Welcome

Welcome to FullShot!

FullShot is the complete image capture and screen printing program designed for users who need to work with images from Microsoft Windows screens.


System Requirements

FullShot 99 is a 32-bit Windows application. It requires one of the following Windows operating systems on your PC:

Windows 95

Windows 98

Windows NT 4.0 (workstation or server)

Windows NT 5.0 (workstation or server)

If you don't have any of the above Windows installed, you need to upgrade your system software before installing FullShot 99.

The total hard drive space needed is 3MB. The total memory requirement is 16MB. Basically, if you can boot your Windows successfully, you can run FullShot successfully. The more memory you have, however, the smoother FullShot will run.


What FullShot Can Do for You

Capturing images

•	Capture images in six capture types in the Standard Edition: screen capture, window capture, region capture, title & menu capture, freehand capture, and mouse pointer capture. The Professional Edition has two more capture types: button capture and command bar capture.

•	Capture images by using on-screen Snapshot Buttons or Hotkeys.

•	Capture images in 4-bit (16 colors), 8-bit (256 colors), 15-bit (32K colors), 16-bit (64K colors), or 24-bit (16.8M colors) color modes, as well as in black-and-white mode.

•	Capture images in 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 resolution.

•	Capture a complete screen or separate objects on the screen such as dialog boxes, menus, command buttons, option buttons, toolbars, and mouse pointers.

•	Capture any rectangular or freely drawn region of a screen you define using a mouse.

Printing images

♦	Print images on any printer that Windows supports automatically or manually.

♦	Print images with text annotations in multiple formats.

♦	Print images with a Header and a Footer.

♦	Print images in any size.

♦	Print images in multiple alignments and orientations.

♦	Print multiple images on one page.

Converting images

•	Open or import images in these formats: BMP, CLP, CUR, DIB, GIF, ICO, JPG, PCX, PNG, RLE, TIF and WPG.

•	Save or export images in these formats: BMP, CLP, DIB, GIF, JPG, PCX, PNG, RLE, TIF and WPG automatically or manually.

Editing images

•	Add frames around images.

•	Resize images.

•	Flip or rotate images.

•	Translate color images to grayscale or black-and-white.

•	Change image colors.

•	Reduce image colors to produce smaller files.

•	Crop images to a smaller size.

•	Erase part of an image.

•	Merge two or more images into one.

Annotating Images

•	Write image annotations

•	Save image annotations

•	Print image annotations


FullShot 99 Versions

FullShot 99 is released in two editions: Standard Edition and Professional Edition. The Professional Edition has everything the Standard Edition offers, but comes with more tools and two independent utility applications. Here is a list of features that is available only in the Professional Edition.

1.	Automatic Color Reduction in all saving mode

2.	Batch Save All command for quick save

3.	Button Capture

4.	Command Bar Capture

5.	ImageExplorer - a standalone application

6.	BatchCon - a standalone application


Installing FullShot

1.	Start Windows.

Close all running applications.

2.	Insert the FullShot CD into your CD-ROM drive.

If your FullShot is on 3.5" diskette, insert the diskette into A: drive.

3.	If the Setup program doesn't get loaded automatically,

click the Start button,

choose the Run command,

type d:\setup and then click OK.

If the CD-ROM is not on D: drive, use the other drive letter.

For the disk version, type a:\setup.

4.	Follow the on-screen instructions to install FullShot.


Registering FullShot

After you install FullShot, send in the registration card enclosed with your copy of the program.

Registration entitles you to free technical support and information about future updates. If you need to call technical support, be ready to give the support programmer your license number, which appears on the FullShot CD jewel case or disk envelope. You can also find your license number in the About FullShot dialog box.


Starting FullShot

The FullShot99 icon should already be on your desktop window when the installation is completed. Double click on the icon to start FullShot 99.

If you have already deleted the FullShot icon:

1.	Click the Start button.

2.	Choose the Programs item.

3.	Choose the FullShot99 submenu.

4.	Choose the FullShot99 application.


Uninstalling FullShot

To uninstall FullShot:

1.	Insert the FullShot CD into your CD-ROM drive D: (or other drive letter).

2.	Run SETUP.EXE.

If you received the software from one of the Inbit download sites, it is called FSHOT99.EXE. Run this executable instead.

3.	The SETUP.EXE or FSHOT99.EXE has a built-in uninstaller that will check your system to see if you have an installed version of FullShot 99. If the uninstaller finds a previously installed version, it will display a dialog box. You may follow the on-screen instructions to remove FullShot completely.

4.	If the uninstaller fails to find the installed copy of FullShot, you may remove FullShot manually by deleting the entire 'FullShot99' folder. It is installed to your C: drive by default.


Technical Support

Call:	1-408-730-9819. Support is available only to registered users. Be ready with your license number that is printed on your CD jewel case or Disk envelope. You can also find your license number in the About FullShot dialog box.

Fax:	1-408-730-1756

Internet: 	support@inbit.com

Write:	Inbit Inc.

P.O.Box 391674

Mountain View, CA 94039

USA


FullShot Window

The main FullShot window is a workspace where you can view and work on captured or imported images. It can contain more than one image at a time, each in a separate window.


Snapshot Buttons

The easiest way to capture images is with Snapshot Buttons. Clicking one of the buttons carries out the corresponding type of capture.

