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- INTRODUCTION
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- Photo Icons is a professional icon processing tool that allows you
- to create and modify Windows icons at any color depths (up to 24-bit
- or true color). Using high performance imaging toolkit developed by
- LEAD Technologies, an industry leader in imaging technology, Photo
- Icons allows you to convert any image of any size and any color
- depth into the standard Windows icon format (32x32) at 16, 256,
- 65,536, and 16.7 million colors. A screen capture utility is also
- provided so you can capture any area of the screen into an icon.
- Photo Icons is the ultimate icon utility you everneed to create and
- modify photo-realistic icons.
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- Photo Icons also allows you to extract icon(s) embedded inside
- DLL/EXE files and save them under ICO format.
-
- Images/icons can be printed to any Windows-supported printers. You
- can even print icons embedded inside DLL/EXE files without having
- to extract them first.
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- For added convenience, a TWAIN interface is also available (optional)
- so you can scan any images directly into icons.
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- FEATURES
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- * Creates/Edits photo-realistic icons.
- * Scans and displays thumbnails of all images on your hard drive.
- * Captures any area of the screen to create photo realistic icons.
- * Imports images from TWAIN-compliant devices into icons.
- * Converts between over 40 image file formats including ICO.
- * Extracts icons embedded inside DLL/EXE files.
- * Prints hardcopy of images/icons to any Windows-supported printers.
- * Intuitive user-friendly interface.
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- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHAREWARE & REGISTERED VERSIONS
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- The shareware version of Photo Icons allows you to create and edit
- 16-color ICOs. To create, edit, extract, convert, capture 256,
- 65,536 and 16.7 million-color icons and access an array of more
- than 40 different image file formats (including the most popular
- ones such as BMP (Microsoft Windows and IBM OS/2), JPG (JPEG), PCD
- (Kodak Photo CD), TIFF, (Tagged Image File Format), PNG (the new
- Compuserve Portable Network Graphics), PSD (PhotoShop 3.0), WPG
- (WordPerfect), WMF (Windows Metafile), PCX, CMP (LEAD 1BIT), ICA
- (IBM IOCA), MAC (MacPaint), and TGA (Truevision Targa), etc.,) you
- must register Photo Icons to obtain the latest registered version.
- The current registration fee is $29. Please read Supported image
- file format for a complete list of all image file formats Photo
- Icons supports.
-
- The capability to import images from TWAIN-compliant devices
- (scanners, digital cameras, frame grabbers, etc.) is also available
- for an additional $14.
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- WHERE TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST SHAREWARE VERSION
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- My FTP/Web Site
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- http://www.zweb.com/doanc/ photoxxx.zip
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- WinSite
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- ftp ftp.winsite.com://pub/pc/win3/icons/photoxxx.zip
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- SimTel
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- ftp ftp.coast.net://SimTel/win3/icon/photoxxx.zip
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- CompuServe
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- GO WINAV: "icon/cursor apps" libary: photoicn.zip
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- HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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- In order to gain the most from Photo Icons, it is recommended
- that you run the software under color modes higher than 256
- such as 32K or 64K color depth mode.
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- Hardware Requirements
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- 1. Windows-based PCs.
- 2. VGA board.
- 3. Mouse or trackball.
- 4. TWAIN-compliant scanner (optional).
- 5. Printer supported by Windows (optional).
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- Software Requirements
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- * Microsoft Windows 3.1/95/NT workstation.
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- Photo Icons has been developed and tested on a 486DX66 with 8MB of RAM, a
- 1 MB Diamond Stealth 24 Windows accelerator board (at screen resolutions
- 640x480x16, 640x480x256, 640x480x65536, 800x600x256, 800x600x65536,
- 1024x768x16, and 1024x768x256), a trackball, and mouse. It has also
- been tested on a 100 MHz Pentium-based machine with 16 MB of RAM, a 1 MB
- Diamond Stealth 64 SE (PCI) and a 150 MHz Pentium-based machine with 32 MB
- of RAM, a 2 MB VRAM Diamond Stealth Video 3200 with the same above settings.
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- Photo Icons 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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- Photo Icons has not been tested in other environments because I
- do not have all the time and resources in this rapidly changing
- computer world. Therefore, unless you have the above tested
- hardware and software I cannot guarantee that it will work on
- your system.
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- REGISTRATION
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- For your convenience, a registration form is provided on line
- under Help on the menu bar. The registration fee is $29. The
- registered version supports over 40 image file formats. A
- separate TWAIN module is also available for an additional $14.
- The TWAIN option adds the image scanning capability to Photo Icons.
- As of this writing, I only accept money orders, cashiers checks,
- bank checks, or personal checks. Please fill in the registration
- form and mail it along with your payment to:
-
- Chris Doan
- 4891 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #401
- San Diego, CA 92117
-
- For checks or money orders drawn from a non-US bank, please add
- $5.00 for bank service charge.
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- Please refrain from sending cash. But if you have to send cash,
- please also include a written order for my bookkeeping purposes.
-
- 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 Photo Icons features. Your permanent license file
- registered in your name (or your company name) and the latest
- version of Photo Icons will be in the mail the next business day.
-
- International users may transfer $US 29 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.
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- A site license is required by a corporation, company, educational
- institution, or governmental agency for use of Photo Icons
- software on the total number of computers that will use the software.
-
- Thank you for your interest in Photo Icons.
-
- Chris Doan
- doanc@worldnet.att.net
- 102425.1613@compuserve.com
-
- San Diego, California
- December 1996
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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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