           R-PhotoOrganizer version 1.0 beta2
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  1. The purpose of the program.
  2. How to install the program.
  3. The status of the program.
  4. The distribution status of the program.
  5. How to contact the author in the event of questions or problems.

     The purpose of the program
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  Like Thumb Plus, PIE, and PhotoAlbum - R-PhotoOrganizer is a tool to
  organize digital pictures taken by digital cameras such vendors, as
  Nikon, Canon, Olympus, and other.
  The feature set includes:
    - Show specific information about shot added by Digital Cameras. 
    - Show original thumbnails prepared by camera and full images. 
    - Loss-less image transformation, like rotation, mirroring, and other. 
    - Manipulation with digital camera specific information. 
    - Image renaming, including customizable rename mask + topic. 
    - Creation image collections. 
    - Creation HTML pages for image presentation. 
    - Storing collections to CD and database.
    - Complete web publishing.
  This program also offers some unique features, like extracting a camera
  specific information and then restore it in an image, if this information
  was lost as result of editing of the image.
  R-PhotoOrganizer is 100% Java application, so you can virtually run it on
  any computer, on any OS.

     How to install the program
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  This version is distributed as a ZIP file. Unzip this file somewhere on your
  hard disk. If you don't have preinstalled Java VM on you computer, then you
  have to do that. In depending on your OS, you can download Sun's JRE1.1.6 or
  newer from http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/jre/index.html.

  If you use Windows, then a better choice will be Microsoft's VM already
  preinstalled on your computer. However, check http://www.microsoft.com/java/
  for the best results.

  You also need have installed JFC (Swing 1.1). You need version 1.1 beta 3 or
  newer. Check http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/download.html for the latest
  one. If you use Java2, you don't need to download and install JFC.

  Now, you're ready to launch the R-PhotoOrganizer. Since, the current version
  doesn't include installation software, you have to modify a batch file
  (provided only, for Windows platforms), specifying a correct path to
  system class libraries and JFC.

    The status of the program
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  This program is Freeware, however adding photo stitching capabilities could
  move it to Shareware. Notice, that the author provide full source code.

    The distribution status of the program
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  R-PhotoOrganizer is freely distributable software.

    How to contact the author in the event of questions or problems
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  Feel free to contact the author of R-PhotoOrganizer, if you have any
  questions, suggestions, and bug reports. Use e-mail: "dima@flash.net".
  Visit also web site, http://www.flash.net/~dima, for obtaining
  the latest information.
