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- IMAGES CONTROL INTRODUCTION
- The multi-purpose image/document management system.
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- FEATURES
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- * Stores images/documents in electronic albums/folders.
- * Attaches annotation to images/documents.
- * Imports images from TWAIN scanners, digital cameras, etc.
- * Performs slide shows with background music, transitional effects.
- * Prints hardcopy of images to any Windows-supported printer.
- * Acts as a grayscale or color photocopier.
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- Images Control provides indexed and searchable storage structures to
- help you organize all of your electronic and paper-based data.
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- The software lets you automatically file, intelligently organize,
- visually locate, and instantly retrieve all your pictures or documents
- on-line. Images Control sorts, categorizes your images (family
- pictures, documents, etc.) into groups called "albums" or "folders"
- for fast retrieval.
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- Photo albums created by Images Control can be used in slide show screen
- savers (a separate product called Slides Shower).
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- The main features of Images Control is its ability to convert between
- about 40 different image file formats including popular ones such as
- BMP, JPG, Kodak Photo CD, TIFF (uncompressed), PCX, WPG, Mac Paint, etc.
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- If you own a flatbed scanner and a printer, Images Control will function
- as a photocopier (using the optional TWAIN module). Simply place your
- document on the scanner and click on the Photocopy button, the photocopy
- will emerge at the printer.
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- In addition to the above functions, Images Control is also a powerful
- image processing tools able to satisfy the needs of both inexperienced
- and advanced users. Images Control image processing functions were
- written using the leading LEADtools image processing toolkit. Besides
- the opportunity of managing a number of different image formats,
- including the industry standard JPEG, PNG, PhotoShop PSD, TIFF, WinFAX,
- and Kodak PhotoCD, Images Control also offers a wide choice of advanced
- processing tools. The software supports any kind of image format up to
- 24 bpp full color images, 8 bpp grayscale, 256 colors. Images Control
- can perform: Crop, Flip, Mirror, Rotate, Shear, Resize, Posterize,
- Mosaic, Average, Median, Sharpen, Add noise, Emboss, Underlay Edge
- enhance, Gradian edge enhance, Laplacian edge enhance, Sobel filter,
- Prewitt filter, Shift and difference filter, Line segment filter,
- Binary filters, Erosion filter, Dilation filter, Invert, Brightness,
- Contrast, Histogram contrast, Hue, Saturation, Histogram equalize,
- Stretch intensity, Gamma correctIntensity detect, Flood Fill, and
- Colors Separation.
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- Images Control consists of 5 main functions:
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- 1) Image Browser capable of displaying more than 40 image formats.
- 2) Creates & displays photo albums.
- 3) Creates custom screen savers using your favorite photos.
- 4) Performs image format conversion & Image processing/enhancement.
- 5) Imports images from TWAIN-compliant devices such as scanners,
- digital cameras, frame grabbers, etc.
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- HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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- Hardware Requirements:
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- * Windows-based PCs (386 or better).
- * Standard VGA (or Windows-accelerated card).
- * A mouse or trackball.
- * TWAIN-compliant scanners or digital cameras (optional).
- * Windows supported-printers (optional).
- * Sound blaster card or compatible (optional).
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- Software Requirements:
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- * Microsoft Windows 3.1/3.11/95/NT workstation.
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- Images Control was designed and tested under Microsoft Windows 3.1 on
- an ISA 486DX33-based computer with 8 MB of RAM, a mouse/trackball, and
- a 1MB ISA Diamond Stealth 24 graphic board under the following video
- modes: 640x480x16,640x480x256, 640x480x65536, 800x600x256,
- 800x600x65536, 1024x768x16, and 1024x768x256.
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- Images Control was also tested on the following computers:
- 1) 100 MHz PCI Pentium-based computer with 16 MB RAM and a 1 MB DRAM PCI
- Diamond Stealth SE.
- 2) 150 Mhz PCI Pentium-based computer with 32 MB RAM and a 2 MB VRAM
- Diamond Stealth Video 3200 (S3-968) under the above resolutions and
- color depth modes.
- 3) IBM P5-133 with 32 MB RAM and a 1MB DRAM PCI Diamond Stealth (S3-764).
- 4) AST Bravo LC 4/33s with 8MB of RAM and a 512K ATI video card.
- 5) Sharp PC-9050 notebook computer with 32 MB RAM and a 2 MB VRAM PCI
- Trident (9660/9680/938X) linear accelerator.
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- The following printers were successfully tested:
- 1) HP LaserJet 4L.
- 2) HP LaserJet 5L.
- 3) Brother HL-720.
- 4) Canon BJC-610.
- 5) Epson Stylus Color.
- 6) Epson Stylus Color Pro.
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- Images Control has not been tested in other environments because I do not
- have all the time and resources in this rapidly changing computer world.
