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<B>SuperConvert v4.0 - New Features Listing and Outline<BR>
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<B>For SuperConvert v4.0 info - Email: SC4info@sevenhills.com<BR>
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The following listing and outline gives information all the new and improved
features <BR>
in SuperConvert version 4.0 <BR>
<B><BR>
Thru 12/20/97 order for only $15.00!<BR>
Add 7% tax if in Florida. Add $3.50 shipping and handling.<BR>
After 12/20/97: Full version $39.95; Upgrade $20.00. <BR>
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<H2>Contact Information</H2>
<STRONG>Email: </STRONG><A HREF="mailto:shss@nettally.com">Internet</A>,
<A HREF="mailto:sevenhills@aol.com">America Online</A>, <A HREF="mailto:75300.1743@compuserve.com">CompuServe</A>,
and <A HREF="mailto:sevenhills@genie.com">Genie</A>.<BR>
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<STRONG>Fax: </STRONG>904-575-2015, anytime<BR>
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<STRONG>Phone: </STRONG>904-575-0566, 9am-5pm ET, Monday through Friday<BR>
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<STRONG>Mail: </STRONG>1254 Ocala Road, Tallahassee, FL 32304-1548<BR>
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<B>GENERAL </B><BR>
<BR>
Remapping an image is generally about 20% faster. <BR>
<BR>
Now recognizes GIF's new filetype assignment when loading (as a result you<BR>
may need to click the "Load all pictures regardless of type" option
for generic<BR>
E;GIF files). <BR>
<BR>
NDAs are now usable under System 6. <BR>
<BR>
Corrected a problem which could cause another application to be activated
when<BR>
doing a full screen preview under The Manager. <BR>
<BR>
Pictures with invalid palette entries (such as produced by the ComputerEyes
GS<BR>
digitizer software) no longer crash when saved as GIF. <BR>
<BR>
A printer driver error where enhanced printing of a 320 mode picture caused
the<BR>
printer dialog boxes to be blank has been fixed by using a workaround. <BR>
<BR>
Corrected a problem which caused saving a desktop picture INIT to crash
if it<BR>
was used more than once. <BR>
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<B>APPLE MENU </B><BR>
<BR>
The Help window has a scroll bar to handle topics larger than one window<BR>
(rather than having multiple pages of help for the same topic). <BR>
<BR>
You can prevent the Remap dialog box from appearing automatically after<BR>
loading a True Color Image. <BR>
<BR>
You can have the Remap dialog box appear automatically after loading a<BR>
Screen Image. <BR>
<BR>
Inserting a disk can automatically start a Load (or a Save, if the disk
was<BR>
unreadable and had to be formatted). <BR>
<BR>
Added a button to clear the "Skip Me" conversion preferences.
New Prefs:<BR>
Preferences can now be made permanent by saving them to disk. <BR>
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<B>FILE MENU </B><BR>
<BR>
Printing now supports multipalette pictures with the ImageWriter II and<BR>
ImageWriter LQ (and any others that watch for the "palette changed"
picture<BR>
comment). <BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B>SCREEN MENU </B><BR>
<BR>
Added a new item to "Convert to True Color". The conversion is
automatic if the<BR>
Screen Image is 320 mode. <BR>
<BR>
If the Screen Image is 640 mode then a new dialog box appears that lets
you<BR>
specify whether the conversion should be "exact" (so each pixel
retains its<BR>
individual color) or "smoothed" (so dithered pixels become a solid
color). A<BR>
"Skip Me" checkbox lets you set the option once so that subsequent
selections<BR>
of "Convert to True Color" will not present a dialog box (cleared
using the<BR>
Apple/Preferences dialog box). <BR>
<BR>
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<B>TRUE COLOR MENU </B><BR>
<BR>
The "Remap" menu item has been changed to "Convert to Screen".