=	Screen Capture

=	Window Capture

=	Region Capture

=	Freehand Capture

=	Button Capture - available in the Professional Edition

=	Command Bar Capture - available in the Professional Edition

By default, S, W and R buttons are turned on in the Standard Edition. And S, W, R, B and C buttons are selected in the Professional Edition.

The Snapshot Buttons will be displayed on the title bar of the top most application window.


Toolbar

To know the name of a particular button, stop the mouse pointer over it. FullShot will display the name shortly.

  Open command. Use this command to open an image file. You can also use the FullShot Explorer to open image files.

  Save As command. Use this command to save an image to a file. You can also use drag & drop method to drag an image to a folder in the FullShot Explorer.

  Save All command. Use this command to save all of the images in the FullShot window to a folder. This batch save command is only available in the Professional Edition.

  Launch ImageExplorer application, a component of the Professional Edition.

  Launch BatchCon application, a component of the Professional Edition.

  Print command. Use this command to print the active image.

  Copy Image command. Use this command to copy the active image to the Clipboard.

  Paste Image command. Use this command to paste an image from the Clipboard to the FullShot window.

  FullShot Explorer command. Use this command to turn on/off the FullShot Explorer.

  Notepad command. Use this command to Open/Close the image notepad.

  Full Screen View command. Use this command to view the active image in the full screen mode.

  Merge Images command. Use this command to merge multiple images into one.

  Frame command. Use this command to add a color frame to the active image.

  Zoom In command. Use this command to enlarge the active image.

  Flip Horizontal command. Use this command to flip the active image horizontally.

  Flip Vertical command. Use this command to flip the active image vertically.

  Rotate Right command. Use this command to rotate the active image to the right.

  Rotate Left command. Use this command to rotate the active image to the left.

  Count Colors command. Use this command to count the actual number of colors in the active image.

  Check and Change Color command. Use this command to see color definition and change colors.

  Reduce Colors command. Use this command to reduce the color format of the active image to one level lower.

  Select Image command. Use this command to select the active image for changes.

  Crop command. Use this command to trim the unwanted edges.

  Erase command. Use this command to erase part of an image.

  Close All command. Use this command to close all of the image windows.


FullShot Explorer

The FullShot Explorer lets you open, save and delete images in an easy way. The color bar icon in the FullShot Explorer indicates an image file in one of the supported formats.

To open an image file, navigate and find the file and then single click on it.

To save an image from the FullShot window to your hard drive, drag and drop the image to the destination folder.

To remove an image from your hard drive, press Del key on your keyboard.


FullShot Status Icon

When FullShot is loaded, the FullShot status icon is displayed in your system tray where your other hardware and software icons are displayed. If the status icon is not in the system tray, you may want to change your FullShot Setup and turn it on.

Right click on the FullShot camera icon to open up a popup menu.

Open FullShot 99: Brings FullShot window to top and run FullShot in the foreground mode, same as press the hotkey Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F.

Hide FullShot 99: Hides the FullShot window and the taskbar icon and runs FullShot in the background mode, same as press the hotkey Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B. If you choose this command, the status icon will be the only object that represents FullShot on your desktop.

About FullShot 99: shows the FullShot version and copyright information.

Remove Status Icon: removes the status icon from the system tray. FullShot will run without this icon.

Exit: Quits FullShot 99.

For more information about the background and foreground mode setup, see FullShot Setup .


Capturing Images

1.	Start Windows.

2.	Start FullShot.

3.	Minimize the FullShot if you wish.

4.	Start the program from which you want to capture screen images.

5.	Click one of the FullShot on-screen Snapshot Buttons.

If you prefer to use Hotkeys, the default Hotkeys are:

Full Screen Capture	CTRL+1

Window Capture	CTRL+2

Region Capture	CTRL+3

Title & Menu Capture	CTRL+4

Freehand Capture	CTRL+5

Mouse Pointer Capture	CTRL+6

Button Capture	CTRL+7	available in the Professional Edition

Command Bar Capture	CTRL+8	available in the Professional Edition

By default, captured images are displayed in the FullShot windows.


FullShot Settings

FullShot comes with a set of default settings. It works just fine without your changing any of its settings. You do have many options, however, if you want to use FullShot differently. In this chapter we present you with general settings which affect overall FullShot behavior. In the next chapter, we’ll discuss capture-related settings.


FullShot Setup

The FullShot Setup command opens up the FullShot Setup dialog box.

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In the professional edition, there are two more options in the Desktop section.

You can load FullShot with Windows automatically. You can load FullShot directly in the form of a minimized icon on the taskbar. If you want to load FullShot unnoticeably, unselect the Display FullShot Logo Box option.

If you choose to run FullShot in the background mode, FullShot will be hidden and it doesn't even appear on the taskbar. When you need to switch between the Background mode and the Foreground mode, press the hotkey combination Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B and Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F.

You can install the FullShot icon in your system tray to identify its running status. See Chapter 2 to learn more about the status icon and its popup menu.

By default, the FullShot Setup program has installed the FullShot icon on your desktop. You can let FullShot to remove the icon in this dialog box. If you're running the Professional Edition, you can also install or remove the ImageExplorer icon and the BatchCon icon on your desktop.


Destination Setup

FullShot sends all captured images to the FullShot Window by default. If you need to change the destination, use Capture Setup. There are four destinations. You can select all of them or just one.

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If you use FullShot as a direct screen printing program, select the Printer option only, and then set print settings (see Chapter 7 for details). If you plan to capture and save many images during a session, you can make the process quick and easy by selecting the File as a destination (see Chapter 6 for details). For those of you who prefer to use the Clipboard to transfer captured images, select the Clipboard option.

