CompuPic - Your Goggles for the Information Superhighway!

CompuPic (tm) / CPIC (tm) is fast becoming one of the most 
popular WINDOWS Viewer / Browser / Multimedia file manager
programs in the On-line world!  CompuPic's sophisticated
features and speed offer the power to satisfy the
experienced graphics enthusiast, while its intuitive Windows-
based user interface makes it easy to use for the beginner.

CompuPic exhibits blazing speed when viewing or thumbnailing
files, and its true multitasking capabilities virtually
eliminates wait time between operations.  Viewing the actual
image file content in thumbnails allows you to visually
search for those hard-to-locate files.  Being able to
generate catalog pages of your images to file or printer
makes it perfect for picture trading!  CompuPics other
features like image enhancement, screen saver / wallpaper
creation and image printing gives you a complete graphics
solution.

Photodex' decade of experience developing graphics products
and utilities for companies like IBM, Maxis and Broderbund
assures you of a solid, professionally-developed product
backed by quality support via phone, e-mail or fax.


COMPUPIC FEATURES

VIEWING & BROWSING.  Viewing is simple - just double click
on the file name/thumbnail to view an image, click again to
close - no more awkward file open / file close commands! 
Offers zooming with selectable % scale or instant zoom
with real-time panning, auto scaling of images as well as
playback of video and audio files (if MCI driver installed).

THUMBNAILS.  Unlike other programs, CompuPic lets you choose
between 2 sizes for easy visual searching!  Photodex has
developed a sophisticated palette system for extremely high
quality and lightning fast thumbnail creation.  Thumbnails
are stored for later use in a data file for the fast access.

FILE TYPE SUPPORT & CONVERSION.  Supports popular formats
(avi, bmp, dib, fli, flc, flx, gif, hlp, jpeg, midi, mov,
mpeg, pcc, pcd, png, pcx, rle, rmi, tga, text, tiff, wav,
& wmf), converts between supported formats, automatically
detects file type without extension, can automatically
associate image files to CPIC from another Windows
application.

CATALOGING.  Create catalog pages of images to file (gif,
jpg, png, pcx, bmp etc.) or printer - great for picture
trading!  Can select number of images on the page, custom
headers / footers, borders and shadows - all with full
WYSIWYG preview capabilities.

SLIDE SHOWS.  Create full-screen single image or "Maxishow"
slide shows, all with various options for slide show
control.  Maxishow, a Photodex exclusive, runs just like a
traditional slideshow, but contains a configurable number of
images per screen (2x2, 3x3, 4x4 or 6x6).  Also supports
sound and MIDI music files.

SCREEN SAVERS & WALLPAPER.  Lets you configure custom screen
savers on your PC with selected images chosen in CPIC -
options include number of images, order, timing, delays
between images and even sound playback.  Wallpaper can be
tiled or centered, automatic updating of Control Panel
settings, automatic wallpaper changing option, with other
options including timing, order and removal.

FILE MANAGEMENT.  Drag and drop, color-coded directory tree,
copy, save, delete, rename, create directory, expand /
collapse directory tree views, display files by name /
extension / size / date, filter file types to view only the
file types you want to see, Uudecode internet files.

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT & EDITING.  To access a powerful set of
editing features, just move the cursor to the top of the
viewing area, and a menu bar appears, filled with editing
features, enhancements, conversions and preference options.
Functions include cropping (manual & auto), auto scale,
mirror, flip, invert, rotate, resize, brightness, contrast,
dither, supports clipboard cut & paste where whole images or
cropped portions can be copied to any Windows application
supporting clipboard

COLOR ENHANCEMENT.  Adjust hue, saturation, lightness as
well as RGB gamma levels.  Convert to other color palettes
or gray scale.

SCREEN CAPTURE.  Saves what is on your screen to an
image file.

PRINTING.  Supports standard Windows printing.

ON-LINE HELP.  Includes Tip of the Day, Getting Started and
overviews of all major functionality.


TO INSTALL COMPUPIC (less than 1 minute)
After downloading using WINDOWS 3.1 or WINDOWS NT:
- Using the Program Manager:
- Select FILE
- Select RUN
- Browse to CPIC.EXE and select it
- Follow the on-screen directions.

After downloading using WINDOWS '95:
- Using the Start menu:
- Select RUN
- Browse to CPIC.EXE and select it
- Follow the on-screen directions.


COMPATIBILITY:  386+, Windows 3.1+, Windows 95, Windows NT

Site licenses are available.  Ordering information is
available in the on-line help file, or by contacting:

Photodex Corporation       (510) 449-9079 - Phone
1781 Barcelona Street      (510) 449-3519 - Fax
Livermore, CA  94550

CompuServe Forum       GO PHOTODEX
CompuServe Mail        [74774,3570]
America Online Forum   keyword: Photodex
America Online Mail    username: Photodex
World Wide Web         http://www.photodex.com
Internet Mail          support@photodex.com
Internet FTP           ftp.photodex.com (anonymous ok)

Previous Downloads:  77,531 in 6 months; predecessor
                     (GDS for DOS) - 230,000+


LEGAL INFORMATION:  Copyright (c)1995,96 by Photodex
Corporation.  All rights reserved.  CompuPic, CPIC and the
Photodex "Eye" logo are trademarks of Photodex Corporation.
All other trademarks and servicemarks are trademarks and
service marks of their respective owners.

