Copyright: PalMerge Help version 1.00
Citation: PalMerge (TM)    (C) 1997 Vantage View Software (TM)


Overview

PalMerge™ is a program designed to re-map the colors of bitmaps

into a single color palette. It includes a color editor and a batch

processing mode to allow the color re-mapping of numerous bitmap

files in one run. PalMerge is designed for Windows 95® and

Windows NT®. Following is a list of features:

•	bitmaps re-map to a single color palette

•	batch processing of multiple bitmap files

•	bitmaps can be resized several ways

•	color palette editor

•	can load and save PalMerge palettes

•	bitmap file viewer

•	palette extraction from bitmaps

•	default color and gray palettes

•	simple command line batch processing

•	registration with a code key

•	saves user interface states between runs

•	context sensitive help

•	help hint pop-ups

•	includes several sample color palette files

•	red, green and blue intensity adjustments

•	pixel dithering options

This help file is © Copyright 1997 by Vantage View Software™

Windows 95 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation®


Tabs

PalMerge has five tabs on its main form. Program functionality on each tab is accessible by clicking the name of the tab.

Palette 	color palette editor

Bitmap	bitmap viewer

Settings	bitmap, batch, and user values

Batch	multiple file processing of palettes

About	program information and help file

contents


Palette editor

The palette editor shows between 2 and 256 colors. This is the palette that will be used for any loaded bitmaps. Color pixels in a loaded bitmap will be re-mapped to this palette.

The color palette can be edited. Colors can be changed, deleted and added. There are a series of buttons available in the palette editor to perform these tasks. Favorite palettes can be stored to a disk drive for later retrieval. Color palettes can also be extracted from bitmaps using the Open… feature.

The following list shows the actions that can be performed with a color palette:

Open…	Load a previously saved

PalMerge palette file

Save…	Save the present color palette

to a file

Edit…	Change the presently selected

color’s red, green and blue values

Copy	Place the presently selected

color on the system clipboard

Cut	Place the selected color on the

clipboard and delete it from the

palette

Paste	Replace the selected color with the

clipboard color

Delete	Delete the presently selected

color

Insert	The clipboard color is added to the

palette after the selected color

Color	Reset the palette to a good

spread of colors

Gray	Reset the palette to gray

shades

Include	Add the 20 system default

colors to the end of the palette

Palette display	This shows the palette and

allows selection of a single

color


Bitmap viewer

The Bitmap viewer shows the user a sample bitmap re-mapped to the present color palette. Alternate bitmaps can be loaded with the Open… button. Bitmaps using the new palette can be stored on a disk with the Save… button.

The displayed bitmap can be resized by changing the values on the Settings tab. The bitmap viewer does not change the width or height of its borders according to the new size. It is really intended as a way to just see a sample of a new bitmap in its new color scheme.


Settings controls

The user can specify several values for program operation. Most of these controls work with loaded bitmaps. One control merely changes a characteristic of the help system.

Any loaded bitmap can be re-sized to the values entered in the Resize bitmap controls. The batch mode, where multiple files can be processed in one run, has an option for saving files. This setting affects whether or not output files will be overwritten. Batch mode also allows for some variation in the method of file selection in the list of files to be processed. The way colors are translated from the bitmap to the palette are controlled by color mapping. Help hints can be tuned on or off with the setting in the Preferences area.


Batch processing

Multiple bitmap files can be re-mapped in bulk with the batch mode processing feature. The files are added to the Input file list . The Output directory is then set to the location where the resulting files will be deposited. Clicking the Process button will re-map the colors of the bitmap files in the list. Alternately, batch processing can be initiated automatically, from the Command line.

Highlighted files listed in the Input files list can be reordered using the Up and Down buttons. Of course, selected files in the list can be deleted too.


About information

The About tab contains information about PalMerge. There is some basic company and program information. The Close button for the program also exists on this tab. The other three buttons access more program information. Registration of the program is possible through one of these buttons. License information can be viewed by clicking another button. Access to the help file’s contents, index and search features are available on the last button.


Installation topics

PalMerge is distributed as a single self-extracting installation file. Several files uncompress from this installation file. They are deposited into a directory of the user’s choice. Shortcut icons are added to the Start menu as appropriate. These installation options are available by executing the installation file.

The installation file can be executed by double-clicking its icon. It can also be run by using the Start menu’s Run command. Alternately, the operating system’s Add/Remove control panel applet can be used to install the file by browsing to the file. Of course, if you are reading this help file topic, you have probably already installed the product. This installation information may seem a bit redundant.