Please note that the Button tab and the Command Bar tab are available only in the professional edition.

X = 5 and Y = 5 in the Display Option means that images are displayed at 5 pixels from its left window edge and 5 pixels from its top window edge. You may change these values.


Capture Setup

Capture settings in this page affect all of the capture types.

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Hide Mouse Pointer: Select if you don’t want the captured image to include the mouse pointer; leave unselected if you do want the image to include the mouse pointer.

Add Frame and Mat: Select if you want to add the currently defined frame and mat automatically to the captured image; leave unselected if you don’t want to add a frame and mat automatically.

Bring FullShot to Top: Select if you want the FullShot window to appear above other application windows after you capture an image; leave unselected if you don’t want the FullShot window to appear on top after image captures.

Display Image Info: Select if you want to see a dialog box showing information about an image immediately after you capture it; leave unselected if you don’t want the image info dialog box to appear.

As Is: Select to leave color images unchanged when you capture them.

Black & White: Select to change color images automatically to black-and-white as you capture them using color to black-and-white mappings set with the Set Black & White.

Grayscale: Select to change color images automatically to grayscale as you capture them.

Invert: Select to invert color or monochrome images automatically as you capture them.

Reduce Color: Select to reduce color depth automatically when you capture an image. For example, a 24-bit true color image is reduced to 8-bit, and an 8-bit color image is reduced to 4-bit. FullShot does not reduce the color depth, however, if the captured image has too many colors for the reduced color level.


Snapshot Button Setup

Snapshot Buttons are the easiest way to capture images. Six of the eight capture types have a snapshot button. The Mouse Pointer capture does not need a snapshot button; the Title & Menu capture cannot use a snapshot button. You can turn on/off any snapshot button through the Snapshot Button Setup dialog box.

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By default, the snapshot buttons use the system button color. You can change it to your favorite color. Select the Hide in Capture option if you don't want to see the snapshot button image in your captured images.

Please note that the Button Capture and Command Bar Capture are available only in the professional edition.


Hotkey Setup

Hotkeys are the second way to capture images. Each of the eight capture types has its own hotkey or hotkey combination. A hotkey combination can be any key (except F1, which is used for Help) and one or more of these system keys: CTRL, SHIFT, ESC and ALT. The default hotkey settings are:

CTRL + 1	Screen Capture

CTRL + 2	Window Capture

CTRL + 3	Region Capture

CTRL + 4	Title & Menu Capture

CTRL + 5	Freehand Capture

CTRL + 6	Mouse Pointer Capture

CTRL + 7	Button Capture - available only in the professional edition

CTRL + 8	Command Bar Capture - available only in the professional edition

You can change hotkeys easily through the Hotkey Setup dialog box.

You need to use the mouse to select hotkeys. If you use a number key from the numeric keypad, make sure NUM LOCK is turned on. Do not use SHIFT in combination with number keys from the numeric keypad.

Tip In general, it’s best to select hotkeys that won’t conflict with keys your current application uses. If a FullShot hotkey matches the key for an application, pressing it first carries out the action your application defines for the key and then captures an image. Thus, you may find that the application has changed the image you wanted to capture. The easiest way to avoid such conflicts is define a hotkey combination that, like the default selections, includes one or more systems keys, for example, CTRL+1 for screen captures.

Tip FullShot’s keyboard display always includes the standard 101 keys. If your keyboard has a different number of keys, make sure you select only hotkeys that are actually available on your keyboard.


FullShot Clock

The FullShot Clock has nothing to do with image captures. It is for your convenience. The clock is always displayed next to the Snapshot Buttons on the title bar of the active window. You can change its settings and color through a dialog box.

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To turn off the clock, unselect both the Time and Date options.


Master Reset

The Master Reset command allows you to change all settings to their original defaults.


Load Settings & Save Settings

The Load Settings and Save Settings commands let you load or save settings stored in separate FULLSHOT.INI files. These commands are particularly useful if you want to set FullShot up in a particular way for many different users throughout a company or if several different people are using the program on a single PC and each wants to customize settings to suit his or her needs.


Capturing a Screen

A screen capture includes everything you see on your display screen or everything in the area you define. By default, screen captures include the whole screen.

To capture a screen:

Click [image] button or

Press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+1)

You can change the screen capture area within your monitor resolution through the Capture Setup command.

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FullShot lets you set a countdown timer for screen capture. This feature can help you capture screens that might change with any keystroke or mouse click. A capture is delayed for the number of seconds you specify so you have time to arrange the screen the way you want it to look.

To use the countdown timer:

1.	Select the Countdown option.

2.	Specify the number of seconds.

3.	Click [image] or press the current hotkeys to start the capture.

Timer beeper starts.

4.	Arrange the screen the way you want to capture it.

After the number of seconds you specify, FullShot automatically captures the screen.

5.	Turn off the countdown timer after you capture the screen.


Capturing the Active Window

FullShot lets you capture not only complete screens, but also separate “windows” that are part of a screen. “Windows”, in this sense, refers not only to full size application or document windows, but also to smaller objects within these windows, such as dialog boxes, list boxes etc.

An active window is a window on top of other windows. A dialog box is an active window; an application window is an active window, etc. There can be only one active window at anytime. FullShot has its own way to recognize the active window. As long as the Snapshot Buttons can be displayed on a window’s title bar, that window is the active window.

