Picto 4.51
for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000, June 2001
Stefan Cruysberghs
Flanders, Belgium
http://www.scip.be
General
Picto is an advanced icons, glyphs and (resource) bitmaps viewer and editor. The program has a lot of graphical effects and unique features for software developers.
Features
Nice and user-friendly interface.
View all (resource) bitmaps, cursors and icons in BMP, JPG, ICO, ANI, CUR, DLL, EXE, ICL, CPL, BPL, OCX, SCR, RES and DCR-files
Properties window with all information about the current file and images (number of images, size, colorpalette, ...) displayed in a treeview.
Save images as BMP/JPG (with different colorpalettes and compression).
Save images as ICO with 16 or 256 colors (16x16, 32x32, 48x48).
Edit images with a range of graphical effects (rotate, mirror, create disabled image, convert to greyscale, contrast and brightness, anti-aliasing, create bevel, color balance, soften and sharpen, emboss, add shadow, ... ) using a transparent color.
The edit window also contains a small painting program to draw lines, rectangles, circles, ...
Create a special glyph (=small bitmap for buttons) containing 2,3 or 4 images showing a status of a button (up, disabled, clicked, down). This glyph can be used for TSpeedbutton or TBitBtn components in Delphi or C++ Builder.
Add images to a TImageList, change the order and set the properties. Afterwards this TImageList can be pasted in Delphi or C++Builder.
Generate HTML pages to catalogue your images with hyperlinks.
Resize or crop big bitmaps to the size of an icon.
Capture a part of the screen with a fixed size (16x16, 20x20, 32x32, 48x48, ...).
Change the background image of the desktop (tile, center, stretch).
Change the system icons (my computer, recycle bin, printers, ....)
Copy images to the clipboard as a bitmap, TBitBtn, TSpeedButton or TImage.
Internal copy, move, delete, rename features for files.
A lot of options for viewing images, organizing the interface, links to file paths, copying of Delphi/C++Builder components, links to external editors, ...
Copyrights & distribution
All copyrights to Picto are owned by the author Stefan Cruysberghs
Picto may be freely distributed but no person or company may charge a fee for the distribution of Picto without written permission from the author.
Any distribution includes only the original files. You may not alter, delete or add any files of Picto.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to the beta testers who helped to track down problems before Picto was publicly released.
Thanks to all other users who have contributed by reporting problems, suggestions, ...
Thanks to all Delphi developers who share their free examples, libraries and components on the internet.
Finally, thanks to all users who supported the development of this software by registering and recommending it to their friends and colleagues.