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  *  Imagecopy 3.5 - Demo version                                           *
  *                                                                         *
  *  Copyright (c) 1994 Jeremy Hughes and FaST Club                         *
  *                                                                         *
  *  This disk contains a demo version of Imagecopy 3.5. This is nearly     *
  *  identical with the full version, except that images are overwritten    *
  *  with a program message and/or dots when they are displayed or printed  *
  *  or saved. The demo version of Imagecopy 3.5 may be distributed freely, *
  *  so long as it is accompanied by this text file and the program is not  *
  *  tampered with in any way.                                              *
  *                                                                         *
  *  Jeremy Hughes, 18th December 1994                                      *
  *                                                                         *
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  Imagecopy 3 - the essential image utility
  -----------------------------------------

  Imagecopy 3 is a multi-purpose image utility which can be used to perform 
  the following tasks:

  *  Copy images from screen in any ST/TT/Falcon video mode.

  *  Display images and slide shows in any ST/TT/Falcon video mode.

  *  Print images and screen dumps in black and white or colour on a wide 
     range of printers: 9-pin, 24-pin, Bubblejet, Deskjet, and Laserjet.

  *  Catalogue images with up to 60 or more images on a single page.

  *  Create halftone images to use with other programs (wordprocessors etc.)

  *  Convert images between different formats or to different colour types 
     (e.g. true-colour to 256-colour).

  Imagecopy 3 supports an extensive range of image formats. It can read and 
  write: DEGAS, GIF, IFF, IMG, JFIF (JPEG), PC Paintbrush (PCX), Prism 
  Paint, RSC free image, Targa, TIFF, True Paint, and Windows Bitmap. Other 
  read-only formats include: Art Director, Calamus Raster Graphic, DR 
  Doodle, Macpaint, Neochrome, OS/2 Bitmap, Pictor, Pixart, Portable Bitmap, 
  Spectrum, and Tiny. IFF support includes standard IFF, Amiga HAM, PC 
  Deluxe Paint, and ST Deluxe Paint. IMG support includes Hyperpaint IMG, 
  Flair Paint IMG, Ventura Publisher IMG, and XIMG.

  Other features include a batch processing facility (convert or print 
  batches of images), and a user-friendly GEM interface. Colour images may 
  be printed in monochrome (with halftones) and in colour. If you don't 
  have a colour printer, Imagecopy can produce colour separations which may 
  be superimposed to produce full-colour printouts on monochrome printers. 
  Easy-to-use colour controls allow you to enhance the quality of colour 
  printouts.

  The full version of Imagecopy 3 is supplied both as a desk accessory and 
  as a stand-alone program (the demo version is only available in stand- 
  alone form). It is accompanied by a detailed 93-page manual, which 
  includes a tutorial section.

  Imagecopy 3.5
  -------------

  New features in Imagecopy 3.5 include:

  - Photo CD support in Imagecopy 3.5 CD. This can read Photo CD images in 
  any of the five standard resolutions, and can also read blocks (partial 
  images) from any resolution. The demo version does not support Photo CD 
  images.

  - A thumbnail option, which displays miniature thumbnails of a set of 
  images within a single window. This is useful for looking through a disk 
  of images or for creating disk catalogues.

  - Improved print quality, including random print dithering, microweave 
  (shingling) print option, print density option, and black balance option.

  - Improved screen display: images can be scaled so that they fit on screen 
  or within the current slide-show window. In addition, Imagecopy 
  automatically defaults to the correct aspect ratio for the current screen 
  resolution, so images look right in resolutions with non-square aspect 
  ratios (ST medium, TT low etc.) A 'dither brightness' option gives 
  improved monochrome dithering on screen.

  - A '720-dpi' option produces high-quality 720-dpi printouts with the 
  Epson Stylus Color printer.

  - A 'Matrix' display option configures Imagecopy to work with the Matrix 
  graphics card.

  - A pop-up image menu provides image manipulation options including the 
  ability to flip and rotate images, adjust aspect ratio, and select nine 
  zoom levels from 1/16 to 16x.

  - Faster colour processing (the colour saturation option is 20 times 
  faster than previously).

  - Improved memory allocation. Imagecopy 3.5 uses around 50k less memory 
  than Imagecopy 3.0, despite having about 50k of additional code.

  - New image formats: in addition to previous formats, Imagecopy 3.5 can 
  read Sun Rasterfiles, XGA images, and fixed-palette IMG images, while 
  true-colour IMG files can be saved in 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit format.

  - Other improvements include: improved 'slide show' and 'image 
  information' dialogs, an option to suppress warnings while displaying a 
  slide show, time-out option for single-button alerts, an improved image 
  path option, new keyboard shortcuts, the ability to copy RSC images in any 
  video mode, a 'remap palette' option, and an improved 'restore palette' 
  option.

