
          Welcome to Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop 1.01 Trial Version

This ReadMe First document provides basic information about Ulead
WebRazor for Photoshop.  If you have any questions about how to use this
product, please refer first to the program's online help. Also, visit
the Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop and Ulead Web Utilities pages at
http://www.webutilities.com for FAQ updates, tips and techniques,
special promotions, free software, and other useful information.


Table of contents

1. System requirements
2. What is Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop?
3. What is Ulead Web.Plugins for Photoshop?
4. Overview of using Ulead Web.Plugins for Photoshop plugins
5. Trial period information
6. Purchasing the retail version of Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop 
7. Technical support
8. Providing feedback and suggestions
9. Distribution program

                      
1. System requirements

. Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 or higher
. 486-DX2/DX4 or Pentium-compatible systems
. 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)
. 24 MB available hard drive space for program files
. Windows-compatible pointing device
. True Color or HiColor display adapter and monitor (recommended)
. An Adobe Photoshop 32-bit Effect/Acquire plug-in compatible image
  editor is required to run Web.Plugins for Photoshop plugin modules

  Important Note!

  Three system libraries (MFC40.DLL, MSVCRT20.DLL, and MSVCRT40.DLL)
  must be installed in your Windows System folder to run Ulead WebRazor
  for Photoshop.  These files are routinely installed by products from a
  variety of vendors and, for many users, will already exist.

  If you do not have these files, you may download them from our web
  site at http://www.webutilities.com.  If you experience problems
  running Ulead  WebRazor for Photoshop, please verify that these files
  are located in the System folder under your Windows directory.


2. What is Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop?

Great images don't necessarily mean a great Web site, but they're a good
start. Now you can take Web design to a whole new level with Ulead
WebRazor for Photoshop.

Ulead WebRazor makes Web imaging and animation as easy as it should be.
This suite of powerful utilities is THE answer to image design,
production, optimization, browsing, management, and image HTML-ization
for Web page creation. Here's how it'll help you do it faster, better,
and easier. Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop includes the following
programs:

. Ulead Web.Plugins for Photoshop
. Ulead GIF Animator
. Ulead Animation SmartSaver
. Ulead GIF SmartSaver
. Ulead JPEG SmartSaver
. Ulead PNG SmartSaver 
. Ulead Photo Explorer
. Ulead Photo Viewer

Powerful imaging software like Adobe Photoshop isn't specifically
designed for Web use. That's why you need Web.Plugins for Photoshop, to
add one-step seamless tileable backgrounds and drop shadows, 3D buttons
and text banners, frames and image map tags, with all the special
effects you'd expect from a pro. For the web master, this set of
plug-ins enhances Photoshop's strengths and, with all due respect,
complements its weaknesses.

Web animation is almost too easy with Ulead GIF Animator, another
component of Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop. Winner of PC Magazine's
Editors' Choice Award and NetGuide Magazine's Editors' Choice Award,
Ulead GIF Animator has no equal in making your Web sites come alive with
animation, crawling text, transitions, color cycling and other special
effects.

Striking the right balance between file size and image quality used to
require the keen eye of an artist. Now you can arm your artistic
intuition with Ulead GIF/JPEG/PNG SmartSaver, a stand-alone application
or plug-in for Photoshop or FrontPage 97. Before-and-after viewing lets
you see it before you save it - to exactly the file size and visual
quality you specify.

For batch optimization of animated GIF image files, there's no beating
Ulead Animation SmartSaver for performance and ease of use. Ulead
Animation SmartSaver reduces file size with zero degradation of image
quality, for instant bandwidth conservation. Turbo-charge your web site
without those painful image-quality sacrifices.

Photoshop lets you make images; Ulead Photo Explorer puts them at your
fingertips. It's a great boon to file management because it displays a
thumbnail of every image file in the current folder. You'll be able to
see what you're doing as you use Photo Explorer to pass these files to
Photoshop, FrontPage 97, an HTML slide show, windows wallpaper, or
web-based catalog full of image thumbnails.

