What is ImageSize?
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It is an Explorer add-on which displays one more page in Properites
dialog for graphic files (currently, only .BMP and .GIF ).
There you can see image size, colors count, compression ratio.

For .BMP files, you can also view and edit pixel-to-metric aspect ratio.

For .GIF files, you can view GIF blocks of which the file consist.
(Blocks are most frequently used for animation and transparency effects).


Installing
==========
Right-click on ImgSize.inf in Explorer and select Install from the popup
menu. This will modify some system registry entries and copy files to
Windows system directory.


Using
=====
Right-click on .GIF or .BMP file in Explorer and select Properties
from the popup menu (Alt+Enter also works, as well as Alt+DoubleClick).
Now you can view some additional image properties on the panel "Picture".


Uninstalling
============
If you were using 'Properties' dialog in this Windows session, first reboot
your computer.
Select "Add-remove programs" from the Control Panel. Double-click on the
line "Image Size (remove)" in the listbox.


Possible enhancements
=====================

The most obvious enhancement is adding more file formats:

Graphics
--------
Formats: JPEG,PCX,...

Music
-----
Formats: WAV,STM,S3M,MID,MOD,AU,...
Properties:
  recording time
  sample rate,bits per sample
  instruments count,author name,...

Text files
----------
Properties:
  word count, line count, average word length
  max. line/page length, pages

Archives
--------
Formats: ARJ,ZIP,LHA,RAR,...
Properties:
  Files count, compression ratio, archive version, [editable] archive comment

HTML
----
Properties:
  Title, author, character set, version
  Meta tags (in table view)

You see, there are much more left to be done than I've managed to do.
I could only welcome anyone's effort to make these or other enhancements.
Please, tell me if you make it, or if you jsut find this proggy useful.


Program status
==============
ImageSize is freeware. Anyone can distribute, modify it, and use it
on his own risk. The author takes no responsibility for the results.

Source code is available at
ftp://ftp10.pair.com/pub/vsap/source/ImgSize_src.zip

Web page
http://www10.pair.com/vsap/FreeSoft.html


History
=======
2 August'97
  first release
6 August'97
  fixed the problem with UnInstall on NT (changed only ImgSize.INF file)
  Thanks to William J. Sackin for pointing on this bug and advising of its
  workaround.

Victor Sapognikov (vsap@pair.com) * 6 August'97

