╫ELL, NOW THAT YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED MY PROGRAM. ╔ GUESS YOU WANT SOME INSTRUCTION ON HOW IN THE WORLD YOU USE IT.
╘HE FIRST OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE A BACKGROUND THAT THE ACTORS WILL HAVE BEHIND THEM. ╙O, THIS COULD BE A SPACE SCENE OR A CASTLE OR ANYTHING!
╘O CREATE A BACKGROUND, PRESS ┬ AT THE MAIN MENU. ╘HIS WILL CAUSE YOU TO SEE A PROMPT ASKING YOU IF YOU WANT TO RECALL A SAVED BACKGROUND FROM A DISK. ╔F YOU HAVE A PICTURE THAT'S IN SEQUENTIAL FORMAT, THEN SAY YES...IF NOT THEN SKIP TO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH. ╬EXT YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER PROMPT ASKING YOU IF IT WAS MADE WITH THIS ANIMATOR OR SOME OTHER ANIMATOR. ├HANCES ARE, IF IT'S SOME ONE ELSE'S PICTURE, THEN IT WASN'T MADE WITH MY ANIMATOR (SINCE IT'S JUST BEEN RELEASED). ╙O YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT PROMPT WITH A SIMPLE ┘ OR ╬. ╘HEN IT WILL SEARCH THE DIRECTORY FOR ALL SEQUENTIAL FILES THAT SATISFY YOUR CRITERIA. (SORRY NO PROGRAM FILES) ╘HEN, IT WILL DISPLAY THE FIRST ONE. ┘OU CAN THE USE THE ├╒╥╙╧╥ ╒╨ AND ─╧╫╬ KEYS TO MOVE UP AND DOWN THE LIST. ╫HEN YOU SEE THE FILE YOU WANT TO USE AS A BACKGROUND, THEN PRESS RETURN. ╔F YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE MADE A GRAVE MISTAKE IN TRYING TO LOAD A BACKGROUND OFF YOUR DISK, THEN PRESS ┴ AND YOU WILL RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU. ╧THERWISE, THE FILE YOU SELECTED WILL BE DISPLAYED AND YOU WILL ENTER THE BACKGROUND EDITOR.
╧K, NOW YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF EDITING WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN. ╩UST CURSOR OVER TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AND START CREATING. ┘OU CAN USE COLOR AND REVERSE. ╬OTE, WHEN YOU USE REVERSE THE BORDER WILL CHANGE. ╔T SERVES AS A REMINDER TO YOU, SHOWING ╟╥┼┼╬ WHEN REVERSE IS ╧╬ AND ╥┼─ WHEN ╥┼╓┼╥╙┼ IS ╧╞╞. ┼VER KEY WORKS A IT NORMALLY DOES ┼╪├┼╨╘ THE ╔╬╙┼╥╘/─┼╠┼╘┼ KEY. ╘HIS KEY HAS BEEN DISABLED BECAUSE MANY TIMES IT HAS DESTROYED ALMOST FINISHED PICTURES AND MADE THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO FIX. ┴T FIRST IT WILL APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE AWKWARD WITHOUT THE USE OF ╔╬╙┼╥╘ OR ─┼╠┼╘┼, BUT HANG IT THERE. ┘OU GET USED TO IT SOON. ╔F YOU FEEL THAT YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR PICTURE THEN PRESS ╙╚╔╞╘+├╠┼┴╥/╚╧═┼ AND YOUR PICTURE WILL BE ERASED AND YOU CAN START OVER. ╧R IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE MENU WITHOUT SAVING YOUR BACKGROUND, THEN PRESS ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨. ╔F, HOWEVER, YOU FEEL THAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS WORTH KEEPING, THEN PLACE A DISK WITH ROOM ON IT INTO THE DRIVE AND PRESS ╞1. ┘OU WILL THEN SEE A PROMPT ASKING YOU FOR A TITLE FOR YOUR BACKGROUND. ╨RESS ╥┼╘╒╥╬ AND YOU WILL RETURN TO THE EDITOR. ╔F YOU ENTER A FILENAME, THEN IT WILL BE SAVED ONTO THE DISK. ╬╧╘┼: IF YOU TYPE THE FILENAME "╚┼╠╠╧" THEN THE FILENAME WILL BE "┬╦╟.╚┼╠╠╧". ─ON'T LET THAT BOTHER YOU, IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOU TO PICK OUT WHICH FILES WERE MADE ON WITH THE ├/╟ ┴╬╔═┴╘╧╥ ╓1.0. ╩UST KEEP THIS IN MIND.