<BR>
<BR>
Added an "auto aspect ratio" option to maintain the correct aspect
ratio when<BR>
resizing images. <BR>
<BR>
If a True Color image is not in memory, the existing Screen or Monochrome<BR>
image is automatically converted to be a True Color image, then the familiar<BR>
Remap dialog box is presented. <BR>
<BR>
After converting the True Color image to a Screen image you can examine
the<BR>
results, crop the screen image, and so on, all independently from the Tue
Color <BR>
<BR>
image. At any point you can choose "Convert to Screen" from the
True Color<BR>
menu to create another Screen image from the True Color data. <BR>
<BR>
Added new special effects: Emboss, Blur, Sharpen, Solarize, Find Edges,<BR>
Increase Contrast, and Decrease Contrast. <BR>
<BR>
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<B>MONOCHROME MENU </B><BR>
<BR>
This entire menu is new, and is used for Monochrome (black and white) image<BR>
types. There are two Load Formats which make use of this new image type:<BR>
Works of Art (Springboard Publisher) and MacPaint as monochrome image. <BR>
<BR>
<HR><BR>
<B>LOAD FORMATS WINDOW </B><BR>
<BR>
Small icons (rather than asterisks) indicate whether the Load Format is
for<BR>
Screen, True Color, or Monochrome images. <BR>
<BR>
Improved the IBM .PCX graphics format to handle 256-color and 24-bit true<BR>
color <BR>
<BR>
variations. 2-color files now load as monochrome images. <BR>
<BR>
Improved the MacPaint format to allow loading as a monochrome image. <BR>
<BR>
Added the following new load formats: <BR>
New Print Shop graphics<BR>
ThunderScan raw scan files<BR>
Works of Art (Springboard Publisher)<BR>
ComputerEyes GS raw data file<BR>
DreamGrafix SHR screen<BR>
DreamGrafix "3200 color" screen<BR>
Windows and OS/2 bitmap (.BMP)<BR>
Ventura Publisher (.IMG, .GEM)<BR>
Sun Rasterfile<BR>
Portable Pixelmap (.PBM, .PGM, .PPM)<BR>
PNG (Portable Network Graphics)<BR>
JPEG (JFIF)<BR>
SGI Iris (.SGI, .BW, .RGB, .RGBA) <BR>
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<B>SAVE FORMATS WINDOW </B><BR>
<BR>
Small icons (rather than asterisks) indicate whether the Save Format is
for<BR>
Screen, True Color, or Monochrome images. <BR>
<BR>
Saving a Macintosh-usable graphic (GIF or TIFF) onto an HFS disk sets the<BR>
appropriate Mac file Type and Creator information--if you save onto an HFS<BR>
disk <BR>
<BR>
the images will be recognized by most Mac programs without needing to use
a<BR>
Macintosh utility program to change the file's Type and Creator. <BR>
<BR>
Improved the Finder Icon format: the small icon editor now handles half-pixel<BR>
mode for all colors, not just black & white. <BR>
<BR>
Added the following save formats:<BR>
Hex data (useful for programmers)<BR>
Icon resource (useful with HyperCard GS)<BR>
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) which gives very high compression <BR>
<BR>
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<B>CURRENT IMAGE WINDOW </B><BR>
<BR>
The image preview window can now preview any image type (Screen, True<BR>
Color, or Monochrome), just by selecting the desired type from a popup menu<BR>
within the preview window. <BR>
<BR>
Screen images can be displayed with the proper palettes by selecting the
desired<BR>
type from a popup menu within the preview window. <BR>
<BR>
Another popup menu within the preview window lets you select the preview
size<BR>
(1/8 shrink, 1/4 shrink, 1/2 shrink, Actual size, 2x zoom, 4x zoom, 8x zoom)
<BR>
<BR>
Another popup menu lets you choose between a Selection tool and a new "Pixel<BR>
Peek" tool that shows you the values of any pixel in the picture (just
select the<BR>
Pixel Peek tool, then click on the pixel you want to check). <BR>
<BR>
The selection marquee can now be resized just by dragging one of its edges
or<BR>
corners, and can be moved by dragging inside the selected area.<BR>
<BR>
These options are very handy for cropping True Color images down before<BR>
converting them to a Screen image (for example, zoom in 4x or 8x, draw and<BR>
resize the marquee to highlight the exact pixels you want in your picture,
the<BR>
"crop to selection" and convert to a Screen image).<BR>
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