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<h1>Art of Illusion 2.4 Installer for Windows</h1>
<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>This installer will install Art of Illusion on a Windows system.
Please carefully read instructions concerning installation of extensions such as the Java Media Framework.</p>
<h2>Contents</h2>
<p>The installer provides installation of:</p>
<dl>
<dt><b>AoI base system</b></dt>
<dd>All you need to run Art of Illusion on a standalone basis. The following important features are not included with the base system and must be specified at install time</dd>
<dt><b>Java OpenGL (JOGL)</b></dt>
<dd>This extension will bring hardware acceleration to 3D editing manipulations. Only i586 binaries are proposed at this time.</dd>
<dt><b>Desktop Integration</b></dt>
<dd>Art of Illusion will be available in the Start menu as well as a desktop shortcut if you select this option at install time.</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Java Media Framework</h2>
<p>The JMF enables you to save animations using the Quicktime video format. If the JMF is missing, then
animations can only be saved as a collection of still images. See relevant section for JMF installation.</p>
<p>The JMF files can't be distributed along Art of Illusion for legal matters, but here's nonetheless a simple
way to make it work with AoI. The first step is to download the JMF <b>for all Java</b> archive zip file from
<p>You will have to unzip the archive using your favourite unzip utility and extract jmf.jar to where Art of Illusion has been installed (most likely C:\Program Files\ArtOfIllusion).</p>
<p>The JMF extension will take about 2Mb disk space once installed</p>
<h2>Installation is finished, where to go now ?</h2>
<p>Well you can have a nice go at the Hourglass tutorial, a very famous beginner tutorial. And pay a visit
to the <a href="http://aoisp.sourceforge.net">Scripts and Plugins repository</a> where some very
handy extensions are available. Installation of these extensions is very simple : select the Scripts
and Plugins Manager from the Tools menu. Select the install tab and choose any script or plugin you want