Readme.txt

Family Photo Album 1.0 - Evaluation Version (Build 103)
copyright 1998 VirSys Software LLC


OVERVIEW:
VirSys Software's Family Photo Album is actually a carefully integrated set of three of the 
most important tools for organizing, enhancing, and personalizing digital images.  Family Photo
Album can work with images imported from digital cameras, scanners, or digital photo processing 
services.  Because Family Photo Album was designed specifically to excel at creating sophisticated
digital photo albums, it can even function as a complement to other image processing software.


RELEASE NOTES:
This file accompanies the evaluation version of this product.  The evaluation version
is intended to provide the end user a chance to "test-drive" the product for a fixed amount
of time, during which the user may purchase the full release version.  This evaluation copy
will expire 40 days after first use.  The evaluation version is freely distributable as 
long as ALL files, including this one, are distributed unaltered and in their entirety.

To order the fully functional release version, see http://www.virsysoft.com/fpa, 
or contact us by email at info@virsysoft.com.


INSTALLATION:
The FPAlbum1.exe file included with this readme is a self-extracting archive
that will handle installation completely.  Should you have any questions, 
check our support website at http://www.virsysoft.com/fpa/support.html.
You can also contact us via email at support@virsysoft.com.

Although there is an online, context sensitive help system, a users manual (manual.doc)
has also been provided in the installation directory where family photo album was installed.
This manual is in Microsoft Word format.

Also, in order to allow those new to digital image processing an easier start, a
few sample digital photos are installed by default in the ./photos subdirectory of 
wherever Family Photo Album is installed.


REQUIREMENTS:
The system requirements for Family Photo Album are as follows:
* Pentium 90 or better (for reasonable performance)
* at least 16MB or RAM
* at least 20MB of available disk space
* 640 x 480 color monitor with at least 32k colors available 
  (1024 x 768 or better, with 16.7M colors (24-bit) is recommended for best viewing)
* Windows 95, Window 98, or NT 4.0

The family photo album product is currently intended to handle a limited number of image 
formats.  The number of file formats supported will quickly grow in the future, but is currently 
limited to:

* Bitmap (*.BMP) - Greyscale, 8-bit, and 24-bit color formats are currently supported.  
   Note: references to 8-bit and 24-bit color  .BMPs are not to be confused with the display
   adapter settings.
* Jpeg (*.JPG) - Normal compressed jpeg is supported.  (Multi-scan and other interleaved 
   formats are not supported.  



