from a directory with spaces in the name, if the directory is also the "Target" directory on a local drive, or if the directory is on a network drive. 9) 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. 10) Under Windows 95, the dragging of multiple image files onto the Fractal Imager desktop is not supported. File List: ========= ACCUISR5.DLL - Image Processing library. DECO_32.DLL - Fractal Decompression library. COMP_32.DLL - Fractal Compression library. 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. About The Sample Image: ======================= The image SKIER.FIF is from Professional Photos CK-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.