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- U-Lead PhotoStyler V1.0 Release Special Information April,1991
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-
- This file contains the following information:
-
- - Setting up PhotoStyler for the first time
- - Updating PhotoStyler
- - Note on 16-color VGA display adapter
- - Note on running in real mode with EMM386 driver
- - Installing the Microtek scanner driver
- - Microtek scanner operation help
- - Using fonts with PhotoStyler
- - Special File Format Note
- - Miscellaneous
- - Contents of the installed directory
-
- To read this file:
-
- - Use the PgUp/PgDn keys to see the next/previous page.
- - Press Ctrl+Home keys to return to the top of the file.
- - Press Ctrl+End keys to jump to the end of the file.
- - Double-click on the system menu box to finish viewing this file.
-
- If you have any comments about PhotoStyler, its documentation, or any
- part of its presentation, good or bad, please contact us at:
-
- U-Lead Systems, Inc.
- 680 Knox Street
- Torrance, CA 90502
- Tel: (213) 538-8911
- Fax: (213) 538-2254
-
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-
-
- =========================================
- Setting up PhotoStyler for the first time
- =========================================
-
- Please run PSSETUP.EXE on Disk 1 (Program Disk) to install
- PhotoStyler (using the File/Run command in the Program Manager). It
- is a MS-Windows program. Enter the target directory in which you want
- to install PhotoStyler, and then press OK. For further details, please
- see section 2.1, "Installing PhotoStyler" of "Getting Started and
- Tutorials". When the program has been loaded onto your disk, the
- installation program can generate a PhotoStyler group containing 3 icons.
- If you decide you don't want a separate group, you can generate the icon
- in the MS-Windows program manager using the New command in the file
- menu. (See MS-Windows User Guide for further details.)
-
-
- =======================================
- Updating PhotoStyler
- =======================================
-
- If you want to update part, but not all, of PhotoStyler, e.g., a
- new scanner driver, run PSSETUP.EXE, and select the "Update" option.
- The path to the PhotoStyler directory must be entered correctly. When
- you have completed updating the selected part, click Exit to return
- to the program manager.
-
-
- =======================================
- Note on 16-color VGA display adapter
- =======================================
-
- If you run PhotoStyler in a 16-color Windows display environment,
- PhotoStyler checks your display adapter for VGA hardware compatibility
- to ensure it displays 16 shades of gray for gray scale images. If you
- encounter any problems during the loading of PhotoStyler in this
- environment, please add the following statements to the PSTYLER.INI
- file:
-
- [Internal]
- VGABIOS=0 ; to disable VGA compatibility checking
-
-
- ===============================================
- Note on running in real mode with EMM386 driver
- ===============================================
-
- If you run PhotoStyler in Windows real mode and install Expanded
- memory with the EMM386 driver in the CONFIG.SYS file, we suggest you
- open Windows using WIN /n/r. This should eliminate potential
- problems caused by not enough memory.
-
-
- =======================================
- Installing the Microtek scanner driver
- =======================================
-
- A statement must be added to C:\CONFIG.SYS for the scanner driver.
- The setup program will ask you if you want it to be added for you. If
- you choose Yes, you have a chance to view the contents of C:\CONFIG.SYS
- and back it up. If you choose No, you should add the following statement
- to C:\CONFIG.SYS yourself:
-
- device=c:\pstyler\mscan.sys
-
- If your PhotoStyler directory is not C:\PSTYLER, use your PhotoStyler
- target directory instead.
-
- NOTE: You must REBOOT the system, once this statement has been added,
- before scanning.
-
-
- =======================================
- Microtek scanner operation help
- =======================================
-
- If you have installed a Microtek scanner with PhotoStyler, you can
- get the Microtek scanner operation "Help" from the PhotoStyler Help: Scanner
- menu.
-
-
- =======================================
- Using fonts with PhotoStyler
- =======================================
-
- PhotoStyler works with the Windows screen fonts that you have
- installed. To improve the quality of screen fonts at larger size, you
- can use screen font generation utilities.
-
-
- ============================
- Special File Format Note
- ============================
-
- To users whose image files are resolution-sensitive, please take a
- look at the issues listed below:
-
- 1. GIF and TGA file formats do not retain resolution information.
- 2. PCX old format (follow spec dated before Dec 12, 1990) keeps
- information that is not what we term "resolution".
-
- If you have files in the formats listed above, and if you really
- care about the resolution information, we suggest the following
- solutions:
-
- 1. For new image files that have the resolution information you
- want, save them in other file formats.
