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- <h1>Gallery Help</h1>
- <p class="info">Copyright © 2001 - 2003 MINO STUDIO<br />
- WWW: <a href="http://www.minostudio.com/">http://www.minostudio.com/</a><br />
- E-Mail: <a href="mailto:support@minostudio.com">mailto:support@minostudio.com</a></p>
- <h3>What is Gallery?</h3>
- <p>This is a program to take a set of JPEG images, create thumbnail images,
- create a HTML (make XHTML compliant HTML file) page with a table containing
- the thumbnails, each linked to its full-sized image, apply common effect,
- crop image, apply common filters, such as Emboss. To create wallpaper on the
- desktop.</p>
- <hr />
- <h3>Index<a name="topindex" id="topindex"></a></h3>
- <p><a href="license.htm">License</a><br />
- <a href="#features">Features</a><br />
- <a href="#newstuff">What's new in this version?</a><br />
- <a href="#bugs">Fixed Bugs</a><br />
- <a href="contents/index.htm">Help Contents</a><br />
- <a href="note.htm">Release Note and Credits</a><br />
- <a href="#problems">Known Problems</a></p>
- <hr />
- <h3>Features<a name="features" id="features"></a></h3>
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- <p>User interface like Windows' ® Explorer, you can browse your machine to
- search your JPEG images and preview them and modify them (if you like).</p>
- <p>You are able to:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Enhance color
- <ul>
- <li>HSV</li>
- <li>HSL</li>
- <li>RGB</li>
- <li>Equalize</li>
- <li>FFT</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>Apply common filters such as Gaussian Blur, Solorize, Ripple and many more
- </li>
- <li>Apply common effects such as Bump, Lens</li>
- <li>Select and Crop wished size</li>
- <li>Rotate</li>
- <li>Flip vertical and / or Horizontal</li>
- <li>Undo - Redo change</li>
- <li>Acquire images from a scanner and save them</li>
- <li>Validate all images to prepare thumbnail gallery</li>
- <li>Convert many file formats (see below) to JPEG<br />
- (*.bmp;*.rle;*.dib;*.tif;*.tiff;*.fax;*.bw;*.rgb;*.rgba;*.sgi;*.cel;*.pic;*.tga;*.vst;*.icb;<br />
- *.vda;*.win;*.pcx;*.pcc;*.scr;*.pcd;*.ppm;*.pgm;*.pbm;*.cut;*.pal;*.rla;*.rpf;*.psd;<br />
- *.pdd;*.psp;*.png;*.emf;*.wmf) </li>
- <li>Allow user to choose
- <ul>
- <li>Start up folder</li>
- <li>Favorite folders</li>
- <li>HTML file title</li>
- <li>HTML page color</li>
- <li>HTML page align (left, center, right)</li>
- <li>HTML table color</li>
- <li>HTML table with row, col, horizontal - vertical align</li>
- <li>HTML text color</li>
- <li>HTML file output folder</li>
- <li>Image files output folder</li>
- <li>Thumbnail files output folder</li>
- <li>Thumbnail size</li>
- <li>Thumbnail with original color or Black & White</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>Automatically output XHTML compliant HTML file</li>
- <li>Limit user defined image count for each page and create multiple thumbnail
- gallery pages</li>
- <li>Automatically create Style Sheets</li>
- <li>Add image name dimension and size to HTML tags</li>
- <li>Insert user defined HTML header text</li>
- <li>Insert copyright note for bottom of each page</li>
- <li>Make Meta Tags with Live Spell checker (US English included)</li>
- <li>Browse folder with thumbnail viewer</li>
- <li>Browse folder with thumbnail viewer and print it </li>
- <li>Browse folder with thumbnail viewer and save as an image file (JPEG) </li>
- <li>Auto preview after creating thumbnail gallery</li>
- <li>Create wallpaper for desktop, force tiled, centered and stretched</li>
- </ul>
- <p><a href="#topindex">Top</a></p>
- <hr />
- <h3>What's new in this version?<a name="newstuff" id="newstuff"></a></h3>
- <p>Because there are so many things that have been changed, you can read (below)
- some of them.<br />
- If you already are one of Gallery users, I hope you are happy with these changes
- I made.</p>
- <p class="header">Main Window</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Looks (GUI) has been changed.<br />
- With version 1.x user had a sort of Wizard, but now user can enhance and modify
- images </li>
- <li>Validate image function is added.<br />
- Since this version, user can check their images before using them. This was
- one of the<br />
- biggest problems with version 1.x - Unrecognized JPEG - will not appear any
- longer.<br />
- All wrong format will be listed.</li>
- <li>If user launch "Create Thumbnail", image validation will start
- it self.</li>
- <li>If user will preview a wrong formatted JPEG (it may be a BMP or something),
