e-PictureTM 1.0
The Professional's Choice for Designing Animated Web Graphics!

Thank you for purchasing e-Picture, the professional's choice for designing animated web graphics! To ensure that you get all the advantages of this powerful software, please take a moment to read this important information.

This document contains information on the following topics:

- Installation
- Product Overview
- Documentation
- Examples
- Action by e-Picture
- Providing Feedback to BeatWare

## Installation

The e-Picture 1.0 package contains the necessary files for use with the BeOS Release 4 for Intel. Double-clicking on the e-Picture package icon starts Software Valet and begins the installation process. The e-Picture files will be installed into the /boot/apps/BeatWare/e-Picture folder.

## Product Overview

e-Picture is designed specifically to give the professional graphic artist all the tools he/she needs to create dynamic, web-ready graphics. By combining drawing, animation and compression into one tool, e-Picture streamlines the process of creating web graphics and gives you the freedom to move back and forth between the different design stages with ease.

With e-Picture, you can:

- Use professional graphic tools to create original graphic objects
- Draw or fill any object with textures, patterns or gradients
- Apply filters and special effects to any object
- Edit any object at any time, even after applying filters and effects
- Add perspective and dimension to web banners with imported 3D models
- Tween objects, opacity, filters and imported 3D models
- Preview and edit animation from within the design canvas
- Automatically generate JavaScript rollover buttons
- View images at multiple color depths simultaneously
- Minimize file size while controlling image quality

Further information on the above topics is provided in the sections entitled Documentation and Examples.

## Documentation

e-Picture includes extensive on-line documentation describing everything from how to use the drawing tools to how to create animations and JavaScript rollovers. You can access the documentation either by opening index.html from the e-Picture installation folder or from within e-Picture by selecting the Window > Help menu option.

## Examples

e-Picture is the only graphics software to fully integrate graphic design and animation. The Examples folder contains several step by step examples of how to use the powerful features of e-Picture to create objects, add effects, apply filters and generate GIF animations in minutes.

In addition, BeatWare has a web site dedicated to providing information on e-Picture graphics techniques and examples that is updated regularly. You should visit this web site frequently to pick up the latest insights and techniques offered by BeatWare's graphics professionals.

## Action by e-Picture

Show your friends, colleagues and web site visitors that you've discovered a better way to create animated GIFs by including the provided 'Action by e-Picture' button on your website. It's a great way to support your favorite platform!

## Providing Feedback to BeatWare

We want to hear from you! Please send us feedback using our online feedback form, or by sending email to support@beatware.com.

## Thank You

We wish to take this opportunity to thank you for your support as we usher in a new era of web graphics software.

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