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- Advanced JPEG Compressor - Version 4.1
- "The Ultimate Image Compressor for Windows"
- Copyright 1999-2002 WinSoftMagic Development
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- * IMPORTANT INFORMATION *
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- CONTENTS
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- * About Advanced JPEG Compressor
- * Installing Advanced JPEG Compressor
- * Customer Services & Technical Support
- * Purchasing/Registering Advanced JPEG Compressor
- * License, Warranty, Copyright and Trademarks
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- About Advanced JPEG Compressor
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- Advanced JPEG Compressor for Windows, from WinSoftMagic Development,
- is the most comprehensive utility available for compressing images
- in JPEG format (image compressor / optimizer).
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- Excellent for storing true color images, JPEG format has become
- the de-facto standard for photographic images in the world. Containing
- the most powerful and flexible JPEG compression engine, specially
- optimized for higher image quality, Advanced JPEG Compressor allows
- you to considerably reduce the file size of images.
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- This allows you to:
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- * make your existing image files smaller - to save the storage space;
- considerably decrease download time for Web published images.
- * store images acquired from a scanner, digital camera, or from a graphic
- application with the same file size, but preserving the image quality
- much better than could be produced using their default options.
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- The key features of Advanced JPEG Compressor are:
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- (*) Interactivity - the process of compression becomes visual, effectively
- trading image quality with file size by adjusting the compressor's settings.
- It also offers a preview of the resulting image immediately.
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- (*) Multi-document interface allows you to work with many images at the
- same time, enabling you to view and compare different compression parameters
- applied to either the same or different images .
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- (*) Compression profiles considerably improve processing of multiple
- images with similar characteristics. A compression profile contains the
- most important compression parameters along with resizing information.
- You can create, save, edit and apply named compression profiles.
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- (*) Batch Image Processing let you to easily process multiple images.
- You can select the compression profile, naming and other options. It is
- possible to get processed images with modified names.
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- (*) Graphic Detail Quality Equalizer is a unique feature that gives you
- the significant flexibility in adjusting the compressed image quality.
- Its 5 bands are intended to tune the compression level applied to the
- image details with different sizes (ranging from large to small).
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- (*) Compression-oriented image prefiltering helps to achieve better
- compression/optimization results and improve the visual appearance of
- an image. You can choose one of five high quality filters, change the
- level and radius (depth) of applying the active filter.
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- (*) Separate compression sliders for Luma(intensity) and Chroma(color)
- channels allow to gain better compression results and eliminate the color
- artefacts, significantly improve the compressed image quality.
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- (*) Hold the defined compression ratio is a unique feature for graphic
- software that allows you to create images whose file size is limited by the
- defined compression ratio (like the "bit rate" parameter for audio files),
- and does not depend on their content.
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- (*) Selective image compression - some areas of the image can be
- compressed more or less than others. This useful feature allows you to
- save high quality for the most important parts of the image (faces, etc.),
- and lower for the rest, achieving excellent compression results.
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- (*) Progressive JPEG images support; images in this format being published
- on the Web will be incrementally displayed (gradually improving their
- quality) during loading from the Internet or other communications.
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- (*) Integrity marks being inserted in the created JPEG image allow the
- decompression to be resumed if an image will be damaged during transmitting.
- This feature is extremely useful for creating images that will be transmitted
- across unreliable networks.
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- (*) Additional options for adjusting precision of compression allow you
- to get the best result depending on the priority: small file size, or
- high image quality (which means large file size).
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- (*) Ability to acquire images from TWAIN compliant devices - such as
- scanners or digital cameras.
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- (*) Image Resizing(Resampling) by using one of three implemented high
- quality interpolation methods.
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- (*) Viewing/Editing the invisible text (signature, copyright notice,
- comments, etc.) embedded in your JPEG file.
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- (*) Possibility to crop unnecessary portions of the image.
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- (*) Easy to use and highly customizable user interface.
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- Advanced JPEG Compressor also offers different modes of zooming, centering,
- different arrangments of source and result images, visual replacement of
- result by source image for better examination of compression results, image
- preview before opening, E-mail option, export to the Windows Bitmap format,
- and more.
- Advanced JPEG Compressor handles over 20 image formats, including the most
- popular - Windows bitmap images(.BMP .DIB .RLE), JPEG-JFIF images (.JPG,
- .JPEG .JPE), TIFF, GIF, PNG images.
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- $25.00 (volume discounts are available)
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- INSTALLING Advanced JPEG Compressor
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- Requirements:
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- Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, Windows NT 3.51 or higher.
