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INTRODUCTION
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Photo Icons 95 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 
LEADTOOLS ActiveX Professional developed by LEAD Technologies, 
an industry leader in imaging technology, Photo Icons 95 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 95 
is the ultimate icon utility you ever need to create and modify 
photo-realistic icons.

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.

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 scanners or digital cameras 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 95 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), FPX (Kodak FlashPix), 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 
95 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 95 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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http://members.aol.com/doanc/products.html


WinSite
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http://www.winsite.com/win3/icons/photoxxx.zip


SimTel
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http://www.coast.net/simtel/win3/icon.html
   photoxxx.zip 

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 95, it is recommended
that you run the software under color modes higher than 256
such as 32K or 64K color depth mode.


  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).

  Software Requirements
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  * Microsoft Windows 95.
 
Photo Icons 95 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.

Photo Icons 95 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.

The following printers were successfully  tested:
1) HP LaserJet 4L.
2) HP LaserJet 5L.
3) HP LaserJet 6L.
4) Brother HL-720.
5) NEC Superscript 660plus.
6) Canon BJC-610.
7) Epson Stylus Color.
8) Epson Stylus Color Pro.

Photo Icons 95 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.

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 95 features.  Your permanent license file
registered in your name (or your company name) and the latest
version of Photo Icons 95 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.

A site license is required by a corporation, company, educational
institution, or governmental agency for use of Photo Icons 95
software on the total number of computers that will use the software.

Thank you for your interest in Photo Icons 95.

Chris Doan
doanc@san.rr.com
chris_doan@compuserve.com

San Diego,  California
July 1997

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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.
