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- Aldus PhotoStyler 1.1a Trial Version README.TXT March, 1992
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- This file contains the following topics:
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- - Ordering the retail version of PhotoStyler 1.1a
- - Features included in PhotoStyler 1.1a
- - Installing compressed files
- - Installing the Sharp or Nikon scanner driver
- - Installing with the Mona Lisa display card
- - Network operation
- - Updating PhotoStyler
- - File formats -- Resolution
- - File formats -- EPS for Macintosh
- - Mask limitation
- - Plug-in filters
- - Setting page size for printing from a PostScript dump
- - Separating PhotoStyler images through Aldus PrePrint
- - Running STACKER with PhotoStyler
- - Printing error under Windows 3.1
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- Ordering the retail version of PhotoStyler 1.1a
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-
- For information about ordering the retail version of Aldus
- PhotoStyler 1.1a, contact the authorized Aldus Distributor
- for your area (refer to the Aldus Distributor information
- card included in your package).
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- Features included in PhotoStyler 1.1a
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-
- Aldus PhotoStyler 1.1a incorporates a number of feature enhancements,
- a JPEG image compression module, a raw data format module,
- updated Epson and Nikon scanner drivers, and an updated Kodak export
- module.
-
- - Additional TARGA data type
- PhotoStyler can now open and save grayscale images in the TARGA format.
-
- - Printer marks
- The new "Include printer marks" checkbox in the "Page Setup" dialog box
- causes PhotoStyler to print crop marks, registration marks, a
- calibration bar, and (for color images) a color bar along with
- the image. This new checkbox takes the place of the old "Include
- crop marks" and "Include calibration bar" checkboxes.
-
- - Improved performance
- Performance has been improved in several areas, most notably
- cutting, copying, and pasting via the Clipboards, operation of
- painting tools, and display of images onscreen. In addition,
- the speed of opening and saving images using LZW compression
- has been greatly improved.
-
- - Opening files
- Several enhancements make it easier and faster to open files in
- PhotoStyler 1.1a:
-
- - PhotoStyler now lists the most recently opened filenames
- at the bottom of the File menu for faster access. To open
- a file directly from the File menu, click its filename.
- Note that you can open only a single file at a time by
- this method.
-
- - You can now open multiple files in one operation. In the
- "Open Image File" dialog box, select a group of filenames
- by clicking the top name, then holding down the Shift key
- and clicking the bottom name. Or select discontiguous
- filenames by holding down the Ctrl key as you click.
- Alternatively, you can type the names of the files you
- want to open, separating each name by a space. Click "OK"
- to open all selected files. To cancel the opening of
- all remaining selected files, hold down Shift and press
- the Esc key.
-
- - The new "All formats" file extension option in the "Open
- Image File" dialog box lets you choose from a list of all
- PhotoStyler-compatible files, regardless of file type.
-
- - Closing files
- New shortcuts enable you in a single operation to close all open
- images without saving or to exit from PhotoStyler without saving
- open images.
-
- - To close all open images without saving, hold down the
- Shift key and choose "Close" from the File menu.
-
- - To exit from PhotoStyler without saving multiple open
- images, hold down the Shift key and choose "Exit" from
- the File menu. Alternatively, you can hold down the Shift
- key and double-click the control menu box at the upper
- left corner of the PhotoStyler application window.
-
- - Context-sensitive online help available for dialog boxes
- You can now display context-sensitive online help for a dialog box
- by pressing the F1 key when the dialog box is open.
-
- - Updated scanner driver
- The updated Epson scanner driver now supports use of the Epson
- scanners with IBM PS/2 computers.
-
- - Updated Kodak export module
- The Kodak export module has been updated to support the Kodak
- XLT7720 printer.
