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= IMAGE STUDIO V1.1                                            FREEWARE  =
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=  |_ By Matthew Johnson                                                 =
=     ACZ, Webmaster, http://www.acz.org                                 =
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=  Copyright 1999 Matthew Johnson                                        =
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What is this program
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Image Studio is a program for Windows 95/NT that will convert a BMP
file into an image for your calculator or other grayscale based device.
Image Studio supports conversions for 2, 4, and 8 shades of greyscale,
with optional RLE compression. You can also adjust the brightness and
contrast on the fly, and preview the whole image to see how it looks
in 1x and 2x view. There are multiple options for exporting the images,
including the Z80 or 68K asm text format to a file or clipboard, and
just recently support for exporting to a binary file.

Credits
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Special thanks to David Phillips for the RLE code, which I heavily
modified for the use of this program. I'd also like to thank all of
ACZ, which is a very cool programming group with a lot of underlying
talent. Thanks to Rob, for providing me with Borland Builder 4.0,
and I'm convinced today I'd never get a C++ windows program written
if it wasn't for that excellent Borland Product. Last but not least,
Thanks to Rusty, Jeremy, and Stephen Hicks for various C++ questions
I asked them.

Features in version 1.1
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 * Fixed bug that may have caused an incorrect # of layers to be written
 * Fixed the File->Exit bug
 * Drew a new icon (yippe)
 * Added support for Exporting to Binary files

Features in version 1.0
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 * Image Studio will work with any Z80 or 68K LCD based platform.
 * Open any size BMP up to 240x128, the dimensions of a TI-92.
 * Supports conversion to 2, 4, or 8 shades of grayscale images.
 * Watch the image conversion from color to grayscale.
 * Adjustable brightness and contrast
 * Conversion to .ASM text format to the file or to the Clipboard
 * Supports RLE (Run length encoded) compression
 * Comes with sample images and sample code for the TI-86
   to view regular images or RLE grayscale images.
 * Works with Z80 or 68K platform by using '.db' and 'dc.b' directives
 * Preview the grayscale image in 1x or 2x size.


Support
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Since this is a free product, I do not guarantee support. However, if
you find a bug, or have a question, comment, or complaint, feel free
to e-mail me at matt@acz.org or matt2000@dogtech.com. I will take all
this into consideration when and if I decide to release a new version
of this software.

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Copyright 1999 Matthew Johnson

You may only redistribute this program provided there are NO changes to
the original ZIP file. All the source code is Copyright 1999 Matthew
Johnson or David Phillips. You are free to use the included TI-86 source
code as long as credit is given where credit is due.
