A Square Image - Read Me First December 1998

A Square Image is a simple, free, image editor based
on TriVista's "A Smaller Image" product (see our 
Website for details). This very simple image editor 
has been tuned for creating square images from source
images of any size. A primary use is for generating 
images to be used as textures in VRML scenes. 

In VRML, images that are factors of two work best. 
Output image sizes can range from 16x16 up to 512x512 
in increments of 16. In addition to its usefulness for
VRML, A Square Image can also be used for creating 
very small bitmaps to be used for icons or on buttons.

The entire software application is contained on a one
screen interface. The source image is displayed on 
the left side of the screen. The size of the 
crop/matte area can be adjusted in small increments by 
dragging the slider, clicking the +/- buttons, or by 
using the arrow keys. To adjust the window size by 
larger increments, click to the left or right of the 
pointer in the slider bar or use the "Page Up" and 
"Page Down" keys.

The output image is displayed on the right half of the 
interface. The output resolution can be adjusted in 16
pixel increments by dragging the slider or using the 
arrow keys. Clicking in the slider bar to the left or
right of the pointer or using the "Page Up" and 
"Page Down" keys will increase or decrease the 
resolution in increments of 64 pixels.

Rotation arrows and a Smooth/Sharpen slider round out
this simple interface. Each click of a rotation arrow 
will rotate the output image by 90 degrees left or 
right. Dragging the smooth/sharpen slider or using the 
arrow keys will adjust the image sharpness in 10% 
increments. Clicking inside the smooth/sharpen slider 
area  or using the "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys will 
adjust the values in 20% increment.

Note: All sliders can be set to the minium value using
the "Home" key and the maximum value using the "End" key.

To install A Square Image, copy the zip or self-
extracting exe file (called asqi10.zip or asqi10.exe)
into a temporary folder or directory. Unzip and/or run 
asqi10.exe, and follow the on-screen instructions to 
install the program.

The program will self-extract and place all the files in 
a folder called ASquareImage.  To run, double click the
file called ASquareImage.exe in the above folder.

Help

Online help is available on our Website at:
http://www.trivista.com. You can also learn about 
TriVista's other exciting digital imaging software 
products (Paper PhotoCube, 3D ImageCube, 3D ImageScene
and A Smaller Image) at our Website.

TriVista Technologies, Inc.
1444 North Farnsworth Ave., #105
Aurora, IL  60505
http://www.trivista.com
info@trivista.com