If you've got hundreds of images from different sources, there's only
one viewing utility for you - PhotoImpact Viewer. You can view - and
convert - practically any file format you can think of, even open
multiple files at once. With a full array of pan, rotate, 32-level zoom,
and print functions, you won't hesitate to configure it as your Windows
default image viewer.


3. What is Ulead Web.Plugins for Photoshop?

Ulead Web.Plugins for Photoshop is a comprehensive suite of web graphics
design plug-ins and utilities that make creating attractive images and
graphics for web sites faster and easier.  Based on award-winning Ulead
Web Utilities technology, Ulead Web.Plugins for Photoshop works with
Adobe Photoshop 3.0x/4.0, Paint Shop Pro, Micrografx Picture Publisher,
Corel Photo Paint and other image editors compatible with 32-bit
Photoshop Effect and Acquire plug-in filters.

Web.Plugins for Photoshop includes the following plug-in components:

Effect plug-ins (displayed under Filter menu, Ulead Web.Plugins submenu)

. Buttonizer (Any Shape - Inner)
. Buttonizer (Any Shape - Outer)
. Buttonizer (Rectangle - Inner)
. Buttonizer (Rectangle - Outer)
. Drop Shadow
. Frame and Shadow
. Image Map Tag

Effect commands may be applied to RGB color and Grayscale selection
areas.

Acquire plug-in (displayed under File menu, Acquire submenu)

. Background Designer


4. Overview of using Ulead Web.Plugins for Photoshop plugins

. To create 3D buttons, text or graphical objects, first make a
  selection, then run the Buttonizer of your choice. Buttonizer options
  are available to customize the look of your button, text or graphic.

. To use the Frame and Shadow plug-in, create a rectangular selection
  area, select the plug-in and choose the options you wish to apply.
  Frames and Shadows may be applied together or separately. The Drop
  Shadow plug-in can be applied to any shape selection.

. To use the Image Map Tag plug-in, create a selection, select the
  plug-in, choose the format you prefer and enter the target URL. Click
  the "To Clipboard" button to copy the tag to the Windows Clipboard.
  Then paste it into your HTML document according to your web authoring
  program's procedures.

. To create a background tile, choose the Background Designer plug-in
  and set the tile size, palette and schema.  Adjust fine level settings
  for hue and ring shift, frequency, density amplitude and lightness to
  tailor the feel of the tile.  Click OK to create the background as a
  new RGB document.

For more information about Ulead Web.Plugins for Photoshop and how to
use it, refer to the online help. The help can be viewed by clicking the
help button that appears in most of the program's dialog boxes or by
clicking its icon from Windows Explorer.


5. Trial period information 

Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop Trial version is distributed free-of-charge
to all users. This software installs for a FREE trial use for a period
of 15 days from the date of installation.


6. Purchasing the retail version of Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop

You may purchase a Full retail version of Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop
that is very similar to (or better than) the Trial version. The retail
version is not time restricted and will never expire. Details about
where and how to purchase this product can be found on the Ulead Web
site at http://www.webutilities.com


7. Technical support

For Trial version users, if you have any questions, we encourage you to
read the Ulead WebRazor pages on our web site. We offer no technical
support at this time for the Trial version of Ulead WebRazor for
Photoshop. If you discover a bug in the program, please send your report
to support@ulead.com.tw. Necessary changes will be made and our Web site
will be updated. We suggest you check our Web pages often.


8. Providing feedback and suggestions

Your comments and suggestions to improve our software are most welcome.
Please send them to webutilities@ulead.com.tw. Thank you in advance for
your time and support.


9. Distribution program

If you would like to distribute Ulead WebRazor for Photoshop or other
Ulead Web Utility products, please contact WUsales@ulead.com.tw.


Copyright 1998, Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Ulead is a registered trademark of Ulead Systems.  Adobe Photoshop is a
trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.  Some of the product names used are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are
used for identification purposes only.
