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Play it Cool 3.0
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3.0 Released 10 Jul 98
Shows the movie's video compressor in the Movie Info window.
You can now open muliple movies in the unregistered version.
Slightly reduced the size of Movie-Applications.
Now uses command key to choose Open Options from the desktop instead of control key.
Added "Change resolution" option to Preferences.
Added "Change depth" option to Preferences.
Added "Global movie settings" option to Preferences.
Fixed a problem when entering non-digits in some Preferences text boxes.
Fixed a bug in calculating the frame rate of movies with more than one video track.
Sound-only movies now show as having zero frames, not one.
The Movie Speed Controller is now a slider under MacOS 8.
2.8 Released 27 Apr 98
Now saves Play Selection Only, Play All Frames and Mute Sound information in movies.
Mute Sound works properly if the movie's volume is zero.
The Mute Sound command is now disabled if Play All Frames is chosen again.
If the Movie Speed Palette is closed, all movies' speeds are returned to their defaults.
Fixed a bug in saving the loop information in movies.
Movie-Applications now use Play Selection Only, Play All Frames and Mute Sound information.
Improved platinum interface.
Now correctly adds movies with reserved characters to the "Window" menu.
Many file formats can now be dragged onto Play it Cool from the Finder.
The "Save changes" dialog now has the red border in MacOS 8.
The frame rate and data rate in Movie Information are now accurate.
Fixed some possible memory-related problems.
"Fill screen" now keeps the movie's height-to-width aspect ratio.
Compiled with Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 3.
Frame numbering now starts at 1, not 0.
Added a timecode option of 29.97 fps to the Preferences dialog.
You can now use shift-tab in dialogs to move backwards through text fields.
The Movie Speed Palette is now easier to use.
Improved User's Guide.
2.7 Released 7 Apr 98
Updated address information.
Added "Use previous 'Open options'" preference item.
Added "Default movie width" preference item.
Increased the maximum number of movies open at once to 40.
Implements the platinum interface.
Uses the MacOS 8-style floating window for the Movie Speed Palette.
Minor interface improvements.
Fully tested with QuickTime 3.0.
Added "Go To Time" menu command.
Added "Play All Movies" and "Stop All Movies".
Fixed minor bug in updating the movie's duration in the Movie Speed Palette.
Double-clicking on the current time in the Movie Speed Palette displays the "Go To Time" dialog.
Looping information is now saved in movies.
Fixed a bug which causes crashes when closing QuickTime VR movies under QuickTime 3.0.
Now displays a proper error dialog if QuickTime is not installed.
2.6 Released 8 Mar 98
Fixed a bug which caused the menubar to be shown in Stage mode on some computers.
Now changes the screen's resolution in Stage mode.
Hides the Control Strip in Stage mode.
Compiled with Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 2.
Improved the revert dialog.
You can now save and copy movies and build Movie-Applications in the unregistered version.
Movie-Applications now change the screen's resolution.
Increased the standard and minimum memory allocations.
Fully tested with MacOS 8.1.
Updated User's Guide.
2.5 Released 10 Jul 97
Fixed a minor bug in writing resources.
Updated web page information.
Now updates the Movie Info "selection" info while movie plays.
Now recognises if the monitor resolution changes during use.
The Movie Speed Palette has three zoom sizes instead of two.
Compiled with Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 1.
You can now use command-option-a, o, c or v instead of pressing option while choosing the menu item.
Movies continue playing when you leave Stage mode.
Fixed a bug which sometimes caused a movie frame to be drawn in the top-left corner in Stage mode.
Fixed a bug in displaying the "counting frames" progress bar in the Movie Info window.
You can now cancel a frame count by pressing command-period or the escape key.
Plays QuickTime VR movies with the QuickTime VR extension installed.
You can now make QuickTime VR Movie-Applications.
You can now use command-period or the escape key to exit from Stage mode or a Movie-Application.
You can also use command-Q to quit a Movie-Application.
Fully tested with MacOS 8.0.
If a movie is a sound-only movie, the "Play Every Frame" command is disabled.
