Product Name: Multimedia Manager Version: 1.4a OS: Windows 95 Type: Shareware, fully functional Registration Fee: US $25 Description: An all in one multimedia software to view, play and manage your multimedia files Author: Edy Budiman e-mail: edy_bd@yahoo.com URL: http://come.to/twrs Registration URL: http://members.xoom.com/twrs/register.html Installation: - If you receive this package as a ZIP file, unzip it using PKZIP or WinZIP and run the setup program (SETUP.EXE) - If you receive this package as a self-extracting EXE file (created with WinZIP Self-Extractor), just run the EXE file. *) If you are using NotePad to view this document, maximize your Notepad window for best result Features: --------- - Built-in graphics viewer Supported formats: BMP, JPG, GIF (including Animated GIF), TIF, TGA, PNG, PCX, WMF, PCD, and ICO. Fast image decoding, best image quality, and support image dithering for true color image in 16 or 256 color resolution. You can stretch, tile, flip, rotate or zoom image with some mouse clicks. Since version 1.3a, you may print or scan image as well. - Built-in audio and video player Supported formats: MID, WAV, RMI, AVI, MOV, MPG and DAT. MOV, MPG and DAT file require properly installed MCI drivers to play. - Support cursor file (ANI and CUR) - User friendly interface that help you to manage files easily It is designed to be easy to use for novice users and also to be efficient and flexible for experienced users. - Clipboard support to copy image to clipboard or paste image from clipboard - Can convert images to BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIF, and TGA Save resolution: monochrome, 16 color, 256 color, true color, or JPEG grayscale. Supported TIFF compression method: CCITT, FAXCCITT3, FAXCCITT4, LZW or PACKBITS. Support JPEG smoothing and interlaced PNG. - Advanced slide show feature You can choose to run slide show whether in manual or automatic mode. Also you may display pictures in random order. - Support to configure desktop wallpaper And moreover you can use any graphics file supported by Multimedia Manager as desktop wallpaper. Multimedia Manager will handle the conversion problem for you. - Full DDE support You can associate image and audio file types (BMP, JPG, GIF, PCX, MID, etc) with Multimedia Manager. Then, you can see these new items in the shell context menu: "Display", "Edit Image" and "Print Image" (for image files) "Play" (for audio files) Select "Display" to open the image Select "Edit Image" to edit current image Select "Print Image" to edit current image Select "Play" to play the file - Easy installation and uninstallation - and other useful and handy features... Plus these powerful features: ----------------------------- - Special effects and filters to manipulate image (bleed, blur, border fade, blur, dark, curl page, engrave, gamma correction, halftone, jiggle, mosaic, oil paint, polar, spray, wave, and much more...) - Allow resizing multiple images at once (ideal for creating thumbnails for web page) - Powerful files management capability Combined with list box feature and drag'n drop support, Multimedia Manager is a powerful and reliable file manager to manage your files. Moreover, you may select files with filters to select multiple files at once. - List box to ease you managing files With this unique feature, you can select files from many directories and then you can copy or move those files at once. - You can create collection of favorite files - REAL drag and drop support You can drag and drop files FROM Multimedia Manager TO Explorer, or vice versa! Hard to believe until you try it... - Auto skip feature With this feature you can view an image file and quickly load the next/previous image file in the current directory skipping other files with different type. Very handy. - REAL Explorer support You can run Explorer to explore any folder by right clicking the folder and select Explore Folder. Very easy. - Bookmark feature to mark your most used directories DISTRIBUTION ------------ Distribution of the unregistered version of Multimedia Manager is encouraged. Please inform me if you want to distribute it on a CD-ROM or other media, just to make sure you are including the latest version. And please do not modify the archive. HISTORY OF MULTIMEDIA MANAGER ----------------------------- Version 1.4a - March 04, 1998 - Added DDE support To activate this feature, you must register the file types with Multimedia Manager first by using "Associate File Types" in the Tools menu. Then, you can see these new items in the shell context menu: "Display", "Edit Image" and "Print Image" (for image files) "Play" (for audio files) - Few enhancements and minor bug fixes - Improvements and bug fixes in Setup program Version 1.3d - February 25, 1998 - Multimedia Manager is now released as a fully functional shareware (uncrippled) so you can try all powerful features of Multimedia Manager freely Limitations: * can't convert/save more than 5 images * not allowed to save the manipulated image (using filters and special effects) I sincerely hope that this change will encourage you more to register your copy... :) Version 1.3c - February 23, 1998 - Enhanced edit box (with history list) in copy/move files dialog - Support drag and drop file to Multimedia Manager's display window to open it quickly - Improved list box handling Version 1.3b - February 15, 1998 - New feature: ability to resize multiple images at once - New dialog for saving/converting images - Better dialog for copying/moving files that allows you to pick target directory from bookmark list) - New URL for my web site: http://come.to/twrs (http://members.xoom.com/twrs) (moved from http://members.tripod.com/~edy_b/index.html) - Some minor bug fixes Version 1.3a - February 6, 1998 - New features: image printing and scanning support - Few enhancements - Fixed overlapped player panel - Updated and better help file Version 1.2b - Recompiled with Delphi 3 - Flat toolbar buttons - Improved list box handling - Updated TGIFImage component, support image strecthing with original image ratio preserved and smoother animation (thanks to Theodor Kleynhans for writing such nice component...) - Fixed bugs: * Image conversion error when source file name is same as target file name Version 1.2a - Added feature to set image brightness - Resize feature to save image to different size - Added 'Paste From Clipboard' command in Edit menu - More effects to manipulate image (bleed, blur, border fade, blur, dark, curl page, engrave, gamma correction, halftone, jiggle, mosaic, oil paint, polar, spray, wave, and other cool effects) - And of course, updated help file and fixed some minor bugs Version 1.1b - January 22, 1998 - Slightly faster list box storing - Fixed duplicate file names in the file list box (occurs when you specify duplicate filters like *.BMP;*.GIF;*.BMP) - Fixed minor bugs Version 1.1a - January 19, 1998 - Prompt for directory to be explored when using Run Explorer menu - Added 'Stop' button when converting multiple images - Restore item location after refreshing directory - Current selected file will always visible after skipping file by pressing Auto Skip hotkey - Enable uninstallation from Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs - Updated setup program (fixed minor bugs) - Better self-extracting ZIP - Fixed some minor bugs: * Fixed parameter passing error when opening a folder from Explorer or dropping an audio file from Explorer to Multimedia Manager desktop icon * The Close File menu item will always be enabled when the display window is not empty * Few fixes and enhancements on slide show feature Version 1.0b - January 15, 1998 - Fixed some bugs: * Prevent moving operation to delete file when moving file to a same directory (probably a bug in SHFileOperation API command) * Duplicate Ctrl+C shortcut for 'Close File' and 'Copy To Clipboard' Close file shortcut is now set to Ctrl+X - Better media status information on status bar when playing audio/video file Version 1.0a - January 12, 1998 - First public release - Still not fully tested