Welcome to the Final FilterMeister Public Beta Test

• The ability to create standalone plug-in filters.
• An unrestricted license to sell and/or distribute standalone filters created by FM in any manner you see fit, on a royalty-free basis.

• FilterMeister Beta Release 0.4.18:
• Lets you purchase a license to generate and distribute standalone filters.
• Splits off the source editor window from the main FM dialog to permit better WYSIWYG control at design time.
• Enhances the functionality of the source editor.
• Adds mouseover/mouseout support for user-defined controls.
• Adds support for processing double-click events from user controls.
• Adds color picker support.
• Provides built-in support for efficient gamma correction of images.
• Allows you to add sound effects (.wav files) to your filter operation.
• Adds three new event handlers to process user-control events and provide filter pre- and post-processing.
• Lets you execute shell commands to display help files, html files, and remote web sites.
• Enhances the information you can embed in the VS_VERSION_INFO resource in standalone filters.
• Increases the complexity of code that can be compiled.
• Increases the number of anonymous put/get cells to 1024.
• Adds preliminary support for 16-bit pixel depth images.
• Adds many new built-in functions and variables.
• Fixes a number of known problems.

 
• Release 0.4.18 includes:
• FilterMeister Book One - Getting Started, version 4.0, by Werner D. Streidt.
• FilterMeister Book Two - User Guide, version 7.0, by Werner D. Streidt.
• Digital Image Processing with FilterMeister, by Werner D. Streidt.
• New and updated sample filters from Werner D. Streidt and Ilya Razmanov (aka Ilyich the Toad).

To join the Public Beta Test, follow these steps:

• Download FM0418.exe, which is a self-extracting Zip file, into a temporary directory from one of the following sites:

 

Download Package	Download Site	Download File
FM Beta Package 0.4.18	#1 (Palo Alto, CA)	FM0418.exe (2.5MB)
FM Beta Package 0.4.18	#2 (Mountain View, CA)	FM0418.exe (2.5MB)

 
• Double-click the FM0418 icon in your temporary download directory, and follow the instructions.  Choose to install the FM plug-in files in the plug-in directory (or the FilterMeister subdirectory) of your favorite Adobe-compatible graphics application.  For example, install FM to 'C:\xxx', where 'C:\xxx' might be one of the following typical installation directories, depending on your graphics application:

Application	Typical Installation DIrectory
Photoshop 4.01	C:\Adobe\Photoshop\Plugins\FilterMeister
Photoshop 5.5	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 5.5\Plug-Ins\FilterMeister
Paint Shop Pro 6.0	C:\Program Files\Paint Shop Pro 6\Plugins\FilterMeister

• Start (or re-start) your graphics host application.  Load a test image in RGB mode, and then invoke the FilterMeister 0.4.18... filter under the FilterMeister category in your host application's plug-in menu.

• To generate a standalone filter, you must first purchase a license. For a limited time only, you can purchase a license for half price by registering your copy of FM here:
  
                             Special Pre-release Offer
  
  Once you have obtained your license registration code, use the Make... button to create a standalone filter. The first time you do this, you will be prompted to enter your registration information. Enter the same user name and organization name that you used when purchasing your registration code, followed by the registration code itself. Note that all fields are case-sensitive -- you may wish to copy and paste the registration information to ensure that it is entered correctly.

For more information on using FilterMeister, see the following documentation:

• To view the FilterMeister Book One - Getting Started manual in PDF format, open the following file in Adobe Acrobat:
  
      C:\xxx\FmDocumentation\gettings.pdf
  
  where 'C:\xxx' is the drive and directory path in which you installed FilterMeister.

• To view the FilterMeister Book Two - User Guide manual in PDF format, open the following file in Adobe Acrobat:
  
      C:\xxx\FmDocumentation\UserGuide.pdf
  
  where 'C:\xxx' is the drive and directory path in which you installed FilterMeister.

• To view the Digital Image Processing with FilterMeister manual in PDF format, open the following file in Adobe Acrobat:
  
      C:\xxx\FmDocumentation\da.pdf
  
  where 'C:\xxx' is the drive and directory path in which you installed FilterMeister.

• To view the latest FilterMeister release notes, open the following file with WordPad:
  
      C:\xxx\FmDocumentation\release_notes_0418.txt
  
  where 'C:\xxx' is the drive and directory path in which you installed FilterMeister.

For additional help in using FilterMeister, try the following resources:

• To subscribe to the official FilterMeister Mailing List send an e-mail to:
  
        FMML-subscribe@egroups.com
  
  Once subscribed, post your questions and messages by e-mailing them to:
  
        FMML@egroups.com
  
  To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail to:
  
        FMML-unsubscribe@egroups.com
  
  

• For technical support, send an e-mail message to:
  
        support@filtermeister.com

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