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 Index
Index /m
 Main help menu
 File_menu
 Enhancing_menu
 Shaping_menu
 Histogram_menu
 Colour_menu
 General
File_menu /m
 File help menu
 Copy
 Save
 Load
 Mask
 Drop
 Zoom
 Set-up
 Quit
Enhancing_menu /m
 Enhancing help menu
 Negative
 Contrast
 Smooth
 Sharpen
 Brighten
 Paint
Shaping_menu /m
 Shaping help menu
 Resize
 Mirror
 Flip
 Rotate
Histogram_menu /m
 Histogram help menu
 Hist-display
 Pick
Colour_menu /m
 Colour help menu
 Filter
 Colourify
 Greyify
General /m
 General help menu
 Sliders
 Directories
 Histogram
 Image-name
 Help
 Mouse
 Image-type
 Colour_image
 Greyscale
 Picked colour
 Memory
Help /w
 Help on Help

 Help can be accessed in two ways :

 Right click item (no '>' marker);

 Click in Help button;

 Navigate around help by selecting a
 new topic or menu by clicking in a
 See-Also button, or by selecting a
 new topic from a menu.

 Mouse
Memory /w
 Memory

 Picshare needs 500K of XMS or EMS,
 and 200K of DOS. Picshare will use
 the greater of EITHER XMS OR EMS.

 If an image is too large for current
 XMS/EMS memory, it goes to temporary
 storage, in the path specified by
 the TMP/TEMP environment variable.
 Use the DOS SET command to set eg

          set TMP=d:\temp

 General
Filter /w
 Apply photographic filter
 
 Adjusting the sliders, to set the
 filter and action when correct.

 Colour_image
Mouse /w
 Mouse

 Picstar supports any Microsoft
 compatible two button mouse.

 Press left button to action an item.

 Press right button on an '>' item
 for the parameter window for item,
 or for help if there is no '>'.

 General
Image-type /w
 Image types supported
 
 Picshare will load uncompressed
 TGA 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 bit files;
 TIFF 1, 4, 8, 24 bit files;
 BMP 1, 4, 8, 24 bit files;

 Picstar will save
 TIFF, TGA 8 bit files (greyscale);
 TGA, TIFF, BMP 24 bit files (clr).

 General
Greyscale /w
 Greyscale

 A greyscale image is one plane.

 The value of any pixel can range
 from zero (black) to 255 (white).

 If the greyscale plane is one plane
 of colour image, regard value 255
 as full colour, rather than white.

 Histogram Colour_image
Colour_image /w
 Colour

 A colour image is represented as
 three planes, Red, Green and Blue.

 General Greyscale
Picked colour /w
 Picked colour

 At any one time, there is a picked
 colour, and a picked greylevel.

 The colour is used if a colour image
 is current and the greylevel is used
 for greyscale images.

 Colour_image Pick
Histogram /w
 Histogram

 A colour image shows 3 plane
 histograms, and a greyscale
 image shows one.

 One histogram shows, for each pixel
 value from zero (black) to 255
 (white or full colour) the number
 of pixels in the image with that
 colour or greylevel value.

 Pick
Directories /w
 Directories

 Click on bar to action, off bar
 to move bar.

 Change up by clicking on PARENT.

 Right click to select for 
 multiple loads.

 Click in name box to edit name.

 Load Save
Save /w
 Save image

 If you do not set the save file type
 then an image from a file will have
 its original file type; else it will
 use the current save file type.

 Click in the file name to edit name.

 Load
Copy /w
 Create copy image

 Copies either the area under mask if
 active, or current image if not.

 Drop Mask Image
Drop /w
 Drop image

 Left click to drop current image.

 Right click to drop all images, or
 all except the current image.

 Once you have dropped an image you
 have created, it is gone forever !

 Copy Load
Set-up /w
 Set-up

 Choose any grey for the workboard
 from black (0) to white (15).

 Choose any inversion colour
 ("inverted" display of boxes etc).
 Try value 255 if in doubt.

 Choose dither off or on. Dithering
 is to compensate for the limited
 colours of screen and display card.

 Image Greyscale
Load /w
 Load image

 Left click on bar or in Load button
 to load the image under bar.

 Right click, or use the INS key, to
 select several images, and click the
 load button to load.

 Enter key loads file under cursor.

 Copy Save Directories
Zoom /w
 Change zoom value

 Means zooming out from workboard.

 Images will be halved in size for
 each value of zoom.

 Set-up
Colourify /w
 Convert image to colour

 Allows you to convert a greyscale
 image into a grey colour image.

 Greyify
Greyify /w
 Convert image to grey

 Allows you to convert a colour
 image into a greyscale image,
 all planes treated equally.

 Colourify
Quit /w
 Leave PicStar

 This takes you back to DOS.