  - New features are described in a 28-page manual supplement with 
  cross-references to the main manual.

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  *  Imagecopy 3 is published and distributed by                            *
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  *  FaST Club                                                              *
  *  7 Musters Road                                                         *
  *  West Bridgford                                                         *
  *  Nottingham NG2 7PP                                                     *
  *  England                 Tel. 0114 945 5250                             *
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  *  The current price (19th December 1994) is 29.95 (34.95 for Imagecopy *
  *  3.5 CD).                                                               *
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  Using the demo version
  ----------------------

  The demo version of Imagecopy is nearly identical with the full version, 
  except that images are overwritten with a program message when they are 
  dislayed, printed, or saved. Printed images are also overwritten with a 
  polka-dot pattern of white dots, and thumbnail images are overwritten with 
  a single white dot. Rename ic3demo.prg as ic3demo.acc to use as a desk 
  accessory.

  In the absence of a printed manual here are some hints on using the demo 
  version of Imagecopy 3:

  1. System requirements
  ----------------------

  The demo version of Imagecopy 3 can be used with any ST, STE, TT, or 
  Falcon computer which has at least 1 megabyte of memory. The commercial 
  version is also supplied in a cut-down form (without JPEG support) which 
  uses less memory. 

  2. User interface
  -----------------

  Use [Alternate] keystrokes for underlined menu or dialog options. Menu 
  options can be accessed with the mouse (like normal GEM menus), with 
  single-key shortcuts (which are configurable with the 'menu keys' option), 
  or with multi-key shortcuts indicated by underlining.

  3. Copying images
  -----------------

  To copy (snapshot) images, select Copy (or press [Alt-Help]) and use the 
  mouse to select the area of screen which you want to snapshot (press 
  [Insert] to select the whole screen). Press [Return] or click the right 
  mouse button within the copy box to copy the image. You can copy larger 
  than screen images by displaying them in full-screen mode and pressing 
  [C]. If you install Imagecopy as an accessory you can use it to copy 
  images from within other programs (including non-GEM programs).

  Use the 'copying format' dialog to select the format used for copying 
  images. This does not include a JPEG option, but you can select 'JFIF' 
  (= JPEG) as an option for converting images.

  The full version of Imagecopy can copy images in some low-memory 
  situations which the demo version is unable to handle.

  4. Viewing images
  -----------------

  Press [Esc] or click the right mouse button over an image window to 
  display a menu which allows you to switch between GEM windows and 
  full-screen display, invert images, flip images, rotate images, zoom 
  in/out, adjust aspect ratio, and save images at the current screen 
  resolution. Full-screen images can be scrolled by moving the mouse to the 
  edge of the screen.

  Press [Return] or double-click on an image window to display information 
  about an image.

  Select a folder of images instead of a single image when using the 
  slide-show and thumbnail options. You can use wildcards (such as *.TIF) 
  to limit the selection.

  Press [Esc] or [Undo] to interrupt a slide show. [Undo] can also be used 
  to abort other operations such as loading or printing images.

  You can improve the quality of images which are displayed in video modes 
  with fewer colours by changing options in the 'screen mapping' dialog. 
  For monochrome monitors select 'random dithering', and for colour 
  monitors select 'adaptive palette' and 'random dithering'. These options 
  are slower than the default options. For a greyscale display on colour 
  monitors select 'greyscale' in the 'screen display' dialog: this gives a 
  better representation of image tones at the expense of colour.

  5. Printing images
  ------------------

  The easiest way to configure Imagecopy for your printer is to use the 
  'load INF file' option (in the Global submenu) to load an appropriate INF 
  file from the PRINTERS folder. Do this before you change any other 
  settings, since loading an INF file also changes non-printer settings. 
  Then select 'default' from the Global submenu to make these the default 
  settings. (You can also select a printer type from the 'Printer type' 
  dialog, but the advantage of using an INF file is that it also configures 
  other print settings to suit different printers. Printer types cover 
  compatible printers: 'Epson 9-pin' works with any 9-pin Epson-compatible 
  printer and so on.)

  Select the 'CMY colour' or 'CMYK colour' option to print in colour on a 
  colour printer (9-pin, 24-pin, or inkjet). If your printer can mix black 
  with other colours, you will normally get better results using CMYK 
  colour. Most colour printers, apart from the Deskjet 500C, can print 
  using CMYK colour.

  Select 'CMY separation' or 'CMYK separation' to print in colour on a 
  monochrome printer. You will need to have separate print ribbons or 
  cartridges for each primary print colour: Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow; or 
  Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. If you have a Deskjet 500C printer, you 
  can select 'CMY+K separation' to get CMYK colour.