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- SUPPORTED IMAGE FILE FORMATS
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- Images Control was developed using LEAD Technologies LEADTOOLS VBX
- Professional. Below is the list of image file formats which Images
- Control supports:
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- AVI Microsoft Audio/Video Interleave (only in slide show playback).
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- LEAD. This is the LEAD CMP compressed format for grayscale and color
- images.
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- JFIF. This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with full color spacing
- (YUV 4:4:4).
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- LEAD1JFIF.
- This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:1:1 color
- spacing, to produce a smaller JFIF file.
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- LEAD2JFIF.
- This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:2:2 color
- spacing, to produce the smallest JFIF file.
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- JTIF. This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with full color spacing
- (YUV 4:4:4).
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- LEAD1JTIF.
- This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with YUV 4:1:1 color
- spacing, to produce a smaller JTIF file.
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- LEAD2JTIF.
- This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with YUV 4:2:2 color
- spacing, to produce the smallest JTIF file.
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- TIFF. This is a tag-based file format designed to promote universal
- interchanges of digital image data. Because TIFF files do not
- have a single way to store image data, there are many versions
- of TIFF. Images Control supports the most common TIFF formats.
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- MPT. This is a multipage TIFF format that enables a file to contain
- more than one image. It is handled the same as a regular TIFF
- file, except for the multipage feature.
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- TIFF LZW.
- These files use the Tagged Image File Format with LZW compression.
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- TIFF CCITT.
- These are compressed TIFF files that are commonly used for FAX
- transmission and document imaging.
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- TIFF CCITT Group 3.
- These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced
- and more compressed than TIFF CCITT. Images Control supports
- both 1-dimension and 2-dimension variations of this format.
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- TIFF CCITT Group 4.
- These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced
- and more compressed than TIFF CCITT Group 3.
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- IOCA (ICA).
- This is the Image Object Content Architecture developed by IBM.
- Images Control supports these files in an MO:DCA wrapper with
- embedded 1-bit CCITT Group 3 or Group 4 images.
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- WinFax Group 3.
- This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 3 support.
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- WinFax Group 4.
- This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 4 support.
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- FAX Group 3.
- This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 3 support.
- Images Control supports both 1-dimension and 2-dimension
- variations of this format.
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- FAX Group 4.
- This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 4 support.
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- Truevision TGA (TARGA).
- This is a file format created by Truevision Inc. Images Control
- supports all uncompressed and RLE compressed TGA file formats.
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- PNG (Portable Network Graphics).
- This is a replacement for the GIF format. It is a full-featured
- (non-LZW) compressed format intended for widespread use without
- legal restraints.
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- Photoshop 3.0 (PSD).
- This is the format produced by the Adobe Photoshop graphics
- editor.
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- Windows Bitmap (BMP).
- This is a file format created by Microsoft. Some BMP images are
- compressed with an RLE type compression.
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- Windows Metafile (WMF).
- These files are not bitmap based images. A Windows metafile
- consists of a collection of device independent functions that
- represents an image. When a program loads a metafile, these
- functions are executed to obtain the image.
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- PCX. This is a file format created by ZSoft. This format compresses
- its image data with the RLE type compression.
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- DCX. This is a multipage PCX format that enables a file to contain
- more than one image. It is handled the same as a regular PCX
- file, except for the multipage feature.
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- PostScript Raster (Encapsulated PostScript).
- These files are used primarily on PostScript printers. These
- printers usually offer more variety of fonts and higher
- resolution than standard laser printers. EPS files will work on
- any PostScript compatible printer and any end user application
- that supports placement of EPS files in its work space.
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- OS/2 Bitmap (OS/2 BMP).
- These are files created on an OS/2 operating system. Images
- Control supports both 1.x and 2.x formats.
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- CALS Raster.
- These are 1-bit CCITT Group 4 CALS raster files. CALS is a U.S.
- government standard.
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- MacPaint (MAC).
- These Macintosh Paint files are commonly used for monochrome
- clip art.
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- GEM Image (IMG).
- These files are native to the Graphical Environment Manager
- developed by Digital Research.
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- Microsoft Paint (MSP).
- These files from early versions of Windows are used for
- black-and-white drawings and clip art.
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- WordPerfect (WPG).
- These are WordPerfect raster files.
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- SUN Raster (RAS).
- These files are native to Sun UNIX platforms.
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- Macintosh Pict (PCT).
- These files, produced using Macintosh QuickDraw, are used in
- desktop publishing and imaging applications.
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- LEAD 1BIT.
- These are 1-bit LEAD compressed files.
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- PCD.
- These are Kodak PhotoCD files. These read-only files can contain
- multiple resolutions. You can specify which of the resolutions
- to read.