-
- - JPEG image compression
- JPEG is a standard method of compressing continuous-tone images
- while saving them, resulting in a smaller file size. Photo-
- Styler 1.1a enables you to save a Grayscale or RGB True Color
- image in a compressed form on disk, then decompress the image
- when you want to work on it. For detailed online information
- about the JPEG import/export module, highlight the JPEG
- compression command on either the "Import" or "Export"
- submenu on the File menu, then press the F1 key.
-
- - Raw format images
- Some types of medical imaging and other scientific equipment
- (such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging machines, scanning laser
- microscopes, x-ray machines, and LANDSAT satellites) can create
- images in the form of raw binary data. PhotoStyler 1.1a provides
- an import/export module that enables you to open non-interlaced
- raw image files in PhotoStyler if you know some information about
- the file, such as the image height and width in pixels, whether
- the image file has a header, etc. You can also export images
- from PhotoStyler 1.1a in the form of a raw data file for use in
- other applications that do not support standard file formats. The
- "Raw Format Image..." commands appear on the "Import" and "Export"
- submenus on the File menu only if you have installed the Raw Image
- Data Format import/export module (RAWIMAGE.EXE). For detailed
- online information about the raw data format, press the F1 key
- while the "Raw Format Image..." command is highlighted.
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- Installing compressed files
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-
- Your Aldus PhotoStyler disk set contains files that have been
- compressed to save disk space. These files contain the tilde (~)
- character as part of their filename extension. These files are
- automatically decompressed by the PhotoStyler installation program,
- at which point they are automatically renamed to their standard
- filename.
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- Installing the Sharp or Nikon scanner driver
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-
- If you choose to install either the Sharp or the Nikon scanner
- driver BEFORE you have installed the required General Purpose
- Interface Bus (GPIB) board and its associated software, you will
- receive an error message stating "Cannot find GPIB.DLL" each time
- you start PhotoStyler. Click the "OK" button to continue. The
- absence of the GPIB file will not prevent you from using PhotoStyler,
- however, you will not be able to use the scanner until you have
- installed the scanner, the GPIB board, and the GPIB software. Once
- these are successfully installed, the error message will no longer
- appear.
-
- Note: The Nikon scanner driver shipped with PhotoStyler 1.1a
- supports the Nikon LS3500 scanner. If you need the scanner driver
- for the Nikon LS3510 scanner, contact the dealer where you
- bought your Nikon product. If they cannot help you, contact Nikon's
- technical support line at Nikon headquarters in New York, at
- 1-516-547-4358.
-
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- Installing with the Mona Lisa display card
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-
- To install Aldus PhotoStyler on a system that uses a Mona Lisa
- display card, you must have a Mona Lisa driver version 1.05
- (or higher). If you don't have the appropriate driver, change
- the display setting in Windows Setup to VGA before you run
- "pssetup.exe." When the installation is complete, switch the
- display setting back to the Mona Lisa driver.
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- Network operation
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-
- If you have trouble using PhotoStyler in a network environment,
- (for example, if the double dot ".." does not appear at the top of
- the directory list box in the "Open" dialog box), please refer to
- the file "NETWORKS.TXT" in your Windows 3.0 directory.
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- Updating PhotoStyler
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-
- If you want to update part, but not all, of PhotoStyler (for
- example, to change to a different scanner driver), run PSSETUP.EXE
- and select the "Update" option. You must correctly enter the path
- to the PhotoStyler directory. When you have completed updating the
- selected file(s), click "Exit" to return to the program manager.
-
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- File Formats -- Resolution
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-
- Files saved from some applications that use the old .PCX format
- (that follow specifications dated before Dec 12, 1990) are saved
- with a different type of "resolution" information. In addition,
- the GIF and TGA file formats do not retain resolution information.
- If you have files that were saved in one of these formats, and the
- resolution of the file is important to you, open the file in Aldus
- PhotoStyler, resample to the resolution you want, then save in
- another file format.