 Save Image-name
Image-name /w
 Image name

 This is the name shown on the top
 of the screen. Its associated
 dimensions displayed adjacent.

 Save Image-type
Sliders /w
 Sliders

 Slider the cursor using the
 right mouse button.

 Mouse
Contrast /w
 Increase contrast of image

 The slider allows you to :
 Increase contrast (towards bright);
 Decrease contrast (towards flat).

 The slider value indicates the
 strength of the operation.

 Histogram Sliders
Smooth /w
 Smooth or blur image

 This smooths, defocuses or blurs an
 image. Any sharp points or edges are
 merged into one another.
 This is the opposite of the Sharpen.
  
 Sharpen
Negative /w
 Create negative of image

 All pixels are negatived :

 Black < - > White

 Red   < - > Cyan
 Green < - > Magenta
 Blue  < - > Yellow

 Contrast
Sharpen /w
 Sharpen or unblur image

 Emphasises the edges between areas
 of different colour or greylevel.
 Sharpen moves pixel values away from
 the average of surrounding pixels.

 Smooth
Brighten /w
 Brighten or darken image

 Brightens or darkens an image.

 Move the slider towards white to
 brighten the image, or towards
 black to darken the image.

 Contrast
Paint /w
 Paint image to a colour

 The Paint lets you wipe with black,
 white or the picked colour, using
 a variable sized wiper.

 The left button wipes. The right
 button sizes the wiper.

 Pick
Resize /w
 Change shape or size of image

 Move and/or size the frame.

 Left click in Resize to action.

 Copy Zoom
Mirror /w
 Mirror image left to right

 This does a left-right mirror
 operation on the image.

 Flip Rotate
Flip /w
 Flip from top to bottom

 This does a top-bottom mirror
 operation on the image.

 Mirror Rotate
Rotate /w
 Rotate image

 Choose a rotation of 90 degrees
 to the left or right.

 Flip Mirror
Hist-display /w
 Toggle histogram display

 A left click on this option will
 turn the histogramy on if off,
 or refresh the display if on.

 Right click to set default to off
 or on, and to change display format.

 Pick Colour_image
Pick /w
 Pick colour for editing

 Select pick, and click on a pixel in
 the current image. The pixel value
 and colour are displayed in the
 histogram display box.

 Colour_image Histogram
Paint /w
 Paint image to a colour

 The Paint lets you wipe with black, white or the
 picked colour, using a variable sized wiper. Choose
 spray and a strength if required.

 Use the right button to size the wiper, and use the
 left button to wipe.

 Use the Paint to clean areas, or to join edges ready
 for filling, or just to touch-up.


Mask /w
 Switch on or off the box mask

 Use box mask to copy a portion of
 image or to copy images together.

 Left click in the mask to move, or
 in the tag to size the mask.

 The mask will stay fixed within the
 board window until you move it.

 Copy
Register /w /ni
 Registered version

 When you register, we will send you
 a manual, and the registered version
 of the program.

 This has more items in the menus,
 more menus and extra features too.

 File Enhance Shape More
More /w /ni
 Registered version

 When you register, we will send you
 a manual, and the registered version
 of the program.

 This has more items in the menus,
 more menus and extra features too.

 Hist Colour Menus Extra
File /w /nc
 File menu additions in
           registered version

  Screen-save - You choose one of 3
     patterns, the timing, and the
     cancel method. You can also
     create images from the patterns.

  Images - Scroll a list of the
     images currently loaded (12 off)

 Register Extra
Enhance /w /nc
 Enhance menu additions in
          registered version

  Equalize - distribution of pixel
             values evenly over range
  Quantize - limit pixel values to
             few values (posterize)
  Spiff    - spread pixel values over
             whole value range
  Emboss   - create a bas-relief or
             embossed image
  Solarize - solarized/posterized image
             in grey or colour

 Register Extra
Shape /w /nc
 Shape menu additions in
          registered version

  Effects - several special effects :

  Twist       - spiral about centre
  Pinch       - in to centre
  Pin-cushion - image implode
  Fish-eye    - image explode
  Mosaic      - tiled effect

 Register Extra
Hist /w /nc
 Histogram menu additions in
         registered version

  Change - to let you manipulate
     the histogram for each colour
     plane interactively

 Register Extra
Colour /w /nc
 Colour menu additions in
         registered version

  Plane-mix - to let you move pixel
     values between colour planes

 Register Extra
Menus /w /nc
 Extra menus in the
          registered version

               Draw menu

  Edge     - drawing from image
  Border   - place image in a border
  Draw     - lines on image

             Imprint menu

  Register - images above each other
  Stamp    - one image onto another 

 Register Extra
Extra /w
 Extra facilities in
 the registered version

 The registered version
 allows you to load up to
 12 images at one time.

 Register Menus
Dummy entry to let last entry be chosen.
