***************** ***IMPORTANT*** ***************** Here are some last minute additions to the manual... MY FILTERS DON'T APPEAR IN PHOTOSHOP BUT ARE IN THE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN DIRECTORY If you are running Windows 3.1x or Windows for Workgroups with Photoshop 3.x, you will need to install our 32-bit filters using the "A:SETUP /M" option described on page 23 of The Black Box manual. NEW 32-BIT GRAPHIC PROGRAMS There are new versions of some graphic programs that now take advantage of the 32-bit operating system (Win 95, Win NT): Corel PhotoPaint 6.0 and Micrografx Picture Publisher 6.0. You will want to install the 32-bit version of our software for those applications. OUTER BEVEL IN LAYERS The filter Outer Bevel needs to affect graphic information outside of a selection. If you make a selection in a layer that has transparent elements, you will get unpredictable results. You can tell that this will happen when you look at the preview in the Outer Bevel dialog box. If there is a checkerboard in the area where the Outer Bevel filter is supposed to be affecting, the filter will not work correctly. A workaround would be to apply a diffuse Glow around the selection (after saving the selection, of course) and then apply the Outer Bevel to the saved selection. COMPATIBILITY ISSUES Just because a new graphic program claims to support Photoshop filters does not mean that we are automatically compatible with that program. Programmers sometimes don't always strictly play by the rules. We want The Black Box to work with as many programs as possible, but it takes time and resources that are not always available. We cannot support or predict the outcome of using our filters with programs other than: Corel Photopaint, Micrografx PicturePublisher, Adobe Photoshop. Soon we will be able to support JASC PaintShopPro 3.12. We are also working with other companies to be compatible. Check our website for more information. If you have a favorite graphic program that you'd like supported OR are wondering about the compatibility of our software with a program, please don't hesitate contacting us. WEB SITE Check out our web site (http://www.alienskin.com/alienskin) for upcoming product announcements and information about Alien Skin Software. Enjoy the filters. Skip Elsheimer Technical Support 12/28/95