PhotoFinish 3.0 Readme File

Welcome to PhotoFinish version 3.0!

PhotoFinish 3.0 has added even more automation to 
make editing your pictures even easier. PhotoFinish has 
added more than a dozen new commands and has more 
than doubled the number of tools and tool types. 
PhotoFinish now has nearly 90 tools and tool types -- 
including innovative natural art tools you can use to 
create your own artistic masterpiece.

This file contains a summary of what is new in PhotoFinish 
3.0. It also contains specific release information and other 
items that became available after the PhotoFinish manuals 
went to print.

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What's New in PhotoFinish 3.0
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--The AutoBar has been added to the top of the PhotoFinish 
desktop. Just a click of the mouse button lets you start, 
open, or save a picture; cut, copy, or paste a cutout; undo 
your last changes; automatically enhance the picture with 
several options; automatically adjust brightness and 
contrast, crop the border from a picture, remove moiré 
patterns, adjust the intensity of colors in the picture, sharpen 
the picture, or straighten the picture; or automatically scan a 
picture.

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--Six new Auto commands have been added to the Image menu. 
Choose Auto Brightness/Contrast to have PhotoFinish 
automatically adjust brightness and contrast in the entire 
picture.

--Choose Auto Crop to automatically crop the border from a 
picture.

--Choose Auto Remove Moiré to automatically remove moiré 
patterns from the entire picture.

--Choose Auto Saturation to automatically adjust the intensity of 
colors in the entire picture.

--Choose Auto Sharpen to automatically sharpen the entire 
picture

--Choose Auto Straighten to automatically straighten or deskew 
the entire picture.

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--The ribbon bar has been added to the PhotoFinish desktop. 
The ribbon bar changes depending on the selected tool. You 
can quickly change most of the tool's settings with a click of 
the mouse button on the ribbon bar. Some ribbon bars also 
have command buttons you can click to quickly perform a 
task. For example, if the selected tool is the Zoom tool and 
you have zoomed in on a picture, click the Fit To Zoom 
button on the button bar to resize the picture window so you 
can see more of the zoomed-in picture.

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--The Samples command has been added to the Filter, Special 
Effect, and Tune cascading menus on the Image menu. 
These commands make it easy to decide which Filter, 
Special Effect, or Tune command to apply to the picture or 
cutout.

--Individual Filter, Special Effect, and Tune commands also 
display samples of how the command will change the 
picture or cutout. Click the Shrink or Expand button to 
display more samples of the command using different 
settings. Click Advanced to manually adjust the settings.

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--Two new Special Effect commands have been added. 
Choose Apply Paper to add a paper texture to the entire picture 
or a cutout. The paper effect is apparent immediately, unlike 
the Paper command on the Options menu, which is used 
with some tools. This command is available for 24 bit color 
and gray scale pictures.

--Choose Crumple to create a crumpled look to the entire picture 
or a cutout. This command is available for 24 bit color, gray 
scale, and 256 color pictures.

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--New tools and tool types have been added. PhotoFinish now 
has nearly 90 tools and tool types, giving you even more 
picture editing possibilities. The new tools are the Chalk, 
Color Pencil, Marker, and Crayon tools. 

--Select a tool type to change the effect of most tools. Tool types 
vary depending on the selected tool. Most tool types are 
available for all color modes. However, the effect of most 
tool types is more apparent with 24 bit color or gray scale 
pictures. 

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--You can paint with a paper effect with many of the painting 
tools. Choose Paper to load a paper. The texture of the 
paper appears when you begin painting with a tool and tool 
type that use paper. 

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--PhotoFinish supports pressure sensitive tablets. You can 
affect how many of the painting tools apply color by varying 
the downward force on the tablet surface. If you have a 
pointing device that has only one button, you can simulate a 
right mouse button click by holding the Ctrl key and clicking 
the button.

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--The Box tool has more options. Use the ribbon bar or the Tool 
Options command to select the Basic Box tool type to paint 
boxes filled with the secondary color. Select the Tile tool 
type to paint a box filled with a tile pattern. Select the 
Gradient tool type to paint a box filled with a gradient that 
begins with the secondary color and ends with the 
background color.

--The Text tool has more options. You can now choose to apply 
a shadow or outline to make your text more distinctive. 
Shadows and outlines appear in the primary color. You can 
also choose to left justify, right justify, or center text within 
the Text Frame.

--The Paint Roller tools have been combined. Use the ribbon 
bar or choose the Tool Options command to select the Basic 
Roller tool type to fill an area with the primary or secondary 
color. Select the Tile tool type to fill an area with a tile 
pattern. Select the Gradient tool type to fill an area with a 
gradient that begins with the secondary color and ends with 
the background color. 

--The Line and Tile Pattern Line tools have been combined. 
Use the ribbon bar or choose the Tool Options command to 
select whether you want to paint a line in the primary color 
or a line of tile patterns.

--The Hollow and Filled shape tools have been combined. 
Choose a shape tool and use the ribbon bar or the Tool 
Options command to select whether you want to paint a 
hollow shape, a filled shape with a border, or a filled shape 
without a border.

--You can choose the width and shape for tools on the ribbon 
bar or in the Tool Options dialog box for the selected tool. 
Width and shape are tool specific. That means that when 
you switch tools, width and shape change to the last 
selected options for the tool. The Width & Shape workbox 
no longer appears. 

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--Color Tolerance has been improved. You can now specify a 
separate, tool specific color tolerance setting for the Magic 
Wand, Color Replacer, and Paint Roller tools. 

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--The Apply Texture command has been renamed Texturize. 
The Font More Fonts command has been renamed Font.

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--Beginning with version 2.02, PhotoFinish has supported the 
Photo CD (.PCD) file format. This format is used to load 
images from a Kodak Photo CD into PhotoFinish. To open a 
Photo CD image, select the drive where your CD device is 
located. 

Kodak Photo CD is a registered trademark of Eastman Kodak 
Company. Kodak Photo CD technology is a copyright of 
Eastman Kodak Company, 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Photo CD images are available in 24 bit color only. Use one of 
PhotoFinish's Image Convert To commands if you want the 
image in another color format, You can save .PCD files in 
any format, except PCD, onto your hard disk for later use. 
