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Mosaizer Pro Version v7.0

Copyright  March 24, 2007-2008 APP Helmond  All Rights Reserved
Release Date: November 2008
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This program is Donationware.
Reproduction in whole or part in any form without express
written permission of APP Helmond is prohibited
APP HELMOND GRANTS A LICENSE TO THE USER ONLY FOR 
NON-COMMERCIAL USE. FOR ANY LEGAL ACTIONS THAT FOLLOW
FROM THE COMMERCIAL USE OF MOSAIZER, APP HELMOND 
CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. BY INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE
THE USER AGREES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

To install double click MosaizerPro.exe

To uninstall Mosaizer Pro click uninstall from the Start Menu
or the Add/Remove Programs tab

APP Helmond
sybren@mosaizer.com
www.mosaizer.com

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Mosaizer Pro is a digital toolset to create wonderful graphic effects and 
photorealistic paintings with a large database of pictures. It is a software 
application to paint with pictures.

Unlike programs that create photo mosaics only, this program gives you almost 
unlimited freedom to create your photographic paintings yourself, based on a 
library of bitmaps with an extensive range of supporting creativity tools. We 
offer an exotic range of additional effects to play with pattern, texture, shadow, 
color, shape and other effects that you find in many bitmap editing software. 
Actually, we have combined the basics of photo editing and painting with the 
possibilities of photo mosaic creation.

Mosaizer Pro is based on three fundamental creativity tools: pattern generation,
transparent masks and the Mosaizer. The basis of each photo mosaic is the right 
pattern for putting the individual cell pictures. With masks you can leverage 
the transparency and color match of bitmaps to create surprising effects. You 
can add your own masks. The 'Mosaizer' is a tool to recreate a bitmap from 
pieces of itself, like a jig-saw.

The possibilities of Mosaizer Pro:

- Creation of photo mosaics
- Mosaizing: cutting a bitmap into smaller parts, from which the application rebuilds the original
- Automated picture library creation
- Digital paintbrush: draw mosaic pictures by using the mouse
- The Match-Probe: checking and analyzing the colour capabilities of a picture library
- One-cell mosaizing: building a bitmap from repeatedly using it's own bitmap 
- Pre-processing features
   . fast evaluation of the color match quality of picture library and source picture
   . source color tuning filters to increase the overall photo-mosaic quality
   . 3D Graphic effects: such as buttonize, shadow and distort
- Post-processing filters to enhance the result
   . blending with the original bitmap
   . colorizing each individual cell
   . editor: search and replace individual pictures of the result
   . anti-alias, smooth/sharpen, contrast, lighten/darken, (de)saturate
- Advanced mask functionality
   . overlays (semi-transparent bitmaps)
   . alpha masks (controlled transparency of the bitmap).
   . 32Bit masks where the alpha channel is used to control the transparency of the overlay
- Easy workflow management:
   . the Preview window, to quickly generate and evaluate the result in seconds
   . a dedicated mask manager to fully control the intented result
   . the ini-file manager: convenient control of the input, output, masks, libraries and settings

Characteristics of Mosaizer Pro:
- Extremely fast and accurate color matching
- Five different color matching algorithms to allow for better results
- Multiple file formats: bmp, jpg (jpeg), png, gif, ico, wmf and emf
- Non-rectangular shapes
- Hardly any limit to the result output:
   . 2000 x 2000 cells (appr. 4.6 Gb size)
   . 196 x 196 pixels cell size
   . library limit of 5000 pictures
   . 50 picture libraries
- Cell variation and cell distance control
- Random picture generator
- Supporting cell-positioning grid to evaluate the cell-pattern
- User-presets and preferred settings
- Well documented help file, examples and web-page
- Libraries are availabe from the website


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HOW TO REGISTER

Registering Mosaizer Pro is easy. The trial version has time limitations. In order to keep using Mosaizer Pro, you must register to receive a registration number.
After an (e-mail) request for a serial number, your registration number will be emailed to you, usually within one working day.
Open the 'About' window via 'File | Tools', and click on the 'Registration' tab. Input your name, personal passcode and the received serial number and click 'Register'.
Since Mosaizer Pro is donationware, it is greatly encouraged to finish your registration by donating a small amount to cover the cost of our website.

CONTACT

Mosaizer homepage: http://www.mosaizer.com

Some questions, bug report and advice you can send to sybren@mosaizer.com

Thank you for using Mosaizer.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Because of the CPU intensive nature of bitmap manipulation, 
Mosaizer needs the right computing environment. 
The following minimum system requirements are: 
- 1.4 GHz Intel or AMD processesor
- 1024 MB RAM memory
- 20 MB of harddisk space for picture libraries
- 100 MB of harddisk space to store real big multi-photo bitmaps
- Windows 2000/XP
- 15" Monitor with 1024 x 768 pixels

The following system is recommended:
- 2.4 GHz Intel or AMD processesor
- 2048 MB RAM memory
- 50 MB of harddisk space for picture libraries
- 250 MB of harddisk space to store real big multi-photo bitmaps
- Windows 2000/XP
- 17" Monitor with 1280 x 1024 pixels

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History

Version 7.0 build 18-20

- the hexagon pattern now also works well for rectangular source files 
- an initial installation error has now been solved 
- printing the result from within Mosaizer is now available
- the pattern menu not longer disappears after saving the ini-settings
- the 'circulars' settings are now also correctly saved in the pre-set file
- printing the result, incl printing over multiple pages to create a giant poster

Version 7.0 build 17 final release

- specific errors in jpg compression has been solved
- the ini-file is now only for masks, all other parameters are managed via the windows registry
- specific errors in mask management and when adding new files have now been solved

Version 7.0 build 13 for beta testing
- the recolorize functionality has been fully recoded to correctly recolorize any given pattern, shape or size 
- the spiral and circle pattern size can now be tuned for 'near center' cells to avoid cluttered areas 
- the hexagon pattern has been added

Version 7.0 build 12
- the edit-functionality has been redesigned to better fit in the logical workflow 
- the multi-mosaizing functionality has been simplified 
- minor bugs have been removed 
- two new color matching models are now available  
- two new shapes have been added: spiral and circle

Version 7.0 build 9
- the application GUI has completely been redesigned 
- the brush mask (dynamic rotating and resizing) has been improved 
- the Photo-Mixer was removed (still available in Mosaizer 6) 
- the Match Probe can now also be used to study the color match capability of a library 
- the preferences have been separated into 'quick preferences' and 'initial settings' 
- each dedicated function is now available as a separate tab 
- more intuitive workflow management using windowed editors