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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Copyright ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Galleria/CM
Copyright (c) 1991-1996
Bitware Australia Pty. Ltd.
P.O. Box 3097
Manuka A.C.T. 2603
Australia
Fax: +61-6-2810175
CompuServe: 100033,340
Internet: bitware@ibm.net
All rights reserved
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Description ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Galleria/CM is a utility for capturing the displayed desktop or portions
thereof, and saving the image captured in a bitmap. Either the whole desktop
(screen contents), windows for selected applications, a selected region or the
contents of a window can be captured. The result can be saved in the clipboard
for subsequent pasting into another application, printed, stored on disk in a
number of bitmap file formats or Galleria invoked for further processing of the
image.
For instructions on setting options and initiating captures double-click on the
following topics:
Controlling Galleria/CM from the desktop
Controlling Galleria/CM from the keyboard
Once the capture is complete, the image will be output to the selected
destination. A status of working below the minimized icon indicates that
processing of the image is incomplete. The time for this processing will
depend on the options selected. Note that another capture can be initiated
while in the working status but processing and output of the second image is
queued.
Refer to Supported file formats for a list of bitmap file formats currently
supported.
Select Close from the system menu to terminate the program. The current
capture options will be saved for subsequent execution.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Controlling Galleria/CM from the desktop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To display Galleria/CM as an icon the desktop you must set the Minimize button
behaviour to Minimize window to desktop. This option is found on the Window
page on the settings notebook. It is set by default on installation.
When Galleria/CM is started, a boxed icon will appear at the bottom of the
desktop. The options dialog can be displayed by single clicking on this icon
and selecting Options. To initiate a capture, select Snap or double-click on
this icon.
If a delayed capture is specified, a count of the remaining seconds to the
capture will be shown below the Galleria/CM icon. Select Stop countdown to
terminate a delayed capture.
If you would prefer to control Galleria/CM by the keyboard only, set the
Minimize button behaviour to Hide window instead.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Controlling Galleria/CM from the keyboard ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To control Galleria/CM operations from the keyboard you must start the program
with the -k parameter. It is set by default on installation.
When Galleria/CM is started, the options dialog can be displayed by pressing
Ctrl+Print Screen. To initiate a capture, press the Snap button from the
options dialog. Alternatively, save the current settings and press Print
Screen.
If you would prefer to control Galleria/CM from the desktop only, remove the -k
startup parameter.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Refer to the Description for general help on this program.
Use the Options dialog to select the source and destination for the capture.
The source can be either the Desktop (entire screen contents), all windows for
selected Application(s), a selected Region or a selected Window frame or Window
client.
Both Desktop and Application(s) sources will result in a screen size capture
being taken. For a Desktop capture, the current (or delayed) desktop contents
will form the resultant image. For Application(s) captures, only those windows
belonging to the selected application(s) will be captured and the background
will be blanked out.
For Active window captures, the contents of the window active at the end of the
delay period will be automatically selected.
When a Region, Window frame or Window client capture is initiated, the status
will change to selecting and a pointer displayed to enable a region or window
to be selected. For a Region capture, position the top left-hand corner of the
box displayed and click the left mouse button, then size the box and click the
left mouse button again. The inclosed area will form the captured image. For
Window frame or Window client captures, move the four arrow mouse pointer over
the window desired and click the left mouse button. The whole window or client
area will form the captured image.
Note that dialog windows should be captured with the Window frame option.
The output destination can be either Galleria, the clipboard, a file on disk or
a specified print queue.
A destination of Galleria will invoke a new session of Galleria for further
processing of the image. The captured image will be displayed in the main
Galleria window.
Alternatively, the destination of Galleria (DDE) will transfer the captured
image to a current Galleria session via DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange). If no
available Galleria session exists then a new one will be started. The DDE link
will be broken when either Galleria or Galleria/CM is closed, or the
destination is changed.
Selecting Clipboard will place the image in the system clipboard in a standard
format for subsequent pasting into another application.
Selecting File will save the image in a file on disk. The file name and format
are specified in the File Options dialog.
Selecting Printer will print the captured image. The printer queue, layout etc.
can be changed in the Printer Options dialog.
For Desktop, Application(s) and Active window captures, a timed delay can be
set to allow rearrangement of the screen contents. Select Stop countdown from
the system menu to abort delayed captures. Note that a delay must always be set
for Active window captures.
Additionally, the pointer icon (cursor) can be included in Desktop or
Application(s) captures. Select Add border to enclose the captured image with a
line border.
Select Prompt for options to display the Options dialog when each capture is
initiated.
