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- StripAnim V1.1
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- This program will convert Photon Paint 2.0 ANIM files so that they
- can be run with the Director. Currently the Director is unable to
- deal with ANIMs that have imbedded CMAP chunks which allow for the
- palette to change during the ANIM. Provided that the ANIM does not
- actually require a changing colormap, this utility can be used to
- strip out the otherwise unnecessary CMAP chunks containing the
- frame-by-frame colormap information.
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- This program can also be used to strip out Director incompatible
- data in any other ANIM files that are otherwise ANIM op mode 5
- compatible but may have CMAP chunks imbedded in the ANIM frames.
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- V1.1 also has the ability to correct DPaint III ANIM brushes so that
- the ANHD chunks correctly indicate what type of ANIM they are (op 5
- but exclusive-or). This will allow experimentation with ANIM brushes
- in The Director.
-
- And while we're at it, we've included an example script of chaining
- two preloaded anims together in a continuous loop, and an example
- script that demonstrates the use of an ANIM brush that has been
- converted with "strpanim".
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- To use, type:
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- strpanim input.anim output.anim
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- Where "input.anim" is the name of the anim you wish to modify, and
- "output.anim" is the name of the new .anim file strpanim is to create
- containing the modified anim.
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- To use to correct an ANIM brush, type:
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- strpanim -x inputbrush.anim outputbrush.anim
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- Where "inputbrush.anim" and "outputbrush.anim" are the names of the
- input and output DPaintIII ANIM brush file names. The "-x" is used to
- signal strpanim to set the XOR mode flag on in all the ANHD chunks in
- the anim, enabling The Director to correctly deal with them. A script
- is included "brush.script" that shows an example of how such a brush might
- be used. The IFF picture file "mach1" and anim brush "sb.anim" are used
- by the script.
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- Rest assured, future versions of the Director *will* support CMAP changes,
- and we are told that future versions of DPaintIII (whenever they may
- exist) will correctly flag the brushes so that this utility will no longer
- be necessary.
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- The Director is a trademark of the Right Answers Group. Photon Paint
- is a trademark of MicroIllusions. DPaintIII (Deluxe Paint III) is a
- trademark of Electronic Arts.
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