To capture an active window:

1.	Choose the Active Window option

2.	Click [image] button or

press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+2)

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As in the screen capture mode, FullShot lets you set a countdown timer for window capture. This feature can help you capture windows that might change with any keystroke or mouse click. A capture is delayed for the number of seconds you specify so you have time to arrange the window the way you want it to look.

To use the countdown timer:

1.	Select the Countdown option.

2.	Specify the number of seconds.

3.	Click [image] or press the current hotkey to start the capture.

Timer beeper starts.

4.	Arrange the window the way you want to capture it.

After the number of seconds you specify, FullShot automatically captures the window.

5.	Turn off the countdown timer after you capture the screen.


Capturing a Window You Select

FullShot can capture any windows. As long as you see something with a border on the screen, FullShot can capture it. If the window you are trying to capture is not active, use the Select a Window mode.

To capture a window you select:

1.	Choose the Select a Window option.

2.	Click [image] button or

press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+2)

The mouse cursor changes to a window selection shape.

3.	Click on the window you want to capture.


Capturing an Overlapping Window

By default, window capture setup has the Capture with Current and Erase Background selected so that overlapping objects can be captured automatically. If you want to capture two or more overlapped application windows, you may capture them separately and then merge them into one. See Merging Images in Chapter 9 for details.


Capturing a Region on the Screen

The Region Capture lets you define any arbitrary rectangular area on the screen to capture.

To capture a region on the screen:

1.	Click [image] button or

Press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+3)

The mouse pointer turns to a crosshair.

2.	Move the pointer to a corner of the area you want to capture and press the left mouse button to anchor the starting point.

3.	With the left mouse button held down, drag the mouse pointer to the corner diagonally opposite to the starting point until the flexible box completely surrounds the area you want to capture.

4.	Release the mouse button. The flexible box disappears and the area it encircled is captured.

There are several options you can set for the region capture.

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Capturing a Menu

The title & menu capture defines a rectangle area that includes all the objects you select. FullShot can recognize and separate four title/menu objects. If you want to omit any part of the captured area that is not an actual part of a menu object, select the Erase Background option.

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To capture a dropdown menu or popup menu:

1.	Open the menu you want to capture.

2.	Press the currently defined hotkeys for title & menu capture (e.g. CTRL+4)

There are limitations to the dropdown menu captures. If you cannot capture a particular dropdown menu from an application, that's because the dropdown menu might be implemented in a different way. Especially when the menu bar is implemented as a special toolbar, menu capture may fail. If that's the case, try to use the Command Bar Capture mode, available in the professional edition.


Capturing an Area Freehand

The Freehand Capture lets you capture any arbitrarily shaped area on the screen.

To capture an area freehand:

1.	Click [image] button or

press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+5)

The mouse pointer turns to a pen.

2.	Move the pointer to an edge of the area you want to capture and press the left mouse button.

3.	With the mouse button held down, drag the mouse pointer around the area you want to capture until the border surrounds it completely. If you don’t join the edges of the figure you draw, FullShot will calculate the capture area for you.

4.	Release the mouse button. The surrounded area is captured.

Below is a freehand capture sample.

There are several options you can set for the freehand capture.

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Capturing the Mouse Pointer

In many programs, the mouse pointer changes depending on the action you are carrying out. For example, when you select the Airbrush tool from the toolbox in the Windows Paint program, the mouse pointer changes to an airbrush image. FullShot lets you capture the current mouse pointer as a separate image in any form.

Mouse pointer capture samples:

To capture the mouse pointer:

Press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+6)

There is no setting you need to set for the mouse pointer capture.


Capturing a Button

The Button Capture is available only in the professional edition.

There are many buttons on the screen - 3D style buttons and flat style buttons. They can be of any size. They can be placed next to each other. Using the button capture, you can capture buttons individually.

Button capture samples:

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To capture a 3D style button:

1.	Click [image] button.

The mouse pointer turns to an arrow-on-button shape.

2.	Click the button you want to capture.

To capture a flat style button:

1.	Park the mouse pointer over the button to make it 3D look.

2.	Press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+7)

Select Add a frame around the button option if you want to have a black single line border around the captured images. There are many button images captured from FullShot and ImageExplorer in this Online User's Guide. All of them are captured with the Add a frame around the button option selected.


Capturing a Command Bar

The Command Bar Capture is available only in the professional edition.

A Command Bar is a general name for all kinds of toolbars, menu bars, resizable bars, coolbars, etc. Some of them can be docked on any side of a main window, and others can float around on the screen. There can be a dropdown menu and submenus from a command bar. The command bar capture is designed to capture this type of images.

In the traditional interface, the menu bar can not be moved and it always stays under the title bar. You need to use the Title & Menu Capture to capture menu bar and dropdown menu images if that's the case with your application. However, if the menu bar is designed using a toolbar or resizable bar or movable bar style, it becomes a kind of Command Bar. You need to capture menu images using the Command Bar Capture for that interface.

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There are three options you can select in the command bar capture setup. The sample image in the Command Bar property page shows a floating toolbar with a dropdown menu.

To capture a command bar without a dropdown menu:

1.	Click [image] button.

The mouse pointer becomes arrow-on-a-bar shape.

2.	Click on the command bar you want to capture.

Here are two capture samples.

To capture a command bar with dropdown menus:

1.	Click the command bar button to open the dropdown menu and submenus if any.

2.	Press the hotkey (Ctrl+8).

Let's see a capture sample.


