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  *  Imagecopy 3 - Atari ST Review Demo version                             *
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  *  Copyright (c) 1994 Jeremy Hughes and FaST Club                         *
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  *  This is a demo version of Imagecopy 3 which was produced for Atari     *
  *  ST Review. It may not be modified in any way. The demo version is      *
  *  identical with the full version of Imagecopy 3, except that images     *
  *  are overwritten with a program message when they are displayed or      *
  *  printed or saved, and there is no accessory version.                   *
  *                                                                         *
  *  Jeremy Hughes, 28th June 1994                                          *
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  Imagecopy 3 - the essential image utility
  -----------------------------------------

  Imagecopy 3 is a multi-purpose image utility which can be used to perform 
  the following tasks:

  *  Copy images from screen in any ST/TT/Falcon video mode.

  *  Display images and slide shows in any ST/TT/Falcon video mode.

  *  Print images and screen dumps in black and white or colour on a wide 
     range of printers: 9-pin, 24-pin, Bubblejet, Deskjet, and Laserjet.

  *  Catalogue images with up to 60 or more images on a single page.
  
  *  Create halftone images to use with other programs (wordprocessors etc.)
  
  *  Convert images between different formats or to different colour types 
     (e.g. true-colour to 256-colour).

  Imagecopy 3 supports an extensive range of image formats. It can read and 
  write: DEGAS, GIF, IFF, IMG, JFIF (JPEG), PC Paintbrush (PCX), Prism 
  Paint, RSC free image, Targa, TIFF, True Paint, and Windows Bitmap. Other 
  read-only formats include: Art Director, Calamus Raster Graphic, DR 
  Doodle, Macpaint, Neochrome, OS/2 Bitmap, Pictor, Pixart, Portable Bitmap, 
  Spectrum, and Tiny. IFF support includes standard IFF, Amiga HAM, PC 
  Deluxe Paint, and ST Deluxe Paint. IMG support includes Hyperpaint IMG, 
  Flair Paint IMG, Ventura Publisher IMG, and XIMG.

  Other features include a batch processing facility (convert or print 
  batches of images), and a user-friendly GEM interface. Colour images may 
  be printed in monochrome (with halftones) and in colour. If you don't 
  have a colour printer, Imagecopy can produce colour separations which may 
  be superimposed to produce full-colour printouts on monochrome printers. 
  Easy-to-use colour controls allow you to enhance the quality of colour 
  printouts.

  The full version of Imagecopy 3 is supplied as a desk accessory and as a 
  stand-alone program, and is accompanied by a detailed 93-page manual, 
  which includes a tutorial section. (The demo version is only available in 
  stand-alone form.)


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  *  FaST Club                                                              *
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  *  Nottingham NG2 7PP                                                     *
  *  England                 Tel. 0602 455250                               *
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  Using the demo version
  ----------------------

  The demo version of Imagecopy is nearly identical with the full version, 
  except that images are overwritten with a program message when they are 
  dislayed, printed, or saved. Printed images are also overwritten with a 
  polka-dot pattern of white dots. There is no accessory version of the demo 
  program.

  In the absence of a printed manual here are some hints on using the demo 
  version of Imagecopy 3:

  1. System requirements
  ----------------------
  
  The demo version of Imagecopy 3 can be used with any ST, STE, TT, or 
  Falcon computer which has at least 1 megabyte of memory. The commercial 
  version is also supplied in a cut-down form (without JPEG support) which 
  can be used on machines with only half a megabyte of memory.

  2. User interface
  -----------------

  Use [Alternate] keystrokes for underlined menu or dialog options. Menu 
  options can be accessed with the mouse (like normal GEM menus), with 
  single-key shortcuts (which are configurable with the 'menu keys' option) 
  or with multi-key shortcuts indicated by underlining.

  3. Copying images
  -----------------

  To copy (snapshot) images, select Copy (or press [Alt-Help]) and use the 
  mouse to select the area of screen which you want to snapshot (press 
  [Clr/Home] to select the whole screen). Press [Return] or click the right 
  mouse button within the copy box to copy the image. You can copy larger 
  than screen images by displaying them in full-screen mode and pressing 
  [C]. The accessory version of Imagecopy which is supplied with the 
  full package can be used to copy images from within other programs 
  (including non-GEM programs).

  Use the 'copying format' dialog to select the format used for copying 
  images. This does not include a JPEG option, but you can select 'JFIF' 
  (= JPEG) as an option for converting images.

  The full version of Imagecopy can copy images in some low-memory 
  situations which the demo version is unable to handle.

  4. Viewing images
  -----------------

  Press [Esc] or click the right mouse button to toggle between GEM windows 
  and full-screen display for viewing images. Full-screen images can be 
  scrolled by moving the mouse to the edge of the screen.

  Press [Return] when an image is being viewed to display information about 
  the image.

  Select a folder of images instead of a single image when using the 
  slide-show option. You can use wildcards (such as *.TIF) to limit the 
  selection.

  Press [Esc] or [Undo] to interrupt a slide show. [Undo] can also be used 
  to abort other operations such as loading or printing images.

