B. Expand the Splash..Movie file and view using the Apple Quicktime Movie Player.
C. Now try this worked example: "Triangle to Square"
1. Draw a triangle with the Pen tool (Draw Menu/Pen Item) using double click or the SPACE bar to lift the pen between contours).
2. Move to frame 2 (using palette tool or Frame Menu/Next Frame)
3. Draw a square with the pen tool (or any other shape you like)
4. Return back to frame 1 (using palette tool or Frame Menu/Previous Frame)
5. Click on the Morph Icon (Yellow/Orange/Red Square icon)
6. Watch Triangle Morph to Square
Change one of the frame's colours; make both "Filled Shapes"; re-size, reposition, rotate, copy frames by drag and drop (select the Frame/Frames menu option); insert curved lines (arcs); insert a nine-sided regular polygon; insert text shapes; save the morph results to file (by the Morph/Output-to-file command).
Read the "Tracer Help" using a Web Browser for further descriptions of the controls.
System Requirements
Etchelon Tracer requires a colour Macintosh. It will run on both 68nnn and PowerPC systems. It has been tested on MacOS 7.5.5, System 8.0 and System 8.1 and should run on earlier systems. It requires at least 1.5Mb of RAM but allocating more space will allow more complex filled shape morphs. If limitations within the software are stopping you, let me know and I'll see what I can do!
Bug reports are welcome. Please send them to etchelon@kagi.com
Bugs and Version History
Version 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 have bugs associated with the CLOSE and SAVE commands .
Version 1.1 New feature: Text Shapes,
Text Shapes can be variable size and morph like any other Tracer shape.
Some changes to command short-cuts to accomodate Command T (Insert Text),
Improvements to the Morph algorithm,
Improvements to SAVE command,
Update to "Tracer Help" file.
Version 1.2 New Text Shape facilities,
Shape "Cut" bug corrected.
Version 1.2.1
Morph output made transparent to allow "Backgrounder" to work properly.
Bug corrected (Point-edit-mode refesh not working with Trace Images).
Licensing
Etchelon Tracer is licensed for use for 30 days after which time you should be expected to pay the registration fee. The registration fee is inexpensive and easily paid through the Kagi payment system including on-line payment. Registration information can be found in the file "Tracer Registration". Etchelon Tracer can be freely distributed providing that this file and all programs are not changed and also included in the distribution. The correct operation of this program cannot be guaranteed.
New versions can be found at:
http://website.lineone.net/~andy.pritchard
If you are pleased with any work you've developed using Tracer and want to share it with other Tracer users, send a Tracer data file to me at etchelon@kagi.com and I'll put it on my web page.
Etchelon Tracer for Macintosh (c)1998 Andy Pritchard