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- PhotoFinish 3.0 Readme File
-
- Welcome to PhotoFinish version 3.0!
-
- PhotoFinish 3.0 has added even more automation to
- make editing your pictures even easier. PhotoFinish has
- added more than a dozen new commands and has more
- than doubled the number of tools and tool types.
- PhotoFinish now has nearly 90 tools and tool types --
- including innovative natural art tools you can use to
- create your own artistic masterpiece.
-
- This file contains a summary of what is new in PhotoFinish
- 3.0. It also contains specific release information and other
- items that became available after the PhotoFinish manuals
- went to print.
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- What's New in PhotoFinish 3.0
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-
- --The AutoBar has been added to the top of the PhotoFinish
- desktop. Just a click of the mouse button lets you start,
- open, or save a picture; cut, copy, or paste a cutout; undo
- your last changes; automatically enhance the picture with
- several options; automatically adjust brightness and
- contrast, crop the border from a picture, remove moirΘ
- patterns, adjust the intensity of colors in the picture, sharpen
- the picture, or straighten the picture; or automatically scan a
- picture.
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- --Six new Auto commands have been added to the Image menu.
- Choose Auto Brightness/Contrast to have PhotoFinish
- automatically adjust brightness and contrast in the entire
- picture.
-
- --Choose Auto Crop to automatically crop the border from a
- picture.
-
- --Choose Auto Remove MoirΘ to automatically remove moirΘ
- patterns from the entire picture.
-
- --Choose Auto Saturation to automatically adjust the intensity of
- colors in the entire picture.
-
- --Choose Auto Sharpen to automatically sharpen the entire
- picture
-
- --Choose Auto Straighten to automatically straighten or deskew
- the entire picture.
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- --The ribbon bar has been added to the PhotoFinish desktop.
- The ribbon bar changes depending on the selected tool. You
- can quickly change most of the tool's settings with a click of
- the mouse button on the ribbon bar. Some ribbon bars also
- have command buttons you can click to quickly perform a
- task. For example, if the selected tool is the Zoom tool and
- you have zoomed in on a picture, click the Fit To Zoom
- button on the button bar to resize the picture window so you
- can see more of the zoomed-in picture.
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- --The Samples command has been added to the Filter, Special
- Effect, and Tune cascading menus on the Image menu.
- These commands make it easy to decide which Filter,
- Special Effect, or Tune command to apply to the picture or
- cutout.
-
- --Individual Filter, Special Effect, and Tune commands also
- display samples of how the command will change the
- picture or cutout. Click the Shrink or Expand button to
- display more samples of the command using different
- settings. Click Advanced to manually adjust the settings.
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- --Two new Special Effect commands have been added.
- Choose Apply Paper to add a paper texture to the entire picture
- or a cutout. The paper effect is apparent immediately, unlike
- the Paper command on the Options menu, which is used
- with some tools. This command is available for 24 bit color
- and gray scale pictures.
-
- --Choose Crumple to create a crumpled look to the entire picture
- or a cutout. This command is available for 24 bit color, gray
- scale, and 256 color pictures.
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- --New tools and tool types have been added. PhotoFinish now
- has nearly 90 tools and tool types, giving you even more
- picture editing possibilities. The new tools are the Chalk,
- Color Pencil, Marker, and Crayon tools.
-
- --Select a tool type to change the effect of most tools. Tool types
- vary depending on the selected tool. Most tool types are
- available for all color modes. However, the effect of most
- tool types is more apparent with 24 bit color or gray scale
- pictures.
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- --You can paint with a paper effect with many of the painting
- tools. Choose Paper to load a paper. The texture of the
- paper appears when you begin painting with a tool and tool
- type that use paper.
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- --PhotoFinish supports pressure sensitive tablets. You can
- affect how many of the painting tools apply color by varying
- the downward force on the tablet surface. If you have a
- pointing device that has only one button, you can simulate a
- right mouse button click by holding the Ctrl key and clicking
- the button.
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- --The Box tool has more options. Use the ribbon bar or the Tool
- Options command to select the Basic Box tool type to paint
- boxes filled with the secondary color. Select the Tile tool
- type to paint a box filled with a tile pattern. Select the
- Gradient tool type to paint a box filled with a gradient that
- begins with the secondary color and ends with the
- background color.
-
- --The Text tool has more options. You can now choose to apply
- a shadow or outline to make your text more distinctive.
- Shadows and outlines appear in the primary color. You can
- also choose to left justify, right justify, or center text within
- the Text Frame.
-
- --The Paint Roller tools have been combined. Use the ribbon
- bar or choose the Tool Options command to select the Basic
- Roller tool type to fill an area with the primary or secondary
- color. Select the Tile tool type to fill an area with a tile
- pattern. Select the Gradient tool type to fill an area with a
- gradient that begins with the secondary color and ends with
- the background color.
-
- --The Line and Tile Pattern Line tools have been combined.
- Use the ribbon bar or choose the Tool Options command to
- select whether you want to paint a line in the primary color
- or a line of tile patterns.
-
- --The Hollow and Filled shape tools have been combined.
- Choose a shape tool and use the ribbon bar or the Tool
- Options command to select whether you want to paint a
- hollow shape, a filled shape with a border, or a filled shape
- without a border.
-
- --You can choose the width and shape for tools on the ribbon
- bar or in the Tool Options dialog box for the selected tool.
- Width and shape are tool specific. That means that when
- you switch tools, width and shape change to the last
- selected options for the tool. The Width & Shape workbox
- no longer appears.
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- --Color Tolerance has been improved. You can now specify a
- separate, tool specific color tolerance setting for the Magic
- Wand, Color Replacer, and Paint Roller tools.
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- --The Apply Texture command has been renamed Texturize.
- The Font More Fonts command has been renamed Font.
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- --Beginning with version 2.02, PhotoFinish has supported the
- Photo CD (.PCD) file format. This format is used to load
- images from a Kodak Photo CD into PhotoFinish. To open a
- Photo CD image, select the drive where your CD device is
- located.
-
- Kodak Photo CD is a registered trademark of Eastman Kodak
- Company. Kodak Photo CD technology is a copyright of
- Eastman Kodak Company, 1991, 1992, and 1993.
- Photo CD images are available in 24 bit color only. Use one of
- PhotoFinish's Image Convert To commands if you want the
- image in another color format, You can save .PCD files in
- any format, except PCD, onto your hard disk for later use.
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