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SLIDES SHOWER INTRODUCTION
The multimedia screen saver for Windows.
FEATURES
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* Performs slide shows with background music, transitional effects.
* Slide show invokable from the Windows' Screen Saver.
* Prints hardcopy of images to any Windows-supported printer.
Slides Shower displays all images files in any directory you select.
The software is capable of recognizing over 40 image file formats
including BMP, JPEG, Kodak Photo CD, TIFF, Windows Metafile, PCX,
DCX, CALS Raster, MacPaint, GEM Image, Microsoft Paint, Macintosh
PICT, LEAD CMP, etc.
Photo albums created by Images Control (another graphics software
package written by me) can also be used in Slides Shower screen
savers. From the Windows Control panel, simply choose "Slides
Shower" as your screen saver and select your favorite album for
the slide show.
You can obtain a hardcopy of any image you like during the slide
show simply by pressing the "P" key. A print preview window will
appear to let you position and resize the image before printing.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SHAREWARE AND REGISTERED VERSIONS?
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Shareware: * Recognizes Windows BMP, WMF, and OS/2 BMP.
* Play audio CD in the background.
* Performs 29 transitional special effects.
Registered: * Recognizes over 40 different image formats.
* Play audio CD in the background.
* Performs 29 transitional special effects.
* Prints hardcopy of images during slide show.
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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Hardware Requirements:
* 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).
Software Requirements:
* Microsoft Windows 3.1/3.11/95/NT workstation.
Slides Shower was designed and tested under Microsoft Windows 95 on
a 100 MHz PCI Pentium-based computer with 16 MB of RAM, a 1 MB PCI
Diamond Stealth SE.
Slides Shower was also tested under Windows 3.1/95/NT workstastion on:
1) 150 MHz PCI Pentium-based computer with 32 MB of RAM, 2 MB PCI
Diamond Stealth VRAM (S3-968).
2) IBM P5-133 with 32 MB or RAM, 1MB PCI Diamond Stealth DRAM (S3-764).
3) AST Bravo LC 4/33s with 8MB of RAM, 512K ATI video card.
OPERATION
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Once the slide show screen saver started, you can have it interrupted by
the movement of your mouse, a keypress, or both. This can be set under
"Options" on the menu.
During the slides show, any other keys will stop the slide show, except
these 3 keys:
* Press "C" to access the configuration screen.
* Press "P" to print the current image.
* Press "A" to verify the version number.
If you select the "Play audio CD" box, don't forget to put an audio CD
in the drive so when the screen saver activates, the CD will be played
automatically.
The default time delay between slide show is 2 seconds, you can set this
to a faster or longer interval by clicking "Show Inerval" under "Options".
The "Display image properties" is useful for scanning through a directory
and display all known images along with their properties such as file
size, resolution, and color depths. This caption can be turned off by
checking off the "Display image properties" box.
You can either use the default random wipe pattern or have Slides Shower
sequentially cycle through all 29 transitional effects.
Those of you purchased the Images Control suite (a photo album builder and
image processing/enhancement package), you can use the photo albums you
built for the slide show. Be sure to select the "Images Control photo
album" in the "Image Source" section, then click on the file dialog icon
to select the album you want.
If you have problem printing in the registered version, you may want to
bypass the "Colors Optimization" box in the print preview menu.
SUPPORTED IMAGE FILE FORMATS
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Slides Shower was developed using LEAD Technologies LEADTOOLS VBX
Professional. Below is the list of image file formats which Slides
Shower supports:
LEAD. This is the LEAD CMP compressed format for grayscale and color
images.
JFIF. This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with full color spacing
(YUV 4:4:4).
LEAD1JFIF.
This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:1:1 color
spacing, to produce a smaller JFIF file.
LEAD2JFIF.
This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:2:2 color
spacing, to produce the smallest JFIF file.
JTIF. This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with full color spacing
(YUV 4:4:4).
LEAD1JTIF.
This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with YUV 4:1:1 color
spacing, to produce a smaller JTIF file.
LEAD2JTIF.
This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with YUV 4:2:2 color
spacing, to produce the smallest JTIF file.
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. Slides Shower supports the most common TIFF formats.
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.
TIFF LZW.
These files use the Tagged Image File Format with LZW compression.
TIFF CCITT.
These are compressed TIFF files that are commonly used for FAX
transmission and document imaging.
TIFF CCITT Group 3.
These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced
and more compressed than TIFF CCITT.
TIFF CCITT Group 4.
These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced
and more compressed than TIFF CCITT Group 3.
IOCA (ICA).
This is the Image Object Content Architecture developed by IBM.
WinFax Group 3.
This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 3 support.
WinFax Group 4.
This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 4 support.
FAX Group 3.
This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 3 support.
FAX Group 4.
This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 4 support.
Truevision TGA (TARGA).
This is a file format created by Truevision Inc.
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.
Photoshop 3.0 (PSD).
This is the format produced by the Adobe Photoshop graphics
editor.
Windows Bitmap (BMP).
This is a file format created by Microsoft. Some BMP images are
compressed with an RLE type compression.
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.
PCX. This is a file format created by ZSoft. This format compresses
its image data with the RLE type compression.
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.
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.
OS/2 Bitmap (OS/2 BMP).
These are files created on an OS/2 operating system.
CALS Raster.
These are 1-bit CCITT Group 4 CALS raster files. CALS is a U.S.
government standard.
MacPaint (MAC).