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	MEDIATHUMB    (C)  Copyright 1999 Bernard Deveza
	Version 1.5 
	1 June 99

	Web site: http://members.aol.com/bdeveza/
	E-mail  : bdeveza@aol.com
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	CONTENT
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	1. Program description
	2. System Requirements
	3. Installation or updating a previous version.
	4. Localization 
	5. License
	A. Technical support
	B. Features list



	1. Program description
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	MediaThumb is a media browser and a graphics viewer, file manager for images,
	sounds, video.
	It make thumbnails of your image files and has many features
	to make easy your life:
	image file search, file conversion, image manipulation,
	Batch converter, renamer, keywords, categories, printing utility, drag & drop 	between 	applications, catalog of your cdrom images etc.
	MediaThumb supports many image formats available on Windows.
	Mediathumb is multilingual English, French, Italian, Spanish.

	For a list of features, see at the end of this document.

	Full Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT compatibility

	2. System Requirements
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	To run MediaThumb, you need Windows 95/98 or Windows NT. A minimium 
	100MHz Pentium CPU is recommended.
  

	3. Installation
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	Simply Run the install program and run MediaThumb.exe.

	If you are updating a previous version of MediaThumb,
	Simply, Run the install program and choose the same directory where 
	the previous version was installed.
	The older version will be overwrited by the new version.

	Note: If you received MediaThumb on a magazine CD or from some 
	software library, please visit the MediaThumb home page at 
	http://members.aol.com/bdeveza/, 
	to ensure you have the newest version.


	4. Localization
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	This program is "international" and currently supports 4 
	languages (could be selected in the Options menu). 
	Now available: English, French, Italian, Spanish.	
	If you can help us to implement support for other languages,
	please drop us a line - you'll get a free Personal registration!
	and % from sales. 
	
	5. License
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	MediaThumb is shareware. This means:

	- All copyrights to MediaThumb are exclusively owned by the author - 
	  Bernard Deveza.
	- Anyone may use this software during a test period of 30 days. 
	  Following this test period of 30 days, if you wish to continue 
	  to use MediaThumb, you MUST register.
	- Once registered, the user is granted a non-exclusive license to 
	  use MediaThumb on one computer
  	  (i.e. a single CPU) at a time, for any legal purpose. The 
          registered MediaThumb software may not be rented or leased, but may 
	  be permanently transferred, if the person receiving it agrees to 
	  the terms of this license. If the software is an update, the 
      	  transfer must include the update and all previous versions. 
	- The MediaThumb unregistered shareware version may be freely distributed, 
	  provided the distribution package is not modified. No person or 
          company may charge a fee for the distribution of MediaThumb without 
          written permission from the copyright holder. 
	- MediaThumb IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED 
 	  OR IMPLIED. YOU USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR WILL 
	  NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER 
	  KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
	- You may not use, copy, emulate, clone, rent, lease, sell, modify, 
	  decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the 
	  licensed program, or any subset of the licensed program, except as 
	  provided for in this agreement. Any such unauthorised use shall 
	  result in immediate and automatic termination of this license and 
	  may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution. All rights not 
	  expressly granted here are reserved by Bernard Deveza.
	- Installing and using MediaThumb signifies acceptance of the terms and 
	  conditions of this license.
  	  If you do not agree with the terms of this license you must remove 
	  MediaThumb files from your storage devices and cease to use the product.

	A. Technical support
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	Technical support is available by e-mail addressed to Bernard Deveza 
	at:

	bdeveza@aol.com
	I will try to reply to all messages but only registered users can expect 
	a quick answer. 
        
	Please include the following information when requesting support:

	- program version (from "About" dialog)
	- registred name (if you're a registered user)
	- where did you get MediaThumb from (http or ftp site). 
	- Windows 95/98/NT version
	- full description of your problem - provide as much information 
	  as possible to allow duplication of the problem: place of error, 
	  sequence of your actions, etc.
	- files causing problems may be submitted in one of two ways:
	  * by e-mail attachment, but only if less than 1MB in size
	  * by URL
  	  all files must be compressed in .zip format.

	Note: before requesting technical support, please ensure that you 
	are using the latest version of MediaThumb available from 
	
	http://members.aol.com/bdeveza/
	 
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B. Features :
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The main interface is divided into 5 resizeable panels.

-1	Thumbnails panel 
-2	Explorer panel 
-3	Directories list panel 
-4	Image info panel  (categories, keywords, description)
-5	view real size image panel

All operations can be made with the mouse.


- The thumbnails can be resized dynamically with a slider.

- You can move, copy, delete, rename images.

- Drag & drop between applications : You can work with your preferred image editor by double clicking the 
  thumbnail(s) or by dragging the thumbnail(s) directly into your editor.

- Each image can have up to four categories, up to ten keywords and a description.
  With that you can easily organize your images.

- Powerful search : You can search images with the following criteria :
  Name, file types, categories, keywords, file size, file date, file time, image height, image width, color depth.

- Renaming image(s) : You can rename one or many images at once, very useful when you have a digital camera 
  or a scanner and names like "kif000032.jpg, kif000033.jpg, kif000034.jpg".

- Quick' retouch : This powerful tool allows complex image manipulations thru simple clicks.
  For each filter combination the function calculate eight images differently modified. You just have to choose 
  your preferred image.

- Batch function :
  In only one operation, you can :

	- Convert the file type.
	- Change the color depth.
	- Resize  by resampling. 
	- Apply filters : Luminosity, RGB, Sharpen etc.
	- Apply complex filters with Quick' retouch.


- Scan : You can scan a directory, a group of directories, hard drives, cdroms...

- Cataloging Cdroms disks and removable disks.
  This is very useful when you work with Cd-roms because you can always see the thumbnails
  even if the cdrom is not in the unit. With the cdrom's name, you'll see where
  images are stored. Of course, you can assign categories, keywords etc. and make
  searches on these images.


- The program allows to manage :
 
	Hard disks,
	Removable disks,
	Cdroms,
	Network Disks.
	You can change your configuration as you want.

The program can manage different letters for the same disk. 
	No problem if you have three drives one day and ten another day.
	No problem if the same disk is "E\" or "H:\" depending of your configuration.


- Print and preview

- Work with the file explorer of Mediathumb to manage files operations. You can move,   copy, delete, folders, 
  etc.

- Thumbnails directories list : For quick access, at the bottom left you have the directories containing images.


Images Manipulation

- Acquiring : Acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras etc.
- Capture : You can capture image screen, image window and edit the captured image.
- Changing the color depth,
- Resampling images.
- Resizing images
- Add nice borders to images
- Image fusion, this function allows to merge two images to make a new image.
- Incrustation.
- Multiples filters...

- MediaThumb supports many image formats available on Windows :
'*.bmp;*.dib;*.gif;*.jif;*.jpeg;*.jpg;*.pbm;*.pcx;*.pgm;*.png;*.ppm;*.tif;*.tga;*.wmf;*.emf;*.ico;*.pcd';

- Multimedia :

The multimedia viewer allows to work with sounds, midi files, audio cds  and videos.
You have a useful playlist allowing to play a list of files.

