IMAGES CONTROL
The multi-purpose image management system.


FEATURES
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* Stores images/documents in electronic albums/folders.
* Attaches annotation to images/documents.
* Imports images from TWAIN scanners, digital cameras, etc.
* Performs slide shows with background music, transitional effects.
* Slide show invokable from the Windows' Screen Saver.
* Prints hardcopy of images to any Windows-supported printer.
* Acts as a grayscale or color photocopier.


INTRODUCTION
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Images Control provides indexed and searchable storage structures to 
help you organize all of your electronic and paper-based data.

The software lets you automatically file, intelligently organize, 
visually locate, and instantly retrieve all your pictures or documents 
on-line.  Images Control sorts, categorizes your images (family 
pictures,  documents, etc.) into groups called "albums" or "folders" 
for fast  retrieval.  Images added to these albums are shrunk to small 
thumbnail  sizes, indexed, and stored as a single file on your hard disk.

The thumbnail images stored in the album files are not the actual of the 
images.  These album files (.ALB) only store the scale-down version of 
these images.  The actual path/file name of the images, their image 
properties, and any text associated with them are stored in another 
database.  This database uses the Microsoft Access Jet engine 2.0 and 
has the same file name with the album file with the extension .MDB.

Photo albums created by Images Control can be used in slideshow screen 
savers.	From the Windows Control panel, simply choose Images Control as
your screen saver and select your favorite album for the slideshow.

In addition to the above functions, Images Control is also a powerful 
image processing tools able to satisfy the needs of both inexperienced 
and advanced users.  Images Control image processing functions were
written using the leading LEADTOOLS image processing toolkit. Besides
the opportunity of managing a  number of different image formats,
including the industry standard JPEG, PNG, PhotoShop PSD, TIFF, WinFAX,
and Kodak PhotoCD, Images Control also offers a wide choice of advanced
processing tools. The software supports any kind of image format up to
24 bpp full color images, 8 bpp grayscale, 256 colors.  Images Control
can perform: Crop, Flip, Mirror, Rotate, Shear, Resize, Posterize,
Mosaic, Average, Median, Sharpen, Add noise, Emboss, Underlay Edge
enhance, Gradian edge enhance, Laplacian edge enhance, Sobel filter,
Prewitt filter, Shift and difference filter, Line segment filter,
Binary filters, Erosion filter, Dilation filter, Invert, Brightness,
Contrast, Histogram contrast, Hue, Saturation, Histogram equalize,
Stretch intensity, Gamma correctIntensity detect, Flood Fill, and
Colors Separation

Images Control consists of 5 main functions:

1) Image Browser that's capable of viewing more than 35 image formats.
2) Creates & displays photo albums.
3) Creates custom screen savers using your favorite photos.
4) Performs image format conversion & Image processing/enhancement.
5) Imports images from TWAIN scanners, digital cameras, frame grabbers, etc.


HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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Hardware Requirements:
* Windows-based PCs (386 or better).
* Standard VGA (or Windows-accelerated card).
* A mouse or trackball.
* TWAIN-compliant scanners or digital cameras (optional).
* Windows supported-printers (optional).
* Sound blaster card or compatible (optional).

Software Requirements:
* Microsoft Windows 3.1/3.11/95/NT workstation.
 
Images Control was designed and tested under Microsoft Windows 3.1 on
an ISA 486DX33-based computer with 8 MB of RAM, a mouse/trackball, and
a 1MB ISA Diamond Stealth 24 graphic board under the following video
modes: 640x480x16,640x480x256, 640x480x65536, 800x600x256,
800x600x65536, 1024x768x16, and 1024x768x256.

Images Control was also tested under Windows 95 on a 100 MHz PCI
Pentium-based computer with 16 MB of RAM, a 150mhz PCI Pentium-based
computer with 32 MB of RAM, and a 2 MB PCI Diamond Stealth VRAM
(S3-968.) under the above resolutions and color depths.

Images Control has not been tested in other environments because I do
not have all the time and resources in this rapidly changing computer
world.


SCANNING SERVICE
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For those of you who don't have access to a scanner, I offer to scan 
all your photos for $2 a piece plus S&H.  You mail me your pictures and 
choose the format (I recommend JPEG for picture quality and compression 
ratio,) I'll mail you back the scanned images on 3.5" disks.


SUPPORTED IMAGE FILE FORMATS
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Images Control was developed using LEAD Technologies LEADTOOLS VBX 
Professional.  Below is the list of image file formats which Images 
Control supports:

AVI	Microsoft Audio/Video Interleave (only in slide show playback).

LEAD.   This is the LEAD CMP compressed format for grayscale and color 
	images.

JFIF.   This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with full color spacing 
	(YUV 4:4:4).

LEAD1JFIF.              
	This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:1:1 color 
	spacing, to produce a smaller JFIF file.      

LEAD2JFIF.              
	This is a JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:2:2 color 
	spacing, to produce the smallest JFIF file.

JTIF.   This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with full color spacing 
	(YUV 4:4:4).

LEAD1JTIF.              
	This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with YUV 4:1:1 color 
	spacing, to produce a smaller JTIF file.

LEAD2JTIF.              
	This is a JPEG Tagged Interchange Format with YUV 4:2:2 color 
	spacing, to produce the smallest JTIF file.

TIFF.   This is a tag-based file format designed to promote universal 
	interchanges of digital image data. Because TIFF files do not 
	have a single way to store image data, there are many versions 
	of TIFF. Images Control supports the most common TIFF formats.

