This disk contains 4 graphics utilities. Installing each is described in turn. Installing GIFDESK GIFDESK is a DOS program for viewing and tiling GIF format images. 1. Make a directory on the drive you wish to install the program on, and change to it. Eg: C: MD GDESK CD GDESK 2. From that drive and directory, run the GIFDESK program from the floppy disk. For example, if the disk is in drive A type: A:GIFDESK This will unpack the files onto your hard disk. 3. The program is now installed. Type GIFDESK *.GIF to run it. Note that it will end immediately if there are no GIF files in that directory. For this reason you may want to install it in your DOS directory, so you can run it anywhere. To read the documentation: TYPE GIFDESK.DOC |MORE Installing Graphic Workshop for DOS This is an image conversion program for the DOS environment. 1. Make a directory on the drive you wish to install the program on, and change to it. Eg: C: MD GWS1 CD GWS1 2. From that drive and directory, run the GWSDOS program from the floppy disk. For example, if the disk is in drive A type: A:GWSDOS This will unpack the files onto your hard disk. 3. The program is now installed. Type GWS to run it. To read the documentation: TYPE GWS.DOC |MORE Installing Graphics Workshop for Windows Graphic Workshop for Windows is a graphics conversion and processing for the Windows environment. 1. Make a directory on the drive you wish to install the program on, and change to it. Eg: C: MD GWS2 CD GWS2 NOTE! You MUST NOT install to the same directory as you use for the DOS version! You will also get problems if both programs are in your DOS path. 2. From that drive and directory, run the GWSWIN program from the floppy disk. For example, if the disk is in drive A type: A:GWSWIN This will unpack the files onto your hard disk. 3. The program is now installed. You now need to add GWS.EXE in that directory to your program manager setup. See your windows documentation for full details. Installing JPEG4 These programs provide a simple and memory efficient way of converting between GIF and JPEG. Use these if you find your windows programs run out of memory, or if you have a lot of images to convert in batch mode. 1. Make a directory on the drive you wish to install the program on, and change to it. Eg: C: MD JP CD JP 2. From that drive and directory, run the JPEG4 program from the floppy disk. For example, if the disk is in drive A type: A:JPEG4 This will unpack the files onto your hard disk. 3. The program is now installed. Use the DJPEG program to convert from JPEG to GIF Use the CJPEG program to convert from GIF to JPEG To read the docs type: TYPE README |MORE TYPE USAGE |MORE