============================== README.TXT ================================ Welcome to the Awesome Animations CDROM! This disc contains 197 FLI animations by Dr. Chip, a twenty year veteran of computer graphics. ========================================================================== About the Animation & The Creator I dedicate the animation trble.fli to my wife Lisa who often came home to be greeted by the back of my head buried in the computer which I never seemed to get in trouble for. Thanks for your understanding and patience. These animations were created in a two year process using the latest in Cad- animation technology. Creation of each animation could range anywhere from 1 day to 1 week. Each animation begins with a story board then taken into a program called 3D Studio where it goes into design in such areas as the 2d Shaper, 3D Lofter, 3D Editor and the Keyframer. I have been making animations on the computer since the early 80's back when I created animations for video games, back when the Commodore 64's were popular changing the memory pointers to animate sprites. Computer Power is rapidly changing the face of the animation process from the oinion skin overlay to just right out virtual reality. Well I hope you have as much fun viewing them as I did creating them. 3D Studio is a Product of Autodesk Ron Bobarsky (Dr. Chip) Resware Graphics 618-235-7327 ========================================================================== Here is a list of some important files and directories of the disc. VIEW.EXE MSDOS File Browser/Uncompressor 00_INDEX.TXT Global index of both discs DOCS\ Documentation regarding these discs DOCS\VIEW.DOC Documentation regardint VIEW.EXE FLI\ The animations FLI_ZIP\ The animations in ZIPPED format BMP\ Frame 1 of each animation, BMP GIF\ Frame 1 of each animation, GIF INSTALL.EXE MSDOS Installation Program SETUP.EXE Windows Installation Program _BBS\ BBS files ========================================================================== Macintosh: To view the text files and the GIF images, please double-click on their corresponding icons. We have set up the FLI animations to use Mac Anim Viewer 1.0.5 which can be found on the CDROM. Some of the animations on the CDROM are very large, in excess of the normally reserved memory size for Mac Anim Viewer. You will notice there are three versions of Mac Anim Viewer on the CDROM: Mac Anim Viewer 1.0.5, 2 MB * -- requires 2 MB memory Mac Anim Viewer 1.0.5, 4 MB * -- requires 4 MB memory Mac Anim Viewer 1.0.5 -- requires 11 MB memory (* = Both the 2 MB and 4 MB versions of Mac Anim Viewer are located in the Mac Anim Viewer folder.) The FLI animations are, by default, set up to use the Mac Anim Viewer 1.0.5 (11 MB) version so all animations can be viewed without problems. However, if you have less than 11 megabytes of memory (including any hard drive space allocated for virtual memory), you can do the following: First, make sure that the Mac Anim Viewer 1.0.5 (11 MB) version is not already running; the easiest way to ensure this is by restarting the computer. Then, double click on either the 2 MB or 4 MB version which correspond best to your memory situation. This will shade out the icon of the program to show that the program is now running. You can now open up the FLI folder and double click on an FLI animation. Assuming that the animation is small enough for whichever program you started (2 MB or 4 MB), the animation will play. If it does not play, then please try a version which requires more memory. You can tell which animation player you will need by the color of the animation's icon: Black -- 2, 4, or 11 MB versions Light Blue -- 4, or 11 MB versions only Red -- 11 MB version only ========================================================================== Disclaimer: This CDROM comes with a full money back guarantee. If you are dissatisfied for any reason, you can return it for a full refund. Walnut Creek CDROM makes no warranty about any file on this CDROM, including any written by Walnut Creek. You, not Walnut Creek CDROM, assume all risk of using any of the files on this CDROM. 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If you are dissatisfied for any reason, simply return it with a short note and your contact information for a full refund. Walnut Creek CDROM Suite 260 1547 Palos Verdes Mall Walnut Creek, CA 94596 USA 1 800 786-9907 +1 510 674-0783 +1 510 674-0821 FAX info@cdrom.com =============================== README.TXT ==================================