         Product Name: Multimedia Manager
              Version: 2.0d
                   OS: Windows 95 / NT 4.0
                 Type: Shareware
          Description: An all in one multimedia software to view, play and
                       manage your multimedia files in style
                Price: US $25
     Registration URL: http://www.tropicalwares.com/register.html

               Author: Edy Budiman
               E-mail: edy@tropicalwares.com
             Web site: http://www.tropicalwares.com
   Anonymous FTP site: ftp.tropicalwares.com


Hi! Thanks for downloading Multimedia Manager.
This file contains information regarding this archive. You can also find
more complete and detail information in the supplied help file.

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INSTALLATION
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- If you receive this package as a ZIP file, unzip it using PKZIP or WinZIP
  and run the setup program (SETUP.EXE)
- If you receive this package as a self-extracting EXE file (created with
  WinZIP Self-Extractor), just run the EXE file.


FEATURES
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- Powerful graphics viewer 
  Supported formats: BMP, JPG, GIF (including animated GIF), TIF, TGA, PNG,
  PCX, WMF, PCD, and ICO.
  Fast image decoding, best image quality, and support image dithering for true
  color image in 16  or 256 color resolution.
  You can stretch, tile, flip, rotate or zoom image with some mouse clicks.
  Since version 1.3a, you may print or scan image as well.

- Built-in audio and video player
  Supported  formats: MID, WAV, RMI, AVI, MOV, MPG and DAT.
  MOV, MPG and DAT file require properly installed MCI drivers to play.

- Support cursor file (ANI and CUR)

- User friendly interface that help you to manage files easily
  It is designed to be easy to use for novice users and also to be efficient
  and flexible for experienced users.

- Clipboard support to copy image to clipboard or paste image from clipboard

- Can convert images to BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIF, and TGA
  Save resolution: monochrome, 16 color, 256 color, true color, or JPEG grayscale.
  Supported TIFF compression method: CCITT, FAXCCITT3, FAXCCITT4, LZW or PACKBITS.
  Support JPEG smoothing and interlaced PNG.

- Advanced slide show feature
  You can choose to run slide show whether in manual or automatic mode.
  Also you may display pictures in random order.

- Support to configure desktop wallpaper 
  And moreover you can use any graphics file supported by Multimedia Manager
  as desktop wallpaper. Multimedia Manager will handle the conversion problem for you.

- Full DDE support
  You can associate image and audio file types (BMP, JPG, GIF, PCX, MID, etc)
  with Multimedia Manager. Then, you can see these new items in the shell
  context menu:
    "Display", "Edit Image" and "Print Image" (for image files)
    "Play" (for audio files)
  Select "Display" to open the image 
  Select "Edit Image" to edit current image
  Select "Print Image" to edit current image
  Select "Play" to play the file 

- Easy installation and uninstallation

- and other useful and handy features...


Plus these powerful features:
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- Special effects and filters to manipulate image (bleed, blur, border fade,
  blur, dark, curl page, engrave, gamma correction, halftone, jiggle, mosaic,
  oil paint, polar, spray, wave, and much more...)

- Allow resizing multiple images at once (ideal for creating thumbnails
  for web page)

- Cool and versatile toolbar to manipulate image quickly (tile, zoom, etc) (** NEW **)
  The toolbar is dockable and floatable (hard to believe until you try it!)

- Built-in ZIP compressor/decompressor/viewer (** NEW **)
  Since version 2.0, Multimedia Manager's incorporated full ZIP support into its
  powerful features. You can compress files to ZIP, extract ZIP files and view
  ZIP files as well. All compression settings (speed, method, spanning, zip comments,
  password, etc) are fully configurable. 

- Built-in text/binary file viewer (** NEW **)

- Email support (** NEW **)
  You can send your multimedia files as email attachments directly using
  Simple Messaging API (MAPI).

- Powerful files management capability
  Combined with list box feature and drag'n drop support, Multimedia Manager is 
  a powerful and reliable file manager to manage your files. Moreover, you may 
  select files with filters to select multiple files at once.

- List box to ease you managing files
  With this unique feature, you can select files from many directories and
  then you can copy or move those files at once.

- You can create collection of favorite files

- Drag and drop support
  You can drag and drop files FROM Multimedia Manager TO Explorer,
  or vice versa! 

- Auto skip feature
  With this feature you can view an image file and quickly load the
  next/previous image file in the current directory skipping other files
  with different type. Very handy.

- Explorer support
  You can run Explorer to explore any folder by right clicking the folder and
  select Explore Folder. Very easy.

- Bookmark feature to mark your most used directories


DISTRIBUTION
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You can distributed the evaluation/unregistered version of Multimedia Manager
freely. You may give it to your friends, clients, or anyone that you think
might be interested. No additional fee is required.
Please inform me if you want to distribute it on a CD-ROM or other media,
just to make sure you are including the latest version. And please keep the
archive unaltered and in its original state. If you want to distribute it in
a different archive format like ARJ, LHA, RAR, or any other compression
formats, you may contact me first for confirmation and support.

If you want to post a little review on newsgroup, magazine, TV, etc, and you
need more references, you can find them on these URLs:
http://www.tropicalwares.com/mmanager.html
http://www.hotfiles.com/?000OSQ

Contact me if you need more detail information. 


REGISTRATION
------------

Multimedia Manager is released as shareware. It means you can try it for
a while (a week or a month) and if you find it useful and want to keep it,
please be fair and register it. Since you will get a lot of benefits from
registering, you can be sure that your registration will really pay
(see "Registration Benefits" below).

The registration cost is just US$ 25 (single license). Site and educational
licenses are also available. Your registration is valid for ALL future
versions of Multimedia Manager. 

The fastest and easiest way to register is by using my online registration
page at: http://www.tropicalwares.com/register.html
You can register online with your credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover),
or by phone, fax, or e-mail.


Registration Benefits
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* FREE minor and major upgrades for lifetime
* Your name will be displayed in the About box forever
* You can convert and save as many images as you want to all formats
  supported by Multimedia Manager
* You can also edit and save any image you want as well
* You can compress and add files to ZIP
* Announcement for new version or updates (via e-mail)
* And, a good feeling that you are honest


HISTORY OF MULTIMEDIA MANAGER
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See "WHATSNEW.TXT"


