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 * TrueSpectra (R) Photo>Graphics PRO(TM) README
 *   Table of Contents
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 * 1.0  About TrueSpectra Photo>Graphics PRO Version 2.02
 *         1.1  NEW FEATURES
 *         1.2  IMPORTANT INFORMATION
 *         1.3  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
 *         1.4  INSTALLATION
 *         1.5  SUPPORTED SCANNERS
 *
 * 2.0  Tips for Faster Performance
 *
 * 3.0  Reporting Bugs
 *
 * 4.0  TrueSpectra on the Internet
 *
 * 5.0  About TrueSpectra
 *
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1.0  About TrueSpectra Photo>Graphics Version 2.02   August 1998
=================================================

This is a minor update to Photo>Graphics PRO 2.01, that corrects defects
in the TIFF and GIF import, which could cause crashes. The unlocked version
includes the TWAIN for OS/2(sm) v1.6.5 Consumer Scanner Driver Pack.


1.1 NEW FEATURES
----------------

PRO 2.02
        * Fixed reported bugs in GIF and TIFF loading.
        * Created sampler version which doesn't include the TWAIN 
          scanner drivers in the distribution

PRO 2.01

        * New support for TWAIN 1.65

PRO 2.0

        * INLINE Bitmaps in GDO files
                - option to save images with the GDO
                - NOT backwards compatible!
        * SAVE BITMAP option on all bitmaps
                - for saving SCANNED bitmaps
                - for extracting INLINED bitmaps
                - quick file type conversions
                - saved at ORIGINAL (from disk/scan) size @ 300dpi,
                        not at screen resolution or output settings
        * Improved Image Import/Export - even more options
        * New TOOL icons
        * New mouse POINTERS
        * Rollup Windows - all "mini" dialogs - double click on the titlebars
        * Additional USER PREFERENCES options
        * New scripting interface available through Ctrl-Z (RUN SCRIPT...)
        * New scripting editor available through Ctrl-Y (EDIT SCRIPT...)
        * Script can be started as a command line parameter
                ie: "PGPRO ..\SCRIPTS\BLUE.CWX"
        * New LENS tool
        * New CURVE region
        * CUSTOM output for PostScript printers (faster / smaller output)
        * General improvements in printing
        * Loading/Saving of even more BITMAP formats
        * TWAIN Scanning for supported scanners
                See Section 1.5 for supported Scanners
        * Updated online help files for the new features
        * REXX Scripting documentation is in HTML format in
             ?:\PGPRO\SCRIPTS\HELP\index.htm


1.2 Important Information
-------------------------

* For users with TWAIN 1.65 support installed

~ If you are using a SYMBIOS SCSI Card (shipped with your scanner)
  you will need an additional file not included with Photo>Graphics.
  This driver is a BASEDEV driver for the card.  For more information
  on where to find and how to install this driver please see the
  README.SYM file in the directory with the TWAIN drivers.

  The SYM416 card is a plug-n-play card which can interfere with sound
  cards (both legacy and plug-n-play) installed or possibly other
  plug-n-play devices. The following driver switches can OVERRIDE the
  automatic card setting:  

  BASEDEV=SYM416.ADD /V /OVERRIDE /IO=<io address> /IRQ=<irq number> 

  where: 
        <io address> is the I/O address you want for this card 
        <irq number> is the IRQ number you want for this card 

~ Scanning will use as much CPU power as it can get.  In order to accurately
  interact with the scanner the Scanner driver needs a high priority so that
  it does not lose information being sent from the scanner.  Do not be
  surprised if your CPU meter registers at 100% while scanning.

 
* For users with earlier TWAIN support installed, and upgraded

~ If you were scanning using the earlier TWAIN 1.6 drivers you may
  have turned on the INVERT SCAN option in the preferences.  Since
  the HP drivers now have the invert problem corrected you must
  turn OFF this setting.


* For users of earlier versions of Photo>Graphics

~ GDO and ORC files saved in this version of Photo>Graphics will not
  always be loaded correctly by earlier versions of Photo>Graphics.
  In particular files that make use of:
          LENS tools
          New BITMAP file types
          New INLINE Bitmaps
  This limitation will continue to exist.