- When installed it occupies about 1 Mb of disk space.
- True color (24 or 32 bit) or hi-color (16 bit) display mode, and
- display resolution at least 800x600 are recommended.
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- Installing:
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- The installation is quite simple - unzip ajpegcompr.zip, just run
- the ajpegcompr.exe and follow the directions given in the screen.
- The automatic installation procedure will copy all the necessary
- files to the specified directory and create a shortcut for the
- program. After installing, AJC can be launched from the "Start"
- menu.
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- Upgrading:
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- To upgrade your version to the latest version of AJC, just install
- the latest version to the folder, which contains a previous version
- of AJC.
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- Uninstalling:
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- You can uninstall the program from the Control Panel Add/Remove
- Applications window. Open the Control Panel from the "Start" menu,
- double click Add/Remove Programs, and double click on the "Advanced
- JPEG Compressor" entry in the dialog box.
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- CUSTOMER SERVICES & TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- WinSoftMagic Development provides its registered software customers
- with free technical support. We also provide limited technical support
- to persons evaluating our products.
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- We do, however, strongly encourage people to purchase a license.
- Software development and support is very expensive and we need your
- help if we are to continue to provide quality programs at affordable
- prices. If you haven't already, please take a few moments to register.
- This will assure you of eligibility for technical support, product
- update notification, special discounts, new product announcements, etc.
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- Technical support, updates, product information and evaluation
- copies of all our products are available from the following on-line
- services:
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- Internet E-Mail:
- support@winsoftmagic.com
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- World Wide Web:
- http://www.winsoftmagic.com/
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- Additional services (for businesses):
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- We are able to create a derivative software product, based on Advanced
- JPEG Compressor, that covers your particular needs in image processing.
- Quickly, rates are reasonable. Contact us at info@winsoftmagic.com
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- Also, the implementation of some special functions for your hardware,
- or customizing the existing AJC's functions can be made as a result of
- OEM sales agreement.
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- PURCHASING/REGISTERING Advanced JPEG Compressor
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- Advanced JPEG Compressor is commercial software.
- The unregistered version of AJC is available to you for free evaluation.
- You are entitled to evaluate the software as long as you wish. This allows
- you to try out all the features in AJC to confirm that they work to your
- satisfaction.
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- Evaluation (non-registered) version of AJC has only one limitation. You
- cannot save a compressed image to any storage device, but you can see it.
- This limitation does not prevent trying all the features of AJC.
- Purchase of the license (registration) is required to get the fully
- functional, licensed version of AJC.
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- Benefits for registered users are:
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- * Free technical support
- * Free minor upgrades and large discounts on major upgrades and other
- high quality products of WinSoftMagic Development
- * Notification on new releases of AJC
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- Current price of one copy of AJC is $25 . Site licenses with a defined
- number of copies and discounts are available. You can see the current
- pricing information at the "Order" page of our Web site.
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- We provided the following methods of ordering:
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- * online
- * by phone (TOLL-FREE, if you are in the USA or Canada)
- * fax
- * postal mail
- * purchase order
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- Ways to start registering:
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- 1. Run AJC. Click on the "Help" item in the main menu, then click on
- the "Purchase a license" item and follow the instructions.
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- 2. Go to the "Order" page on our Web site:
- http://www.winsoftmagic.com/order.html
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- LICENSE, WARRANTY, COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS
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- Your use of Advanced JPEG Compressor (AJC) is governed by a License
- which appears before you install AJC, contains in the user manual and
- in license.txt file.
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- Advanced JPEG Compressor and WinSoftMagic are trademarks of
- WinSoftMagic Development.
- All other brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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- This software and all accompanying documentation are protected by
- both United States and International Copyright laws and treaties.
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- Copyright 1999-2002 WinSoftMagic Development
- All rights reserved.
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- Distribution:
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- This software may be freely distributed, provided that:
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- 1. Such distribution only includes the original archive supplied
- by WinSoftMagic Development, taken directly from our web site:
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- http://www.winsoftmagic.com/
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- You may not alter, delete, or add any files in the distribution archive.
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- 2. The distribution does not include a registration information.
- In particular, you may not distribute a registered version of AJC.
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- If you publish magazines, news, books, shareware, freeware or demo CD-ROMs
- or you are Internet software repository, you are welcome to distribute AJC
- provided that you will follow these rules. Please distribute only the MOST
- RECENT version of AJC.
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- Thank you for your support!
- WinSoftMagic Development
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