THIS DOCUMENT IS BEST VIEWED IN NOTEPAD WITH WORD WRAP ON Textaizer Pro version v4.3 Copyright © 2007-2012 APP Helmond All Rights Reserved Release Date: March 26, 2010 =============================================== This program is Freeware Reproduction in whole or part in any form without express written permission of APP Helmond is prohibited To install double click TextaizerPro_SetUp.exe To uninstall TextaizerPro click uninstall from the Start Menu or the Add/Remove Programs tab APP Helmond sybren@mosaizer.com www.mosaizer.com ll lnl .nll lnlnA . --AlllllllllllllllllllA. -lllllllllnlllllllllllllllllllll. -lllllllllllnllllllllnllllllllllllllelA AllllllllllllnllllllllllnlllllllelllllllllA -lllllllllllllnllllllllllllnlllllllnllllllllll llllllllllllllelllllllllllllnllllllllnllllllllll- .llllllllAAAllllnlllnlnnlnllllnlllllllllnllllllllllA AnnlA AnnnlA lnlP. Alnnl lne. .llln. Anl el lnln. ll ll .ll .l. lnln l ll lnln .lllllll- -lllllll. lnnl Aeln Annlllllnnl lnnlllllnnA lnlenl Aeln. 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With Textaizer Pro you can create pictures from text (text mosaic), text from from pictures (ASCII art) and make videoclips with ASCII art. * Seven different text art creators - text from pictures (Text Mosaics) - pictures from text (ASCII Art) - recreate a picture from words and sentences (Word Art) - draw random characters on a picture (Crazy Characters) - free drawing ASCII Art (Draw Art) - text made from characters (Text Art) - video clips from ASCII Art or Text Art from video clips (Video Text Art) * Each art creation method has a wealth of tuning - use extended ASCII block characters for full-body ASCII art pictures - apply textures to create a realistic 'canvas' surface - circular text art - color tuning filters - Crazy Characters has special functions to fully automate its creation * Extensive import and export capabilities - as picture (many file formats) - as plain text (e.g. editable in Notepad) - as HTML web page - as movie file ('avi' file extension) - printing on multiple pages - projects to repeat earlier session effects * Tools and settings for - language (currently English, Dutch and German) - automated web-updates - help (via website) Maximum values & warnings - maximum of 100,000 characters of unique text (if more is needed, it will start from the text-beginning again) - no limit to the result bitmap, but be careful not to generate 400 Mb or more when large source files are chosen. Your system may not longer respond correctly when huge memory is needed for Textaizer Pro. APP Helmond cannot be held responsible for problems when Textaizer Pro is used. Textaizer Pro is guaranteed free of viruses, spyware and commercial nagware. Textaizer Pro is freeware. CONTACT Textaizer Pro can be downloaded from the APP Helmond homepage: http://www.mosaizer.com For questions, bug reports and advice you can send an e-mail to sybren@mosaizer.com Thank you for using Textaizer Pro. =============================================== SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Because of the CPU intensive nature of bitmap manipulation, Textaizer Pro may need a right computing environment. The following minimum system requirements apply: - 1.4 GHz Intel or AMD processesor - 256 MB RAM memory - 5 Mb of harddisk space for picture libraries - 50 Mb of harddisk space to store real big Textaizer bitmaps - Windows 2000/XP - 15" Monitor with 1024 x 768 pixels The following system is recommended when large bitmaps are generated (> 4000x4000 pixels) - 2.4 GHz Intel or AMD processesor - 512 Mb RAM memory =============================================== VERSIONS 4.3 Build 40 - improved interface: now each group of settings can be minimized or fully shown - added the option to create '3D' (shade) characters in 'Crazy Characters' - added two more languages (but not optimized by a native person) 4.2 Build 37-39 - bug removed in selecting a new .PNG files - bug removed in 'Crazy draw' when a new pcture was loaded - bug removed in the project save function - small error removed in some radio-buttons - added a possibility to set the kern of the 'Crazy Characters' 4.2 Build 36 - Entrire new skins with full windows 7 compatibility - vector saving options (windows enhanced metafile) for unlimited print size - bugs removed in texture - small improvement tweaks 4.1 Build 30 - skins added 4.0 build 29 - on request added a feature to also save the changed text - minor bugs removed (transparency of PNG files correctly kept intact, empty lines errors) 4.0 build 28 - on request of users: new feature 