Photo shows Embellish updated running on @Macarlo's NT 4 SP5 Update Don't Fixes Embellish Bug on Windows NT!

by @Macarlo

All photos here made with Embellish 2.02b

Embellish was updated to version 2.02b and I, Embellish registered user for OS/2 Warp (purchased from BMT Micro, Inc.) and for Windows (purchased from Beyond.com) downloaded the new version from Dadaware web site and tested it, expecting for a fix in the "save as... " path bug on Windows NT. Unfurtunately the developer don't fixed this bug. You can see the bug in the photo below:

On Windows NT if you presets "save as" in <Misc><Preferences><Directories>(photo below) Embellish marks the option but don't performed it! (photo above) In the upgrade out May 27, 1999 this bug is not fixed.

I downloaded Embellish updates (upo202b.zip, 1,89MB for OS/2 Warp and upw202b.zip, 1,37MB, for Windows 32 bits) from the updates page of the developers web site (http://www.dadaware.com/download_area/download_area.html). In this page are two trial copies available (for OS/2 and for Windows) and also the two updates. There is the readme:

Embellish Version 2.02b Upgrade.

If you encounter problems with this update, contact dadaware via email with support@dadaware.com. Please have your registration information ready.

This package contains files for upgrading to version 2.02a of Embellish. There is a Win95 and OS/2 version, each of which is available separately.

This package contains a single executable file, emb_up.exe. This program will verify the existense of a current version of Embellish on your hard drive. You must have a previous retail version of Embellish on your machine for the upgrade to work.

To perform the upgrade, simply run the program emb_up.exe. If problems are encountered, follow the directions that emb_up displays. Upon completion, emb_up will do nothing more than create the file new_emb.zip. This file contains the latest version of Embellish.

Simply unzip the new_emb.zip file into the same directory as the old version of Embellish. Two files of interest are included in this upgrade. They are:

202.doc (202.htm - an html version too) This is an MS Word version of the online help.

append.doc This is an MS Word document that can be used as an addendum to the Embellish printed manual. It covers changes between version 2.0 and 2.02b.

Embellish User Preferences

Editable user preferences are accessed by clicking on the Misc>Preference menu. The headings listed below correspond to the preference notebook's tabs.

Background

It is possible to size the image window so that it is larger than the image being displayed. In such a case, blank areas will become visible. Embellish allows the blank areas to be filled with a specific pattern. This option allows the background for both the Main window and the Image window to be set. The scroll bars are used to view all available options. For system limited to 8 bit video cards, the solid color patterns are advisable.

Directories

Normally when Embellish is started, the File Open Dialog will be positioned in the same directory where Embellish is located. The Startup entry is used to indicate that Embellish should change to a particular directory after startup. The check box can be used to cause Embellish to start at the last directory used when Embellish was used most recently. Leaving the entry blank will cause the standard directory to be used. Somewhat similarly, a particular directory can be specified when saving files. In this case, whenever a file is to be saved, the initial directory suggested will be the one indicated here. Otherwise, the most recently used directory is used - typically the directory where the file was located.

Display

These options allow a display method will be specified at the startup of Embellish. Because the display method can be changed for a given image at any time, the value indicated here is only used when the image is initially loaded..

Scale to image, keep perspective:

This option will fit the image to the display window and pad extra space if needed.

Fill with image, perspective can change:

This option will completely fill the display window. This may cause image distortion by stretching more along one axis than the other.

Use Scroll Bars:

This option allows the use of scroll bars, also known as sliders, if needed. The image will not distort. This method also allows the image to be view in magnified states.

Memory

This option checks requests for memory against a limit that is indicated here. If the request is larger than the limit, the user is presented with a warning and given the chance to proceed or abort. Generally, the size should be consistent with the amount of physical RAM memory on the machine. For example, if there is 32MB of RAM, a warning size of 20MB is reasonable. The reason for having such a warning is to prevent Embellish from using excessive amounts of virtual memory unexpectedly. Extensive use of virtual memory can significantly slow down the computer.

Misc

Empty clipboard on exit:

This option will cause Embellish to free the clipboard memory when exiting the program.

File has changed warning:

This option will allow Embellish to monitor when an image has been changed. The user will be notified whenever changes to the file could be lost by a new operation.

Save window positions on exit:

Will cause all toolbar and the main Embellish window positions to be stored for use the next time Embellish is started. If this options is not chosen, the window positions will not change at startup from one session to the next. The window positions can be manually saved via the menu command Misc->Save window positions.

Palette

Maximum Display Colors:

This option allows the choice of the maximum number of colors an image can have - its color depth. The choices are 256 (8 bit) and 16.7 million (24 bit). Embellish is designed to work with whatever video hardware is on the system. Therefore, this setting should normally be 24 bit. If Embellish is being used exclusively for image viewing and the system has only an 8 bit video subsystem, increases in display quality can be achieved by choosing 8 bit. By doing so, all 24 bit images will be converted to 8 bit, usually causing a decrease in quality if the images are later saved.

Gamma

Gamma is a way of expressing how bright colors are displayed on a display system relative to other systems. For instance, most PCs have an overall value of 2.2 (which is the default value) while many Apple systems have a value close to 1.0. So, a problem can arise because an image that displays fine on an Apple will seem muted on a PC. To counter this problem some file formats allow a gamma specification to be included so that the system reading the file will know the image's intended gamma display value. With such formats the gamma value entered here is used to adjust the image as needed for proper display.

Photo CD

The Kodak PhotoCD image file can contain a variety of image resolutions. This option allows the user to specify at which resolution the image should be loaded. See Kodak PhotoCD.

Saves

This sets some of the default settings for saving a file. All can be overridden at the time of the file save. Refer to the file save section for further explanation.

Thumbnail

This controls the size of the thumbnails when they are created. The default size is 32 pixels square. Larger values will increase the thumbnail’s quality, but will use more disk space. Thumbnails are miniature (icon) sized versions of the image. They are used to catalog images so that they can be referenced visually in addition to filename.

Undo

Embellish allows multiple levels of Undo/Redo. The actual number available is set here, up to a maximum of 256 levels. Each level of undo can require significant amount of memory to be used, for this reason specifying a large number of Undo levels is discouraged.

Using Undo/Redo. Each time an operation is performed, the Undo submenu (available under the Edit menu) is updated to reflect that operation. For example, if the airbrush is used to draw a line the Undo menu will show that a New Object was created. Selecting Undo will cause that object to be erased. This in turn will cause the Redo menu to show that executing Redo will cause the object to be recreated. Multiple Undo levels can be traversed and then backed out of with the Redo command. However, all Redo commands are lost once a new operation is performed. An example best illustrates this:

Start with an new image. A filled square is added. Next a filled circle is added. Last an outline of a rectangle is added. Undo is performed twice. The display will be of the image and the filled square. Redo can be performed twice to revert to the square, circle and rectangle. Again Undo two levels. Now swirl the image. At this point you can no longer perform Redo to restore the filled circle or outlined rectangle because the Swirl transformation was performed after those two objects had been undone.

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