Installing more than one copy of the product on a single machine  will cause problems later when uninstalling. Overwriting a previous installation will not replace some files. Uninstall the product first; before reinstalling.

To remove the program see the uninstall topic.


Uninstall

To remove the PalMerge product use the following steps:

1. 	Open the Control panel. This can be found on the operating system’s start menu under the Settings menu item.

2. 	Double-click the button, Add/Remove Programs.

3. 	Select PalMerge from the list on the first tab.

4. 	Click the button, Add/Remove.

5. 	Follow the instructions in the next series of dialogs..

Provided that you have not altered the installation, PalMerge’s installed components will be removed. Often people will place extra files in the installation directory. These will have to be removed manually. The uninstall program will announce that some components were not removed. That would be the extra files were placed in the installation directory.

If two copies of the program have been inadvertently installed on the same machine in different locations, then some items will have to be removed manually. After following the steps above, remove the leftover directory from the first installation. Start menu shortcuts can be removed by right-clicking the task bar and selecting the properties menu item. See your system help files for additional information about the start menu.


Command line

PalMerge has a simple command line feature for batch processing of multiple files. This feature is activated by adding -b (minus b) to the command used to launch PalMerge. Hence, it can be executed from a shell prompt. When done the program will exit automatically. This feature is virtually equivalent to launching PalMerge, clicking the Batch tab’s Process button, and then exiting the program.

Notice that PalMerge retains all previous settings from the last program run. Running PalMerge with the command line option will use the settings from that previous run. These settings also include the last color palette being edited and the batch processing mode Input files list.

An example of the command syntax would look like the following:

C:\PM\PalMerg_.exe -b


Open palette

Previously saved palette colors can be loaded from disk drives. From the Palette tab of the main form the open dialog can be accessed by clicking the Open… button.

Typically, PalMerge™ proprietary format palettes will be loaded with this feature. They have the file extension, PAL. However, palette colors can be extracted from bitmap files too. Bitmap files have the file extension of BMP. Mostly, extracting a palette is applicable to 256 color bitmaps that contain the system default colors. 16 color and 2 color bitmaps can have their palettes examined, but they are less interesting. Bitmaps with more than 256 colors do not have a palette, and can not have their colors extracted.

There are several sample palettes installed with PalMerge. These palettes are useful as starting points for creating new palettes. They can be found in the PalMerge installation directory.


Selection display

Individual colors can be selected on the Palette display by left-clicking a color square. A white highlight will appear on the perimeter of the selected color. Also, information will be displayed by the Palette editor. This information shows up in the Selection display fields of the Palette editor.

The Selection display has four items of information, index, red, green and blue. First, there is the palette index position. Each color in a palette has a location in the palette. This location is identified by a value from 0 to 255; giving 256 possible positions.

For most palettes generated by PalMerge, this index is literally the color position in any saved bitmaps. However, there are situations where this one for one ideal has variants. For example, if two colors in the palette are the same, then the operating system will very likely combine them into a single color index for a saved bitmap.

The Selection display also shows the intensity of the three primary colors used in cathode ray tubes to generate colors. The three colors are red, green and blue. All other colors represented on the tube will be composed of mixtures of these three colors. By selecting a color, the individual intensities can be examined. The intensities vary from 0 to 255; with 255 being the brightest.


Statistics display

The Statistics display within the Palette Editor shows the number of colors in the palette. PalMerge limits this number to within the range of 2 to 256.


Default palette

This feature allows a palette to contain the 20 system default colors. Selecting this option appends these colors to the end of whatever palette is begin edited.

The operating system withholds 20 colors from the system palette for its own use. Programs running may use these colors. These colors give any running program a good selection of colors to use when they lose control of the system palette. You may notice this effect when two programs are running simultaneously; each with 256 color graphics. The topmost application will gain control of the system palette, installing its own colors. All other applications will attempt to use the system default colors; re-mapping their graphics in the background. Of course, the system must be running in 256 color mode to notice this effect.

Even though it is possible to gain control of all 256 colors of the system palette, it is generally not recommended. Other applications may be unable to run correctly without some colors to count on. PalMerge does not allow the default palette to be altered. It can be included by selecting this feature from within the Palette Editor.

If removing the default palette would leave no Black or White in the palette, then the default palette check box is disabled. Using a palette without black and white can cause system problems. Therefore PalMerge doesn’t allow this.