  You can improve the quality of images which are displayed in video 
  modes with fewer colours by changing options in the 'screen mapping' 
  dialog. For monochrome monitors select 'random dithering', and for 
  colour monitors select 'adaptive palette' and 'random dithering'. 
  These options are slower than the default options. For a greyscale 
  display on colour monitors select 'greyscale' in the 'screen display' 
  dialog: this gives a better representation of image tones at the 
  expense of colour.

  5. Printing images
  ------------------

  Use the 'Printer type' dialog to configure Imagecopy for your printer. The 
  printer types which are listed will work with any compatible printer: 
  'Epson 9-pin' works with any 9-pin Epson-compatible printer and so on.

  Select the 'CMY colour' or 'CMYK colour' option to print in colour on a 
  colour printer (9-pin, 24-pin, or inkjet). If your printer can mix black 
  with other colours, you will normally get better results using CMYK 
  colour. Most colour printers, apart from the Deskjet 500C, can print using 
  CMYK colour.

  Select 'CMY separation' or 'CMYK separation' to print in colour on a 
  monochrome printer. You will need to have separate print ribbons or 
  cartridges for each primary print colour: Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow; or 
  Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. If you have a Deskjet 500C printer, you 
  can select 'CMY+K separation' to get CMYK colour.

  Use the 'print colours' dialog to adjust print colours. 'Brightness' 
  lightens an image, and 'contrast' increases the contrast between colours 
  and shades. Set 'saturation' to 0 if you want to speed up the printing of 
  true-colour images, but leave it at its default setting for palette-colour 
  images (and best-quality printing of true-colour images).

  Use 'size' in the 'print layout' dialog to control the size of printed 
  images. The default setting (0x0 cm) prints images at their original pixel 
  size. Otherwise, 2x2 cm (etc.) prints images within a 2x2 cm square while 
  preserving their aspect ratio (a landscape image will be 2 cm wide when it 
  is printed, but less than 2 cm high).

  Use the 'page size' dialog to configure Imagecopy for the size of paper 
  you are using. You can also use this dialog to set minimum page margins, 
  and to enter offsets which adjust for the fact that some printers are 
  unable to print at the top or left of the page. To calculate the correct 
  offsets, set the left and top offsets to zero and print an image 2 cm. 
  from the left and top of the page (using 'Xpos' and 'Ypos' to set the 
  position). When you have done this, measure the actual distances with a 
  ruler: if they are greater than 2 cm. you should enter the differences as 
  horizontal and vertical offsets.

  6. Cataloguing images
  ---------------------

  Select 'catalogue' and 'file names' in the 'print layout' dialog to 
  catalogue images. If you have a line-based printer (such as a dot-matrix 
  printer or inkjet printer), Imagecopy will print a column of images and 
  ask you to refeed the paper. Laser printers can catalogue images without 
  having the paper refed. It is important that you configure Imagecopy for 
  paper size before using this option (see previous paragraph).

  7. Printing screen dumps
  ------------------------

  To print screen dumps, select Print Image or press [Control-Alt-Help]. 
  If you have TOS 1.0, use the 'Alt-help' dialog to configure 
  [Shift-Alt-Help] for printing screen dumps.

  8. Creating halftone images
  ---------------------------

  You can use Imagecopy to create halftone images from colour images, 
  which can then be printed from monochrome wordprocessors and DTP 
  programs. Select 'IMG file' output in the 'printer type' dialog and then 
  'print' the image at the required size.

  9. Batch operations
  -------------------

  To process batches of images (or view slide shows), select a folder of 
  images instead of a single image (you can use wildcards such as *.JPG to 
  limit the selection). You can also use batch files (ASCII lists of 
  images). The full version of Imagecopy contains a program for creating 
  and editing batch files.

  10. Falcon computers
  --------------------

  Imagecopy 3 can use the Atari/Brainstorm DSP decoder to load JPEG images 
  more quickly than is possible with Imagecopy's own internal routine. If 
  you have a Falcon computer, copy JPEGD.PRG into an auto folder. Imagecopy 
  will then use this program to load JPEG images. (Imagecopy uses its own 
  routine to load JPEG images on non-Falcon computers.)
  
  11. Configuring Imagecopy
  -------------------------

  You can use the 'save' button in Imagecopy's Options dialogs to save 
  default options. Avoid changing the 'INF file' option in the 'system 
  preferences' dialog. The full version of Imagecopy can save options to 
  a separate INF file or to its own program file, but the demo version 
  has been compressed using a program packer and therfore requires a 
  separate INF file. The 'global' option allows you to make global changes 
  to Imagecopy's settings.


  Images
  ------

  The demo version of Imagecopy 3 is supplied with the following images. 
  Copyright images may be used freely with Imagecopy or other programs, but 
  should not be redistributed except as printed hardcopy. JPEG images can 
  take a while to load on standard STs.

  Image           Size        Colours  Description      Copyright

  lynx.tny        320x200     16       Lynx
  clown.gif       320x200     256      Clown
  rose.jpg        320x200     16 m.    Rose 