The free Econym plugins
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These plugins may well work with any program capable of using Adobe compatible plugins, but
they've only been tested with PaintShopPro 7 and PaintShopPro 8.

Installation
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Copy the plugins into [a subdirectory of] your plugin folder, then [re]start your graphic
application.

For PSP8 I'd suggest creating a new folder inside MyDocuments\MyPSP8Files\plugins and
keeping just your Econym plugins there, and ensure that "scan subfolders" is enabled in the
corresponding "File Locations" preference.

General Operation
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Click the [+] and [-] zoom controls to zoom the preview image.
Shift-click the [+] zoom control to jump to 100% zoom.
Shift-click the [-] zoom control to scale so that the whole image is visible.

Click [Random] to randomize all the control settings.
Click [Reset] to set all the controls back to the factory defaults.
Click [Cancel] to close the plugin without applying the effect.
Click [OK] to apply the effect and close the plugin.

You can set the control values by:-
 Dragging the sliders with the mouse.
 Clicking the nudge arrows, which typically adds/subtracts 1 from the value.
 Clicking in the slider track, which typically adds/subtracts 10 from the value.
 Selecting the slider and pressing the arrow keys.
 Typing a numerical value into the number box.

Image Types
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These plugins work on full colour and greyscale images, but not on images with restricted
palettes (e.g. 256 colour GIF images).

These plugins only operate on the currently active image layer.

If the image has a selection, the effect will only be applied inside the selection.

The plugins honour layer transparency, but you might not get what you expect if you later
remove the transparency.


Roll Plugin
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Y/X Offset: Controls the point where the image starts to roll.
Radius: Controls how tight the roll is.
X/Y Shift: Controls how far the roll moves sideways.

Bottom/Left/Top/Right: Click this to change which edge of the image is affected.

No curled layer: Set this to switch off the curled part of the effect.
No main layer: Set this to switch off the main part of the efect.
No background layer: Set this to switch off the background part of the effect.

If your image supports transparency, then any pixels that are not part of a switched 
on layer will be made transparent. If your image doesn't support transparency, then
they will be made black.

Plugins only operate on a single image layer, buit you can apply this plugin with
different "No ... layer" settings for different image layers, to create the effect
of having different images on the three parts.


Curl Plugin
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Y/X Offset: Controls the point where the image starts to roll.
X/Y Offset: Controls the length of the section that rolls
Radius: Controls how tight the roll is.
X/Y Shift: Controls how far the roll moves sideways.

Bottom/Left/Top/Right: Click this to change which corner of the image is affected.

No curled layer: Set this to switch off the curled part of the effect.
No main layer: Set this to switch off the main part of the efect.
No background layer: Set this to switch off the background part of the effect.

If your image supports transparency, then any pixels that are not part of a switched 
on layer will be made transparent. If your image doesn't support transparency, then
they will be made black.

Plugins only operate on a single image layer, buit you can apply this plugin with
different "No ... layer" settings for different image layers, to create the effect
of having different images on the three parts.


Support
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I change my email address from time to time to control spam. My current email address is
displayed on my web page http://www.econym.demon.co.uk
