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                       readme.txt
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16 June 2000
Alex Hunter
AFH Systems

Welcome to the Beta 0.4.18 release of the FilterMeister
plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and compatible graphics
programs.

This beta release is for your personal evaluation only.
You may not distribute this release to anyone else.

1. For technical support, send an e-mail message to

	support@filtermeister.com


2. To subscribe to the official FilterMeister Mailing List
   (FMML) send an e-mail to

	fmml-request@lists.best.com

  with the single command 'subsingle' (without the quotes)
  in the body of the message.

  Once subscribed, post your questions and messages by
  e-mailing them to:

	fmml@lists.best.com

  To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail to

	fmml-request@lists.best.com

  with the single command 'unsubscribe' (without the quotes)
  in the body of the message.


3. Also, be sure to visit the official FilterMeister
   web site at:

	http://www.filtermeister.com

   for the latest news and downloadable versions of
   FilterMeister.


4. 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 where you
   installed FilterMeister.

   For example, 'C:\xxx' might be the following drive and
   directory path if you installed FilterMeister for one of
   the following applications:

   Application            C:\xxx
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   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


5. To view the FilterMeister "Getting Started (Book One)" manual in PDF
   format, open the following file in Adobe Acrobat Reader:

	C:\xxx\FmDocumentation\gettings.pdf

6. To view the FilterMeister "User Guide (Book Two)" manual in PDF
   format, open the following file in Adobe Acrobat Reader:

	C:\xxx\FmDocumentation\UserGuide.pdf

7. The FilterMeister "Reference Manual (Book Three)" is not yet
   available.  It will be released later as a separate free download.

8. To read Werner D. Streidt's thesis "Digital Image Processing
   with FilterMeister", open the following file n Adobe Acrobat
   Reader:

	C:\xxx\FmDocumentation\da.pdf

9. Several samples of standalone filters generated by FilterMeister
   are installed in:

	C:\xxx\FmSamples\

   For documentation of these sample filters, see the
   corresponding .txt file in the same directory.

   The FilterMeister source code for some of the sample
   filters can be found in the corresponding .ffp files
   in this directory.

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