╬EXT, YOU CAN CHOOSE THE SECOND OPTION. ╚ERE YOU CAN DEFINE WHAT ╧┬╩┼├╘╙ YOU WANT. ╧BJECT #1 WILL CORRESPOND TO ╞1 AND ╧BJECT #2 WILL CORRESPOND TO ╞2, ETC. ╩UST AS BEFORE, YOU CAN RECALL SAVED OBJECTS AND THEN EDIT THEM. ╚OWEVER, SINCE NO OTHER ┴NIMATOR AT THIS TIME SAVES OBJECTS, THEN YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO WORK FROM SCRATCH! ╙O, RESPOND TO THAT PROMPT WITH ╬ FOR NO UNTIL YOU HAVE SAVED AN ╧┬╩┼├╘ FILE. ┘OU CAN THINK OF OBJECTS AS SHAPES THAT MOVE IN FRONT OF THE BACKGROUND. ╙ORTA LIKE CHARACTER SPRITES. ╫HEN USING THE OBJECT EDITOR, THE SAME THINGS APPLY TO KEYBOARD USAGE AS DID IN THE BACKGROUND EDITOR. ┘OU CAN MOVE WHERE EVER, AND THEN CREATE WHAT EVER. ╘HE BORDER REACTS TO REVERSE HERE TOO. ╒SE ╞1 TO LET THE COMPUTER SAVE THE SHAPE DEFINITION IN MEMORY. ┘OU WILL THEN PROGRESS TO THE NEXT SHAPE. ╔F THERE IS A SHAPE ALREADY THERE, THEN YOU CAN CHANGE IT OR PRESS ╞1 TO GET THE NEXT ONE. ┘OU MAY ONLY HAVE 8 SHAPES SINCE THERE ARE 8 FUNCTION KEYS (╞1-╞8). ╔F YOU WANT TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU THEN PRESS ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨. ╬OW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE ALL THE OBJECTS OR JUST LEAVE THEM IN MEMORY. ┘OU CAN ALWAYS RETURN LATER AND SAVE THEM. ╘HE SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY PLACE ╧┬╩. ON THE FRONT OF WHATEVER FILENAME YOU TYPED.
╘HE NEXT OPTION ON THE MENU LETS YOU START PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT YOU HAVE MADE THUS FAR (BACKGROUND AND OBJECTS). ╙O WHEN YOU FIRST CHOOSE THIS OPTION YOU ARE ASKED IF YOU WANT TO USE OBJECTS ON THE DISK OR THE ONES IN CURRENTLY MEMORY. ╙O, THAT'S AN EASY ONE TO ANSWER. ╘HE NEXT PROMPT ASKS YOU WHICH BACKGROUND YOU WANT. ├HOOSE AS YOU HAVE BEFORE. ╘HE NEXT QUESTION YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET. ╔T ASKS IF YOU WANT THE BACKGROUND SHOWN INITIALLY. ╘HIS MAY BE CONFUSING AT FIRST, YOU HAVE JUST CREATED A BACKGROUND, HOWEVER ╔ MIGHT NOT WANT TO ─╔╙╨╠┴┘ ╔╘ ╔╬╔╘╔┴╠╠┘. ╘HIS IS USED FOR A SPECIAL EFFECTS. ╙AY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WANTED TO HAVE A CURTAIN GO UP, REVEALING YOUR PICTURE. ╙OUNDS PRETTY HARD HUH? ╫ELL, NOT ANYMORE. ╚ERE'S HOW YOU DO IT. ┘OU MUST DRAW THE CURTAIN, WHICH IS A SOLID COLOR. ╘HEN, YOU PRESS THE ┼╪╨╧╙┼ KEY (MORE ON THIS KEY LATER), EXPOSING THE ┬┴├╦╟╥╧╒╬─ CHARACTER AND COLOR WHERE THE CURSOR IS. ╔N THIS FASHION A DIFFICULT FEAT CAN BE PERFORMED WITH COLOR GRAPHICS! ╘HE COMPUTER ACTUALLY ╥┼═┼═┬┼╥╙ WHAT WAS THERE AND SO IT REPLACES WHAT EVER YOU WROTE THERE. ╬OW IF YOU WANT YOUR BACKGROUND DISPLAYED FIRST, THEN JUST RESPOND WITH ┘. ╧THERWISE, BE TRICKY (AND DARING) AND TYPE ┘...KEEP IN MIND THAT ┘╧╒ ╫╔╠╠ SEE THE BACKGROUND IN THE EDITOR, HOWEVER, THIS IS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU ARE EXPOSING....YOU CAN JUST WRITE OVER IT AND THEN EXPOSE IT. ╔T DOESN'T MATTER. ┘OU'LL HAVE TO PLAY WITH THIS OPTION TO GET GOOD AT IT!
