GIF/BMP/JPEG/PCX/Targa/TIFF viewer/converter

INTRODUCTION

PMJPEG is a shareware image viewer with image processing and conversion

capabilities for OS/2 2.x.  PMJPEG is a port of WinJPEG to OS/2 2.x.  It is

a native 32-bit PM application.

PMJPEG v.1.63 has the following features:

  - display JPEG, TIFF, GIF, Targa, PCX, Windows BMP, OS/2 BMP, or PPM images

  - export an image to JPEG, TIFF, GIF, Targa, PCX, Windows BMP, OS/2 BMP,

    or PPM format

  - capability of generating OS/2 desktop-background bitmaps that use

    the system colors

  - display an image in monochrome, 16 color, 256 color, hicolor, or

    truecolor display modes

  - display an image in full screen mode

  - print an image with scaling, best proportional fit on the page, or

    fit for full page

  - red/green/blue or hue/saturation/brightness adjustment

  - color to grayscale conversion or image negative conversion

  - contrast enhancement

  - gamma correction

  - image rotation, vertical or horizontal flip, image resizing, and

    image cropping

  - batch file compression of GIF, TIFF, Targa, or PPM files to JPEG File Interchange Format

  - copy an image to the clipboard or paste an image from the clipboard

  - slideshow: display selected files in forward, reverse, or random

    order with a cycle option

  - image buffering in a cyclic slideshow

  - capture a window, the client area of a window, or a portion of or

    the entire desktop

  - support for file name extension association and starting a slideshow

    from the command line

CONTENTS OF ARCHIVE

The following files are contained in this archive:

    order.frm    - PMJPEG order form

    pmjpeg.hlp   - PMJPEG online help

    pmjpeg.exe   - PMJPEG v.1.63

    readme.1st   - this file

    whats.new    - changes from previous versions

KNOWN PROBLEMS 

There are two bugs in the 256 color ET4000 driver that comes with the

OS/2 2.1 beta or OS/2 2.0 + Service Pack: 1) the driver does not stretch

the bitmap correctly so the Stretch to Fit Window option does not work

properly, and 2) the image under the dialog box or under the drop-down

menu is not re-drawn with the right colors.  Use the Auto-Refresh option

if you have the second problem.

If you are using the 256 color ET4000 driver, for certain images such as

24-bit images displayed with Maximum Color Depth set to 256 colors, the

text that shows the cropping dimensions is garbled by a filled box.

This appears to be a bug in OS/2's palette manager or the driver.

If you are using a 256 color driver, when you exit PMJPEG, the system

colors do not immediately return to normal.  The system colors are

gradually restored by OS/2.   You can force the colors to change back by

opening and/or closing a window, such as the window list that pops up

when you hit CTL-ESC.

DISTRIBUTION CONDITIONS

You are free to distribute this shareware version of PMJPEG as long as the

following conditions are met:

  1) The distributed archive must contain ONLY the files listed above.

  2) The contents of this archive are NOT MODIFIED in any way.

  3) This version is not to be sold.  However, a reasonable disk copying fee

     is permitted.

  4) This version is not to be bundled with a commercially sold package

     without permission from the authors.

HOW TO REGISTER   

If you use PMJPEG for more than 14 days, you are expected to register

PMJPEG.  When you register, you will receive the latest version of

PMJPEG, a user manual, and a collection of JPEG images (we will put as

many as we can fit on 1 1.44M 3 1/2" floppy or on 4 360k 5 1/4"

floppies).  Also, the registered version does not have the

reminder-to-register screen at the start.

The registration fee is only $20.  Massachusetts residents, add 5% sales

tax to the registration fee.  US residents, add $4 for shipping and

handling; non-US residents, add $8 for shipping and handling.   If you

want PMJPEG e-mailed to your account instead of having it physically

mailed to you, there is no extra shipping charge.  If you are paying

with a Visa or MasterCard, add 10% to this subtotal.  The 10% is the

processing fee that we get charged for credit card transactions.

Updates are free but the shipping charge described above applies to

updates.  Users who register PMJPEG and provide an e-mail address will

automatically receive updates via e-mail.

For e-mail registrations, you need to use a program called "uudecode" to

decode the uuencoded file that we e-mail to you.  For your information,

a uuencoded file is a binary file that is converted to text by a program

called "uuencode".  If your mail system rejects large messages, we will

split the uuencoded file into smaller parts before mailing the parts to

you, and you will need to edit the messages with a text editor before

you can decode them.  Compuserve, for example, does not permit large

e-mail messages.  Also, the uuencoded file is rather large; it is

approximately 300k for PMJPEG v.1.6.  Compuserve users may find it less

expensive to receive PMJPEG via U.S. Mail.

Registrations with the incorrect fee, non-US currency, or drawn on a

non-US bank will be returned.

To register, complete the order and send payment to:

      Norman Yee

      58 Chandler St.

      Boston, MA 02116

      U.S.A.

Registration of PMJPEG is based on "personal usage."  Corporate or

organizational users must register all copies used on an individual

basis; a specific person (name) must be explicitly assigned to each

registrant who will be provided with a personalized copy of PMJPEG.

Registration grants a specific person (not an organization or corporate

entity) the right to use PMJPEG.

Although we will try to mail your copy of PMJPEG 1-3 weeks after we

receive your registration, please allow up to 4-6 weeks for delivery.

REPORTING BUGS 

If you find a bug in PMJPEG, we would appreciate it if you would inform

us of the bug through one of our e-mail accounts:

    Norman Yee

    nyee@osiris.ee.tufts.edu

    Ken Yee

    kenyee@ksr.com

When you send us a bug report, include a description of the procedure

for reproducing the bug and a description of your system

configuration(hardware and software).

DISCLAIMER 

The authors of this program accept no responsibility for damages that

are caused by this program and make NO WARRANTY or representation,

either express or implied, with respect to this software.  This software

is provided "AS IS," and you, its user, assume the entire risk when you

use it.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PMJPEG is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

TIFF support in WinJPEG is based in part on Sam Leffler's TIFF library.

Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

OS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

The Graphics Interchange Format(c) is the Copyright property of

CompuServe Incorporated.  GIF(sm) is a Service Mark property of

CompuServe Incorporated.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR SAM LEFFLER's TIFF LIBRARY

Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Sam Leffler

Copyright (c) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and

its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,

provided that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice

appear in all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii)

the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any

advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific,

prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.

WinJPEG is Copyright (C) 1992-1994, Norman Yee and Ken Yee.  All rights

reserved.

PMJPEG is Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, Norman Yee and Ken Yee.  All rights

reserved.