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PIE - PICTURE INFORMATION EXTRACTOR 2.6
for Digital Cameras
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Congratulations on your choice of the Picture Information Extractor.
I am confident that you will find it an indispensable tool.
If you have any trouble, comments, or suggestions, please send them
to me in an email.
Happy "Information Extracting" !
What is PIE?
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1. PIE is a file renaming utility that extracts the camera
information from the raw .jpg and renames the PIC000XX.JPG
filename to a more computer friendly name keyed to the date and
time as well as other photo information.
This lets your favorite picture viewer display your photos
in correct chronological order.
2. Because PIE shows you exposure information for each picture,
you can better understand digital camera functions by analyzing
shutter, flash use, aperture, zoom position, and quality settings.
3. The exposure information is saved in the .jpg file -
as long as the file is not modified. Any modification to the JPG
file will destroy this data. To prevent loss of picture information
PIE records exposure data in standard text files, which also may
be imported into a spreadsheet or database.
4. PIE is a file manager. Move, Copy, Delete and Rename JPG files.
5. The new PIE has an integrated picture viewer.
6. The new PIE is one of the first programs which allow you to
rotate JPG pictures without any loss of quality! Rotation is
done without decompression/compression. The so-called ╗lossless
rotation½ makes it easy to take pictures in portrait mode.
Supported Digital Cameras so far:
- All Olympus models
- Agfa ePhoto1280, ePhoto307, ePhoto1680
- Epson PhotoPC 550,600,700
- Fujifilm MX-500/700 (FinePix 500/700), DS-models
- Nikon Coolpix 900
- Kodak DC210, DC 220/260
- Ricoh DC-3Z (RDC 300Z), DC-4 (RDC 4300), DC-4T
- Sanyo VPC-X300
- Hewlett Packard C20
- ...
(Check if there is a newer version of PIE at
http://www.snafu.de/~hoju/pie.htm)
Features of PIE 2.6
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- Flexible renaming of digital photos
- Lossless JPEG-Rotation
Rotate single pictures or Rotate in batch mode
- Automated file transfer from your SmartMedia-card-adapter
including renaming/redating (registered version)
- Free scalable thumbnail view
- Instant view/auto select of new files
- Full screen mode (registered version)
View pictures and their exposure information in full screen
Drag displayed text on your preferred screen position
- Saving picture information in standard textfiles
Automatic monitoring of the 'picinfo.txt'-files
- Advanced picture information
- File sorting by name, date, shutter, aperture, zoom, ..
- Move and Copy picture files per Drag&Drop
Drag from and into the PIE window (OLE Drag)
- Manual renaming of files. This will automatically update 'picinfo.txt'
- Delete files
- Open pictures with your favorite editor (Double click or right button click)
- Improved file handling
- Increased performance
- and many more, as you will see...
Lossless JPEG-Transformation
----------------------------
It works by rearranging the compressed data (DCT coefficients),
without ever fully decoding the image. Therefore,
its transformations are lossless: there is no image
degradation at all.
The transformation has no restrictions regarding image
dimensions. But it will operate rather oddly if the image
dimensions are not a multiple of the iMCU size (usually 8
or 16 pixels), because they can only transform complete blocks of
DCT coefficient data in the desired way.
The default behavior when transforming an odd-size image
is designed to preserve exact reversibility and mathematical
consistency of the transformation set.
For practical use, you may prefer to discard any untransformable
edge pixels rather than having a strange-looking strip along the
right and/or bottom edges of a transformed image. This is the
meaning of the 'Trim Edges' Menu. Obviously, a transformation
with checked 'TrimEdges' is not reversible, so strictly speaking
Rotation with this switch is not lossless.
Register PIE
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PIE is distributed as shareware. The basic features like renaming and
file managing are free. If you want to use the extended features such as
picture view and lossless rotation you have to register.
Registered users are entitled to FREE upgrades for an unlimited
period of time (FOR EVER!) by downloading the latest versions. If a
new authorization code is required it will be issued upon request at
no charge to users. Registration benefits also include free
technical support by e-mail, notification of upgrades and other
products via e-mail, etc.
The price of a Single License of PIE 2.6 is only US $18,95.
Please look at our website at http://www.snafu.de/~hoju/pie.htm for
ordering information. The easiest way to receive your personal password
is to submit a secure online order.
German users: Sie k÷nnen PIE auch registrieren, indem Sie DM 29,50
auf folgendes Konto ⁿberweisen:
Holger Jungk, Kto 463 30 95, Blz 100 700 00 (Deutsche Bank, Berlin)
Teilen Sie mir in diesem Fall bitte gesondert Ihre E-Mail oder sonstige
Adresse mit, ⁿber welche Sie den Registrierungsschlⁿssel erhalten.
Support
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For questions, comments, bug reports or suggestions,
write to: hoju@berlin.snafu.de
When reporting problems, please include the following information:
- What camera type are you using?
- What version of our product are you running? Select About from
the Help pull-down menu. Please include the entire "version"
line in your problem report.
- What is the problem, whether it is reproducible, how often it
occurs, etc.
- If you get an error message, the full text of the dialog box,
including the text in the title bar.
- If you think you know what might be causing the problem, please
let us know.
Legal Issues
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DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
Users of 'PIE' must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
'PIE' is supplied as is.
The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including,
without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness
for any purpose.
The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential,
which may result from the use of 'PIE'.
Distribution:
You may distribute the demo version, but keep registration data secrect.
October 25 1998
Holger Jungk, Berlin