╬EXT, IT ASKS YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL THE SCENE YOU ARE ABOUT TO CREATE. ╧NCE AGAIN, THE PROGRAM WILL PLACE ╙├╬. ON THE FRONT OF WHATEVER YOU TYPE. ┬E AWARE OF THIS. ┴FTER THAT, THE DISK WILL WHIR AND GO ABOUT ITS THING, THE SCREEN WILL BE BLANKED. ╔T WILL BE DOING COMPLEX CALCULATIONS SO IT MAY TAKE A HALF MINUTE. ╫AIT IT OUT, IT GOING AS FAST AS IT CAN!
╫HEN THE SCREEN COMES BACK, YOU ARE IN THE ┴NIMATION ┼DITOR. ╘HE RECORDER IS ┴╠╫┴┘╙ ╧╬! ╫HAT YOU TYPE WILL LITERALLY BE IN THE MOVIE! ╙O BE CAREFUL! ╚OWEVER IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN JUST END THE MOVIE (PRESS ╥╒╬/╙╘╧╨) AND THEN JUST TYPE THE SAME SCENE NAME YOU USED BEFORE AND IT WILL BE REPLACED!
╬OW FOR THE SPECIAL KEYS. ┴LL COLOR AND REVERSE KEYS WORK AS THEY HAVE BEFORE. ╘HE BORDER REACTS THE SAME WAY TOO. ╚OWEVER, ╞1, ╞2, ╞3, ╞4, ╞5, ╞6, ╞7, AND ╞8 WILL DISPLAY THE OBJECT YOU CREATED. ╞1 WILL DISPLAY OBJECT #1. ╞2 WILL SHOW OBJECT #2, ETC. ╙O, NOW WHEN YOU PRESS A FUNCTION KEY, A COMPLEX SHAPE WILL BE PRINTED (AS WELL AS RECORDED). ╬OTICE THAT IF YOU ARE TOO LOW FOR THE ENTIRE SHAPE TO BE SHOWN. ┴S A RESULT THE AMOUNT THAT CAN BE SHOWN IS DISPLAYED. ╘HERE IS NOT PROBLEM WITH THIS. ╚OWEVER, THE SIDES DO NOT HAVE THIS FEATURE. ┬EWARE OF THIS. ┘OU MAY HAVE TO MAKE MULTIPLE OBJECTS TO THAT IT APPEARS THAT IT IS GOING OFF THE SIDE! ╬EXT IS ANOTHER POWERFUL KEY: ╔╬╙╘/─┼╠. ╨RESSING THIS KEY WILL RECORD AND DISPLAY THE BACKGROUND AND COLOR AT THAT LOCATION. ╘HIS IS WHAT ╔ WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN ╔ SAID ╥┼╓┼┴╠. THAT'S JUST WHAT IT DOES. ┘OU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT THE BACKGROUND CHARACTER OR COLOR WAS. ╩UST PRESS ╔╬╙╘/─┼╠ AND IT WILL BE REPLACE PERFECTLY. ╬OTE THAT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR OBJECTS, IF YOU PLACE ╙╚╔╞╘+╙╨┴├┼ IN STRATEGIC SPOTS, THEN THIS ╙╚╔╞╘+╙╨┴├┼ WILL ╥┼╓┼┴╠ THE BACKGROUND WHEN YOU PRESS THE APPROPRIATE FUNCTION KEY. ╞OR EXAMPLE: ╔F ╔ HAVE A ROCKET: -=>===> AND ╔ WANT TO MOVE IT TO THE LEFT, IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS NEXT: --=>===> NOTICE IT LEAVES A TRAIL OF MINUS SIGNS (-). ╘O AUTOMATICALLY HAVE IT REPLACE THE BACKGROUND CHARACTER AND COLOR, CHANGE THE OBJECT DEFINITION (SECOND OPTION ON MAIN MENU) TO THIS: ╙-=>===> AND PUT