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- PalmPilot Image Creator
- Copyright ⌐ 1997 Art Dahm
- (adahm@cyberramp.net)
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- Introduction
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-
- PalmPilot Image Creator (pimg.exe) is a Windows 95 application for converting
- windows .BMP images into PalmPilot .PRC images compatible with the PalmPilot
- Image Viewer.
-
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- Installing Image Converter
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- Unzip the file pimg.exe and NViewLib.dll into their own separate folder.
- To start the Image Converter, double click the pimg.exe file from the
- Windows 95 Desktop or Explorer.
-
- Creating an Image
- -----------------
-
- The steps involved in creating an Image Viewer image are:
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- - Select the image source. The source of an image can be a graphic file,
- the Windows clipboard or an area of the screen.
-
- - If the image source is a graphic file, click the 'Open' button to select
- the graphic file to convert.
-
- - If the image source is the Widows Clipboard, click the 'Open' button to
- load the contents of the clipboard into the image converter.
-
- - If the image source is the screen, click the 'Open' button to hide the
- image converter window. Click the left mouse button in the upper left
- corner of the area of the screen to be converted. Drag the mouse to the
- lower right corner and click the left mouse button again. The image
- converter window will be restored and the selected area will be loaded into
- the image converter.
-
- - The Image Title is the name of the image as it will appear on the
- PalmPilot.
-
- - The Image File is the name of the PalmPilot database file (.PDB) containing
- the image which will be hotsynced to the PalmPilot.
-
- - Check the 'Compress Image' checkbox if you want the image compressed.
- Compressed images take up less space on your PalmPilot, but take longer to
- view and may not be viewable under low memory situations.
-
- - Click the 'Convert' button to convert the image. The new PalmPilot
- database file will be stored in the same folder as the .BMP file.
-
- - If the image is too large, a dialog box will pop up with a suggested amount
- to decrease the size of the image by.
-
- Tips
- ----
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- Use your favorite paint program to convert an image to grayscale to get a
- better idea of how it will look on your PalmPilot.
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- The PalmPilot uses four levels of gray (white, light gray, dark gray and
- black) which are evenly distributed among the range of grays used in a paint
- program. If an image loses certain details when converted, try changing the
- brightness of some of the colors so they map to a different grayscale level.
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- If an image is too large, use your paint program's Crop feature to decrease
- the size of the image.
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- Updates
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-
- v2.8
- - Improved process used to convert color pictures to grayscale.
- v2.7
- - Added image compression.
- v2.5
- - Added support for GIF, JPG, PCX, DIB, RLE, and TGA graphic file types.
- v2.4
- - Added a light next to the Convert button which turns red if an image is too large to be converted
- v2.3
- - Added ability to convert an image in the Windows clipboard
- - Added ability to capture and convert an area of the screen
- v2.2
- - Fixed multiple user auto-install bug
- v2.1
- - Added grayscale 'dither' option
- - Added black & white 'dither' option
- v2.0
- - Redesigned UI: Tabbed dialog replaces multiple windows.
- - Added auto-install option: No more need to run USR Install Tool.
- Just convert and hotsync.
- - Added preview tab: See how PalmPilot images will look before
- installing them.
- - Removed 'dither' option
- V1.3
- - Added support for black & white images
- V1.2
- - Added support for attaching notes to images
- V1.1
- - Added 'dither' option to simulate three more grayscale levels.
- - Increased maximum image size by about 10%
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