~ TIF files created for use with PhotoShop should be saved
  Uncompressed or using Packbits Compression.  PhotoShop has known
  difficulties with LZW Compressed files.

~ WARP 4 and FONTS - IBM's FIXPAK 4 did *NOT* fix all the font bugs.
  FIXPAK 5 and later fix the font bugs, but don't work well with all printers.
  On occasion you may still encounter SYS3175 errors when selecting fonts.
  It is also possible that other unusual effects may be seen when dealing
  with TRUETYPE fonts in particular (like invisibility or shifting).
  The simplest solution is to avoid installing TrueType fonts until
  IBM provides a fix.  Also, type FREETYPE/2 which has solved stability 
  problems for many users.

~ Because of the multithreading nature of Photo>Graphics bitmap files
  that are currently loaded into a project are NOT reloaded from disk
  if they are selected a second time.  If you, for example, load BOB.JPG
  make some changes and SAVE RENDERED as BOB.JPG, then create another
  bitmap object using BOB.JPG the *original image* will be used, not the
  newly saved image.  If you start a NEW PROJECT it should then load
  the new image with the new project.  The reason for this is that
  Photo>Graphics runs the SAVING and PRINTING process on a separate
  thread and it is always possible that something may be printing
  or saving using the old bitmap and we do not want to modify the source
  after we have chosen to save or print so it keeps and uses the originals.

~ PIXEL units (height/width) will sometimes not match exactly with the
  final output sizes.  There are 2 solutions:
     1. BEFORE starting your project change to INCHES and set DPI = "1"
       then set units as PIXELS and define the output size
     2. Add "0.5" to the Height/Width fields and output size will be correct.

~ Because ColorWave renders very efficiently, it is easy to render
  an image far larger than available RAM or swap space.  This creates
  difficulties if you want to load the rendered result to check your work.
  Currently, you cannot view extremely large images with Photo>Graphics even
  though you can create them.  The maximum loadable image size is approximately
  160MB.  The maximum renderable image size is approximately 300-600MB.

~ To dynamically reduce memory requirements, Photo>Graphics drops
  unused bitmaps from the list of active bitmaps.  So, if you change an object
  with a Bitmap Tool to some other Tool, and no other Bitmap Tools refer to
  the bitmap you were previously using, the bitmap will have to be reloaded
  from disk if you want to restore the object to its original configuration.

~ If you have unusual video effects (such as an all black or invisible
  workspace) there may be difficulties with your video drivers.
  Photo>Graphics requires complete video drivers as it makes calls
  designed to optimize screen updates.  Contact your video card supplier for
  the latest drivers or check the IBM Device Driver web site for links to Warp
  drivers.  (http://ps.boulder.ibm.com/softupdt.html)

~ The REXX Scripting interface is only supported under Classic REXX.
  Although it is possible that the new WARP v4 Object REXX may work
  this is untested and unsupported.




1.3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
------------------------

  MINIMUM

- OS/2 Warp (v3 or v4)
- 8 MB RAM
- 4-8 MB Hard Disk free space for application
- Sufficient free Hard Disk space for swapping with many images
- Mouse or other pointing Device
- CD-ROM drive
- 486DX or better PC

  RECOMMENDED

- SVGA Display supporting 800x600 or better resolution
- 64,000 color capability
- 40 MB of free hard disk space (or more) after installation for swap space
  when working with large images
- Pentium processor with minimum 256K L2 Cache (more Cache is good)
- 16MB or more RAM, depending on total size of images concurrently
  manipulated and other OS/2 overheads (installed network support,
  in particular) as well as hard disk performance (slower drives make
  swapping tiresome)


1.4  INSTALLATION
-----------------

 In order to support scanning in either Photo>Graphics PRO, TWAIN for OS/2(sm) 
 must be installed.

