== About H4FaceKit..
  You can modify HOMM4(Heroes of Might and Magic IV)'s hero portraits(faces)
  and their name/sex/class/biography.


== Installation
  1) Get H4FK???.ZIP from HomePage and then unzip this.
  2) Run H4FK???.EXE


== Manual

  1) How to import portraits images into HOMM4?
    There are three method to import image.
    i. 'Load' BUTTONS

    ii. 'Paste' BUTTONS
      First, Launch your graphics tool(PhotoShop, PaintShop Pro or anything).
      Load your picture on it, and then select selections what you want to import,
      (If you want to select whole area, press 'Ctrl-A')
      then, press 'Paste' button in H4FaceKit.

    iii. 'Drag & Drop'
      You can drag image from Explorer(but it could not be linked<A tagged> on IE),
      and drop oo the portrait(face) position in H4FaceKit.

  2) Options..
    i. 'Lock original image aspect ratio'
      When you import non-1.0(x:y) ratio picture(i.e. HOMM3), the result be fat or
      thin normally. If you check this, the side will be cut.

    ii. 'Use X/Y Range' slide-bars.
      When you import pictures from others, normally they have unwanted sections
      like body and legs.  You can select the selection-range on this.
      So you don't need to work(cut job) in your graphics tool.

  3) I want to release my HOMM4 portraits.
    Press 'MakeSFX' after finishing your job, then it'll create "H4FKSFX.EXE" in HOMM4
    directory.  It include your whole portraits and descriptions. (About 2MB)

  4) What is 'Wipe' button?
    When you press 'Save' button, your DATA/UPDATES.H4R file is growing its size.
    'Wipe' button rewrite the file, so it makes your DATA/UPDATES.H4R file at minimum.

  5) How can I use 'Auto-ring' feature?
    First, check 'Use Auto-ring' in the Option window if you want to use this feature.
    If you use 'Transparent GIF' file or 'R: 255, G: 0, B: 255 background-color',
    the image-spaces will be replaced with proper(with the town-type) background circle.

  6) What is 'Auto S.Face Copy' option?
    When you import Large face, the small face will be copied from the large face automatically.
    The selected resize-method in option is affected in this feature, too.
    This behavior is default and can be disabled in Option window.


== ChangeLog

  * v0.95
    - v0.94 was compiled/linked with wrong option. (I'm sorry, MSVCRT.DLL was required at v0.94)
    - Fixed "initialization dialog problem on Windows ME" bug.
    - Added "UPDATES.H4R Restoration"
    - Default 'Resize-method' is changed to 'Bilinear'

  * v0.94
    - Now MSVCRT70.DLL isn't required, but EXE file-size is increased.
    - Fixed 0-indexed color(transparent) bug.
    - Added 'Auto S.Face Copy' feature.

  * v0.93
    - Added Polish language pack.
      Thanks to wersalus (wersalus@wp.pl)
    - Added auto-ring feature.
    - Improved color quantization.
    - Added 4 resize-methods. (Pixel resize, Smooth bresenham, Bilinear, Bicubic)
    - Fixed font-size problem in non-Korean Windows.

  * v0.92
    - Fixed a palette bug.
    - Fixed a memory bug.
    - Changed skin for release edition.
      Special thanks to Zishuka (zisuka@nownuri.net)

  * v0.91
    - Added 'X/Y Range' feature.
    - Contained "MSVCR70.DLL" in the archive.

  * v0.90
    - Fixed bug in 'Wipe'.
    - Added 'JPG', 'GIF' file format support.
    - Added 'Drag & Drop' method.
    - Added 'SFX' feature.
    - Added 'Lock Image Aspect Ratio' feature.
    - Added INI-language file.
    - Improved UI.

  * v0.83
    - Improved resizing function.
    - Improved preview function.
    - Fixed window caption message of 'Select DIR/H4R'

  * v0.82
    - Added English translation.
    - Enabled 'Wipe' button.

  * v0.80
    - First version.


== TODO
  * Support more complex Auto-ring feature.
  * Support partial-SFX.
  * Detail manual and samples.


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