******* ART Streamer Ver3.3E ReadMe Information *******

This software is a shareware. You may try out ART Streamer for free only
 for a limited period of 4 weeks with the sole purpose of determining 
whether this software suits your needs. To continue using this software 
beyond the period after confirming its operation and function, an 
appropriate license fee must be paid for this author (ONLY US$29/ ONE 
LICENSE).

For more information about registering ART Streamer, please read 
through "User Registration" and "Remittance and Registration Procedure" 
in Help file.

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Contents of This ReadMe

	[Overview of Features]
	[System Requirements]
	[Installation]
	[Uninstallation]
	[Test Environment]
	[Copyright Notice]
	[Copyright Indication for Relevant Software ART Streamer Uses]
	[Feedback and Problem Report]
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[Overview of Features]

ART Streamer is an application software which can deal with several tens
 of image formats and permits as a whole conversion, correction, and 
processing of image formats as well as an auto-generation of HTML.

ART Streamer can deal with more than 50 types of image formats, permits 
interconversions among these formats, as well as bulk-processing of a 
great number of images. There are provided not only format conversions, 
but image corrections and processing options in quantity similar to 
retouch software. Such complex flow of image modification can be 
conducted as a whole for a plurality of images. Because these processing
- and modification flows can be saved as establishment files, you can 
reuse them.

The function of generating Thumbnail-HTML is also so good that it may 
readily auto-generate nearly all styles of HTML which are now published 
worldwide using many options such as insertion of your own HTML 
including  Logo or Anchor-to-HTML, file-size auto-insertion to titles 
specification of table-border.

You can use this software as a retouch software, not to mention a batch-
processing tool. Additionally, employing the functions of image-file 
extract filters and the rapid cyclic peruse as well as Thumbnail 
interfaces would give you the leading functions as an image viewer.

Exemplary Applications

	* Correcting as a whole characteristic images transduced from 
	scanners and digital cameras.
	
	* Generating as a whole a great number of thumbnails and reducing 
	colors of images.
	
	* Compressing as a whole great sized images such as Photo CD into 
	JPEG.
	
	* Pasting copyrights and Logo images onto images.
	
	* Extracting arbitrary frames such as AVI, animation and GIF, and 
	partitioning as a whole all the frames.
	
	* Converting multipage formats such as TIFF, GIF, PCX, AVI into the 
	other multipages.
	
	* Image-modifying all the pages of a multipage image.
	
	* Partitioning as a whole multipage formats into individual image 
	pages.
	
	* Auto-generating thumbnails and Slideshow HTML corresponding to 
	frames.
	
	* Auto-trimming white- or black bordering of, for example, photos, 
	and size-specified trimming.
	
	* Attaching Album-HTML as indexes of images transferred to your 
	friends.


[System Requirements]

	* IBM PC or Compatibles.
	* Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0/5.0.
	* Video Card that permits displaying 32,768(Highcolor) or more.
	* Free space of 20 MB or more on hard disc.
	* At least a 486 processor (Pentium recommended, JPEG is optimized 
	for MMX).
	* 16MB of RAM minimum, 32MB of RAM recommended.


[Installation]

In short, you simply run "Setup.exe". To succeed your installation you 
have to make sure

	* you are logged on as a user with "Administrator" privileges for 
	  Windows NT if any.
	
	* the following four files are within the same folder:
	
		Setup.exe, ast33e.rar, ast33e.r00, UnRAR.exe


[Uninstallation]

You can uninstall by double-clicking "Add/Remove Programs" in Control 
Panel, selecting "ART Streamer (English)" from the list, and then 
pushing "Add/Remove..." button. The uninstallation program will guide 
you to remove it.


[Test Environment]

I have tested ART Streamer on following environment:

	Windows 95(US), Windows 98(US), Window NT 4.0(Japanese), 
	Windows NT4.0(US), Windows NT5.0(US Beta2)
	
    ASUS P2L97-DS + MGA Millennium
    AOPEN AX6BC + Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT
    ASUS P/I-P55TP4XE + Canopus Power Window T64V/4MC


[Copyright Notice]

The copyright of what is illustrated here, for instance, the present  
application (ArtExplorer.exe and ArtConverter.exe), Help files 
(ArtExplorer.hlp and ArtExplorer.hlp), icons and such other than what is
 provided by Windows standard shall belong to Kazunari Nagahashi, the 
author of the present application.

This application is free to distribute (if you distribute to the public 
through networks, magazines and the like expect for a person in 
particular, please e-mail me in advance), provided that such 
distribution shall not be approved if you have this original compressed 
package anyhow modified as part of the set of original files. In 
addition, those who have received such distribution should read through 
"User Registration" thereof. Neither shall you distribute this 
application together with the user registration data such as the 
registration ID.

The bundling is also available with magazines, albums, material 
collection, software, hardware and others. For more information, please 
contact me: SGW03600@nifty.ne.jp


[Copyright Indication for Relevant Software ART Streamer Uses]

The copyright indications for the following software distributed 
concurrently with this application is "Copyright(c)1994-99 Microsoft 
Corporation.":msvcrt.dll,mfc42.dll,msvcrt.dll,olepro32.dll,and lieaut32.
dll.

The copyright of WinRAR used for compressing this application used for 
its distribution kit shall belong to Eugene Roshal.

The copyright of "Sample02.jpg" and "Sample03.jpg" attached hereto as 
sample images shall belong to Akio Torigoe, the landscape photographer. 
Because many other beautiful photos are displayed there, I would really 
like you to visit the Website at:  http://www.tory.com/

[Feedback and Problem Report]

If you have any problems installing ART Streamer, you can send your 
questions to <SGW03600@nifty.ne.jp>.

To submit a problem report, go to the Help menu and choose {Create 
Problem Report...} .


Thank you,
 
Kazunari Nagahashi
SGW03600@nifty.ne.jp
http://member.nifty.ne.jp/Kazunari/