 Steps to Installation:
 ---------------------

 1.  Unzip the distribution file to a temporary directory, which preserves paths (such as
     infozip's:
                unzip tspg202s.zip
     or PK Ware's:
                pkunzip -d tspg202s.zip

 2.  Run the INSTALL.EXE from that directory

1.5  SUPPORTED SCANNERS
-----------------------

  The scanner drivers provided with a registered version of Photo>Graphics PRO 
are part of the Solution Technology, Inc. TWAIN for OS/2(sm) Consumer Driver Pack.
Questions and Support for driver specific issues can be directed to:

  Solution Technology, Inc.         Fax:   561-997-6518
  1101 South Rogers Circle          E-mail:     solution@gate.net
  Suite 14                          CompuServe: 70403,2773
  Boca Raton, FL 33487              Web Site:   http://www.gate.net/~stidev

  Driver                          Status

Epson ActionScanner II (GT-5000) INCLUDED
Epson ES-300C  (GT-6000)         INCLUDED
Epson ES-600C  (GT-6500)         INCLUDED
Epson ES-800C  (GT-8000)         INCLUDED
Epson ES-1000C (GT-8500)         INCLUDED
Epson ES-1200C (GT-9000)         INCLUDED+
Epson Expression 636 (GT-9500)   INCLUDED+
Fujitsu ScanPartner 10           INCLUDED+
Fujitsu ScanPartner 10C          INCLUDED+
Fujitsu ScanPartner Junior       INCLUDED+
Hewlett-Packard IIC              INCLUDED
Hewlett-Packard IICX             INCLUDED+
Hewlett-Packard 2p               INCLUDED+
Hewlett-Packard 3c               INCLUDED+
Hewlett-Packard 3p               INCLUDED
Hewlett-Packard 4c               INCLUDED+
Hewlett-Packard 4p               INCLUDED+
Hewlett-Packard 5p               INCLUDED+
Hewlett-Packard NCR 53C400A SCSI INCLUDED+
Hewlett-Packard 3rd Party SCSI   INCLUDED+
Logitech ScanMan 256             INCLUDED+#

Devices marked with a + have been tested by STi. Device marked with a #
has support for gray scale only and not all versions work with released
drivers.

DOS ASPI support is installed but is REMmed out in CONFIG.SYS. If the user
has a device that is ASPI compliant and wants to use it from a DOS session,
you can unREM out the DEVICE=<BOOTDRIVE>:\OS2\MDOS\VASPI.SYS statement.

Please be advised that any driver that is not classified as RELEASED is RUN AT
YOUR OWN RISK. Please provide us or STi with your feedback. We appreciate
customer feedback as we are constantly trying to improve our products.
Please make sure you send in your registration card so you can be entered
into our database for technical support and updates.

2.0 Tips for FASTER performance
===============================

CREATING PROJECTS

  - A well tuned OS/2 machine with appropriately sized SWAP file running
  on HPFS will help immensely.  Search the Internet for websites with
  OS/2 tuning information.

  - Regardless of your chosen display resolution, ensure that you are
  running with 65,000 displayable colors.  The automatic dithering for low
  color displays (ie: 256 or 16 color) consumes MANY, MANY processor cycles
  and 16 million color modes are very demanding on the memory bus.

  - Run the Workspace at less than full screen size so that ColorWave does not
  have to render as many pixels each time you move or change an object, or
  lower your display resolution to 800x600 or 640x480 pixels.

  - Do not use high magnitude Wave/Blur/Sharpen tools as the "look-around"
  is extremely compute intensive.  Set their options as low as possible
  while designing a project and then raise them later.  Even better, don't
  add Blurs or Sharpens until you're near the end of your designs

  - Bitmap smoothing, in the OUTPUT SETTINGS and for individual bitmaps,
  will slow performance.  Like the above suggestion, leave smoothing
  off until you are ready to view a draft or final version.

  - Each BITMAP in your project consumes memory.  If you are producing
  a project with LARGE Bitmaps incorporated you may want to create
  smaller JPG or GIF versions of those images to design with and then
  replace the smaller versions with the full versions near the end of
  the design process.  Creating a project using three 80MB TIF files
  will be a drain on ANY machine!

PRINTING

  - Printing high resolution bitmaps can take a HUGE (make that REALLY HUGE)
  amount of resources.  Here's an example of 1 full page at 600dpi:

  Width:
  600dpi x 8 inches = 4800 dots
  Height:
  600dpi x 11 inches = 6600 dots

  Total "dots":
  4800 x 6600 = 31,680,000 dots (or bytes!)