Save palette

Palettes can be saved to a disk drive using this feature. Clicking this button brings up the Save palette dialogIDH_SavePalDlg . The files are written in a proprietary PalMerge format. Incidentally, this format is merely a bitmap with some pixel pattern coding in the left top corner. It is definitely not recommended that these files be edited outside of the PalMerge Palette editor. The saved file is given the PAL extension by default.

The palette can be saved in bitmap, BMP,  format with this feature. This format merely loses the special pixel codes in the top left corner. The video drivers may make subtle changes in the color arrangement in this format too.


Edit color

Clicking this button brings up the Edit color dialog. A double-left-click on a palette color can be used as a shortcut to bring up the color editor. The presently selected color on the Palette display is changed to the new color produced in the Edit color dialog.

Individual colors in the 20 color system default palette can not be edited. The last black or white color in a palette cannot be changed either.


Copy color

The Palette editor has a button that copies a selected color to the system clipboard. A color can be selected by merely clicking its square on the Palette display area. Clicking the Copy… button places the color on the clipboard. Later, this color can be Inserted or pasted into the palette. This color is placed on the clipboard as an 8x8 pixel bitmap of the color. Also, applications that support pasting a bitmap can paste this color square into their documents.


Cut color

The Palette editor has a button that cuts a selected color out of the palette and places it onto the system clipboard. A color can be selected by merely clicking its square on the Palette display area. Clicking the Cut… button places the color on the clipboard. It also shifts the other colors down to fill in the now empty color square. Later, this color can be Inserted or pasted into the palette. This color is placed on the clipboard as an 8x8 pixel bitmap of the color. Also, applications that support pasting a bitmap can paste this color square into their documents.

The editor will not allow the number of colors to be less than 2. Also, individual colors in the 20 color system default palette can not be cut. The last black or white color in a palette cannot be cut either.


Paste color

Once a color square is placed on the clipboard with the Palette editor using Cut… or Copy…, the color can be pasted back into the palette. The presently selected color is replaced by the one on the clipboard. Selecting a color is performed by merely left-clicking its square on the Palette display.


Delete color

Clicking the Delete button within the Palette editor will remove the presently selected color from the palette. Selecting a color is performed by merely left-clicking its square on the Palette display. The editor will not allow the number of colors to be less than 2. Also, individual colors in the 20 color system default palette can not be deleted. The last black or white color in a palette cannot be deleted either.


Insert color

Once a color square is placed on the clipboard with the Palette editor using Cut… or Copy…, the color can be inserted back into the palette at another position. The inserted color will be placed adjacent and after the presently selected color. If no color is on the clipboard, then a black square will be inserted. Selecting a color is performed by merely left-clicking its square on the Palette display.


Color palette

PalMerge contains two special palettes. One is 236 gray shades. The other is 236 colors spread out across the possible range of colors. Clicking this button resets the palette editor to this spread of colors.


Gray palette

PalMerge contains two special palettes. One is 236 colors. The other is 236 gray shades. Clicking this button resets the palette editor to this spread of gray shades.

The gray shades are a mixture of red, green, and blue. Actually, these are composed of balanced mixtures of these colors. The special gray palette has gray shades going from black to white with 234 shades in between.


Open bitmap

Bitmap files can be loaded into the Bitmap viewer by clicking this button. A dialog pops up that allows disk drives to be browsed. Bitmap files with the BMP file extension can be selected and then loaded into the viewer. Once the file is loaded it will be displayed using the palette showing in the Palette display. If re-sizing is selected, the bitmap will be adjusted to the new size too. Once a bitmap has been loaded, it can be saved to disk with its new palette using the Save… button.

Loading bitmaps of sizes larger than a few megabytes will cause a significant performance loss. Slower machines with limited system resources may have problems with bitmaps of sizes over 1000x1000 pixels. There is no particular bitmap load size limit programmed into this product. It is recommended for bitmaps under a few megabytes in size.


Save bitmap

Bitmap files can be saved from the Bitmap viewer by clicking this button. A dialog pops up that allows disk drives to be browsed and the new file name entered. Bitmap files are saved with the BMP file extension. The bitmap is saved using the new palette from the Palette display . Therefore, it is a good idea to not overwrite the original bitmap file, unless it is no longer needed.


Resize bitmaps

Bitmaps loaded into the Bitmap viewer can be resized by enabling this option on the Settings tab. The registered version of PalMerge supports width and height values larger than the unregistered version. The unregistered version has much lower limits. The values can be changed by typing the new values into each small text box. Alternately, the adjacent spin controls can be clicked to advance the counters through the range of sizes available. When this feature is disabled bitmaps will be loaded retaining their original sizes.