You can now save loop settings with a Movie-Application.
Added "Unbuild Application" menu command.
2.0 Released 5 May 97
More error-checking.
Fixed a bug that caused all Movie Info windows to use the same speed for "current" times.
A checkbox has been added to Movie Info windows to swap between "normal" and "current" times.
Added "Selection Start", "Selection End" and "Selection Duration" to Movie Info.
Fixed a bug that caused the FPS display to show '1' when it should have been '0'.
The required suite (run, open, print, quit) can now be scripted.
You can now cancel a "Build Application" in the "Credits" dialog.
"Background Colour" and "Text Colour" added to the "Credits" dialog.
An option to quit a Movie-Application when it stops has been added to the "Credits" dialog.
Minor interface and documentation changes.
The "Time Code" dialog has been incorporated into the "Preferences" dialog.
More preferences have been added to the preferences dialog.
Preferences are not saved if not registered.
"Set Default Speed" and "Set Default Size" added to "Edit" menu.
Fixed minor bugs in "Build Application".
Movie Info now displays the "default" size and speed settings.
Movie length is now shown in the Movie Speed Palette.
The Movie Speed Controller now shows the movie's "default" speed when a movie is opened.
Command-Clicking the Movie Speed Controller now sets the speed to the "default" speed.
You now must command-click the Movie Speed Controller, not anywhere in the Palette.
Compiled with Metrowerks CodeWarrior 11.
Command-D can now be used in the "Save Changes" dialog to choose "Don't Save".
Added "Window" menu, and moved "Movie Speed Palette" command to "Window" menu.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the Movie Speed Controller not to be displayed.
Updated User's Guide.
1.61 Released 1 Jan 97
Fixed a bug with resizing movies to zero height.
Fixed a bug which sometimes didn't show the Build Application "Credits" dialog.
Minor changes to 'SIZE' resource.
Updated User's Guide.
Compiled with Metrowerks CodeWarrior 10.
1.6 Released 16 Sep 96
Fixed a bug that caused Movie-Applications with settings to not play on Power Macs.
Fixed a bug that caused movie windows to stay active when in the background.
Now uses the application font in about box, Movie Info window and Movie Speed Palette.
Added WWW address to about box.
Changed background colour of about box and shareware dialog to lighter grey.
1.5 Released 6 Jul 96
Added balloon help.
Changed window style of the Movie Speed Palette.
Fixed a problem with updating the Movie Speed Palette.
1.4 Released 8 Jun 96
Fixed a bug that caused some movies to position incorrectly in the window.
Fixed a bug that caused Build Application to write incorrect code.
Compiled with Metrowerks CodeWarrior 9.
Fully compatible with all text scripts.
Added preferences dialog.
Updated User's Guide.
1.31 Released 18 May 96
Fixed a bug that caused the disk initialisation dialog to appear when a disk was inserted.
Modified the "Movie cannot be played" dialog.
1.3 Released 8 May 96
Uses the Kagi Shareware payment service and the "Register" program for shareware payment.
Minor interface changes.
1.22 Released 3 May 96
Fixed a bug that caused the sub-seconds counter to change to 60 when "Time Code" was chosen.
Colour depth is changed only if it is different to the current depth.
1.21 Released 17 Apr 96
If Stage is chosen and the movie is at the end, the movie now plays from the start.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the frame count progress bar to write over the palette.
Fixed a bug that caused a movie's sound to be turned off when "Revert" was chosen.
Choosing "Revert" now asks for confirmation before reverting.
"Revert" is disabled if the movie has not changed.
The "Register..." button in the about box is hidden if registered.
Updated email address.
1.2 Released 10 Apr 96
Added Number of Frames, Normal FPS, Current FPS to Movie Info window.
Added Time, Frames, FPS to Movie Speed Palette.
Each movie now has its own Movie Speed Controller value.
Changed from using command key to choose options from the desktop to control key.
Clicking on the Movie Speed Controller while pressing command sets the movie speed to 1.0.
Revised User's Guide, Version History and Read Me files.
You can now print the Movie Info window.