  Use the 'print colours' dialog to adjust print colours. 'Brightness' 
  lightens an image, and 'contrast' increases the contrast between colours 
  and shades.

  Use 'size' in the 'print layout' dialog to control the size of printed 
  images. The default setting (0x0 cm) prints images at their original 
  pixel size. Otherwise, 2x2 cm (etc.) prints images within a 2x2 cm square 
  while preserving their aspect ratio (a landscape image will be 2 cm wide 
  when it is printed, but less than 2 cm high).

  If you are not using A4 paper, you may need to use the 'page size' dialog 
  to configure Imagecopy for the size of paper you are using. You can also 
  use this dialog to set minimum page margins, and to enter offsets which 
  adjust for the fact that some printers are unable to print at the top or 
  left of the page. To calculate the correct offsets, set the left and top 
  offsets to zero and print an image 2 cm. from the left and top of the 
  page (using 'Xpos' and 'Ypos' in the 'print layout' dialog to set the 
  position). When you have done this, measure the actual distances with a 
  ruler: if they are greater than 2 cm. you should enter the differences as 
  horizontal and vertical offsets.

  6. Cataloguing images
  ---------------------

  Select 'catalogue' and 'file names' in the 'print layout' dialog to 
  catalogue images. If you have a line-based printer (such as a dot-matrix 
  printer or inkjet printer), Imagecopy will print a column of images and 
  ask you to refeed the paper. Laser printers can catalogue images without 
  having the paper refed. It is important that you configure Imagecopy for 
  paper size before using this option (see previous paragraph).

  7. Printing screen dumps
  ------------------------

  To print screen dumps, select Print Image or press [Control-Alt-Help]. If 
  you have TOS 1.0, use the 'Alt-help' dialog to configure [Shift-Alt-Help] 
  for printing screen dumps.

  8. Creating halftone images
  ---------------------------

  You can use Imagecopy to create halftone images from colour images, which 
  can then be printed from monochrome wordprocessors and DTP programs. 
  Select 'IMG file' output in the 'printer type' dialog and then 'print' 
  the image at the required size.

  9. Batch operations
  -------------------

  To process batches of images (or view slide shows or thumbnail sets), 
  select a folder of images instead of a single image (you can use 
  wildcards such as *.JPG to limit the selection). You can also use batch 
  files (ASCII lists of images). The full version of Imagecopy contains a 
  program for creating and editing batch files.

  10. Falcon computers
  --------------------

  Imagecopy 3 can use the Atari/Brainstorm DSP decoder to load JPEG images 
  more quickly than is possible with Imagecopy's own internal routine. If 
  you have a Falcon computer, copy JPEGD.PRG into an auto folder. Imagecopy 
  will then use this program to load JPEG images. (Imagecopy uses its own 
  routine to load JPEG images on non-Falcon computers.)

  11. Configuring Imagecopy
  -------------------------

  You can use the 'save' button in Imagecopy's Options dialogs to save 
  default options. The 'global' option allows you to make global changes to 
  Imagecopy's settings.
  
  12. Epson Stylus printer
  ------------------------

  This printer is unable to mix printer text and graphics on the same page 
  (in its native mode). To print text (filenames etc.) on this printer, 
  copy the fonts in the FONTS folder into the same directory as Imagecopy. 
  These are GEM fonts which Imagecopy uses to print text in graphics mode.

  Images
  ------

  The demo version of Imagecopy 3 is supplied with the following images. 
  Copyright images may be used freely with Imagecopy or other programs, but 
  should not be redistributed (without Imagecopy) except as printed 
  hardcopy. JPEG images can take a while to load on standard STs.

  Image           Size        Colours  Description          Copyright

  amber.gif       320x200     256      Girl
  clown.gif       320x200     256      Clown
  earth.gif       320x200     256      Planet earth
  tallship.gif    640x350     16       Tall ship

  geranium.jpg    384x256     16 m.    Geranium             Jane Lucas
  paeony.jpg      432x288     16 m.    Paeony               Jane Lucas
  rose.jpg        320x200     16 m.    Rose
  tissngt1.jpg    424x284     16 m.    Tissington           Angela Hughes

  c1.tif          320x200     16       Fractal
  tree1.tif       288x400     2        Tree                 Jonathan Lawrence
  tree2.tif       288x400     2        Tree                 Jonathan Lawrence

  blueeyes.tn1    320x200     16       Girl
  erdbeere.tn1    320x200     16       Strawberries
  lynx.tny        320x200     16       Lynx

  The two tree images (tree1.tif and tree2.tif) were create by Jonathan 
  Lawrence's fractal program 'Create'.