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- File Formats -- EPS files for Macintosh
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-
- If you choose to save your file in the Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
- format, PhotoStyler gives you the choice of ASCII or Binary. If you
- intend to use your EPS file in a Macintosh application, we recommend
- that you choose the "ASCII" option, and save the file without a
- preview image.
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- Mask limitation
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-
- [For additional information, refer to pages 148 through 152 in the
- Aldus PhotoStyler User Manual.]
- To be used as a mask, an image must contain at least one pixel with
- a grayscale value of 128 or greater. If the image that you attempt
- to use as a mask does NOT contain any graysale values in the
- permissible range, PhotoStyler will display an error message
- informing you that the operation cannot be done.
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- Plug-in filters
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- A maximum of 60 plug-in filters can be used with PhotoStyler.
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- Setting page size for printing from a PostScript dump
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-
- If you experience difficulty in printing a PostScript dump file
- to the proper page size (for example, in printing the PostScript
- file to an imagesetter), follow these steps AFTER you have created
- your file:
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- 1. Select "Printer Setup..." from the File menu.
- 2. In the "Printer Setup" dialog box, click the "Setup..." button.
- 3. In the printer-specific dialog box, choose options for
- "Printer," "Paper Size," etc.
- 4. Click the "Options..." button.
- 5. In the "Options" dialog box, click the "Header..." button.
- 6. In the "Header" dialog box, select "Printer."
- 7. Click "OK" to close each dialog box.
- 8. If you need crop marks or calibration bars, choose "Page
- Setup..." from the File menu, then make the appropriate selections.
- 9. Select "Print..." from the file menu and print the file.
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- Separating PhotoStyler images through Aldus PrePrint
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-
- If you have trouble separating an Aldus PageMaker publication
- that contains PhotoStyler TIFF images through Aldus PrePrint
- 1.5, open the TIFF image(s) in PrePrint before you separate
- the publication. Leave the image window(s) open while you
- print separations of the publication.
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- Running STACKER with PhotoStyler
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-
- The following are steps you can take to avoid possible
- problems with PhotoStyler if you are using the disk-
- compression utility STACKER:
-
- 1. Swap files
- When setting up STACKER, you can leave disk space
- uncompressed for storing of system files. If you will
- be using a swap file, it must be set up on the
- uncompressed drive. To work with an image, PhotoStyler
- requires a swap file space at least double the size of
- the image itself. If you get "Disk full" error messages
- even when your compressed drive indicates that there
- is sufficient room for the active file, check that your
- permanent swap file (or the uncompressed drive containing
- your temporary swap file) is large enough to hold twice
- the image size.
-
- 2. CONFIG.SYS
- During STACKER installation, a SSWAP line may have been
- added to your CONFIG.SYS file to substitute the drive
- letter of your physical hard drive for the letter of
- STACKER's logical drive. If this is the case, any lines
- added for PhotoStyler-related devices must come after
- the SSWAP line. If you install certain PhotoStyler drivers
- that require additions to your CONFIG.SYS file, you will
- be alerted to that fact by the PSSETUP installation program,
- which will give you the option of updating CONFIG.SYS
- automatically or updating the file yourself after the
- installation is complete. Whether you allow PSSETUP to
- automatically update your CONFIG.SYS file, or you make
- the modification yourself, you should check to make sure
- that the added device line(s) are positioned after the
- STACKER-related SSWAP line.
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- Printing error under Windows 3.1
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-
- Microsoft has fixed a problem existing in the universal
- printer driver shipped with Windows 3.1. This problem
- caused a "General Application Error" (GAE) when printing
- from PhotoStyler to some printers that use the universal
- printer driver (such as the Hewlett-Packard PaintJet).
- The error will occur with this printer driver if the
- "Halftone by Printer" option is selected in PhotoStyler's
- "Page Setup" dialog box. The fixed version of Microsoft's
- Windows 3.1 universal driver is available on the WDL
- (Windows Driver Library) disk available on CompuServe
- or from Microsoft.
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