ULEAD VIEWER README.TXT ******************* FILD_ID.DIZ *************************** (v1.0) ULVIEW10 - Win Graphics/Image Viewer Ulead Viewer for Windows is a powerful viewing/converting utility that allows you to quickly preview, open, view, corp, save, save to other format, and make minor modifications to image files. This version supports BMP, CGM, EPS, GIF, JPEG, PCD, PCX, TGA, TIFF, and WMF file formats. Freeware for non-commercial usage Ulead Systems, Inc. ******************* This is Freeware! ******************** This uncrippled image handling program is free, no questions asked! Why are we doing this? Because the need for fast and accurate communication becomes more critical every day. Now, more than ever, much of it is taking place over networks, BBSs and the Internet. And a lot consists of multimedia files. Ulead specializes in multimedia solutions. Consider them a gift to help all of us communicate better. ************* What is Ulead Viewer? *************** Viewer is a powerful viewing utility that allows you to quickly open, view, save, and make minor modifications to image files. You can zoom in to 8x and out to 1/8x size according to your needs. As a stand-alone program, you can open practically any image in Viewer by dragging it from File-Manager or through its Open dialog box. When used with File Manager, double-clicking on an image in File Manager automatically shows it in Ulead Viewer, (as long as the image type is associated with Ulead Viewer in your system). Viewer allows you crop unwanted portions of images and has a unique "global viewer" that helps you navigate about images that are larger than their windows. By openiing a file in one format and then saving to another, Viewer allows you to do file conversion. You can open multiple viewer instances and use 'Tile', 'Always On Top', and other commands to arrange and compare them on the desktop. ***************** File Formats Supported ***************** This version of Ulead Viewer supports the following file formats: BMP A popular device-independent Windows file format. This format can be understood by practically any Windows program that supports graphics. One popular use for this format is to create wallpaper and patterns for the Windows desktop. Viewer fully supports this format. CGM A device independent graphics file format well suited for two-dimensional CAD drawings. This format is widely accepted by many programs. Viewer can only read these files and save them to other formats. EPS A device independent file format for PostScript printing and file exchange. Viewer can only read and write to the raster component of this format. GIF A popular file format developed by Compuserve for exchanging Image data via modem. The GIF format supports indexed 16- and 256- Color formats as well as Grayscale and Black and White. Viewer fully supports this format. JPEG An industry standard file format developed by the Joint Photographers Experts Group for file exchange. This True Color or Grayscale format offers superior compression of large images, sometimes achieving ratios up to 100 to 1. However, it uses a lossy compression method which means that some data is irreversibly altered during compression. For on-line use, the losses are rarely noticeable. Viewer fully supports this format. PCD This proprietary format was created by Eastman Kodak for putting photographs on CDs. PCD files simultaneously support Grayscale, Indexed 256-Color, and RGB True Color data types. Viewer can only read PCD files and save them to other formats. PCX A popular format for some scanning packages and painting programs, this format supports Black and White, 256-color, Grayscale, Hi Color, RGB True Color, and CMYK True Color. Viewer fully supports this format. TGA Developed by TrueVision for its full color video boards, this format has gained wide acceptance for many video capture applications. It supports Grayscale, Indexed 256-Color, Hi Color, and True Color data types. Viewer fully supports this format. TIFF Developed to promote using desktop scanners and DTP applications on a PC, this format has become very popular and is supported by many programs across all platforms. It supports Black and White, Grayscale, Indexed 16- and 256-Color, and RGB and CMYK True Color data types. To control file size, it uses PackBits, CCITT G3 1-D, and other compression methods. Viewer fully supports this format. WMF A device independent file format that supports both vector and raster components. This format supports Black and White, Indexed 16- and 256-Color, and RGB True Color data types. It is a widely accepted format among modern Windows-based programs. Viewer can read all WMF files and save raster-based ones. ******************* System Requirements ****************** To run these programs on your system, you must have the following: * IBM PC (or compatible) * MS-Windows v. 3.1 (or higher) * Microsoft Mouse (or compatible) * At least 2.2 MB disk space (for program files) *********************** Installation ********************* After downloading ULVIEW10.EXE, follow these steps to install the programs on your system: 1. Create a temporary directory and place ULVIEW10.EXE in it, (ex. C:\TEMP). For EXE file, run it by using the Run command, ULVIEW10 The program will self extract. Or, extract the ZIP file with PKUNZIP, PKUNZIP ULVIEW10.ZIP 2. Open File Manager and double-click on the INSTALL.EXE program. Or, use the Run command to execute INSTALL.EXE program. 3. Follow the instructions on screen and click OK. *********** Additional Sources of Information ************ The following files provide further information: PRODUCTS.HLP A Windows help file describing other Ulead products and how to order them. VIEWER.HLP On-line help for the Viewer program ******************* License Agreement ******************** This Software is owned by Ulead Systems, Incorporated. Ulead Systems grants to the user a non-exclusive license to use this Software solely for its internal business purposes. The user shall not commercially distribute, sub license, resell, or otherwise transfer for any consideration, or reproduce for any such purposes, the Ulead Viewer or any modification or derivation thereof, either alone or in conjunction with any other product or program. Further, the user shall not disassemble, reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise abuse the intended purpose under this License Agreement. Please contact Ulead for the applicable licensing terms for all other uses of the Ulead Viewer modules. The "Ulead Viewer modules" are those files included in the Ulead Viewer package. THE ULEAD VIEWER ARE PROVIDED TO THE USER ''AS IS.'' ULEAD MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND/OR ASSOCIATED MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE USER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. 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