A SHIFTER SPACE WHERE THE ╙ IS. ╘HIS IS A VERY HELPFUL OPTION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. ╘HE LAST KEY THAT HAS A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IS ╙╚╔╞╘+╥┼╘╒╥╬. ┼ACH TIME YOU PRESS THE ╙╚╔╞╘+╥┼╘╒╥╬ COMBINATION, A PAUSE OF 1 SECOND (AT 1200 BAUD) IS RECORDED. ╘HIS IS HELPFUL WHEN YOU WANT YOUR DIALOGUE TO BE READ! ─ON'T GET CARRIED AWAY, IT CAN MAKE YOUR FILE VERY LARGE. ┼ACH TIME YOU PRESS ╙╚╔╞╘+╥┼╘╒╥╬, 120 DUMB CHARACTERS THAT DON'T DO ANYTHING ARE RECORDED. ╩UST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
╘HE NEXT OPTION GIVES YOU THE POWER TO LINK ╙├╬. FILES TOGETHER INTO A MOVIE. ╞IRST IT ASKS YOU FOR THE NAME OF THE ═╧╓╔┼ FILE....THIS IS THE FILE THAT WILL CONTAIN ALL OF THE ╙├╬. FILES. ┴ND OH BY THE WAY, YOU PROBABLY HAVE GUESSED, BUT THE THE COMPUTER PUTS ═╧╓. ON THE FRONT OF MOVIE FILES! ┴FTER THAT, YOU CAN PICK THE SCENES RIGHT OFF THE DISK AS YOU'VE BEEN SELECTING FILES. ╨RESS ╞1 TO COMBINE ALL THE FILES SELECTED INTO A MOVIE. ╧THERWISE, ANY OTHER KEY WILL ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE SELECTING ╙├╬. FILES TO PLACE IN THE ═╧╓. FILE. ╙ELECT ALL YOU WANT AND PRESS ╞1. ╘HE DISK WILL WORK FOR A WHILE (DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE FILES ARE).
┴LL OF YOUR WORK: ┬╦╟., ╙├╬., AND ═╧╓. FILES CAN BE VIEWED WITH THE NEXT OPTION. ╩EST SELECT IT AS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. ╧H, ALSO, ANY SEQUENTIAL FILE MOVIE CAN BE VIEWED WITH THIS OPTION. ╙O, ═╧╓╔┼ ═┴╟╔├ MOVIES (SEQUENTIAL ONLY!) CAN BE VIEWED WITH THIS. ╫HEN THE MOVIE IS OVER AND THE DRIVE LIGHT GOES OUT, JUST PRESS A KEY AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN MENU.
╞INALLY, ╔ HAVE INCLUDED A ╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ╘┼╥═╔╬┴╠ (THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED ON THE DISK). ╘HIS TERMINAL WILL ALLOW YOU TO CALL ┬┬╙'S (USING ┴╘ COMMANDSET MODEMS, OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE TO DIAL MANUALLY) AND THEN ENTER ├╚┴╘ ═╧─┼ WITH A ╙┘╙╧╨, AND SHOW YOUR COLOR GRAPHICS ├REATIONS!
╔ THINK YOU'LL ENJOY THIS PROGRAM. ╔F YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTION, BUGS, OR COMMENTS SEND THEM TO ME ON ╤-LINK. ═Y SCREEN NAME IS ├64╒╟╧╙╩. ╔'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU.
