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- Anirama. Written by Dennis l. King.
-
- This is a very crude, not completely debugged animation program. 15 full screen
- buffers can be "played" in sequence.
-
- Drawing capabilities. Very Limited. Cursor acts as pencil. Click and Drag to
- draw in any frame. Click on extreme left of screen to toggle betweenpencil and
- eraser.
-
- Menus.
-
- File - Open Anirama File. Reads an Ainirama File and fills in all frames.
-
- File - Open Paint File. Allows a Macpaint file to be read into the current
- frame. See Frame menu.
-
- File - Create Blocked Image
- Uses Frame #1 as reference and fills in remaining frames with similar
- images but at lower resolutions using gray scales. Gives a really neat effect
- when played back using Cycle Frames. Be prepared to wait quite a while (10-15
- minutes) for all buffers to be filled in. This effect is the reason the program
- was originally created. Be sure to Save the Anirama File after performing this
- command just so you dont have wait again. I suggest you download a few neat
- digitized MacPaint images and then create the blocked images from them.
-
- File - Save Anirama File. Saves all frames to a file in a compacted form.
-
- File - QuitSelf explanatory. Make sure any saves are done before you quit
- because it doesn't give you a second chance.
-
- Cycle - Cycle Frames. Repeatadly display frames 1 thru 15 then reverse and show
- frames 15 thru 1 according to the timing setup in the Delays menu. Terminate by
- clicking mouse except when Delays are on mouse clicks in which case hit any key
- on keyboard.
-
- Delays - Seconds between Frames. Check 1 to control the amount of delay after
- each frame is displayed.
-
- Delays - Seconds after reversing. Check 1 to control the amount of delay after
- all frames are displayed.
-
-
- Frame - Copy and advance. Copies Frame N to Frame N+1 and changes Current Frame
- to N+1. Useful when creating cartoon like sequences so you can just copy a frame
- and make a few alterations in the next frame.
-
- Frame - Clear. Clears the Current Frame
-
- Frame - 1 .. 15.. Changes the current Frame to any of 1 thru 15.
-
- Copy To - All. Copies current frame to all frames.
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- Copy To - 1 .. 15. Copies current frame to frame N.
-
- Menu - Hide Menu - Hit any key to restore. Useful when you want to draw or erase
- the part of a frame which is under the menu.
-
- Note that I dont plan to fix any bugs or improve this program. I just thought
- that someone might find it an entertaining diversion as well as a very cheap
- introduction to animation. Have Fun!
-