Introduction
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Photo Icons is a professional icon processing tool that allows you to
create and modify Windows icons at any color depths (up to 24-bit or
true color).  Using high performance imaging toolkit developed by LEAD
Technologies, an industry leader in imaging technology, Photo Icons
allows you to convert any image of any size and any color depth into
the standard Windows icon format (32x32) at 16, 256, 65,536, and 16.7
million colors.  A screen capture utility is also provided so you can
capture any area of the screen into an icon.  Photo Icons is the
ultimate icon utility you everneed to create/modify photo-realistic icons.

Photo Icons also allows you to extract icon(s) embedded inside DLL/EXE
files and save them under ICO format.

Images/icons can be printed to any Windows-supported printers.  You can
even print icons embedded inside DLL/EXE files without having to extract
them first.

For added convenience, a TWAIN interface is also available (optional) so
you can scan any images directly into icons.


Features
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* Creates/Edits photo-realistic icons.
* Scans and displays thumbnails of all images on your hard drive.
* Captures any area of the screen to create photo realistic icons.
* Imports images from TWAIN-compliant devices into icons.
* Converts between over 40 image file formats including ICO.
* Extracts icons embedded inside DLL/EXE files.
* Prints hardcopy of images/icons to any Windows-supported printers.
* Intuitive user-friendly interface.


Differences between shareware & registered versions
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The shareware version of Photo Icons allows you to create/edit 16-color
ICOs.  To create, edit, extract, convert, capture 256, 65,536 and 16.7
million-color icons and access an array of more than 40 different image
file formats (including the most popular ones such as BMP (Microsoft
Windows and IBM OS/2), JPG (JPEG), PCD (Kodak Photo CD), TIFF, (Tagged
Image File Format), PNG (the new Compuserve Portable Network Graphics),
PSD (PhotoShop 3.0), WPG (WordPerfect), WMF (Windows Metafile), PCX,
CMP (LEAD 1BIT) , ICA (IBM IOCA), MAC (MacPaint), and TGA (Truevision
Targa), etc.,) you must register Photo Icons to obtain the latest
registered version. The current registration fee is $29.  Please read
Supported image file format for a  complete list of all image file
formats Photo Icons supports.

The capability to import images from TWAIN-compliant devices (scanners,
digital cameras, frame grabbers, etc.) is also available for an
additional $14.


Hardware/software requirements
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In order to gain the most from Photo Icons, it is recommended that you
run the software under color modes higher than 256 such as 32K or 64K
color depth mode.


  Hardware Requirements
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  1. Windows-based PCs.
  2. VGA board.
  3. Mouse or trackball.
  4. TWAIN-compliant scanner (optional).
  5. Printer supported by Windows (optional).

  Software Requirements
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  * Microsoft Windows 3.1/95/NT workstation.
 
Photo Icons was designed and tested under Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and
Windows NT workstation on the following hardware:
1) 150 MHz PCI Pentium-based computer with 32 MB of RAM, and a 2 MB PCI
   Diamond Stealth VRAM (S3-968.)
2) IBM P5-133 with 32 MB or RAM and a 1MB PCI Diamond Stealth DRAM (S3-764).
3) AST Bravo LC 4/33s with 8MB of RAM and a 512K ATI video card.

Photo Icons has not been tested in other environments because I do not
have all the time and resources in this rapidly changing computer world.
Therefore, unless you have the above tested hardware and software I
cannot guarantee that it will work on your system.


Image format conversion
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Select the image to be converted by single-clicking on its thumbnail, a
red frame will appear around that image to indicate that it is selected.
Then click on the Image Format Converter button on the toolbar and select
a format to convert it to.

You can easily convert images from one format to another.  Photo Icons
supports about 40 different image formats including JPEG (JPG), Portable
Network Graphics (PNG), Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), Targa (TGA),
Windows Bitmap (BMP), OS/2 Bitmap (OS/2 BMP), Windows Metafile (WMF),
Kodak PhotoCD (PCD), WordPerfect (WPG), MPT, IBM IOCA (ICA), PSD, PCX,
DCX, PostScript Raster (Encapsulated PostScript), CALS Raster, MacPaint
(MAC), Microsoft Paint (MSP), SUN Raster (RAS), Macintosh Pict (PCT),
LEAD CMP, and LEAD 1BIT.

For a brief description of these formats, please read Supported image
file formats.

An set of icon processing tools is available in the Icon Editor for
modifying icons.


Registration
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For your convenience, a registration form is provided on line under Help
on the menu bar. The registration fee is $29.  The registered version
supports over 40 image file formats.  A separate TWAIN module is also
available for an additional $14.  The TWAIN option adds the image
scanning capability to Photo Icons.  As of this writing, I only accept
money orders, cashiers checks, bank checks, or personal checks. Please
fill in the registration form and mail it along with your payment to:

			Chris Doan
			4891 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #401
			San Diego,  CA 92117

For checks or money orders drawn from a non-US bank, please add $5.00
for bank service charge.

Please refrain from sending cash.  But if you have to send cash, please
also include a written order for my bookkeeping purposes.

Registered users will receive a temporary license file through internet
e-mail (uuencoded or MIME-encoded).  The license file will recognize
you as a registered user and allow you full access to all Photo Icons
features.  Your permanent license file registered in your name (or your
company name) and the latest version of Photo Icons will be in the mail
the next business day.

Those of you have access to CompuServe, you can register Photo Icons on
line directly with CompuServe and receive the registered version within
24 hours (SWREG #11756).   The latest version of Photo Icons may be
downloaded from WinAV forums "icon/cursor apps" library.

International users may transfer $US 29 directly to my Bank of America
account.  There will be an additional processing fee of $10 because
that's how much BoA charges my account for Money Transfer Service.  You
will have to contact me by e-mail to obtain my account number for this
type of payment.

A site license is required by a corporation, company, educational
institution, or governmental agency for use of Photo Icons software on
the total number of computers that will use the software.

Thank you for your interest in Photo Icons.

Chris Doan
doanc@netcom.com
102425.1613@compuserve.com

San Diego,  California
July 1996


Disclaimer
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I, CHRISTOPHER C. DOAN, MAKE NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS SOFTWARE WILL 
FUNCTION FLAWLESSLY NOR WILL I TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGES 
INCURRED BY THE USER EITHER ACCIDENTALLY OR  INTENTIONALLY THROUGH
THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS. IT IS
SHAREWARE AND YOU MAY DISTRIBUTE IT AS SUCH PROVIDING YOU KEEP THE
HELP FILE, THE PROGRAM FILE AND THE INTRODUCTORY TEXT FILE IN
ORIGINAL INTACT CONDITION. THE PROGRAM MAY BE DISTRIBUTED IN
SHAREWARE\FREEWARE PACKAGES IN WHICH FEES COVER DUPLICATION/MEDIA
COSTS. THIS PROGRAM MAY NOT BE SOLD COMMERCIALLY OR PRIVATELY
WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.

Use of this product for any period of time constitutes your 
acceptance of this agreement and subjects you to its contents.


