Magic Camera Copyright 1990-1995 Dan Wesnor
This File Copyright 1995 Dan Wesnor
All rights reserved by the copyright holder.


This file contains the latest information regarding this 
version of Magic Camera, Version 1.0.


Requirements
------------

This program should run on any 386 or better PC with
4MB RAM and Windows 3.1 or better.  I _STRONGLY_ recommend 
a 486DX with 8MB RAM.

Many of the included scripts won't execute with less than
8MB of RAM.  One or two may require more.

And, as always, more memory and more processor won't hurt.


Unzipping Info - Full Package (Executables, Docs, & Examples)
-------------------------------------------------------------

After your initial unzipping of the distribution package,
you wound up with this "readme" file and another zipped
file ("mc.zip").  This is so that I could warn you to
use the  "-d" option of PKUnZip, like so...

pkunzip -d mc.zip

This puts everything in the proper subdirectories.

Installation
------------

I haven't written a nice installation program yet, so here's
what to do.

After unzipping (see above) into the directory you wish to keep
MC in, copy "mc.ini" and "ctl3d.dll" into your Windows directory.

Using File Manager, drag the files "mc.exe" and "mc.hlp" to any
existing program group in Program Manager.  This gives you icons
in Program Manager.  If you don't want icons, or have Windows '95,
you can skip this step.



Windows '95 Users
-----------------

Drop me a line and let me know how it works.


Changes Since Last Release
--------------------------

This is the first PC release.  There was a similar Amiga 
release, but support for this version ended when the Amiga I 
was using self-destructed (followed its manufacturer’s 
example, I suppose).  I don’t remember exactly what’s 
changed between releases.

If you have not registered your copy of MC, then on large images
(those with more than 100,000 pixels) you will see a dark band
across the center of the image.  This is the current "cripple"
method for unregistered copies of MC.  (If you _have_ registered
your copy, and still get this band, check to see if the opening
"about" dialog says you are using a registered version.  If not,
find the "mc.reg" file you receive when registering and copy it
to the same directory as Magic Camera.)


Known Bugs
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-       If the program is busy drawing the wire-frame preview, 
	and another window is brought in front of MC’s status 
	window, the preview gets drawn in the front-most 
	window, corrupting it.  I’ve included a work-around, 
	which causes the preview to be drawn in a background 
	bitmap, then blitted into view.  In order to turn this 
	work-around on, set the "FixPreview" parameter to 
	"1" in the "Misc" section of the "mc.ini" file.  
	The downside is that you will no longer see the preview 
	being drawn.



Contacting the Author
---------------------

If you have any questions or bug reports, feel free to e-
mail me at "dwesnor@traveller.com".  I check mail at this
address nearly daily.

There's also a new Web page at "http://www.traveller.com/~dwesnor/mc3.htm".

Dan Wesnor