Removed "Movie Editing" menu item (movie editing is always on now).
Added "Time Code" menu item.
Fixed a bug that caused movie windows not to resize if the Movie Speed Palette was not open.
Enhanced movie playback when lots of movies have been opened.
Compiled with Metrowerks CodeWarrior 8.
Fixed a bug that sometimes allowed windows to be placed over the menu bar.
Redesigned User's Guide.
Ensured that the Movie Speed Palette never opens off the screen.
1.12 Released 15 Mar 96
Redesigned Movie Info window.
Movie windows are positioned better when opened.
Fixed bug that caused a crash when loop back and forth was on.
Fixed bug that caused loop to not work with the Movie Speed Palette.
1.11 Released 4 Mar 96
Error message doesn't appear when Cancel is clicked when choosing "Recompress Movie".
Progress window in Recompress Movie never turns green anymore.
Fixed double-click problem with movie controllers.
Added "Colour Depth", "Number of Tracks" and "Current Duration" to Movie Info window.
"Play Every Frame" works in Stage mode.
"Mute Sound" is disabled (greyed-out) if "Play Every Frame" is selected.
Made the shortcut for "Mute Sound" Command-M.
Now requires QuickTime 1.6.
Better error messages.
Fixed bug in displaying the duration of a movie in Movie Info.
You can play from the start if the Movie Speed Controller is negative.
Smoother playing when "Play Every Frame" is turned on.
Made "Add", "Add Scaled", "Crop", "Copy Frame" and "Export Sound" actual menu items.
Copy becomes "Append" (new feature) when option is pressed.
"Replace", "Select None" and "Save A Copy As" now occur when option is pressed.
Fixed a bug which caused menu commands such as "Replace" to occur when option wasn't pressed.
Windows can never disappear off the screen.
Windows behave better on more than one monitor.
1.1 Released 20 Feb 96
More error checking (in "Print", "Build Application" and "Recompress Movie").
Fixed little bugs in updating movies with empty segments.
Fixed a bug which could cause a crash when quitting.
Cursor now changes to an arrow when an error dialog or the Open Options dialog is displayed.
Pressing delete to clear now updates the menus.
"Loop", "Loop Back and Forth" and "Play Selection Only" now work in Stage mode.
If the preferences file is found to be damaged at startup, it is deleted and replaced.
"Double Size" and "Half Size" now have limits (they can't stuff up the movie window).
"Current Data Rate" added to Movie Info window.
Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the quitting sequence to get into an endless loop.
Changed the Movie Info window style to be compatible with WindowShade.
"Half Size", "Normal Size", "Double Size", "Fill Screen", zooming and growing work with 0x0 movies.
"Half Size", "Normal Size" and "Double Size" are displayed in the current size field of the Info window.
You can only open a movie's Info window once.
Now requires System 7.0.
Holding down shift while selecting "Stage" lets you choose the background colour.
Included this file in the release.
1.03 Released 12 Feb 96
Made Movie Speed Controller easier to use and work better.
When the grow box is dragged past the left side of a window, it no longer disappears.
Fixed a bug which caused movies to open on top of the Movie Speed Palette.
Fixed bugs in opening movies from Finder.
Now deactivates and activates movies properly.
Added "Normal Size" and" Data Rate" to Movie Info window.
1.02 Released 7 Feb 96
Made Loading Movie into RAM better by working out how much of the movie will fit.
Fixed bugs in the progress dialog.
Stopped error appearing when cancelling saving a movie.
Deleted half-made movies when cancelling.
Credits in about dialog.
New title graphic in about dialog.
If option is pressed when "Open" is chosen, all file types are shown.
1.01 Released 3 Feb 96
New graphic in "Read Me" and "User's Guide".
"New" and "Open" are disabled when too many movies are open.
"Save" is disabled if the movie has not changed.
Fixed crash on quit when depth changed which occurred sometimes.
Minor changes to 'vers' resource.
"Build Application" is disabled when movie changed and not registered.
1.0 Released 31 Jan 96
First public version.
Compiled with Metrowerks CodeWarrior 7.