Press More to change options for the currently selected destination.
Press OK to accept these changes or Cancel to ignore changes and exit with
original settings.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. File options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If the File destination is selected in the Options dialog, the image will be
saved on disk in a file with the name given and in the format specified.
Specify the full path name to the output file. If the file name ends with a
sequence number (eg. SNAP0123.BMP) the number component can be automatically
incremented on each capture to permit a series of files to be retained.
Select the desired format for the output file from the list given. Note that
the OS/2 2.x format may not be accepted by older applications. Some formats
have an optional compressed form which may reduce the disk space required to
store the file created. Select Compressed to enable compression.
Refer to Supported file formats for a list of bitmap file formats currently
supported.
Press OK to accept these changes or Cancel to ignore changes and return to main
options dialog with original settings.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Printer options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If the Printer destination is selected in the Options dialog, the captured
image will be printed.
Specify the Queue for the print. To change printer driver settings see Setup
below. Note that the selected Queue can also represent drivers provided with
OS/2 fax software.
Select the Area percentage to limit the output size. The value specified is a
percentage of the total page area. Note that the image printed may be smaller
in area than that specified if it would otherwise overlap the border above.
This value is ignored if the Print to scale option is selected.
Select a Border percentage to leave a blank edge along all sides of the page.
The value specified is a percentage of the page width and height.
For fine tuning monochrome output, the relative Color bias percentages can be
changed to lighten/darken areas of the image depending on the red/green/ blue
intensity of the original. A higher bias will result in a lighter tone for
areas of that color.
Additionally, the overall intensity can be changed by setting the desired
Brightness. Position the slider arm at the desired position.
The Preprocess image option will cause Galleria/CM to use special rendering
techniques to generate high quality output on most monochrome and color
printers. This process may use large amounts of memory and elongate printing
times. This can be minimized by either decreasing the output size or selecting
a lower dpi setting (with Setup below).
The Print to scale option will print the captured image at the same scale as
shown on the screen. Exact sizing will depend on display and driver but
individual print proportions will be a constant. If the scaled image exceeds
the page size (with border) it will be reduced to fit.
Press Setup to change the driver settings for the currently selected Queue.
These settings will be retained until a different Queue is selected.
Press OK to accept these changes or Cancel to ignore changes and return to main
options dialog with original settings.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. License details ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The License details dialog is displayed the first time you start Galleria/CM.
You must enter both your license name and number at this time.
Enter your license name exactly as specified. You may use upper or lower case
but the name must match that supplied when the software was licensed.
Enter your license number exactly as specified. All 16 digits must be entered.
The license number must correspond to the name above.
Press OK to validate the license information and start the application or
Cancel to terminate.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. License agreement ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The License agreement dialog is displayed after you complete your license
details to display the text of the agreement for use of this software.
You must read all of the agreement conditions and then press OK to complete the
licensing process. Press Cancel to abort.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Setup will appear when Galleria/CM is started only if the name of the
Desktop application has been changed from the default.
Select the current name from the list given. The name may be OS/2 Desktop, OS/2
2.0 Desktop or something similar.
Press OK to accept the selected entry.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Supported file formats ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The following file formats are supported by this version.
BMP - IBM OS/2 1.x bitmap
Bits: 1, 4, 8 or 24
Planes: 1
BMP - IBM OS/2 2.x bitmap
Bits: 1, 4, 8 or 24
Planes: 1
Compression: None, RLE4, RLE8
BMP - Microsoft Windows 3.x bitmap
Bits: 1, 4, 8 or 24
Planes: 1
Compression: None, RLE4, RLE8
GIF - CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format
Standards: GIF89a
Bits: 1 to 8
JPG - JPEG (JFIF)
Standards: Baseline
MET - OS/2 metafile
PCX - ZSoft Paintbrush
Standards: Version 2.8, 3.0
Bits: 1 or 8
Planes: 1, 4 (with 1 bit per pixel) or 3 (RGB)
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
Standards: Grayscale, color, RGB, non-interlaced
Bits: 1, 2, 4, 8 or 24 (RGB)
Compression: None, ZLIB
TGA - AT&T Targa-24
Standards: Type 1, 2, 9
Bits: 8 (color mapped) or 24 (RGB)
Compression: None, RLE
TIF - Tagged Image File Format
Standards: Version 4.0, 5.0 (TIFF B or P), Intel byte ordering
Bits: 1, 4, 8 or 24
Planes: 1
Compression: None, Packbits
WPG - WordPerfect graphic
Standards: Version 5.0
Bits: 1, 4 or 8