- Gallery will<br />
- warn user which format user want to see.<br />
- Example - This image is BMP // user can convert it to JPEG with Graphic converter.</li>
- <li>User can "Enhance" color - Because of this, user does not have
- to buy expensive<br />
- program.<br />
- User can manipulate ( or enhance) - HSV, HSL, RGB, Equalize and FFT</li>
- <li>Many filters are added</li>
- <li>Many effects are also added - it does not support PhotoShop Plug in, so
- do not ask me!</li>
- <li>User can select the image and crop where he wants - Position comes up when
- he selects <br />
- an area.</li>
- <li>Enable to Zoom In, Zoom Out.</li>
- <li>Enable to adjust resizing filters - default is NONE.</li>
- <li>Enable to "Acquire" image from a scanner.</li>
- <li>Enable to choose a start up folder - a start up folder will always open
- when user starts <br />
- Gallery.</li>
- <li>Enable to choose favorite folders - user can change her favorite folder,
- just click on it.</li>
- <li>Enable to print with "Preview" dialog.<br />
- User is able to manage margin and paper and such stuff.</li>
- <li>Enable to resize JPEG image with Resizing filters</li>
- </ol>
- <p><a href="#topindex">Top</a></p>
- <p class="header">Browser</p>
- <p>Browse indexed JPEG files and show thumb nailed images.<br />
- Browser allows user to print and / or save it.</p>
- <p><a href="#topindex">Top</a></p>
- <p class="header">Graphic Converter</p>
- <p>When you launch Graphic Converter, its directory is assigned to Main Window's
- directory. But user can naturally change it - really she can change it and choose
- how many folders as she wants.</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Choose one or all listed images to convert them to JPEG - no pain.</li>
- <li>User can also choose different folders' items and convert them all.</li>
- </ol>
- <p><a href="#topindex">Top</a></p>
- <p class="header">Options (Thumbnail Settings, Web page Settings)</p>
- <p><b>General option</b>:</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Choose a start up folder.</li>
- <li>Clear favorite folders (if you already made one or more).</li>
- <li>Choose launch web browser after creation of web page.</li>
- </ol>
- <p>Thumbnail Settings has not changed.</p>
- <p><b>Web page Settings</b>:</p>
- <p>Allow user to</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Create open images in New Window (target="_blank") HTML page</li>
- <li>Create HTML page for each image (adds Prev and Next)</li>
- <li>Create multiple indexed thumbnail pages (adds Home, Index, Prev and Next)</li>
- <li>Insert Copyright information, Description for thumbnail page, Meta Tags
- (Keywords and<br />
- Description) - simple editors with Live spell checker!</li>
- </ol>
- <p><a href="#topindex">Top</a></p>
- <p class="header">Progress Window</p>
- <p>This window is not visible until user choose to make thumbnails (or thumbnail
- gallery).<br />
- Each image does not come up, instead user will see its progress which image
- Gallery now is reading and saving ... Because this way is faster than Gallery
- 1.x.</p>
- <p><a href="#topindex">Top</a></p>
- <hr />
- <h3>Fixed Bugs<a name="bugs" id="bugs"></a></h3>
- <p>This is a new release and no bugs are reported for this version.</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Unrecognized JPEG or Invalid floating - will not appear any longer. This
- is positive, isn't it!<br />
- Gallery checks images before loading it, and warn you if it is a wrong formatted
- JPEG. </li>
- <li>I have got message "Access Denied" when I wanted to see an image
- - You are using <br />
- "Read Only" files, for example CD-Rom. Now you can use them</li>
- </ol>
- <p><a href="#topindex">Top</a></p>
- <hr />
- <h3>Known Problems<a name="problems" id="problems"></a></h3>
- <ul>
- <li>If you are using Printer connected to USB Port, Gallery does not recognize
- the printer. If <br />
- you can, manually activate Printer or Print Out something (use "Notepad"
- or what ever <br />
- you like). Now you can print out from Gallery.</li>
- <li>When you use filters (or effects) first time marked with glass, UNDO does
- not work.<br />
- You can use any of other filters (or effects) and use once UNDO, then it begins
- to work.<br />
- You can read some more about them (marked with glass) <a href="contents/menu.htm#effect">here</a>.</li>
- <li>Redo works sometimes, but sometimes not.</li>
- </ul>
- <p><a href="#topindex">Top</a></p>
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