ALSee v4 Read Me

First, Thank-you
----------------

We'd like to thank all the millions of people out there who already use and continue to use our software. Your continued support has enabled us to improve ALSee and make it better. 

If you are new to ALSee, thank-you for using ALSee. We sincerely hope that you enjoy using it and that it makes your life easier and more convenient. Please recommend it to friends if the occasion arises. 


ABOUT ALSEE
-----------

ALSee is a picture viewer, manager, and photo editor and is free for personal, non-commercial home use.


INSTALLATION
------------

Run the EXE installer. When prompted, choose your options. Click next as required. When installed, ALSee prompts you to set some options. Set as required or accept the defaults (recommended).


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-------------------

Windows 98/Me/NT 4/2000/XP
CPU 133 MHz +
RAM 8 MB +


ALSee Support Team (Product/Ordering inquiries)
---------------------------------
Home :  www.altools.com
E-mail : support@estsoft.com
---------------------------------


###################
# Version History #
###################


### ALSee v4.12 ###

1. Fixed: After unchecking the Stamps option, images displayed as white
2. Fixed: On dual monitor systems, after viewing pictures in Zoom mode and Full Screen mode then switching back the ALSee window didn't move  
3. Fixed: When viewing Slide Shows from Browse mode user defined options to view in Full Screen mode were incorrect
4. Fixed: Changing sort options on the toolbar did not refresh the sort options in the menu under "Options > View & Sort > Sort Icons" and Name was always displayed 
5. Fixed: Files with numbers in the file name were not sorted properly
6. Fixed: Sorting files by date did not sort AM/PM properly
7. Fixed: "Move selected file to folder" ignored Overwrite options and always prompted users on what to do 
8. Fixed: Picture overlays with PNG or GIF images were always in the upper left in saved files


### ALSee v4.11 ###

1. Fixed: On Windows 98, the Photo Editor's Pictures for Editing List did not render properly


### ALSee v4.1 ###

1. Fixed: Error for images with no EXIF information under Photo Editor > Balloons > Digital Camera Info
2. Fixed: Uninstalling ALSee caused desktop wallpapers set with ALSee to disappear
3. Fixed: Under Photo Editor > Effects > Choose Effects, the first and subsequent entries were mislabled
4. Fixed: Under Photo Editor > Text, real time previews were not rendered correctly after clicking a Quick Location button
5. Fixed: Printing with Headers or Footers drop down menus had duplicate entries 
6. Fixed: In Slideshows, when Slideshow folders contained malformed or corrupted music files, quitting the Slideshow did not stop the music
7. Fixed: Under Photo Editor > Text > Quick Position, the Y-axis values were reversed for Cartesian coordinates
8. Fixed: Under View > Browse, checking and unchecking the "Show hidden files" did not work properly
9. Files: Under View > Zoom, "Zoom to fit window" did not work properly
10. Improved: JPEG quality compression options are now more precise
11. Fixed: On Windows 98, fonts were not correct in the Print dialog
12. Fixed: On Windows 98, the right-click context menu on the desktop was incorrect - setting wallpapers did not work properly
13. Fixed: On Windows 98 & NT, the online update did not function properly (Korean version only)
14. Fixed: On Windows NT, picture previews in Windows Explorer context menus were not correct
15. Fixed: On Windows NT, the right-click context menu on the desktop was incorrect - picture previews did not render properly
16. Fixed: On Windows NT, Options > Preferences > File Associations tab, file icons did not refresh when associating file types with ALSee
17. Fixed: On Windows NT, Double-clicking an image file in Windows Explorer to open ALSee, then clicking the Browse toolbar button caused ALSee to exit


### ALSee v4.02 ###

[Main]
1. Fixed: error when rotating a picture and saving it to a sub-folder
2. Fixed: error when batch renaming files
3. Fixed: when using dual-monitors, error when clicking maximize, minimize, close, or double-clicking title bar
4. Fixed: error when viewing full-screen with dual-monitors


[Photo Editor]
1. Fixed: saving in different formats did not preserve EXIF (digital camera) information
2. Fixed: error with EXIF (digital camera) information being inserted into word balloons
3. Fixed: error enlargening or shrinking word balloons 
4. Fixed: when using dual-monitors, error when clicking maximize, minimize, close, or double-clicking title bar
5. Fixed: error when viewing full-screen with dual-monitors


### ALSee v3.8 ###

1. Added: Single and Multi picture per page printing.
2. Added: Improved drag to scroll pictures with mouse in Photo Edit preview.
3. Added: In Photo Edit, drag to scroll pictures in their original size. 
4. Added: In color adjustment, added sharpness and blur effects.
5. Added: In Photo Edit resize, added resize by restricting width/height to number of pixels.
6. Fixed: Several minor bug fixes. 
7. Changed: Photo Print Ordering and Mobile Photo Messaging service interfaces modified. (Korean version only - Print and Mobile services are not available outside of Korea.)


FROM THE ALSEE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
-------------------------------

If you discover a bug or have an idea to improve ALSee, please visit our home page to contact us or email support@estsoft.com. When submitting bug reports, please include as many details as possible so that we can solve the problem as quickly as possible. 


Your Rights to Distribute ALSee
===============================

DISTRIBUTION
------------

You may freely redistribute this program provided that you do not charge a fee, whether for distribution or the media containing this program, except as permitted herein. 

ISPs, non-profit organizations, charities or charitable organizations, and educational organizations such as schools or universities may distribute this program for free to home users, volunteers, or students for non-commercial private use provided that they do not charge a fee for the program, but may charge reasonable handling and duplication fees provided that the recipient is explicitly made aware that they are not being charged for the program and that the token fee associated is exclusively to cover handling and duplication fees. If the program is included as part of a distribution package for which a fee is being charged, you may include the program provided that you do not levy charges for the distribution package beyond reasonable additional handling and duplication fees and that the recipient is explicitly made aware that they are not being charged for the program.

If this program is distributed as a part of another package or software bundle or in association with services for which a fee is being levied, the author's permission must first be obtained. 

You may not distribute this program in connection with any illegal activites which may include, but are not limited to, software piracy, copyright infringement, or fraud.

In all cases where this program is distributed, it must remain complete and unchanged in it's original ZIP or EXE package with all messages intact. You may rename the distributable ZIP or EXE file for management purposes provided that the program name and version number remain clear in the new file name.  
 

ATTENTION: This program is the exclusive property of ESTsoft corporation and is protected by international copyright laws. Unathorized copying, distribution, disassembly or reverse engineering is subject to prosecution to the maximum extent permitted by law. Please read the EULA for more information.


ESTsoft Corp.
8th Floor, Jeil Venture Tower, 1626-3 Seocho-Dong, Seocho-Gu, 137-070
Seoul, Korea
Fax: +82-2-583-4628
Email: support@estsoft.com

Copyright 1999-2005 ESTsoft Corp. All rights reserved. ALZip, ALSee, ALGIF, ALFTP, ALPass, ALMap, ALX, ALZ, ALSong, ALShow and ALTools are trademarks of ESTsoft Corp.
