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Textaizer version v2.0

Copyright © May 4, 2007 APP Helmond  All Rights Reserved
Release Date: November 4, 2007
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This program is Freeware
Reproduction in whole or part in any form without express
written permission of APP Helmond is prohibited

To install double click Textaizer.exe

To uninstall Textaizer click uninstall from the Start Menu or the Add/Remove Programs tab

APP Helmond
sybren@mosaizer.com
www.mosaizer.com

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Textaizer is a program to paint with text. With Textaizer you can create pictures from text (text mosaic), text from from pictures (ASCII art) and make videoclips with ASCII art.

Possibilities with Textaizer:
KEY FEATURES
- build any picture (bmp, jpg) from text (text mosaic)
- make any text from scratch and using bitmaps (ASCII art)
- make videoclips with ASCII text art effects from video footage
- free drawing of ASCII art, possibility to draw from a source picture for better resamblence
ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
- text must be provided as a plain (ASCII) text file (e.g. via notepad)
- two view modes:
    - follow the original wource color ('colorize'), where only colored areas a painted with text
    - create a 3D or 'emboss' effect, allowing the entire text to be visible
- use a white rim around the source to create an artistic painting effect - also useful to avoid 'empty' lines in some results
- use any fontstyle and any fontsize you like
- multiple font (random font choice)
- automatic white space trimming (to create a better visual result)
- ASCII art creation
    - creates text from pictures in Courier font
    - saves the result in text file, ready for printing
- three image enhancement filters to optimize the picture before making a ASCII art of text mosaic
    - (de)saturate, lighten/darken and contrast
- visualising by a preview window, thumbnail of the source and a full-screen viewer with zoom

Just sheer fun to make your favourite picture from text !

Maximum values & warnings
- maximum of 100,000 characters of unique text (if more is needed, it will start from the text-beginning again)
- no limit to th result bitmap, but be careful not to generate 400 Mb or more when large source files are chosen. Your system may not longer respond correctly when huge memory is needed for Textaizer.


CONTACT

Textaizer can be downloaded from the APP Helmond homepage: http://www.mosaizer.com

For questions, bug reports and advice you can send to info@mosaizer.com

Thank you for using Textaizer.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Because of the CPU intensive nature of bitmap manipulation, textaizer may need a right computing environment. The following minimum system requirements apply: 
- 1.4 GHz Intel or AMD processesor
- 256 MB RAM memory
- 5 Mb of harddisk space for picture libraries
- 50 Mb of harddisk space to store real big Textaizer bitmaps
- Windows 2000/XP
- 15" Monitor with 1024 x 768 pixels

The following system is recommended when large bitmaps are generated (> 4000x4000 pixels)
- 2.4 GHz Intel or AMD processesor
- 512 Mb RAM memory

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VERSIONS

2.0 build 3
- minor bugs solved
- new engine for color management

1.1 build 24: minor bugs solved
- now ascii text also work with italic text
- build-in a new limitation: max 255 characters for the ascii text string

1.1 build 23: Video functionality added ('Videaizer')
- minor bugs solved