MPT.    This is a multipage TIFF format that enables a file to contain 
	more than one image. It is handled the same as a regular TIFF 
	file, except for the multipage feature.

TIFF LZW.               
	These files use the Tagged Image File Format with LZW compression.

TIFF CCITT.             
	These are compressed TIFF files that are commonly used for FAX 
	transmission and document imaging.

TIFF CCITT Group 3.     
	These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced 
	and more compressed than TIFF CCITT. Images Control supports 
	both 1-dimension and 2-dimension variations of this format.

TIFF CCITT Group 4.     
	These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced 
	and more compressed than TIFF CCITT Group 3.

IOCA (ICA).             
	This is the Image Object Content Architecture developed by IBM. 
	Images Control supports these files in an MO:DCA wrapper with 
	embedded 1-bit CCITT Group 3 or Group 4 images.

WinFax Group 3.         
	This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 3 support.

WinFax Group 4.         
	This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 4 support.

FAX Group 3.            
	This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 3 support. 
	Images Control supports both 1-dimension and 2-dimension 
	variations of this format.

FAX Group 4.            
	This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 4 support.

Truevision TGA (TARGA). 
	This is a file format created by Truevision Inc. Images Control 
	supports all uncompressed and RLE compressed TGA file formats.

PNG (Portable Network Graphics). 
	This is a replacement for the GIF format. It is a full-featured 
	(non-LZW) compressed format intended for widespread use without 
	legal restraints.

Photoshop 3.0 (PSD). 
	This is the format produced by the Adobe Photoshop graphics 
	editor.

Windows Bitmap (BMP). 
	This is a file format created by Microsoft. Some BMP images are 
	compressed with an RLE type compression.

Windows Metafile (WMF). 
	These files are not bitmap based images. A Windows metafile 
	consists of a collection of device independent functions that 
	represents an image. When a program loads a metafile, these 
	functions are executed to obtain the image.

PCX.    This is a file format created by ZSoft. This format compresses 
	its image data with the RLE type compression.

DCX.    This is a multipage PCX format that enables a file to contain 
	more than one image. It is handled the same as a regular PCX 
	file, except for the multipage feature.

PostScript Raster (Encapsulated PostScript). 
	These files are used primarily on PostScript printers. These 
	printers usually offer more variety of fonts and higher 
	resolution than standard laser printers. EPS files will work on 
	any PostScript compatible printer and any end user application 
	that supports placement of EPS files in its work space.

OS/2 Bitmap (OS/2 BMP). 
	These are files created on an OS/2 operating system. Images 
	Control supports both 1.x and 2.x formats.

CALS Raster. 
	These are 1-bit CCITT Group 4 CALS raster files. CALS is a U.S. 
	government standard.

MacPaint (MAC). 
	These Macintosh Paint files are commonly used for monochrome 
	clip art.

GEM Image (IMG). 
	These files are native to the Graphical Environment Manager 
	developed by Digital Research.

Microsoft Paint (MSP). 
	These files from early versions of Windows are used for black-
	and-white drawings and clip art.

WordPerfect (WPG). 
	These are WordPerfect raster files. 

SUN Raster (RAS). 
	These files are native to Sun UNIX platforms.

Macintosh Pict (PCT). 
	These files, produced using Macintosh QuickDraw, are used in 
	desktop publishing and imaging applications.

LEAD 1BIT. 
	These are 1-bit LEAD compressed files.

PCD.    
	These are Kodak PhotoCD files. These read-only files can 
	contain multiple resolutions. You can specify which of the 
	resolutions to read.

NOTE: Because of the battle between Unisys and many software 
developers over the GIF format royalty fees, Images Control will not 
support GIF. Instead, Images Control supports a new rising star that's 
supposed to be a much better replacement for GIF called PNG (Portable 
Network Graphics). CompuServe has adopted PNG and has been shifting 
their support for GIF to PNG.


REGISTRATION
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The registration fee is $25 for the photo album & image enhancement/
processing modules.  Optional scanner input is available for an 
additional $14.  As of this writing, I only accept money orders, 
cashiers checks, bank checks, or personal checks.  Please fill in the 
registration form in the REGISTER.TXT file and mail it along with your 
payment to:

	Chris Doan
	4891 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #401
	San Diego,  CA 92117

For my bookkeeping purposes, please refrain from sending cash.  But if 
you must send cash, please also include a written order so I can keep 
track of my users.

For quick activation, registered users will receive a temporary license 
file through internet e-mail (uuencoded.)  The license file will 
recognize you as a registered user and allow you full access to all 
Images Control features.  Your permanent license file registered in 
your name (or your company name) and the latest version of Images 
Control will be in the mail the next business day.

Those of you have access to CompuServe, you can register Images Control 
on line directly with CompuServe and receive the registered version 
within 24 hours.  My CompuServe Author Registration ID is 7437.  Images 
Control file name is IMAGECTL.ZIP.

International users may transfer $US 25 (or $39 including the TWAIN 
module) directly to my Bank of America account.  There will be an 
additional processing fee of $10 because that's how much BoA charges 
my account for Money Transfer Service.  You will have to contact me 
by e-mail to obtain my account number for this type of payment.

A site license is required by a corporation, company, educational 
institution, or governmental agency for use of Images Control software 
on the total number of computers that will use the software.

Thank you for your interest in Images Control.

Chris Doan
doanc@netcom.com
102425.1613@compuserve.com
San Diego,  California
April 1996
