FotoShow Screen Saver 2.0 released 01/01/98
A freely distributable shareware program
by SAD ELEPHANT SOFTWARE
Copyright 1998 by Alan Lilly
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      README CONTENTS
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  1. FotoShow DESCRIPTION
  2. ABOUT FotoShow
  3. FotoShow FEATURES
  4. INSTALLATION
  5. UNINSTALL
  6. CONFIGURING FotoShow
  7. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
  8. LICENSE
  9. REGISTRATION
 10. REGISTRATION BENEFITS
 11. TROUBLESHOOTING
 12. CONTACT INFORMATION

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1. FotoShow DESCRIPTION
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FotoShow is the perfect photo screen saver for Windows 95/NT.
Show off your personal pictures or favorite images.
You can adjust image size, image sequence, and image duration.
FotoShow can display most popular image formats including
BMP, JPG, and GIF. FotoShow also works great as a slide show program. 
Try FotoShow free for 30 days.

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2. ABOUT FotoShow
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My girlfriend is a photographer.  She loves taking pictures and
developing the prints.  When she came to me asking for a screen
saver to display her photos... I told her it would be no problem
to find such a program on the internet.  I went to
http://www.zdnet.com (my favorite shareware site) and found several
such programs. I wanted a quality screen saver that was simple and
easy to use. The shareware programs were disappointing.
I was one sad puppy... uh... elephant. So, after several days of
frustration, I set out to create my own screen saver that could
meet my requirements. I am proud to say that I have accomplished
this with FotoShow. Try FotoShow free for 30 days and decide for yourself.

This is a list of all the Windows 95 photo screen savers available
from ZDNet.com as of 10/01/97.  After you compare price, quality,
features and ease of use... I am confident that you will
conclude as I did... FotoShow is the best photo screen saver
for the money!  You can try FotoShow for 30 days.  If you decide
to keep it, you can register for the low competitive
price of 11.95 (See VII. Registration).

 	Program Name    	Author			Cost
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    	FotoShow v2.0		Sad Elephant Software	$11.95
	PICSaver v2.0		Pegasus Imaging Corp	$12.00
	GTI JPEGSaver v1.1	GTI Software		$15.00
	MyPictureShow32 v1.0	Carleton Graphics	$16.00
	Amazing Images v1.5	Esm Software		$16.95
	Slides Shower95	v4.08	Chris Doan		$19.00
	WWSaver32 v3.21		Arcata Pet		$29.95
	PhotoOp v1.73		Jeffrey Menish		$29.95

	(SEE Reviews.txt file for a review of each program.)

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3. FotoShow FEATURES
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 - Windows 95 and Windows NT password protection
 - No limit on the number of images that can be displayed
 - Supports BMP, JPG, GIF, WMF, RLE, EMF, JIF, and ICO file formats
 - Photo preview during configuration
 - Elegant simplicity and intuitive interface
 - Full un-crippled, no-nag trial version of FotoShow
 - Supports all video resolutions and color modes
 - Pause slide show (press P to toggle)
 - Fast forward slide show (press up arrow key)
 - Reverse slide show (press down arrow key)
 - Optionally resize photos to fit screen
 - Alphabetic or random photo sequencing
 - Adjustable photo duration
 - Easter Egg (a hidden message activated by pressing a secret key)

    (Refer to History.txt file for previous release information)

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4. INSTALLATION
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 1. Create a new folder to contain your personal photos.
 2. Copy the FotoShow zip file (fotoss.zip) to the new folder.
 3. Unzip the file contents into the new folder.
    Unzip utilities are readily available on the internet.
    I recommend WinZip which you can find at http://www.hotfiles.com.
 4. Run SETUP.EXE by double clicking on it.
 5. If you experience problems installing FotoShow, see
    TROUBLESHOOTING section.

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5. UNINSTALL
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Run UNINSTAL.EXE by double clicking on it.

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6. CONFIGURING FotoShow
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 1. Right mouse click on FotoShow.scr.
 2. Select CONFIGURE from the menu.
 3. Select SETTINGS.

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7. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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 - This screensaver requires the VISUAL BASIC 5.0 runtime library.
   Get it free at http://www.speedlink.net/~alanl
 - 256 color display mode (higher recommended).
 - Minimum 500KB hard disk space.
 - Windows 95 or Windows NT.

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8. LICENSE
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See License.txt file.

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9. REGISTRATION
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Registered users will receive a registration number that can be used
to unlock the 30 day trial limit.  To register your copy of FotoShow
and get your registration number please mail the following
information with a check or money order (payable to Alan Lilly)
for $11.95 to:

	Alan Lilly
        2700 Shimmons Rd. #99
	Auburn Hills, MI 48326

   Name: _______________________
Address: _______________________
   City: _______________________
  State: __
    Zip: _____________
  Email: _______________________
  Phone: ________________

If you have a printer, you can save yourself some time by using
the "CHECK OR MONEY ORDER" button on the FotoShow Settings panel.
You can get to the Settings panel as mentioned in CONFIGURING section.

When you receive your registration number simply go to the
FotoShow Settings panel, click on REGISTER and enter
your registration number.


CREDIT CARD ORDERS
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For Credit Card orders, please call 1-800-699-6395
10 am - 8 pm, EST, Monday thru Friday.

Please be prepared to provide the following information:

- The FotoShow Product number: 2181
- Your mailing address.
- Your Visa, MasterCard, or Discover # and expiration date.
- Your E-Mail address.

For internet orders visit NorthStar Solutions at
http://www.nstarsolutions.com

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10. REGISTRATION BENEFITS
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- Removal of 30 day trial limit
- Removal of registration-reminder
- Technical support
- Bug notices
- Update notices

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11. TROUBLESHOOTING
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 PROBLEM: Images display slowly.
   CAUSE: Image size is excessive.  The size of each image doesn't
          need to be larger than your screens resolution.
          (e.g. 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768...)
SOLUTION: Use image software (e.g. Paint Shop Pro, PhotoShop...)
          to resize image.

 PROBLEM: BMP images display slowly.
   CAUSE: Image size is excessive due to large color palette.
          BMP images can use a large number of colors, but more
          colors means a much larger file size.  Usually 256 colors
          is sufficient.
SOLUTION: Use image software (e.g. Paint Shop Pro, PhotoShop...)
          to reduce the color palette to 256 colors.  An even better
          solution is to convert your BMP images to JPG images.

 PROBLEM: Some images appear with poor color quality.
   CAUSE: This is not a limitation of FotoShow.  Your display's
          color palette is set too low for high color images.
SOLUTION: Set your "Display Properties Setting" above 256 colors
          (e.g. 16-bit high color, 24-bit true color...).

 PROBLEM: Errors during FotoShow setup.
          (e.g. "A required .DLL file, MSVBVM50.DLL, was not found")
   CAUSE: If you do not currently have the Visual Basic 5.0 runtime
          library on your system, FotoShow will not install or run.
SOLUTION: Go to http://www.speedlink.net/~alan and download
          vb5run.zip.  Unzip vb5run.zip to a temporary directory
          and run setup.exe.  Now you can complete FotoShow setup.

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12. CONTACT INFORMATION
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For technical support or comments about this program,
please contact me at:

        Sad Elephant Software
	2700 Shimmons Rd. #99
	Auburn Hills, MI 48326

	Email address: alanl@speedlink.net

	Web Site: http://www.speedlink.net/~alanl

THANKS.
