SIR - Simple Image Resizer v2.3        README 11-04-12

Not tested much.

I have included dcdraw.exe ported by Mentore Siesto


0. CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
========================

1. INTRODUCTION

2. REQUIREMENTS

3. INSTALLATION

4. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER

5. CONTACT

6. CREDITS

7. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS

8. HISTORY


1. INTRODUCTION
===============

Welcome to S.I.R v2.3 port for OS/2 and eComStation.

A simple application for resizing images,inspired by GTPY - ImageResizer 
(www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=32338)
But I used C++/QT and QImage class to convert the images.

SIR - Simple Image Resizer can convert into and from the following formats:

ú JPEG
ú PNG
ú BMP
ú GIF
ú XPM
ú PGM
ú PBM
ú PPM

SIR also can rotate your images.


2. REQUIREMENTS
===============
The following requirements can be installed either by rpm or by zip files.

RPM Installation:

klibc
-----

  1. yum install libc

GCC4Core
--------

  1. yum install libgcc
  2. yum install gcc-stack-protector
  3. yum install gcc-stdc++-shared-library
  4. yum install gcc-supc++-shared-library

Qt4 dll
-------

  1. yum install libqt4


ZIP Installation:

klibc
-----

  1. Download klibc 0.6.4 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/libc for more information)
  2. Install the files to your libpath eg x:\ecs\dll

GCC4Core
--------

  1. Download GCC4Core 1.2.1 or better from http://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc
  2. Install the files to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll

Qt4 dll
-------

  1. Download Qt4 v4.7.3 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/qt4 for more information)
  2. Install the files according to the readme

Cups
----

  1. Download the latest cups version which is 1.4.8 or better
  2. Install it and be sure to put the cups.dll somewhere to your path 


Sir
--------

  1. Create a directory for Sir.
  2. Extract the Sir package to the new directory.
  3. Create a WPS object for Sir.exe.
  4. Start Sir
  5. Enjoy the app
  


4. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER
=================================

(C) 2007-2012  rsachetto@gmail.com http://sir.projet-libre.org/
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



5. CONTACT
==========

if you find a bug, then add a ticket to the trac at http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps

Only bug reports with a reproducable bug are accepted. :-)


6. CREDITS
==========

The port was done by: Elbert Pol aka TeLLie

Thanks go to:

  * rsachetto
  * Dmitry A. Kuminov
  * Silvan Scherrer

They either helped me when I had some nasty questions or did some testing for me.


7. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS
========================

SIR is based on volunteer work. If you would like to support further
development, you can do so in one of the following ways:


  * Donate to the Qt4 project: see qt.netlabs.org for more information

  * Contribute to the project: Besides actual development, this also includes
    maintaining the documentation and the project web site as well as help
    for users.


8. HISTORY
==========

Compiled now with Qt v4.7.3 GA

Changelog:

I'm very proud to release the brand new version of SIR. This is a version with many updates:

* flip support in convert and preview dialogs
* full support of Exif.Image.Orientation field
* metadata dialog with view and edit features for same Exif metadata fields
* documentation in Doxygen for non private members (private members will be documented latter)
* conversion options in convert dialog is shown in tabs now
* target file size in convert dialog can be set in pixels, percent and Ki-/Mi- bytes now
* new options dialog with categories panel on the left
* suffix file name support
