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- Welcome to VIS-A-VIS Photo CD software!
-
- This file contains an overview of the VIS-A-VIS software
- feature description, installation instructions, configuration,
- license agreement and operation recommendations.
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- LICENSE
- =======
-
- The software accompanying your CD is not free software.
- VIS-A-VIS grants you a license to use one copy of the enclosed
- software program provided that you use the software only on one
- computer at a time. For each additional computer on which the software
- is runnung at the same time, you will need an additional licensed copy of
- the software. You may permanently transfer the software to another party
- if the other party agrees to accept the terms and conditions of this
- license and you do not keep any copies of the software. This license
- is effective until termination. You may terminate it at any time by
- destroying the software, and all copies of it. It will also terminate
- if you fail to comply with any condition of this agreement.
-
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- INSTALLING VIS-A-VIS PHOTO CD SOFTWARE
- ======================================
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- VIS-A-VIS Photo CD software requires MICROSOFT Windows 3.1
- running in standard mode or in enhanced mode. The required PC
- configuration is as follows:
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- Minimum Configuration Recommended Configuration
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- 386 IBM PC or compatible 486 IBM PC or compatible
- 4+ MB RAM 8+ MB RAM
- 4+ MB hard drive free disk space 8+ MB hard drive free disk space
- 12 MB Windows swap file 24 MB Windows swap file
- VGA adapter & compatible monitor 24-bit video card & compatible
- monitor
- CD-ROM XA drive Mode 2 CD-ROM XA drive Mode 2
-
- We do not recommend viewing the pictures with the Windows standard VGA
- driver or with something less than 256 colors. If possible use
- 16 bit colors modes (Hi-color) or the recommended 24 bit true color mode.
-
- Using the Windows Program Manager to install
- 1. Insert the Photo CD disc into the CD-ROM drive.
- 2. Use the File menu and choose Run. In the command line, type
- [d]:\visavis\setup
- where [d] is the letter designating the CD-ROM drive. Click OK to
- begin the setup process.
- OR, Open the Windows File Manager. Change to the CD-ROM drive
- containing the Photo CD disc.
- Double-click the directory VISAVIS. Double-click the file SETUP.EXE
- to install.
- 3. Click OK to continue setting up VIS-A-VIS Photo CD software.
- 4. Type the path of the directory where you want to install the
- software, the default path is C:\VISAVIS. After you specify the
- path, press ENTER. A progress indicator appears showing the
- progress of the files being copied. After all the files are
- copied, a message appears indicating successful installation.
- Click OK to remove the message.
-
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- RUNNING VIS-A-VIS DIRECTLY FROM THE PHOTO-CD
- ============================================
-
- You don't have to install the software on your hard disk in order
- to run the software. It can be run directly from the Photo CD without
- installing.
-
- 1. Insert the Photo CD disc into the CD-ROM drive.
- 2. Use the File menu and choose Run. In the command line, type
- [d]:\visavis\visavis
- where [d] is the letter designating the CD-ROM drive. Click OK to
- run the software.
- OR, Open the Windows File Manager. Change to the CD-ROM drive
- containing the Photo CD disc.
- Double-click the directory VISAVIS. Double-click the file VISAVIS.EXE
- to run the software.
-
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- FEATURES
- ========
-
- VIS-A-VIS Photo CD software lets you:
-
- * Load photographic images stored on a Photo CD disc
- or any other disc drive
-
- * View the stored photos on a Thumbnail Overview Pac.
-
- * Select and display a single photo or a set of photos
-
- * Copy an original or edited photo to the Clipboard as a bitmap
-
- * Save an original as .BMP file
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- * Run a slideshow of selected pictures
-
- * Print images on your printer
-
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- OPERATING RECOMMENDATIONS
- =========================
-
- The best way to use the VIS-A-VIS Photo CD software, particularly if your
- system memory is at the lower end of the recommended range, is to work
- with smaller image sizes (1 or 1/4) on your display.
-
- Photo CD discs store images at different resolutions. In order to
- display images, your system must have memory resources available
- larger than the size of the images. The following list shows the
- five supported resolutions and the approximate amount of
- memory required to display each size.
-
- Factor Resolution Approximate Memory
-
- 1/16 192 x 128 2.5 MB
- 1/4 256 x 384 3.0 MB
- 1 512 x 768 7.5 MB
- 4 1024 x 1536 15 MB
- 16* 2048 x 3072 30 MB
-
- * We have disabled the loading of images enlarged by 16, as it takes
- several minutes to load such an image even on high end PC-Systems.
- (Even the loading of images with a factor of 4 is cucumbersome on a PC.)
-
- A Thumbnail Overview Pac can take up to 5+ MB of memory to display. To save
- space, you may load an image without first loading the Overview Pac. On the
- other hand, the Overview Pac is the image where you select imgages for
- viewing or for slide shows. In order to save memory you can select the images
- you want from the Overview Pac then close it and keep the selection.
-
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- OPENING IMAGES
- ==============
-
- * File Open Menu
- Browse your CD-Rom or any other drive with the File Open Dialogbox to
- load either an image (IMG0000.PCD) or an Overview Pac (OVERVIEW.PCD).
- Overview Pacs are automatically detected by the program as special images;
- some menu items to change the resolution, format and transformation are
- disabled for Overview Pacs.
-
- * Run via Extension PCD or BMP
- Some Programs, like the File Manager, are able to start programs if you
- give them a file with a special extension. VIS-A-VIS accepts files with
- the extension PCD and BMP.
-
- * Drag and Drop with the File Manager
- You may also use the Drag and Drop facility to load images from the File
- Manager to VIS-A-VIS using your mouse.
-
- * Last Recently Used Files
- In the VIS-A-VIS File Menu, you can choose one of the last four viewed
- files to quickly access these images.
-
- * Overview Pac
- If you have opened an Overview Pac, you can double click on an image to
- load it. Images MUST be located in the .\IMAGES directory which is located
- in the same directory as the current Overview Pac. You may load more than
- one Overview Pac at the same time.
-
- * Load All Selected Images
- This File menu item lets you load all selected images. It is strongly
- recommended that you use this command with a maximum of three or four images.
- If you select more, your PC will work until all of its memory is eaten up.
-
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- IMAGE SELECTION AND SLIDE SHOWS
- ===============================
-
- VIS-A-VIS gives you the opportunity to perform a Slide Show with an
- unlimited number of images. You have to select these images by clicking
- on thumbnails in the Overview. You may use the right mouse button, or
- press down Shift or Control if you want to use the left mouse button.
- You can determine the selection status of an image by its frame
- color: BLACK means unselected, a RED frame indicates that this image
- is in the selection list. The program gives you feedback about the
- actions in the status line. To select or deselect all images use
- Ctrl+A / Ctrl+D or the toolbar buttons. With Ctrl+D the complete
- selection list is cleared!
-
- To start the Slide Show you may choose the File menu item or click on
- the button in the toolbar. As a shortcut press the Space Bar. To stop
- and continue the Slide Show use the same command. To skip to the next
- image double click on the toolbar button or press the space bar twice.
- Images are shown in the order of your selection.
-
- If you want to abort the Slide Show, choose Reset from the File Menu.
-
- The Slide Show Time, default 10 seconds, can be changed in the Options
- Menu. If you trigger the Slide Show manually, you have the opportunity
- to save or print the viewed images. These services are also available
- if an automatically triggered Slide Show is stopped.
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