  Each dot is a made of RED/GREEN/BLUE:
  31,680,000 x 3 colors = 95,040,000 bytes

  Final Image Size:    92.8125 MB of file!!!

  POSTSCRIPT printing will make the file size even bigger!
    (Try our CUSTOM POSTSCRIPT, it's compressed and optimized!)

  Keep the following in mind:

   At 150dpi spool file = 6MB
   At 300dpi spool file = 20MB
   At 600dpi spool file = 90MB
   At 720dpi spool file = 130MB!!!!

  In light of this make sure that you print your draft versions at a lower
  resolution (perhaps 150dpi instead of 600dpi).

  - Use the RESOLUTION INDEPENDANCE qualities of Photo>Graphics to
  print your project at a smaller size for draft prints.  Change the
  OUTPUT SETTINGS to a smaller output size (2x3 instead of 8x12??) then
  simply Group EVERYTHING in the project and shrink it until it fits
  the new pink output box.  In fact, create it at that size and do the
  reverse to enlarge it when you want the final output!

  - Make certain that you have PLENTY of free disk space on your SPOOL drive.
  It is possible that two (maybe even 3!) copies of the print file may
  exist on your system at the same time as it is passed around the OS/2
  print drivers and print spool.
  (Spool location can be changed in the OS/2 System Setup folder)

  - If you are absolutely certain that no other application will be printing
  when you print your project you can turn off the OS/2 PRINT SPOOL.  This
  will send the output directly to the printer, eliminiating a delay.
  (Spooler can be stopped from the OS/2 System Setup folder)

  - If you must, close the other programs running in OS/2.  Multitasking
  is great but when it comes to printing you WILL notice the difference.

  - Printing is SLOW.  Sometimes there is just nothing you can do about it.
  By definition print files have a lot of information and that takes time
  to create and transfer to the printer.



3.0  Reporting Bugs
===================

Please report any bugs you encounter to

        E-mail:   support@truespectra.com


Describe the difficulty, and if possible how to recreate the situation.
Include the SYS number and the crash address in the form:

        SYS3175
        TSPECTRA.EXE at 0001:0006f341

all other information on the crash screen is unnecessary for reporting
purposes.

If you would be willing to include a copy of the GDO file or perhaps the
culprit bitmap that would also be very useful.

Also, please include a description of your system including the
type of computer, video display, display driver, printer, printer driver,
and version of OS/2 as well as providing us with a way to contact you by
Internet e-mail, fax or telephone.



4.0 TrueSpectra on the Internet
===============================

Additional support, fixes, upgrades and sample images can be found
on our Web Site at:

   http://www.truespectra.com

   There are technical support forums, frequently asked questions lists
   and other methods of contacting TrueSpectra.
        (supported on an as available basis)

There also exists a mailing list for discussion between users of
Photo>Graphics and with TrueSpectra developers and staff.  This
mailing list can be subscribed to by sending a message to:

        majordomo@truespectra.com

In the message make the first lines of the note:

        subscribe photogfx-l
        end

To send messages to everyone on the mailing list send it to:

        photogfx-l@truespectra.com




5.0 About TrueSpectra Inc.
==========================
TrueSpectra Inc. designs, develops and markets digital image editing and
graphics software products for home and professional use.  The powerful
ColorWave render engine, found in all TrueSpectra products, manages image,
text and draw objects producing high quality finished artwork in far less
time than traditional packages.  TrueSpectra is the Image of Imagination.

To order additional copies of Photo>Graphics, contact TrueSpectra for the
name of an OS/2 software distributor near you:

        Web Site:       http://www.truespectra.com
        E-mail:         sales@truespectra.com
        Phone:          (416) 224-2787
        Fax:            (416) 224-0309


TrueSpectra Inc.
4950 Yonge Street
Suite 802
North York, Ontario
Canada   M2N 6K1



TrueSpectra and Photo Graphic are registered trademarks and
Photo>Graphics, ColorWave and The Image of Imagination
are trademarks of TrueSpectra Inc.

Program copyright 1993-98 TrueSpectra Inc.  All rights reserved.

This work is in part derived from work of the Independent JPEG Group.
