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- A Square Image - Read Me First October 1998
-
- A Square Image is a simple, free, image editor based
- on TriVista's "A Smaller Image" product (see our
- Website for details). This very simple image editor
- has been tuned for creating square images from source
- images of any size. A primary use is for generating
- images to be used as textures in VRML scenes.
-
- In VRML, images that are factors of two work best.
- Output image sizes can range from 16x16 up to 512x512
- in increments of 16. In addition to its usefulness for
- VRML, A Square Image can also be used for creating
- very small bitmaps to be used for icons or on buttons.
-
- The entire software application is contained on a one
- screen interface. The source image is displayed on
- the left side of the screen. The size of the
- crop/matte area can be adjusted in small increments by
- dragging the slider, clicking the +/- buttons, or by
- using the arrow keys. To adjust the window size by
- larger increments, click to the left or right of the
- pointer in the slider bar or use the "Page Up" and
- "Page Down" keys.
-
- The output image is displayed on the right half of the
- interface. The output resolution can be adjusted in 16
- pixel increments by dragging the slider or using the
- arrow keys. Clicking in the slider bar to the left or
- right of the pointer or using the "Page Up" and
- "Page Down" keys will increase or decrease the
- resolution in increments of 64 pixels.
-
- Rotation arrows and a Smooth/Sharpen slider round out
- this simple interface. Each click of a rotation arrow
- will rotate the output image by 90 degrees left or
- right. Dragging the smooth/sharpen slider or using the
- arrow keys will adjust the image sharpness in 10%
- increments. Clicking inside the smooth/sharpen slider
- area or using the "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys will
- adjust the values in 20% increment.
-
- Note: All sliders can be set to the minium value using
- the "Home" key and the maximum value using the "End" key.
-
- To install A Square Image, copy the zip or self-
- extracting exe file (called asqi10.zip or asqi10.exe)
- into a temporary folder or directory. Unzip and/or run
- asqi10.exe, and follow the on-screen instructions to
- install the program.
-
- The program will self-extract and place all the files in
- a folder called ASquareImage. To run, double click the
- file called ASquareImage.exe in the above folder.
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- Help
-
- Online help is available on our Website at:
- http://www.trivista.com. You can also learn about
- TriVista's other exciting digital imaging software
- products (Paper PhotoCube, 3D ImageCube, 3D ImageScene
- and A Smaller Image) at our Website.
-
- TriVista Technologies, Inc.
- 1444 North Farnsworth Ave., #105
- Aurora, IL 60505
- http://www.trivista.com
- info@trivista.com
-