There are six resize options. These options allow horizontal and vertical scaling of the bitmap. Some options keep the dimensions in proportion, while others can be used to change the ratio of width and height.


Batch file overwrite

The Batch tab contains a button that starts processing of the files in the Input file list. As processing result files are about to be written to the disk drive, they are checked for existence. If the overwrite option is set to Never, then the processed file result will be discarded; effectively protecting the file of the same name in the Output directory. If the overwrite option is set to Always, then the processed result file will overwrite any file of the same name in the Output directory. Since always overwriting files is risky, there is a third option. It can be set to prompt the user every time a file may be overwritten. Be careful of using the prompt option with the Command line feature since it will stop automatic processing when a file is about to be overwritten.


Bitmap color adjust

Bitmaps that are displayed can have their color intensities adjusted. Colors displayed by computer graphics cards are composed of mixtures of red, green and blue. Moving the three color sliders can change the amount of each color that is mixed into a bitmap’s image. The Zero button can be used to quickly reset the three color values. The resulting bitmap is still mapped to the palette showing on the palette display. These color settings are also applied to bitmaps that are processed in batch mode.

Color values for each of the three colors range from 0 to 255. The sliders add or subtract 255 from each component color for each bitmap pixel. The extreme ranges of each color are adjusted to still fall in the range of 0 to 255 after the slider’s addition.


Bitmap color adjust red

Each color pixel has an amount of red mixed into its displayed color. The intensity of the red color component ranges from 0 to 255. The red slider adds or subtracts up to 255 units of color from each pixel in the displayed bitmap. Of course, the resulting red value is adjusted to remain within the range of 0 to 255.


Bitmap color adjust green

Each color pixel has an amount of green mixed into its displayed color. The intensity of the green color component ranges from 0 to 255. The green slider adds or subtracts up to 255 units of color from each pixel in the displayed bitmap. Of course, the resulting green value is adjusted to remain within the range of 0 to 255.


Bitmap color adjust blue

Each color pixel has an amount of blue mixed into its displayed color. The intensity of the blue color component ranges from 0 to 255. The blue slider adds or subtracts up to 255 units of color from each pixel in the displayed bitmap. Of course, the resulting blue value is adjusted to remain within the range of 0 to 255.


Input file list

PalMerge can process multiple bitmap files in one run using the features on the Batch tab. The file names and their corresponding directory paths are added to this list using the Add… button. The files can be added by highlighting several files at the same time in the file browser that is displayed from the Add… button. Subsequent use of the Add… feature appends more files to the list. Files do not have to originate from the same directory.

Highlighted files in the list can be deleted,  moved up and moved down using the other three buttons associated with the file list.


Preferences

Presently, there is a single preference setting available. When the Hints on checkbox is checked, holding the mouse pointer over a control will give a small hint on a pop-up. This little hint is designed to help users acquire additional information about the program’s features. By removing the check in the checkbox, the hints will be disabled.


Add files

This button brings up a dialog for browsing disk drive files. Bitmap files selected in this dialog are added to end of the Batch processing list. The registered version of PalMerge supports many more files in this list than the unregistered version.


Move items up

Highlighted file names In the input file list can be moved up one position in the list by clicking this button. Files in the list are processed from the top down when using Batch processing, so changing the order may be useful.


Move items down

Highlighted file names In the input file list can be moved down one position in the list by clicking this button. Files in the list are processed from the top down when using Batch processing, so changing the order may be useful.


Delete items

Highlighted file names In the input file list are removed by clicking this button.


Process files

Clicking this button starts automatic processing of the bitmap files shown in the Input files list . These files are re-mapped to the palette in the Palette display. If the re-size setting is used, then the bitmaps will be changed to the new width and height, as well. Each bitmap is displayed as the processing proceeds. The files resulting from the processing are placed in the Output directory according to the overwrite settings. The command line feature and this button are nearly identical in their results.


Output directory

When files are processed in bulk using the Batch feature, the resulting bitmap files are deposited in this directory. When writing a file into this directory would overwrite an existing file, then settings can be made to control the result. The output directory is controlled by selecting a disk drive letter and a path on that drive.


About Program

Basic information about PalMerge is contained on the About tab. The version and copyright marks are probably of the greatest interest.


About Company

Basic information about Vantage View Software is contained on the About tab. On this tab is information about contacting the company.


