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- ProJPEG Quick Start
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- BoxTop Software, Inc.
- PO Box 2347
- Starkville, MS, 39760
- voice 601-263-5410
- fax 601-263-5412
- http://www.boxtopsoft.com
- ftp://ftp.boxtopsoft.com/pub
- info@boxtopsoft.com
-
- This is a very basic quick start guide for ProJPEG 3.1. More detailed
- documentation can be found in the ProJPEG Manual if needed.
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- 1: Installation:
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- Simply copy ProJPEG 3.1 to your .Photoshop\Plugins\Formats directory.
- ProJPEG will be available the next time you launch Photoshop as
- "ProJPEG" in the format menu of both the open and save as dialogs in
- Photoshop. If you have had a previous version of ProJPEG installed you
- should also remove the older version from Photoshop\Plugins\Formats when
- installing 3.1.
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- To confirm that ProJPEG is installed correctly and Photoshop is
- recognizing the plug-in you can look under the Help->About Plugin menu
- in Photoshop for ProJPEG. If it appears there it's installed correctly
- and you are ready to go.
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- ProJPEG is a file format plug-in and will appear in the format menu in
- Photoshop's open and save as dialogs as "ProJPEG". You will need to
- check the "Show all formats" option to access this menu when opening
- files, but normally that is not needed. Photoshop will pick a default
- method to open JPEG files for you when you double click on a file to
- open it from the Finder.
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- 2: General usage:
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- To save a file using ProJPEG, select the "Save as..." menu in Photoshop,
- then in the save as dialog, select "ProJPEG" from the formats menu and
- click OK. The ProJPEG options dialog will then be show for you to set
- compression parameters.
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- Minimally, you should adjust the quality slider to the desired amount
- while taking note of the image preview for quality and the file size
- display for final file size. This is the absolute and accurate file size
- of you JPEG file, so it's hard to go wrong in the options dialog.
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- You have accurate and immediate feedback for image quality and
- appearance as you chose the compression parameters.
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- 3: Tips for best results:
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- At the factory defaults ProJPEG╩typically outperforms Adobe's JPEG at
- default settings. If you just want to click the button, you can click
- the button. However, all images can be saved using more aggressive
- compression settings than the defaults.
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- You should take advantage of the interactivity and feedback provided by
- ProJPEG╩to find the best settings for each individual image. JPEG
- compression will vary image by image.
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- It is also best to start with very low quality settings and work up
- until the image looks good enough instead of starting with high quality
- settings to get the best file size to quality when you save. That
- generally avoids saving files with over-kill settings.
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- 4: Answers and help:
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- Questions about ProJPEG and other BoxTop Software, Inc. tools should be
- addressed to: info@boxtopsoft.com
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- ProJPEG is Copyright 1995-98 BoxTop Software Inc. All rights reserved.
- ProJPEG is a Trade Mark of BoxTop Software, Inc., which may be
- registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks are recognized
- as the properties of their respective holders. ProJPEG is based in part
- on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
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- Document published: 10/21/98
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- Copyright 1998 BoxTop Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-