Subj:		IMGMAGIC: Image Magician v1.4
Date:		November 15, 1997
File:		1,000,651 bytes

Author:		John R. Magnell, D.C
Needs:		Windows 3.1 or "95"
Equipment:	VGA with 2MB video memory recommended

Keywords:	Magnell, Win Creative Graphics, Image Editor, Photo Retouching, Scanning, Painting, Image Viewer, Screen Capture, Bitmap, BMP, CUT, DIB, GIF, GEM, HRZ, ICO, IFF, JPG, LBM, MAC, MSP, PCX, PIC, RLE, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG, VB, Win

Type:		Fully Functional Shareware
Price:		Software only $5.00
		One year quarterly subscription with manual $20.00

This file includes the VBRUN300.DLL (Visual Basic Runtime).

(c)copyright 1996-1997, John R. Magnell, D.C., All rights reserved
This archieve which contains the Image Magician application suite may be freely distributed in whatever manner chosen providing all the files contained within this archieve remain unaltered and are distributed together. Those redistributing this software are granted the right to unzip this archieve to a single directory on CD or to a single 1.4mb floppy disk so as to simplify the setup process for end users.

NOTE: The included example images misty_01.jpg and misty_05.jpg are copyright by John R. Magnell, D.C., you may feel free to edit, redistribute, attempt to transform Misty the dog into a cat or whatever else you may choose to do without any restriction what so ever. In other words I am hereby placing these two images in public domain. The included icons and icon palletes have also been placed in public domain and may be redistributed as you wish.

Installation:        Run SETUP.EXE

New with this version:
* JPEG file compression now allows you to also save to JPG format.
* 24bit True Color (16.7 million color) image processing at 480 x 640 screen resolution as well as support for 16 and 256 color displays.
* Deletes current image by pressing [Delete] Key.
* Now receive your software registration key attached to email right after your order has been received.
* Online help has been completely updated.
* Pallet Magician to automatically display a selection of colors closest to the color selected to quickly select foreground and background colors.
* Printer support automatically centers image and allows you to scale output to 100, 200, 300 and 400 percent.
* WizzView Freeware image viewer included.

Image Magician for Windows is a complete bitmap image editing and photo retouching program designed to perform hundreds of times faster some of the most difficult and time consuming tasks encountered when editing and retouching images compared to other graphics editing applications. Image Magician was developed by Dr. Magnell out of a personal need for image processing software that was capable of doing extensive retouching and editing of images quickly rather than continue to take hours to perform these tasks with existing software and with less than perfect results. For example, a scanned anatomical image containing dozens of labels and lines pointing to various structures would take up to four hours to edit out all the lines and labels, that same image edited using Image Magician could be edited in less than five minutes. Images typically requiring less work, such as scanned photos become ridiculously simple to retouch, the software does all the work, simply choose the wand tool, click, and that unsightly spot is gone. It just couldn't get any simpler or faster.

The shareware version gives you:
  * 5 applications Image Magician, PalletShop, WizzView, IconWorks, and Snap screen capture utility.
  * Imports BMP, CUT, DIB, GEM, GIF, HRZ, ICO, IFF, JPG, LBM, MAC, MSP, PCX, PIC, RLE, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG file formats.
  * Exports BMP and JPG (JPEG) file formats.
  * User selectable options for opening, displaying and saving JPG files.
  * Dropper Tool, to pickup colors with a quick right mouse button click then apply the colors to the image using the left button.
  * Wand Tool, to continuously sample colors immediately outside the brush as you draw then applying the colors to the image at the brush location.
  * Pen Tool, to pickup a single color with a quick right mouse button click then apply that color to the image using the left button.
  * Zoom Window, for detailed editing.
  * Full range of Brush sizes.
  * User adjustable Auto Save.
  * Choose between Custom cursors or standard Windows cursors.
  * Rectangular and Elliptical selection tools.
  * Variable tool Density control.
  * Circle, Square, and Line tools.
  * Filled Circle and Square tools.
  * Choose Patterns to fill shapes.
  * Font selection, including 3D font generator.
  * Color selection from image pallet.
  * Select from 12 Draw Modes.
  * Image Magician, the featured main application.
  * IconWorks software to create your own icons.
  * WizzView software to view and sort images.
  * PalletShop software to create custom icon pallets.
  * Snap screen capture software.
  * Single issue of Tips and Tricks.
  * 3 help files plus a single issue of Tips and Tricks.
  * Quick start tutorial with examples.
  * Web Site Support At: http://members.aol.com/drmagnell/ or http:/www.whidbey.net/drmagnell
  * Fully functional with no time limit though contains popup register reminders.

The $5.00 registered version also gives you all of the above plus:
  * Freedom from pop-up "Please Register" reminders.

The $20.00 registered version also gives you all of the above plus:
  * Value Value Value.........
  * Free upgrade to Image Magician Pro when it becomes available, the 24bit True Color version which will include Twain device support and the ability to adjust brightness, sharpness, gamma correction as well as saving to Lead's CMP image file format which provides even sharper images and smaller files than the JPG format, plus a whole lot more.
  * Printed manual.
  * One year subscription to quarterly on-disk newsletter including:
    - Latest release of Image Magician each issue
    - Additional software applications and utilities
    - Tips and Tricks

Installation:        Run SETUP.EXE

NOTE Windows 3.1/95 users: 24bit True Color (16.7 million color) image processing requires that your video display settings are set to 24bit at a screen resolution of 480 x 640 prior to starting Image Magician. Any change made to your video requires that you first exit then restart Image Magician.

Documentation: Online Help is provided 

Support:       Contact: Dr. Magnell at drmagnell@aol.com
                        http://www.whidbey.net/drmagnell
                        http://members.aol.com/drmagnell
                        John R. Magnell, D.C.
                        P.O. Box 2632
                        Oak Harbor, WA 98277-6632
Last Updated 15-November-97