Open/Close

Every image window in the FullShot main window has a built-in notepad. It is always at the bottom of the window.

 Click the notepad button on the toolbar to open the notepad. Click it again to close the notepad.

Drag the splitter bar to open/close the notepad or change its size.


Load/Save

You can load a text file into the notepad. You can save your writings or changes in a separate text file or together with the image in the PNG format.

Please note that the FST format used in the FullShot 97 has been replaced with PNG format. But you can still import a FST image with image notes for conversion purpose.

If you choose a format other than PNG, FullShot will save your image notes in a separate text file with the same filename.

You can drag & drop your image with image notes directly into the FullShot Explorer for file save. For details see Chapter 6.


Copy/Paste

You can copy the image notes to the Clipboard or paste the Clipboard contents to the notepad just as you would the Windows Notepad. Select the text before you copy it.


Image File Conversion

FullShot lets you open and save files in many popular image formats. You can open a file in a supported format even if it was created by another application; thus FullShot can act as an image file conversion program.


Supported Formats

FullShot supports the image formats listed below. You can open image files in any of these formats and you can save images in any of these formats except CUR and ICO.

BMP	Windows Bitmap format, the Microsoft standard format for Windows.

CLP	Windows Clipboard format, used for files saved from or read to the Clipboard.

CUR	Windows Cursor format, the format used to store cursor images used for Windows applications.

DIB	Windows Device-Independent Bitmap format, a variant name for the BMP format.

GIF	CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format, a popular image exchange format used by the CompuServe Information Service and other on-line graphics sources. FullShot has implemented two versions of GIF format: non-interlaced and interlaced (89a). If you save an image for your web development project, interlaced GIF is recommended.

ICO	Windows Icon format, the format used for on-screen icons in Windows.

JPG	Joint Photographic Experts Group format used for true color 24-bit photographic images scanned or digitized from films.

PCX	Originally Painbrush format, supported by many desktop publishing and graphics programs.

PNG	Portable Network Graphics, a standard specified by the World Wide Web Consortium for Internet and web development.

RLE	Windows Run-Length Encoded bitmap format, a compressed version of standard Windows BMP format.

TIF	Tagged Image File format (version 5), supported by many desktop publishing programs; this version of FullShot supports all four classes of TIFF image files: black-and-white, palette color, grayscale, and RGB true color.

WPG	WordPerfect Graphics Format, supported by the WordPerfect word processing and graphics program. FullShot can handle bitmap or raster images in this format, not vector images.


FST Format is Phased Out

FST format, used in FullShot 97, is no longer supported in FullShot 99. We recommend users to use the new PNG format instead. If you have already saved images and image notes in FST format, import them into the FullShot window and save them in the PNG format. The conversion can be done quickly and easily if you use BatchCon , a conversion utility in the professional edition.


Opening or Importing an Image File

To open an image file, navigate and find the file using the FullShot Explorer. And then single click on the filename to load it into FullShot window. The example below shows that LOGO.BMP file is clicked and loaded into the FullShot window.

You can also click the Open button on the toolbar and use the traditional method to open an image file.


Saving an Image to a File

To save an image to a new file:

1.	Find the target folder in the FullShot Explorer where you want to save your image.

2.	Click on the image in the FullShot window.

3.	Hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse pointer to the target folder name in the FullShot Explorer.

4.	Release the mouse button when you see the target folder is highlighted.

5.	FullShot opens the Save As dialog box.

6.	Select a file format in the Save As dialog box.

7.	Type a filename in the Save As dialog box.

8.	Click Save.

To save an image to an existing file:

1.	Find the target file in the FullShot Explorer.

3.	Click on the image in the FullShot window.

3.	Hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse pointer to the target filename in the FullShot Explorer.

4.	Release the mouse button when you see the target filename is highlighted.

5.	Click the Yes button to confirm that you want to replace the image file.

To save an image automatically as you capture it:

1.	Choose the Capture Setup command from the Options menu.

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2.	Select the File destination.

You may want to unselect other destinations. If the File option is the only destination, all captured images will directly go to your hard drive.

3.	Select a File Option.

Increment Filename: When saving files, FullShot automatically assigns the filename and file type set with Set File. If the filename ends in a number (e.g. the default filename is 'SHOT0000.BMP'), FullShot increases the number sequentially for each new file. By default for example, the next filename will be SHOT0001.BMP. If the filename doesn't end in a number, FullShot automatically overwrites any file already saved with the currently set name.

Prompt Filename: When saving files, FullShot opens the Save As dialog box that lets you set a filename and file type.

Filename by Time: When saving files, FullShot automatically creates a filename using the current date and time in the form of DDHHMMSS, where DD is the current date, HH the hour, MM the minute, SS the second. For example, a PCX file created on the 25th of the month at 1:05:16PM is saved under the name 25130516.PCX.

If you select the Increment Filename, continue with the rest of steps. Otherwise, your setup is complete. Click OK.

4.	Click Set File to set options.

The Set File opens up the standard Save As dialog box. You need to choose a directory, a file format, and a starting filename with one or more digits at the end. FullShot saves the captured image by default as a BMP file under the name SHOT0000.BMP in your current working directory.

5.	Click the Save button.

FullShot will remember your settings and save captured images sequentially when you perform a capture.

6.	Start a capture.

Please be aware that all captured images are saved to your hard drive directly. FullShot will not display them unless you also select the FullShot Window as a destination.


