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+KolourPaint Version 1.4.9_relight (KDE 3.5.9 Release Frozen ???)
+http://www.kolourpaint.org/
+
+Copyright (c) 2003,2004,2005,2006 Clarence Dang <dang@kde.org>
+
+
+For licensing and warranty information, read COPYING.
+For known problems with this release of KolourPaint, read BUGS.
+For what changes have been made, read NEWS.
+For developer information, checkout branches/kolourpaint/control/.
+For general information, read this file (README):
+
+
+1. What is KolourPaint?
+=======================
+
+KolourPaint is a free, easy-to-use paint program for KDE.
+
+It aims to be conceptually simple to understand; providing a level of
+functionality targeted towards the average user. It's designed for daily
+tasks like:
+
+* Painting - drawing diagrams and "finger painting"
+* Image Manipulation - editing screenshots and photos; applying effects
+* Icon Editing - drawing clipart and logos with transparency
+
+It's not an unusable and monolithic program where simple tasks like drawing
+lines become near impossible. Nor is it so simple that it lacks essential
+features like Undo/Redo.
+
+KolourPaint is opensource software written in C++ using the Qt and KDE
+libraries.
+
+
+2. Features
+===========
+
+* Undo/Redo Support (10-500 levels of history depending on memory usage)
+
+* Tools (single key shortcuts available for all tools)
+ - Brush, Color Eraser, Color Picker, Connected Lines a.k.a. Polyline
+ - Curve, Ellipse, Eraser, Flood Fill, Line, Pen, Polygon, Rectangle
+ - Rounded Rectangle, Spraycan, Text
+
+* Selections (fully undo- and redo-able)
+ - Rectangular, Elliptical, Free-Form shapes
+ - Choice between Opaque and Transparent selections
+ - Full Clipboard/Edit Menu support
+ - Freehand resizeable
+
+* Colour Similarity means that you can fill regions in dithered images and
+ photos
+
+* Transparency
+ - Draw transparent icons and logos on a checkerboard background
+ - All tools can draw in the "Transparent Colour"
+
+* Image Effects
+ - Autocrop / Remove Internal Border
+ - Balance (Brightness, Contrast, Gamma)
+ - Clear, Emboss, Flatten, Flip, Invert (with choice of channels)
+ - Reduce Colours, Reduce to Greyscale, Resize, Rotate
+ - Scale, Set as Image (Crop), Skew, Smooth Scale, Soften & Sharpen
+
+* Close-up Editing
+ - Zoom (from 0.01x to 16x)
+ - Grid
+ - Thumbnail
+
+* File Operations
+ - Open/Save in all file formats provided by KImageIO
+ (PNG, JPEG, BMP, ICO, PCX, TIFF,...) with preview
+ - Print, Print Preview
+ - Mail
+ - Set as Wallpaper
+
+
+3. Updates & More Information
+=============================
+
+Visit: http://www.kolourpaint.org/
+
+
+4. Support
+==========
+
+Visit: http://www.kolourpaint.org/
+
+If you have any questions about compiling, installing or using KolourPaint,
+don't be afraid to contact us. We try to support all versions of
+KolourPaint and even issues with 3rd party binary packages.
+
+
+5. Feedback
+===========
+
+Please send bug reports and feature requests to http://bugs.kde.org/.
+Don't hesitate to report bugs nor hesitate to send us your wishes - it
+provides valuable feedback that will help to improve future versions of
+KolourPaint and you will not receive flames for reporting duplicates.
+