Easy Imager 1.0 (Trial version)
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Information
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Easy Imager™ is a powerful tool for managing, creating, and batch-
processing images from a wide range of popular picture formats. An
elegant interface makes it a snap to find your images and select them
for processing individually, in batches, or in whole folders, using a
thumbnail-based file selector. You can use slider controls to rotate
images and adjust their contrast, brightness, color, sharpness and
quality, and check out the results with a convenient built-in viewer.

If you're a digital-photography enthusiast, you'll appreciate features
like one-click picture rotation, image sharpening in batches, date-
stamping images and reducing picture sizes for the Web or e-mail. You
can also create professional-looking digital photo albums complete
with thumbnail indexes in minutes, using a wide variety of options to
control the appearance.

Easy Imager also provides tools to convert images to other file
formats, print text on pictures, capture screen shots, import pictures
from TWAIN devices and the Clipboard, change your Desktop Wallpaper,
search for images, associate text descriptions with pictures, and
more. You can also configure the program extensively to suit the way
you work: you can customize the toolbar to include your most used
tools, assign your own keyboard shortcuts to menu items, and set
numerous preferences for the handy Live Spelling feature.

Easy Imager comes from Fookes Software, the developers of the award-
winning NoteTab text editors.


Trial Limitations
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The trial version will work for up to 30 days from the moment you
start running Easy Imager. Note that changing the system date or
reinstalling the software may invalidated the trial period. The trial
version has the same features as the commercial version, except for
the printing commands (print and print preview).


Installation
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just execute the Setup program (Setup.exe or similar name) and follow
the instructions

Please note that the pictures installed with Easy Imager are copyright
material. They are provided solely for use with Easy Imager. Please
don't use these pictures for other purposes without permission from
Fookes Software.

System Requirements:
- Windows 95/98/2000/NT4/ME/XP
- at least 4.0 MB of free disk space
- 32 MB of RAM (64 MB for NT and XP)
- Super VGA, 16-bit or higher monitor
- 800 x 600 or higher screen resolution

Under Windows 95, you may get an "Error reading ImageList" error
message if the Comctl32.dll system file is outdated. In this case, you
will have to download and install a newer version of Comctl32.dll,
which is available from Microsoft's Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/ieplatform/ie/comctrlx86.asp


How to Uninstall
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You can uninstall Easy Imager by using the Control Panel's Add/Remove
Programs or the Uninstall Easy Imager icon in the Start menu. All your
custom settings and image lists will be deleted by this process! You
can use the File/Settings/Backup menu command to save them for reuse.


Online Help
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Easy Imager is supplied with an HTML Help file for online help. Older
versions of Windows may not be able to open HTML Help. An error
message is displayed on such systems whenever you invoke the online
help. As a remedy to this issue, a WinHelp version of our Help
documentation is available from our Web site at this link:

http://www.fookes.com/ezimager/ezihelp.zip

Once you have downloaded the file, just extract the contents of
ezihelp.zip into the Easy Imager program folder.


Technical Support
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Free technical support by e-mail is available to registered users of
Easy Imager. However, we reserve the right to terminate support to
users who in our judgement are unreasonable or abusive, or who have
problems which transcend the scope of this software. If you have a
problem installing or running your registered copy of the software,
you can ask for help by writing to <support@fookes.com>. If you have
problems ordering or getting your registered copy of Easy Imager,
please contact the online distributor's customer support (e.g.,
Digital River: <custserv@DigitalRiver.com>), or write to
<sales@fookes.com>. Please do not use these e-mail addresses for
questions about using Easy Imager. We provide a free mailing list to
help you with all non-customer support issues (see below).


Questions and Answers
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If you have questions about using Easy Imager or would like to learn
some time-saving tricks from other users, then please join the Easy
Imager mailing list (even if it is just for one question). It is free
for everyone (registered and non-registered users). The software's
author frequently answers questions and also uses the list to announce
updates and changes to the software. You will find more information
about this list on the following web page:

http://www.fookes.com/support.htm

Direct link to discussion group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EZImager

To subscribe to the list, just send an empty e-mail to this address:
   <ezimager-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>

and to unsubscribe later, send an empty e-mail to the following
address:
  <ezimager-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com>

You will also find useful information, links, and other Easy Imager-
related resources (upgrade programs, answers to common questions,
etc.) by visiting one of the Easy Imager web site at:

http://www.fookes.com/ezimager/


Distribution License
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Provided that you verify that you are distributing the most recent
trial version of Easy Imager, you are hereby licensed to make as
many copies of the Trial package as you wish; give exact copies of
the original Trial package to anyone; and distribute the Trial
package in its unmodified form via electronic means (Internet, BBS's,
Shareware distribution libraries, CD-ROMs, etc.). You may charge a
distribution fee for the package, but you must not represent in any
way that you are selling the software itself.

Please read the file License.txt for more details.


Feedback
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We welcome bug reports, criticism, and comments. Send suggestions to
the Easy Imager discussion group at <ezimager@yahoogroups.com> (note
that you will have to first subscribe, as explained above), or write
directly to us by sending your message to <feedback@fookes.com>.


I hope you will find Easy Imager useful.
--Eric Fookes

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Easy Imager™ is a trademark of Fookes Software, Switzerland
       Copyright © 2003, Fookes Software, Switzerland
                 - All Rights Reserved -

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