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- NOTE: Because of the battle between Unisys and many software developers
- over the GIF format royalty fees, Images Control will not support
- GIF. Instead, Images Control supports a new rising star that's
- supposed to be a much better replacement for GIF called PNG
- (Portable Network Graphics). CompuServe has adopted PNG and has
- been shifting their support for GIF to PNG.
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- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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- There is no 30-day evaluation period to use Images Control. Registration
- is not required to use the shareware version of Images Control. Non-
- registered users may use Photo Icons as long as they wish. However, in
- order to use the additional features, you must register the software to
- receive the registered, full-featured version.
-
- A single user license permits a user to use Images Control only on a
- single computer. Licensed users may use the program on different
- computers, as long as there is NO POSSIBILITY of it being used at one
- location while it is being used at another, or on a computer network
- by more than one user at a time.
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- No one may modify or patch the Images Control executable files in any
- way, including but not limited to decompiling, disassembling, or
- otherwise reverse engineering the program.
-
- A limited license is granted to copy and distribute Images Control only
- for the trial use of others, subject to the above limitations, and also
- the following:
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- 1) Images Control and all of its release files must be copied in
- unmodified form, complete with the file containing this license
- information.
-
- 2) Operators of electronic BBSs (sysops) may make Images Control
- available for downloading only as long as the above conditions are
- met. An overall or time-dependent charge for the use of the
- bulletin board system is permitted as long as there is not a
- specific charge for the download of Images Control.
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- 3) Shareware copies may be uploaded to BBSs, FTP/Web sites, Usenet
- newsgroups, and any network sites with the condition that all of
- its release files must be included in unmodified form, complete
- with the file containing this license information.
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- 4) Vendors of user-supported or shareware software approved by the ASP
- may distribute Images Control, subject to the above conditions,
- without specific permission. Non-approved vendors may distribute
- Images Control only after obtaining written permission from myself.
- Please write to:
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- Chris Doan
- 4891 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #401
- San Diego, CA 92117
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- 4) Non-profit user groups may distribute copies of the Images Control
- diskettes to their members, subject to the above conditions, without
- specific permission. Non-profit groups may collect a disk duplication
- fee enough to cover the cost of the media and handling.
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- DISCLAIMER
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- I, CHRISTOPHER C. DOAN, MAKE NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS SOFTWARE WILL
- FUNCTION FLAWLESSLY NOR WILL I TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES
- INCURRED BY THE USER EITHER ACCIDENTALLY OR INTENTIONALLY THROUGH
- THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS. IT IS
- SHAREWARE AND YOU MAY DISTRIBUTE IT AS SUCH PROVIDING YOU KEEP THE
- HELP FILE, THE PROGRAM FILE AND THE INTRODUCTORY TEXT FILE IN
- ORIGINAL INTACT CONDITION. THE PROGRAM MAY BE DISTRIBUTED IN
- SHAREWARE\FREEWARE PACKAGES IN WHICH FEES COVER DUPLICATION/MEDIA
- COSTS. THIS PROGRAM MAY NOT BE SOLD COMMERCIALLY OR PRIVATELY
- WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
-
- Use of this product for any period of time constitutes your
- acceptance of this agreement and subjects you to its contents.
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- REGISTRATION
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- The registration fee is $29 for the photo album & image enhancement/
- processing modules. Optional scanner input is available for an
- additional $14. As of this writing, I only accept money orders,
- cashiers checks, bank checks, or personal checks. Please fill in the
- registration form in the REGISTER.TXT file and mail it along with your
- payment to:
-
- Chris Doan
- 4891 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #401
- San Diego, CA 92117
-
- For my bookkeeping purposes, please refrain from sending cash. But if
- you must send cash, please also include a written order so I can keep
- track of my users.
-
- Those of you have access to CompuServe, you can register Images Control
- on line directly with CompuServe and receive the registered version
- within 24 hours (SWREG #10744).
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- For quick activation, registered users will receive a temporary license
- file through internet e-mail (UUencoded or MIME-encoded). The license
- file will recognize you as a registered user and allow you full access
- to all Images Control features. Your permanent license file registered
- in your name (or your company name) and the latest version of Images
- Control will be in the mail the next business day.
-
- International users may transfer the proper amount directly to my Bank
- of America account. There will be an additional processing fee of $10
- because that's how much BoA charges my account for Fund Transfer
- Service. You will have to contact me by e-mail to obtain my account
- number for this type of payment.
-
- A site license is required by a corporation, company, educational
- institution, or governmental agency for use of Images Control software
- on the total number of computers that will use the software.
-
- Thank you for your interest in Images Control.
-
- Chris Doan
- doanc@worldnet.att.net
- chris_doan@compuserve.com
-
- San Diego, California
- January 1997
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