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- CINEMATION
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- Cinematographic animation
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- Shareware version
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- Application for design and animate graphical images
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- Copyright (c) 1993 Juan Fernando Michelena
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- Features :
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- * Graphical User Interface with windows , icons , buttons , etc ; making
- CINEMATION friendly to the user.
- * Use mataphor easy to understand : in the animation (or scene) you define
- actors , scenario , scenery ; just like a "movie".
- * Powerful drawing editor and designer included , oriented to a "library" (up
- to 250) of graphical images.
- * Includes some graphic and animation files of example.
- * On-line Help everywhere by pressing F1.
- * Considerate with the hardware resources (run even in a XT system).
- * Colourful VGA/MCGA (320x200 with 256 colours) version.
- * Works with a mouse , but if you don't have one it's simulated using the
- keyboard.
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- Requires :
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- PC XT or higher with 640 K RAM , DOS version 3.1 or higher.
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- VGA/MCGA card , and free disk space of 128K for temporary files.
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- Optional : Microsoft mouse or compatible.
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- 384 KB of Expanded memory (EMS) for faster overlay swaping.
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- How to see the animation examples included :
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- There is a single program , DEMO.EXE that executes all animations
- included with this version. You just have to type from the DOS prompt
- DEMO (ENTER) to see a mini-show.
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- To load the animations within the program , CINEMATION do this :
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- From the DOS prompt , load CINEMATION program by typing :
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- C:\CINEMA>CINEMA (ENTER) // for load the program !
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- Then , you will see the title screen : press a key to get inside of
- CINEMATION. After do that , you will be in graphic mode , with a window ,
- several icons and a title in the top : this is the MAIN MENU.
- Move the mouse pointer over the disk with a message below that says 'File'
- , and then press the left mouse button.
- A new window , FILE , will be open , and there go to the icon 'Load graph'
- and press the mouse button. A file list will appear , click over RACE.MGR
- (when it be clicked , this name will appear at the top of the listbox) , go to
- the button 'OPEN' and press the moue button. You have loaded the images , now
- you have to load the data for the animation : click over 'Load Scene' icon.
- Select , in the file list RACE.ESD , and push the 'OPEN' button. Then , you
- have all the data loaded , close the FILE window by clicking in the title bar
- area of the window (that bar with the legend 'FILE') and , again in the Main
- menu , click over the 'Animation' icon. In the Animation window , go to 'See
- scene' icon and press the mouse button. You will see the animation , wich is
- finished by pressing ESC , Enter key or by clicking the right mouse button ;
- SPACE and left mouse button pauses the scene , wich is continued by pressing
- any key (or again left mouse button).
- Another examples can be loaded with the same technique , only remember
- load files with the same name ; for example : load SUNSET.MGR and SUNSET.ESD ;
- SPACE.MGR and SPACE.ESD ; PLANES.MGR and PLANES.ESD ; CHEETAH.MGR and
- CHEETAH.ESD ; RACE.MGR and RACE.ESD.
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- I want to recieve comments suggestions , what you like , what you dislike
- , drawings and animations made with CINEMATION , etc ; write to :
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- Mr. Juan Fernando Michelena
- Teniente Benjamin Matienzo 2631. Capital Federal. C.P. 1426
- Buenos Aires , ARGENTINA.
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- June 23rd. , 1993.
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