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                            - PHOTORESIZE -
               http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize
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PhotoResize is a very clever little 'stand-alone' JPEG-shrinking
program, made by RealWorld Graphics.  It is freeware, and is available
from www.rw-designer.com.

Using PhotoResize will NOT change or delete your original image files.
It will make a smaller version (in the same folder as the original)
with the same name as the original, except that there will be a number
added to the filename to state the size in pixels.

As a 'stand-alone', PhotoResize does NOT 'install' on your computer like
larger applications, and no registry entries are created/changed by it.  

This setup package has been compiled for use on Windows XP by
Aaron in Australia (a 'third party' who is *NOT* associated with
RealWorld Graphics).  It may be possible to re-make the package for
other versions of Windows, if the appropriate version of PhotoResize is
substituted into the package and the batch file changed to suit
different addressing.

This setup package simply copies the 'stand-alone' PhotoResize file
to the root of C drive, and places handy pre-made shortcuts in your
'Send To' folder. (See below). Although that sounds quick and easy
to do, many novice computer users have trouble with such actions,
and this is why this setup package has been created.

THE 'SEND TO' FOLDER:
After highlighting a file in Windows Explorer, 'My Documents',
'My Pictures' (or wherever!), you can right-click to see a
contextual menu showing options for how to deal with the file.  In
that menu you will see 'Send To'.  Roll over 'Send To', and a
further menu will open, showing further options.

As mentioned above, this PhotoResize setup package places handy
pre-made shortcuts in your 'Send To' folder.  As a result, your
'Send To' menu will contain many options for shrinking JPEG image
files to various sizes and qualities.  This makes PhotoResize so
much easier for novices to use.


IT IS ASSUMED THAT YOU ARE USING A NORMAL INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS XP
ON C DRIVE.


       INSTRUCTIONS FOR SETUP:
1) Save the file 'PhotoResize-SetUp.exe' to your desktop, or
'My Documents' (or anywhere).  Don't worry about where you start from.
Also, the batch file has been set to 'clean up after itself' by
deleting the setup files at the end, regardless of where they are.

2) Double-click that file (PhotoResize-SetUp.exe) to have it unzip.
After a quick confirmation click, it will extract one file and one folder.

3) Ignore the folder, and double-click the extracted batch file
called 'RunThisFile.BAT' (If your system is set to hide file extensions,
you won't see the '.BAT' file extension.

4) The file and shortcuts will be copied to their respective targets,
and the setup files will be automatically deleted.

That's it.  You'll be shown a PhotoResize-ReadMe file.  It's worth
having a look at that.

Then check your image-shrinking options in your 'Send To' menu.


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       INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE:
       After setup, you will be able to shrink JPEG images by
       doing the following:
       1) Highlight one or more JPEG image file/s in Windows Explorer,
           or 'My Documents' or 'My Pictures'.
       2) Right-click to see contextual menu
           (or click 'File' in main menu bar)
       3) Click 'Send To'
       4) Click a JPEG-shrinking option shortcut
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NOTE that PhotoResize will NOT change or delete your original image files.
It will make a smaller version (in the same folder as the original)
with the same name as the original, except that there will be a number
added to the filename to state the size in pixels.


Shortcuts have been pre-made to allow resizing to commonly-used
dimensions.  For each size there are high and low quality versions:
400px  (most eBay images are displayed at this size on auction pages)
640px  (640x480 is a very common size for small image files)
800px  (800x600 is a common size for image files)
960px  (MS PowerPoint slides are 960x720, meaning images of that size
        will display on PowerPoint slides as 'full-screen' with no
        further resizing necessary in PowerPoint)
1024px (1024x768 is a common screen resolution size - possibly make
        desktop wallpaper images)
1280px (17" and 19" screens usually have 1280x1024 resolution -
        possibly make desktop wallpaper images)

Advanced users can create their own shortcuts using information
available in the readme file displayed at the end of this setup,
or at the PhotoResize homepage:
http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize

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