- 2. For old image files that have no (or the wrong) resolution
- information, open them, then resample to the resolution you
- want, then save them in another file format.
-
-
- ==================
- Miscellaneous
- ==================
-
- If you have trouble using PhotoStyler in a network environment, (for
- example, lacking the double dot ".." at the top of the directory list box
- in the open dialog box), please refer to the file "NETWORKS.TXT in your
- Windows 3.0 directory.
-
-
- =======================================
- Contents of the installed directory
- =======================================
-
- The target directory contains:
-
- PSSETUP EXE ; setup program
- PSSETUP INF ; setup information file
- README TXT ; this file
- PSTYLER EXE ; PhotoStyler application program
- PSTYLER HLP ; help file
- PSTYLER INI ; PhotoStyler private profile
- PSVERIFY EXE ; verify program
- PSVERIFY DAT ; verify data file
-
- EXPORT EXE ; sample import/export plug-in module
- ULSCAN DRV ; installed scanner driver for PhotoStyler
- ULSCAN HLP ; Microtek scanner operation help
- MICROTEK HLP ; Microtek scanner operation help
- MSCAN SYS ; Microtek scanner driver (DOS based,
- installed by changing the CONFIG.SYS file)
- PSLOGO TIF ; logo file (the content can be replaced by
- one of your own TIFF files to customize the
- PhotoStyler initialization screen)
- PSGAMMA TIF ; monitor gamma calibration file
- BIRD TIF ; sample color image
- CLAY TIF ; sample color image
- CANDY TIF ; sample color image
-
- PALETTES sub-directory contains:
-
- ; sample ASCII based color palette definition files
-
- _CLRBAR PAL _EARTH PAL _EGA PAL
- _FLASH1 PAL _HUES1 PAL _HUES2 PAL
- _LIGHT PAL _METAL1 PAL _PASTEL PAL
- _R2B2G2R PAL _RAINBO1 PAL _RAINBO2 PAL
- _RAINBO3 PAL _RGBCMYG PAL _RGBG PAL
- _SEPIA PAL _STANDA PAL _STANDA1 PAL
- _STANDA2 PAL _STANDA3 PAL _STANDA4 PAL
- _STANDA5 PAL _VGA PAL _VIVID PAL
-
- ; sample image based color palettes
-
- 7BALLS PAL BUTTONS PAL COLORPAD PAL
- SPACE PAL
-
-
- PATTERNS sub-directory contains sample fill patterns:
-
- ROCK PAT SKY PAT STONE1 PAT
- STONE2 PAT STONE3 PAT STONE4 PAT
- STONE5 PAT STONE6 PAT WOOD PAT
-
- FILTERS sub-directory contains sample user defined filters:
-
- AVERAGE UDF BLUR UDF EMBOSS UDF
- SHARPEN UDF
-
- COLORS sub-directory contains four sub-directories:
-
- HUE sub-directory contains:
-
- HUE000 CLR HUE010 CLR HUE020 CLR
- HUE030 CLR HUE040 CLR HUE050 CLR
- HUE060 CLR HUE070 CLR HUE080 CLR
- HUE090 CLR HUE100 CLR HUE110 CLR
- HUE120 CLR HUE130 CLR HUE140 CLR
- HUE150 CLR HUE160 CLR HUE170 CLR
- HUE180 CLR HUE190 CLR HUE200 CLR
- HUE210 CLR HUE220 CLR HUE230 CLR
- HUE240 CLR HUE250 CLR HUE260 CLR
- HUE270 CLR HUE280 CLR HUE290 CLR
- HUE300 CLR HUE310 CLR HUE320 CLR
- HUE330 CLR HUE340 CLR HUE350 CLR
-
- RAINBOW sub-directory contains:
-
- CGARMB CLR CGYORMB CLR CGYORMPB CLR
- RYGBW CLR
-
- SPECIAL sub-directory contains:
-
- COOLGRAY CLR GOLD CLR GRAY CLR
- SILVER CLR WARMGRAY CLR
-
- SPREADS sub-directory contains:
-
- BL-OR CLR BL-YL CLR BR-ORC CLR
- DKGR-YL CLR FLESH CLR GR-BL CLR
- GR-ORC CLR GR-YL CLR LTBLLTGR CLR
- LTGR-YL CLR OR-PR CLR OR-RD CLR
- OR-YL CLR PK-GR CLR PK-YL CLR
- PR-BL CLR PR-PK CLR PR-YL CLR
- RD-BL CLR RD-GR CLR RD-YL CLR
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