Batch Save All Images

The Save All command is available only in the professional edition.

If there is more than one image in the FullShot main window that you want to save to files, you can do it in a quick and easy way by using the Save All command.

To save all images to files:

1.	Click the Save All button.

The standard Save As dialog box opens up.

2.	Choose a target directory (folder).

3.	Choose a filename.

4.	Click Save.

Suppose that you have 20 images. Suppose that the filename you use is MYFILE.GIF. And then FullShot will save your images as MYFILE01.GIF, MYFILE02.GIF, MYFILE03.GIF … MYFILE20.GIF.

Since the Automatic Color Reduction is also an option in the professional edition, checking that option will guarantee that you save all the images in the minimum color format.


Graphics Mode and File Size

The way Windows is set up on your system influences how efficiently FullShot runs and how much information it needs to hold in memory or save to a file. There are two important concepts you need to understand.

1. Color Mode. Most display adapters used for Windows offer one or more of the following color modes:

16 Color 	Uses 4 bits for every pixel to display 16 distinct shades.

256 Colors 	Uses 8 bit for every pixel to display 256 distinct shades.

High Color 	Uses 15 or 16 bits for every pixel to display 32,768 or 65,536 distinct shades.

True Color	Uses 24 bits for every pixel to display 16.8 million distinct shades.

Although higher color modes give a wider range of possible colors, they also require greater processing power and generate larger image files. To make image captures more efficient, we recommend that you use the lowest color mode possible. Most screen captures won’t benefit from a mode higher than 256-colors.

2. Resolution. Graphics cards can provide one or more of the following resolutions:

640 x 480 pixels

800 x 600 pixels

1024 x 768 pixels

1152 x 864 pixels

1280 x 1024 pixels

1600 x 1200 pixels

Higher resolution means greater clarity and more contents, but also larger image files.


Color Reduction

If you want to get smaller image files for your captures, you may set up Windows as a 16-color or 256-color environment before you capture images. All high-color graphics cards come with drivers that support 16-color and 256-color modes. But if you need to run your Windows in a high-color or true color mode, you can do color reduction to produce smaller image files.

There are three ways you can do to reduce the amount of colors in images.

1.	For the Professional Edition users, select the Automatic Color Reduction option in the Save As dialog box. All of the images will be analyzed and preprocessed individually before they are saved. This option will generate image files in the minimum color format.

2.	Click the Reduce Color button to reduce the amount of colors in the active image.

3.	Select the Reduce Color option in the Capture Setup to add a process when the image is being captured.

FullShot provides information about every image you capture or import from a file. The status bar displays basic information. The Image Info command from the Edit menu opens a dialog box that displays more information about your active image.


Image Compression

Certain image formats provide compression. PCX, GIF, PNG, WPG, RLE and JPG are all compressed image formats.

RLE is suitable only for 16-color and 256-color images. If you save a black-and-white image or color image with more than 256 colors, FullShot does not provide compression in the RLE format.

The TIFF (extension TIF) specification allows many different compression methods. FullShot can read most of them but does not provide any compression when saving files in TIFF format because of compatibility concerns.

The JPEG format (extension JPG) is supported mainly to let users import and export photographic images. It has the best compression algorithm for true color photographic images, and it can generate a very small image file. However, decompressing an encoded JPEG image does not necessarily restore the original bit-for-bit. As a result, you should not save screen images in JPEG format because they will not look as sharp when they are decompressed.

PNG format is a lossless specification and supports 1-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and true color images. It has better compression ratio than GIF. When saving image notes, FullShot saves notes within PNG format, not in a separate TXT file. As a result, PNG format is highly recommended to all FullShot users.

Since FullShot supports the most popular formats for desktop publishing, you should be able to find a format you can use with almost any desktop publishing or graphics program. If you are not sure which format to use, try BMP or PCX format for the greatest degree of compatibility with other applications. Since PCX files have built-in compression, they are generally smaller than BMP files.


Configure FullShot as a Screen Printing Program

If you want FullShot to work like a screen-printing program, you need to send captured images directly to your printer. Follow the instructions below to make appropriate configuration.

1.	Choose the Capture Setup command from the Options menu.

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2.	Select the Printer destination.

Make sure the Printer is selected as the only destination. When a capture of any type is performed, FullShot will send the screen image to your printer directly.

3.	Select the Use Print Dialog Box option if you want to see the preview before you print.

We recommend you to select this option because you will have a chance to adjust scaling so that the image is printed on the page the way you want it. You can also write some notes under or above the printed image in the notepad provided in the print dialog box.

4.	Click Set Print to set options.

This will open up the FullShot Print dialog box. The dotted line indicates how much a full screen image will take on a page. Different screen resolution or different printer resolution will have different preview size. Changing scaling parameter will affect the image size on the page. If you have selected the Use Print Dialog Box option in the step 3, the image size in the preview window doesn't matter because you can change the scaling for every image you print.

5.	Click OK to complete the setup.

6.	Start a capture.

From now on, any capture of any type, large or small, will be treated as a screen printing.

If you want to save the captured images, you need to unselect the Printer as the only destination and select other options.


Print Images from FullShot Window
Print Images from the FullShot Window

There are three print commands in the File menu:

Print

Print All One by One

Print All on One Page

To print the image in the active FullShot window:

1.	Click the Print button on the toolbar.

The image in the active window is displayed in the preview window.

