RealPix, part of RealSystem G2, lets you stream images across an intranet or the World Wide Web. By combining your images with media such as audio and text, you can create compelling presentations for any number of purposes. This guide explains how to create RealPix presentations using graphics files and a simple mark-up language you use to specify visual effects. If you know HTML, you will master RealPix mark-up quickly.
You will need the following tools to create and test your RealPix presentation:
Image software such as Adobe Photoshop lets you create images in the formats RealPix can stream. You should know the basics of creating graphics for the Web, such as how to compress images and use color-safe palettes.
A RealPix file lists the graphics files uses in the presentation, creates the presentation timeline, and specifies the visual effects used. To create this file, you can use any text editor or XML editor that can save output as plain text.
Use RealPlayer, available free at http://www.real.com, to test your RealPix presentation. Other applications may also have RealPlayer features that enable them to receive RealPix as well.
RealServer streams your RealPix presentation to RealPlayer. If you are not operating RealServer yourself, you need to have access to RealServer through, for example, an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
In addition to this manual, you may need the following RealNetworks resources, available at http://www.real.com:
This manual explains the basics of streaming files with RealSystem. It tells how to calculate bandwidth needs and shows how to put a multimedia presentation together.
The basic reference for the RealServer administrator, this manual explains how to set up, configure, and run RealServer to stream multimedia. You need this manual only if you are running RealServer yourself.
The following table explains the conventions used in this manual.