Additional information buttons

Three buttons on the About tab can be used to access additional information. The Registration button brings up a dialog that explains how to acquire a fully registered version of PalMerge. Information about licensing this program, and disclaimers are accessible from the License button. The help file contents, index and search panels are available from the Help button.


License button

Clicking the License button brings up a dialog that displays information about Palmerge. This information pertains to legal, licensing and disclaimer issues.


Registration button

Information concerning purchasing a registered copy of the PalMerge product is available by clicking this button. Clicking this button brings up the Registration dialog.


Help button

Clicking this button brings up the contents page of the help file system. It also allows access to the index and search features of the help file.


Close button

Clicking this button closes PalMerge and all its dialogs. It is equivalent to clicking the system close gadget on the main form.


License dialog

This dialog contains text about licensing of PalMerge. It also has a disclaimer. It is the same text as was agreed to at installation time.


License text

This text concerns licensing of PalMerge. It also has a disclaimer. It is the same text as was agreed to at installation time.


License close button

Clicking this button closes the license information dialog. Other dialogs open in the program remain open.


Registration dialog

The Registration dialog is available from the About tab on the main form. This dialog contains information on how to order a registration key to activate additional features within the program. Also registration of the program within a certain time period is required by the license agreement.

See the section on how to register for more information.


How to register

How to order the registration key

Credit card

1. 	Access the Get Software web page: http://www.getsoftware.com

2. 	Navigate their web site to the secured server location for purchasing a PalMerge registration key code.

    Check or money order

1. 	Make out a check or money order for $20 dollars in United States currency.

2. 	Make it payable to "Vantage View Software".

3. 	Include your name (or company name) and mailing address.

4. 	If you'd like your registration key sent via electronic mail, include your internet email address.

5. 	Send the payment to the postal drop mailing address:

      Vantage View Software

          2865 SE River Road, #42

          Hillsboro, OR 97123-7932, USA

6.   Vantage View Software will send you the registration key code.

Advantages of Registration

1. 	The annoying Registration dialogs no longer appear automatically.

2. 	The Input files batch processing list will support up to 500 files.

3. 	The re-sizing option will support sizes up to 1280 X 1280 pixels.

4. 	Customer service is available via internet electronic mail or postal mail (English only).

5. 	This copy of PalMerge will be in compliance with the registration requirement of the license agreement

Activating registration

1. 	Open the Registration diaog.

2. 	Enter two pieces of information exactly. Since, the registration key code is associated with your name, the information must be entered exactly.

3. 	Enter your name in the registration dialog’s Name textbox.

4. 	Enter the purchased key code into the Registration Key textbox.

5. 	Click the Register button


Registration text

This text explains how to order a registration key for PalMerge. It also contains instructions for using the key to register the program, unlocking additional program features.

See the section on how to register for more information.


Registration controls

To register this product certain information must be typed into these three text boxes. Your name and address must be entered exactly as associated with the registration key. Clicking the Register button will check the validity of the entered items. If it accepted, then additional program features will be immediately activated.


Registration name

Type your name into this text box exactly matching the name used to purchase the key code.


Registration address

Type your address into this text box exactly matching the address used when purchasing the key code.


Registration key

The registration key is an eight character string. It is entered into this text box to register the program. The key can be ordered from Vantage View Software using the information shown in the Registration dialog .


Register button

Click this button to register the product. If the name, address and registration key entered are correct, then additional program features will be activated.


Registration close button

Clicking this button will close the registration dialog. Other PalMerge dialogs that are open will remain open.


Bitmap buttons

These buttons open dialogs that allow a user to save and load bitmap files.


Batch buttons

The buttons associated with Batch mode maintain the batch mode processing file list. File names can be added, moved up, moved down, and deleted. The files can be processed in bulk with the Process button.


Palette buttons

These buttons edit colors within the present palette. Individual colors can be deleted, inserted, placed on the clipboard, or changed. Two special complete palettes are available with these buttons too.


Palette display

The Palette display shows the colors in your present palette. It can display from 2 to 256 color squares. An individual color can be selected by left-clicking on a square of color on the display. This square will be the one that is affected by various editing features.


Edit color dialog

One of 16 million possible colors can be chosen in this dialog. The color can be chosen from the several pre-defined colors. It can also be generated by entering the red, green and blue intensities desired. Hue, saturation and luminance values can be used to produce a new color too. Clicking OK will cause the selected color in the PalMerge Palette display to change to the new color. Colors within the system default palette cannot be edited.

