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- Notes on STRTODLT.PRG by Jim Kent at Dancing Flame, San Francisco.
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- I. What is it?
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- This utility converts an Aegis Animator ST .SCR file to a .DLT file
- for use with Cyber Paint and Cybermate. The DLT file will generally be
- much larger but will replay smoother (at 30 frames/sec). In a sense this
- is the "Aegis Animator Compiler" some of you've been asking for.
- (Especially in that .DLT files can be further converted into more
- compact .SEQ files in Cyber Paint, and both .SEQ and .DLT files
- can be played with the Public Domain ANIMATE3.PRG program on the
- Cyber Paint disk.)
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- II. How do I use it?
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- Set your color ST to low-res and double-click on STRTODLT.PRG. After you
- click on the "this is SCRtoDLT version xxx" box, you'll see the
- GEM file requestor. Select the .SCR file you wish to convert.
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- It will take a while to load. When it finishes loading, it will play
- through the animation once and then ask you if you want to save it as
- a .DLT. You can click the right mouse button while it's playing if
- you don't need to view the whole animation. If you do decide to save
- it as a .DLT you'll get another file requestor for the DLT name. Just
- click on OK unless you want to name it something different. Then
- SCRTODLT will go save the animation a frame at a time to a DLT file.
- If you don't quite have room on your floppy it will save what it can
- and give you a file truncated message.
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- SCRTODLT is not very flexible about timing but the Aegis Animator
- is. If you don't want 30 frames/sec then adjust the timing of the file
- (global speed) in the time menu. Double the Aegis Animator speed to
- get 15 frames/sec.
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- III. Is it free?
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- Yes. Both Antic and Aegis have been given the rights to distribute
- this specific utility in the Public Domain (the same as with
- ANIMATE3.PRG, also on this disk). That means that you also have
- the right to give SCRTODLT.PRG to a friend of yours who you know
- has Aegis Animator ST and would like to start experimenting with
- DLT files. CYBER PAINT, however, is a fully-copyrighted work.
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- IV. Other Things Worth Knowing
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- Please make sure you've got plenty of free disk space before starting
- this. DLT files get big. Wish I had time to make it save the in the more
- compact SEQ format, but alas my deadline is tomorrow.
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- Also, DLT files don't carry color information except for the first frame.
- Your Aegis Animator color cycling will be lost.
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- FYI, .DLT files need a .PI1 file for the first frame. Don't worry,
- I take care of creating it, but if you're copying to another floppy or
- directory don't forget to take the .PI1 with the .DLT.
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