'keep word' has been added to Text Mosaic creation - small bug solved: empty input lines in text file does not generate error any more 4.0 build 26-27 - a new release of the software, fully redesigned - one new features added (Crazy Characters) - one feature greatly enhanced (Video now fully using all available codec possibilities) - much more stable and robust - improved file location management ---------------- Version 3.x ------------------- 3.0 build 25 - a few remaining bugs have been solved 3.0 build 22-23 - simplified interface at start, but customizable by user - improved web-update 3.0 build 21 - the skinning can now also be turned off - compatibility with Windows 7 has been tested and 100% confirmed 3.0 build 20 - the resulting bitmap can now be printed on multiple pages has been added (max. 100 pages) 3.0 build 18-19 - Vista users won't get the error message on "Failed to load data for S2" any more - skins have been added to personalize the interface 3.0 build 16-17 - new feature: Font Art to create pictures from a large series of short lines - the number of input lines have been increased to 1024 (was 256) - a small bug in the spinbuttons have now been solved - the Text Mosaic font size now has a size warning to assure a good readable print (A4 or letter) 3.0 build 13 - new feature: Circular text mosaics are now possible - source and text files are now correctly remembered in the history list - improvement on the text art cropping 3.0 build 10-12 - Textaizer Pro has now language support (currently only English, Dutch and German) - minor bugs have been solved - Text Art result can now be previewed as a textfile and in a browser - the chosen language is now more easily remembered 3.0 build 8 - Textaizer Pro has been launched - a fully new GUI (Graphical User Interface) - 2 new features: textures and presets ---------------- Version 2.x ------------------- 2.2 build 12-13 - a small bug was solved in the font-size settings 2.2 build 4-11 - a major bug was solved (font > 44pt will crash the application) - videaizer now has frame grabbing feature - text rotation now possible for video - automated effects for video 2.2 build 3 - the Videaizer underwent a major upgrade - the user has now two engines to choose from (ASCII art or Text Mosaic) - the vid-window has now been improved (bitmaps are managed internally - not via de vid-window) - all filter, font-size and background settings for ASCII art and Text Mosaic also apply to Videaizer - improved video/media player controls - not only video files, but also a selection of multiple bitmaps can be taken as a source for Videaizer - a CPU priority selector has been added - some minor inconveniences have been solved 2.1 build 11-12 - the Free Draw ASCII art generation has been re-coded to increase speed and improve the user interface - memory usage now visible - some minor bugs have been solved 2.1 build 5-9 - now extended ASCII codes are available to create full-body ASCII art pictures ('block characters') - block characters can now be in color too - request for feedback has been included (after 50 times of use - can be manually disabled) 2.1 build 3 - a major change was made to Textaizer 2: IntelliDraw capability was added - improved version update control and version recognition via the web - swapping between the different functional tabs without losing the work - some bugs were removed - background picture can now be hidden and shown again to improve result evaluation - more settings are added to the ini-file 2.0 build 11 - (automatic) update function added 2.0 build 10 - some minor inconsistencies are now solved 2.0 build 9 - new feature added to ease the choice of the draw key in free draw mode 2.0 build 8 - bug fix in Free Draw when pencil moves out of the 'paper' 2.0 build 7 - minor bug fixes 2.0 build 6 - now the multi-regional settings are correctly taken care of - font size can be 'fixed', 'dynamic' or 'following the luminance of the source picture' - the screensaver feature is now documented and available 2.0 build 5 - now the line spacing and dynamic fontsize are effectively aligned - the quality of the dynamic fontsize feature has been improved 2.0 build 4 - avoid Quick Text limitations on the number of lines 2.0 build 3 - minor bugs solved - new engine for color management ---------------- Version 1.x ------------------- 1.1 build 24: minor bugs solved - now ascii text also work with italic text - build-in a new limitation: max 255 characters for the ascii text string 1.1 build 23: Video functionality added ('Videaizer') - minor bugs solved