# README

# Citra FX Photo Effects 6.0

## Contents

- What is it?
- What's New?
- System Requirements
- Upgrading to newer version
- Installing Application
- Launching Application
- Bug Reports and Feedback
- Licensing and legal issues

## What is it?

> Citra FX is a digital filter effects for digital photos or images. It allows anyone, regardless of experience, to turn digital images into unique artistic looks. Citra FX comes with many prebuilt filters from color adjustment, contrast, exposure to advanced filters like water ripple, emboss, etc. The result is only limited by your creativity. You also get instant visual feedback on what you changed.

> Creating impressive photo effects have never been this easy and fun. It is well suited for everything from simple to advanced digital photo or image filtering.

> - Many Photo Filter and Photo Effects.
>   Citra FX comes with many prebuild filter effects to choose from:
>   - Blur: Box, Gaussian, Motion, Sharpen, ...
>   - Color: Contrast, Exposure, Grayscale, HSB, RGB, ...
>   - Distort: Circle, Diffuse, Marble, Ripple, Twirl, Water, ...
>   - Stylize: Contour, Emboss, Flare, Light, Mosaic, Noise, Oil, ...
>   - Photo Mask and Vignette Effects
> - Easy, simple, and fun to create impressive photo effects.
>   Simplicity is the main focus. Unlike other graphics packages, creating impressive photo effects is very simple. There are no need to learn complex layer, brush, or other complex user interface. Anyone can use it. Just choose the filter effects, drag the slider around, see the image updated automatically, you are done.
> - But suprisingly powerful.
>   Although it is simple to use, Citra FX comes with many filters and photo effects that are available with the expensive full graphics editors.

> The latest news about Citra FX can be found on http://www.kiyut.com

## What's New

> ver 6.0

> - Various enhancements and bug fixes
> - Updated to use Java 11.0.4
> - Updated to use Apache Netbeans 11.3

> ver 5.0

> - Performance Improvement
> - Updated to use Netbeans 8.2
> - Other bug fixes and minor enhancements

> ver 4.0

> - Added Ubuntu Unity Support
> - Performance Improvement
> - Updated to use Netbeans 7.1.2
> - Other bug fixes and minor enhancements

> ver 3.9

> - Improved Mac OSX support
> - Improved Installer
> - Performance Improvement
> - Other bug fixes and minor enhancements
> - Updated to use Netbeans 7.1

## System Requirements

> - Java 11.0.4 or higher (https://adoptopenjdk.net)
> - 1024 x 768, 16-bit (thousands of colors) color display or higher
> - Mouse or equivalent pointing device

## Upgrading to newer version

> You need to remove the older version, please use one of the following:

> - Use the "[INSTALL-DIR]\Uninstaller\uninstaller"
> - Delete the older version folder eg: "C:\Program Files\Kiyut\Citra-xxx"
> - Rename the older version folder eg: "C:\Program Files\Kiyut\Citra-xxx"

## Installing Application

> To install the product, please do the following:

> - unzip the file
> - on Microsoft Windows double click setup.exe or setup.jar
>   on Linux/Unix run setup, if necessary chmod +x setup to make it executable
>   on Mac OSX run the Java setup by clicking on the setup.jar
>   or you can try the Mac OSX installer (experimental) which is available at http://www.kiyut.com/products/citra/download.html
>   on other platform type "java -jar setup.jar"
> - follow the on screen instruction

> Alternatively, you also could install/run the Citra FX without GUI installer (Unix/Linux user):

> - unzip the file
> - copy the ../packs/Citra-xxx into a folder/directory of your choice
> - Unix/Linux run chmod +x Citra-xxx/bin/citra
> - you are done

> note: the installer wizard is basically just copying the folder as above into your preferred folder asked by the wizard and create icon shortcut.

## Launching Application

> - on Microsoft Windows just run Citra FX from Desktop Shortcut or Start Menu - All Programs - Kiyut - Citra FX
>   on Mac OSX
>   - open the Terminal program (inside Applications folder - Utilities)
>   - type "cd [INSTALL-DIR]/bin/" eg: cd /home/user-name/Kiyut/Citra/bin/
>   - type "./citra"
>   - or you can just run Citra FX by double click the file citra at "[INSTALL-DIR]/bin/citra" eg: /Applications/Kiyut/Citra/bin/citra and choose open with terminal
>   on other platform run [INSTALL-DIR]/bin/citra, if necessary chmod +x citra to make it executable
> - enjoy the product

## Bug Reports and Feedback

> For technical support, bug reports, feature requests, or any feedback, please send email to support@kiyut.com or visit our support page. If possible, please include details of your development environment (eg: Operating System, Java VM version, etc), steps to recreate the problem and attach any examples you have where applicable.

> Your feedback is important to us in order to get a better idea of how to make Citra FX Photo Effects a better product for you. If you have an idea for a new feature, or a better way of doing something, please do not hesitate to drop us a note at support@kiyut.com or visit our support page.

## Licensing and legal issues

> For legal and licensing issues, please read the all LICENSE files in the legal folder.

> Thank you for using Citra FX Photo Effects.