2.	Set the Number of Copies.

3.	Adjust the Scaling parameter to make the image larger or smaller against the simulated page.

4.	Choose Portrait or Landscape mode.

5.	Choose a color mode (Color is good for all general print needs.)

6.	Click OK.

To print images in all FullShot windows:

Choose the Print All One By One command from the File menu. This command will sequentially print each and every image in the FullShot window.

Follow the same steps in printing the active image. Please note that you may preview all of the images one by one before you print them. The example below shows that 5 images will be printed and the image 4 is being previewed. Click Back or Next button to preview other images.

To print all images on one page:

Choose the Print All on One Page command from the File menu.

When the FullShot Print dialog box comes up, all of the images in the FullShot window will be displayed in the preview window. If you do not want to print a particular image, drag it out of the preview window, and FullShot will eliminate it from the page layout.

Each image takes up equal space on the page. Select the Show Grid option and the preview window will display dotted lines to let you know how the space is allocated. You can drag an image to another location and FullShot will automatically reformat the page layout.

The Column option is the most important factor that affects the page layout. Increase or decrease the number of columns will generate a  different page layout. There are 4 images in the above example, and they are displayed in 2 columns in the Portrait mode. If we choose to print the same images in 4 columns in the Landscape mode, the page layout will be totally different. Please note that the scaling parameter is also changed in the new layout.


Color Options

Color This setting uses all available colors on your printer. Dithered colors are used if the image contains colors your color printer does not support. Black-and-white printers use their own conversion methods to translate colors to black-and-white. Postscript printers, for example, produce a half-tone effect, representing different colors with black dots of various sizes. HP LaserJet printers, on the other hand, have a variety of settings that affect how color images print.

Grayscale This setting prints different colors as shades of gray, which can help distinguish colors on a black-and-white printer. For best results, make sure you use your printer’s highest resolution to print images.

Black & White This setting results in the fastest printing. It prints colors as either black or white.


Notepad

The notepad in the FullShot Print dialog box is the same as the one in each image window. Anything you entered there is displayed here. You may change the image notes and your changes will be replicated in the image notepad.

FullShot has default formatting for printing image notes. You can make a formatting change by clicking on other options. If you don't want to print the image notes, unselect the Print with image option.


Header and Footer

You can add a header to all printed pages at three possible locations. You may use macros in the header. You can change the font to make the header larger or smaller.

You can add a footer to all printed pages at three possible locations. You may use macros in the footer. You can change the font to make the footer larger or smaller.


Macros

A macro in FullShot is a single print conversion command that is translated into a FullShot action. $printdate, for example, is translated into the current printing date. It gives you a way to define a header or footer once and get consistently formatted printout. FullShot supports six macros in the notepad, header and footer.

By default, the header on the right is defined as ‘printed by FullShot at $printtime on $printdate’; the footer on the left is defined as ‘$filename, $filetime - $filedate, $res’.

Date and time used in the macros can be in different formats. Click Set Date/Time Format to change the format to the way you like it.


Edit Commands

Use the Copy Image command to copy the image in the active window to the Clipboard.

Use the Paste Image command to duplicate the image in the Clipboard to a FullShot image window.

Use the Copy Text command to copy selected text in the active notepad to the Clipboard.

Use the Paste Text command to duplicate the text in the Clipboard to the notepad in the active image window.

Use the Delete Image command to remove the active image from the hard drive. In the Merging Images mode, use the Delete Image command to delete the top image.

The Undo command undoes changes in the notepad only.


Tool Commands

All of the FullShot tools work on the top image in the main FullShot window. If the command you choose works correctly, FullShot will generate a new image window.


Adding Frames

To add a frame or border, click the Frame button on the toolbar.

You may define the width of a frame. You may also use a mat that is another type of frames to be added at the same time.


Enlarging Images

To enlarge the image, click the Zoom In button on the toolbar.

Zoom In scales the image to 200% of its current size. You can also use the Scale command to enlarge the image to a preferred size.


Shrinking Images

To shrink the image, use the Zoom Out command that scales the image to 50% of its current size.

The Scale command lets you scale images more flexibly, but it can distort the image if your changes are not exactly multiples of the original, particularly if the image contains text.

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Rotating and Flipping Images

To change the orientation of the image, choose one of the four orientation commands.

  Flip Horizontal

  Flip Vertical

  Rotate Right

  Rotate Left

For example, the original image:

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Merging Images

To merge two or more images into one:

1.	Drag-drop the image into the target image window.

2.	Choose a background color. By default, it is white.

3.	Position images.

4.	Click the Merge Images button.

There is no limit to how many images you can merge at a time. The top image has a border of dotted lines. If you do not want to see the dotted lines, unselect the Show Border on Top Image. To delete an image in the merging window, bring it to top, and then choose the Delete Image command from the Edit menu.


Changing Images to Black and White

To change each color either to black or white, use the Black & White command and then set the mapping methods. FullShot will analyze the image and determine the closest color for each translation.

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Changing Images to Grayscale

To change the image to grayscale, use the Grayscale command.

For example, capture the color selection box in color and change it to grayscale.

After grayscale change:


Inverting Image Colors

To change each color in a color image to its complementary color, use the Invert command.


Changing Image Colors

To change one color to another:

1.	Click the Check & Change Color button.

The mouse cursor becomes black.

2.	Click on the color you wan to change.

The Check Color dialog opens up to show you the current color definition.

