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- Welcome to Ultimate Paint 2.83
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-
- Thank you for choosing Ultimate Paint. We hope you will spend some
- pleasant hours working with it. Don't throw it away if it lacks some
- important features you need! E-Mail us your comments and check the next
- release of UP.
- All reasonable suggestions will surely pop up in them.
- There is no written documentation included with this product. If you have
- any questions, please refer to the extensive help system and read the
- Frequently Asked Questions section there. If you can't find the answers
- your're looking for, E-Mail us. Our address is
-
- SUPPORT@ULTIMATEPAINT.COM
-
- Send bug reports only after you've checked the latest update on our site:
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- HTTP://WWW.ULTIMATEPAINT.COM
-
- Installation
- ------------------
-
- Ultimate Paint runs under Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000 in HiColor
- or True Color display mode.
- It does not place any file in the Windows or Windows/System
- directory. All the necessary files used are placed in its base
- directory.
- If you use an older version, uninstall it first (Control Panel -
- Add/Remove Programs).
- Unzip the archive in a temporary directory and start SETUP.EXE.
- It will install Ultimate Paint on your system.
-
- Legal Stuff
- ------------------
-
- You must read License.txt before you begin using UP.
-
- What's New?
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-
- version 2.83
- - new Color/Enhance Detail filter,
- - new function Brush/Stretch/Both-Keep A/R,
- - easy palette gradients,
- - tool panels can be hidden,
- - default image size is adjustable,
- - several bugfixes and other minor improvements.
-
- version 2.82
- - new Batch Convert function to convert image formats,
- - new Brush Shape Panel,
- - new Transparency values for Fill functions,
- - new Amphisoft plugins included: RastaMasterLE and XylographLE,
- - improved layout for several tools,
- - several improvements and minor bugfixes.
-
- version 2.80
- - new Histogram panel,
- - Filter Factory handles transparency,
- - file formats handle transparency,
- - use dither to dither alpha channel for transparent GIFs and 8-bit PNGs,
- - new Set Alpha component to change transparency of the image,
- - icon and component parameters are displayed on a separate panel,
- - Adobe-compatible Amphisoft Plugins included,
- - if there's a selection, the fill function works only on selected pixels,
- - Write Text became faster,
- - component HSV Adjust was extended with extra parameters and became Color Adjust,
- - lots of other small improvements,
- - several minor bugfixes.
-
- version 2.65
- - UP is skinable and comes with 3 basic skins plus a tutorial on how to create your own skins,
- - rulers can be displayed along with images (Options/Rulers),
- - advanced File/Print dialog,
- - improved Color Selection dialog,
- - you can specify the DPI of the image in the Image/Resize (formerly Stretch/Mirror) dialog,
- - small bugfixes.
-
- version 2.55
- - new create HTML thumbnails function on File/Browse panel,
- - new Send via E-Mail function in File menu,
- - new Desktop/Capture dialog to capture the whole desktop or a window,
- - most effects have numerous modes that determines how they're applied,
- - WAP BMP support,
- - load preview in the Filter Factory dialog,
- - open/save Filter Factory libraries (FFL),
- - Transform/Auto Rotate component to rotate and crop scanned photos automatically,
- - Resize Canvas component to enlarge/reduce image canvas,
- - help is improved,
- - open standard palette files (*.pal),
- - open images with a fix zoom factor regardless of image size,
- - Generator/Different Sine is moved under group Texture,
- - some rarely used filters are removed, they're downloadable in a separate pack,
- - minor improvements and fixes,
-
- version 2.46
- - new Open prev/next image buttons on toolbar,
- - support for Mouse Wheel,
- - TNT chipset bugfix is on by default,
- - some bugfixes.
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- This product (c)1998-2003 JTL Development, Inc.
-