Simsky 6.7.0

A proggie for the creation of hi-quality pictures from The Sims, Simpose, and other 
tools associated with this fab game.

(C) 08/21/2004 Dave Luv

Web:	Simsky.wz.cz or Simsky.parsimonious.org
E-mail:	Simsky@seznam.cz


You can find detailed instructions for achieving the best results when working with 
the program along with tutorials on the Simsky web pages - Simsky.wz.cz.

Do you want to participate in improving these pages? Don't hesitate to contact me 
at the address listed above and we will together extend these pages by adding a 
gallery of the nicest pictures, a Miss Sims competition, or your own created items 
and clothes for The Sims which will be accessible for downloading for every fan of 
the game. If you are good at English, thousands of fans from all over the world will 
read your tutorials and other texts.


License conditions:

Simsky is FREEWARE. So you can download it without any registration and use it on 
as many PCs as you want. You may redistribute the program with my written permission, 
but it must be offered in its original format (Simsky.zip) and it must be FREE of 
charge. Program distribution in order to obtain any monetary or financial gain or any 
other advantage is prohibited. If you obtain my permission you will be required to 
include my site name and add a link to Simsky.

You are not permitted to modify the program or to distribute any of its components, 
such as tutorials from the website. However, if you would like to link to the Simsky 
website on your site, egroup or forum, you may do so, but you are not permitted to 
hotlink directly to graphics or downloads.

The author of this program isn't responsible for possible damage caused by using the
program, for example deleted pictures. By downloading this program you agree with 
license conditions.


The program requires: 
- Windows 98 / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista
- min. resolution 800*600, min. color depth 16 bits, 1 MB free place on the disc.


Installation:

Simsky doesn't require any installation. Simply extract the Simsky.exe file into the 
folder in which you have pictures you want to work with. If you have more folders with 
pictures, you can copy Simsky into each of them - it takes less than 0.5 MB of disc space. 
There's no need to restart your PC. If you create a shortcut for the program on the 
desktop, the icon will have the shape of a big heart.

Simsky is a stand-alone application, which means that it requires neither any other 
libraries nor programs for it to run. It also doesn't need any configuration file, doesn't 
store data into the system folder, doesn't interfere with the Registry, doesn't gather 
information on users, and doesn't send any information to the author or other persons via 
the Internet.


Recommended configuration:

Simsky runs on any PC. It doesn't require a graphic interface, such as Direct X. The only 
requirement is the operating system of Windows 98 or better. Windows 95 unfortunately 
doesn't contain functions necessary for displaying the main window of the program. Simsky 
was successfully tested on Windows 98 / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista. 

The minimum resolution for running Simsky is 800x600. The most convenient is the resolution 
of 1024x768. The minimum color depth is 16 bits, which is enough for viewing pictures. 
However, for picture editing, especially for creating color blending, I strongly recommend 
the depth of 24 or 32 bits! Otherwise visible changeover steps (banding) will be observed 
in the resulting picture.


New version of the program:

If you download the latest version of Simsky, simply extract the files from the archive to 
the folder where you have the older version of the program. Choose "Yes" when asked about 
rewriting the existing file. That is all, no restart of your PC is necessary.


Uninstallation:

Also without any complications - simply delete all files you have extracted from archive 
(Simsky.exe + appropriate instructions in txt format). Merely delete the heart-shaped icon 
from the desktop, if you created a shortcut of the program.


Thanks:

- to all those who believed that I would succeed in finishing Simsky
  (I can count them on the fingers of one hand ;-)
- to an anonymous author of the photo a part of which I use as the background in Simsky
- to creators of clothes for The Sims whose models can be seen on my pages
- to Anicka Fawn for program translation into English
- to Kate S. for translating all the web pages into English
- to Lorraine for fixing up all the texts and making screen grabs for English version
  of the pages
- to Painten for fixing up the texts of the Troubleshooting section
- and to all of you who have decided to use Simsky, giving purpose to my work!


History:

6.7.0: 08/21/2004
New
- you can change color tone of the picture / background (key F9)
- the most used color tones are predefined (black and white, sepia)
- all effects can be applied by pressing Enter even if the Light Effects form lost focus
- the buttons for choosing of a background are available only with a transparent picture
- the default background can be reverted to original state by pressing the F5 key, too
- the file size is only 0.3 MB now :o)
Fixed
- a random bug has been fixed (corrupted colors after loading of a transparent picture)
- the picture no longer changes its position after pressing the Enter key
- any picture saved with the default background has no longer the blue corners

6.6.0: 01/31/2004
New
- you can mirror (flip) the picture / background (key F4)
- output JPG format changed - the image is displayed partially during its downloading

6.5.1: 11/30/2003
- Bug fixed - all the buttons are displayed correctly in all language versions now

6.5.0: 11/12/2003
New
- Picture or background can be moved by dragging the mouse
- Ctrl + dragging - changes the picture / background size
Changed
- Shift + left click - loads picture / background to the associated graphic program
- E-mail address updated to Simsky@seznam.cz

6.4.2: 06/18/2003 - The basic free version for all the Sims fans