3.	Click the Change Color button to open the Color dialog box.

4.	Pick a new color and click OK.


Reducing Colors

To reduce the number of colors in the active image, click the Reduce Colors button.

This function results in a smaller file size with no loss of quality, so it is always wise to reduce colors if you can. FullShot first analyzes the image. If it is a true color image, it will try to reduce it to the 256-color level; if it is a 256-color image, it will try to reduce it to the 16-color level.

See Chapter 6 for more information on color reduction.


Cropping Images

Cropping function lets you trim all four edges of an image to eliminate parts you don’t want. You can crop each edge separately or all four at once using cropping lines that appears when you select the image.

To crop an image:

1.	Select the image by clicking the Select Image button.

2.	Move the cropping lines by dragging the handles at each corner of the selected area.

3.	Click the Crop button.

You can also use keys shown here to move cropping lines precisely:

←→	Moves the left cropping line; with shift key held down, moves the right cropping line.

↑↓	Moves the top cropping line; with shift key held down, moves the bottom cropping line.

i	Moves all four cropping lines in toward the center of the image.

o	Moves all four cropping lines out toward the edges of the image.


Erasing an Area within an Image

To erase an area within an image:

1.	Select the image by clicking the Select Image button.

2.	Move the cropping lines by dragging the handles at each corner of the selected area.

3.	Click the Erase button.


What is ImageExplorer

ImageExplorer is a component of the Professional Edition. It is not available in the Standard Edition.

There are hundreds, even thousands, of images on your hard drives that you never realize taking so much disk space. When you surf on the net, your browser quietly gathers images and saves them to your hard drive for faster page jumping. Another amazing fact is that your Windows Explorer sometimes can't list all of those images.

ImageExplorer can list, sort and display all of the images on your hard drives no matter where they are and how they got there.


ImageExplorer Interface

 To launch ImageExplorer, click the ImageExplorer button on the FullShot toolbar.

There are three panes in the ImageExplorer interface. The left pane is the tree pane that lists all of the folders and image files in the selected image formats. A color bar icon represents an image file. The right pane is a sorted list of all the qualified image files in the selected formats on the selected drives. The bottom pane is the image display window.

There are five sections in the status bar that is at the bottom of the ImageExplorer:

1.	The filename of the selected image.

2.	The width and height of the selected image.

3.	The color depth and color format of the selected image.

4.	The total hard drive space taken by all of the listed image files.

5.	The total number of image files listed in the ImageExplorer.


Select Image Formats and Drives

When you launch the ImageExplorer application, you will see a dialog box like this:

This dialog box lets you select image formats and drives on which you want ImageExplorer to scan and list. Different PCs may have a different number of drives. There are four hard drives and one CD-ROM drive in the above example. By default, all of the drives and all of the supported image formats will be scanned.

You can re-scan your PC at anytime by clicking the ImageExplorer icon on the toolbar:


What You Can Do with ImageExplorer

The ImageExplorer provides you with an easy way to view any image on your drives. The selected image is displayed in the bottom display window.

  Save the selected image to a different location.

  Print the selected image.

  Copy the selected image to the Clipboard.

  View the selected image in the full-screen mode.

  Remove the selected image from your drive. ImageExplorer doesn't use Windows Recycle Bin.

  Display the image summary report.

You can also rename an image file in the tree pane. If you change the file extension to another file extension, ImageExplorer will do a file format conversion on the spot.


What is BatchCon

BatchCon is a component of the Professional Edition. It is not available in the Standard Edition.

BatchCon is an image format batch conversion program. When you need to convert a large amount of image files from one format to another, BatchCon can help you get the job done quick and easy.


How to Use BatchCon

  To launch BatchCon, click the BatchCon button on the toolbar of FullShot or ImageExplorer.

To convert image files to another format:

1.	Select an input directory.

2.	Select an input format or All Supported Formats.

3.	Select image files that you want to convert or click Select All to select all image files in the selected directory.

4.	Select an output directory.

5.	Select an output format.

6.	Click the Convert button.

7.	BatchCon will show you the conversion result in its list window.

The above example shows that 6 files in D:\TESTING directory are selected, converted to PNG format and successfully saved in C:\TEMP directory.


How to Order FullShot

If you need to order FullShot licenses, visit www.inbit.com and click the Order FullShot 99 link. It is on the first page and you can't miss it. Review the latest price sheet and licensing options. There are money saving volume packs available.

Upgrade vs. Full Version

Upgrade packages require a previously installed version on your PC or a valid license number from a previous version. If you have any version of FullShot V1, V2, V3.0x and FullShot 97 V4, the license number is printed on your program disk label. Upgrade packages will fail during installation if there is no qualified version on your drive.

Professional Edition vs. Standard Edition

The professional edition has many features that are not available in the standard edition. For more information see Chapter 1.

Credit Card Orders

There is a secure web order system on the Inbit web site. Ordering FullShot on the web can guarantee that you get a license number immediately. No overnight shipping is needed. Your credit card number is processed in a secure manner so that even our internal sales reps have no way to see the number.

Ordering on the web also has more options in terms of License Only and Full Package. So get on the web and check it out now.

Purchase Order Policy

For those of you who have to use corporate purchase orders, please fax your purchase orders to 1-408-730-1756. Make sure to write the part number you are ordering on your purchase order with your billing and shipping addresses clearly marked. We accept purchase orders issued by U.S. corporations and organizations only. International destinations would have to pay first.

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P.O.Box 391674

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USA

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