ImageGrinder v1.71
Copyright 2001 by Hailstone Software
help@hailstonesoftware.com
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This program is designed to process through a batch of images and 
perform multiple operations on these images.

Some Features:

- Process hundreds if not thousands of images in one batch, just set
  up your parameters and let it rip.
- Input/Output images from/to any format that you have a supported 
  translator for.
- Drag-n-Drop of individual files and/or folders (including symbolic 
  link folders) from a Tracker window.
- Option to overwrite or preserve existing files with same name in 
  output directory.
- Option to maintain directory structure of converted images.
- Option to change output file icon to the image it contains.
- Option to rename the base name of images upon conversion.
- Option to rename the extension of images upon conversion.
- Option to filter out non-image files based on MIME type. Which only 
  allows files with a supertype of 'image' to be added to the list.
- Built in image viewer to view an individual image in the batch and apply,
  the active filters to this image. 
- Has a plug-in API so 3rd parties can add their own filters. 
  The included filters are:
    - blurring of the image(s).
    - changing the brightness of the image(s).
    - cropping the image(s).
    - detecting edges within image(s).
    - flipping the image(s) upside down.
    - converting the image(s) to grey scale (aka black and white).
    - mirroring the image(s).
    - making the image(s) into a negative.
    - resizing the image(s) to a specified size.
    - rotating the image(s) clockwise and counter clockwise in 90 degree 
      intervals.
    - increase or decrease the image(s) by a scaling factor.
    - ability to place a watermark on the image(s).
	- oil filter. (a very slow filter on large images)
	- cutcircle filter.
	- melt filter. (a very slow filter on large images)
	- worn filter.
	- tile filter.
	- slicer filter.
	- shear filter.
	- laplacian filter.
	- enhanceedges filter.
	- sharpen filter.
	- emboss filter.
	- wave filter.


For information on the use and registration of ImageGrinder run ImageGrinder 
and click on the Documentation item in the help menu. This will open up a Net 
Positive window with the documentation.

To read the changes from the previous versions please read "release notes" which
is located in the same directory as this file.
