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- 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.
-
-