The Edit color dialog is accessible from the Palette editor using the Edit…button.


Open Palette dialog

From this dialog a palette can be selected for loading into the Palette editor. There are two formats that can be loaded. First, PalMerge has its own palette file format. These have the PAL file extension. They are saved to a disk drive with the Save… button. Second, bitmap files can have their palettes extracted using this feature. These files can usually be identified with the BMP file extension.

Typically, PalMerge proprietary format palettes will be loaded with this feature. Mostly, extracting a palette from a bitmap is used for 256 color bitmaps that contain the system default colors.


Save palette dialog

The color palette presently displayed is saved to a disk drive with this dialog. The file will be saved using a PAL file extension. This dialog is accessible from the Palette editor from the Save… button .

The files are written in a proprietary PalMerge format. Incidentally, this format is merely a bitmap with some pixel pattern coding in the left top corner. It is definitely not recommended that these files be edited outside of the PalMerge Palette editor. The saved file is given the PAL extension by default.

The palette can be saved in bitmap, BMP,  format with this feature. This format merely loses the special pixel codes in the top left corner. The video drivers may make subtle changes in the color arrangement in this format too.


Open bitmap dialog

A bitmap file with the BMP file extension can be loaded using this dialog. The file is subsequently re-mapped to the present color palette in the Palette display. Re-size settings may also affect the loaded bitmap.


Save bitmap dialog

A bitmap in the PalMerge viewer is saved to a disk drive using this dialog. It is saved using the colors in the Palette display. Bitmap files are saved using the BMP file extension.


Add files dialog

This dialog supports multiple selection of bitmap files. Files selected within this dialog are appended to the Input files list. Later these files can be re-mapped to the present palette in bulk using the Batch processing mode.


Batch file list selection

On the Settings tab of the main form is a setting for Batch mode file selection. When the Process button is clicked to perform color re-mapping in bulk, then the files in the Input file list are processed in order. With the Batch file list selection all the files in the list can be processed or only those that are highlighted.


Color mapping

PalMerge translates color pixels from an original bitmap file into the user’s own color palette. There are two approaches used for this process. The first is a simple one to one mapping of each bitmap color to a similar color in the palette. This one to one mapping is quick and suitable for many bitmaps. Dithering is a process of simulating colors without an exact match. Several pixels are placed in a pattern that blend together into a simulated color. PalMerge has two forms of dithering: Quick and Better.


Color mapping one to one

This form of color mapping simply selects a palette entry for each pixel in the bitmap. For many 16 and 256 color bitmaps this will work fine. This form of mapping is rather quick. It is better in cases when pixel accuracy is preferred. Merely selecting a suitable palette, that permits pixel color contrast, and all the pixels remain in their locations.


Dither quick

This algorithm uses two adjacent pixels to simulate the color of each small area on the bitmap. The accuracy of pixel locations is somewhat compromised due to the sharing of color between adjacent pixels. However, the appearance of some bitmap images is improved by blending pixel pair colors.


Dither better

This is a rather slow process. It is designed to match colors accurately for groups of pixels. It is somewhat like the quicker dithering algorithm, but spreads the color over more pixels, is less deterministic for which pixels will share color information and uses a more accurate color matching engine. It is often best for 24-bit photographic images.


Resize options

There are size options for re-sizing bitmaps:

Width only

The width of the result bitmap can be set in the Width text box. The height remains unchanged.

Height only

The bitmap will have its height changed to the value in the height text box. The width will retain its original value.

Width and Height

The bitmap will be re-sized to match the values in the Width and Height text boxes.

Fit in box

The Width and Height text boxes describe the dimensions of a box. The bitmap will be made to fit within the box without altering the proportion of its dimensions.

Width then scale height

The bitmap’s width is made to match the Width text box value. The bitmap’s height will be set proportionally.

Height then scale width

The bitmap’s height is made to match the Height text box value. The bitmap’s width will be set proportionally.


Zero color adjustments

By clicking this button, the three color sliders are reset to 0.


Connect buttons

There are two buttons on the registration form for connecting to World Wide Web pages. When clicked, these buttons will identify your default web browser, and make a connection to the corresponding site.

Connect to Vantage View Software

This button links to the Vantage View Software

home page.

http://www.budget.net/~vantageview

Connect to Get Software

This button accesses a secured server used

for purchasing PalMerge registration key

codes with credit cards.

http://www.getsoftware.com

From the Get Software home page, navigate

to the PalMerge product listing.