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The Kinemorphic Screen Saver - Version 1.0
Copyright (C) 1997
All Rights Reserved
http://www.synthesoft.com
This file contains the following information:
OVERVIEW ..............: What is The Kinemorphic Screen Saver?
OPENGL.................: What is OPENGL and why do I need it?
CD/SPECTRUM PRO........: What is it and why do you mention it?
BACKGROUND.............: Where did Kinemorphics come from?
RELEASE NOTES..........: What should I know about version 1.0?
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...: What do I need in order to run it?
INSTALLATION ..........: How do I install it? / How do I get rid of it?
REGISTRATION ..........: Where can I find info on how to register it?
QUESTIONS/SUPPORT .....: Where can I get help with problems?
UPDATES................: When is the next version due?
CREDITS................: Thanks!
OVERVIEW
The Kinemorphic Screen Saver will animate an endless variety of awesome 3D
patterns and images. As the 3D patterns animate on your screen, the objects,
images, lighting, and colors will move through, around, and on top of each
other. Kinemorphics has been designed to give you an unprecedented amount of
control over the effects used. You can use your own graphical images as
object textures and backgrounds while Kinemorphics generates super-realistic
lighting effects on top of super-realistic "living" 3D objects.
The Kinemorphic Screen Saver has been designed to work in conjunction with
CD/Spectrum Pro v3.2 in order to provide stunning 3D visual effects that
synchronize with the sounds from an audio device (like the CD player in your
computer). With many of the module controls you can associate a sound
frequency, a range of effect, and a sensitivity. Fluctuations in the
amplitude of the frequency will oscillate the control values within the range
of effect.
Kinemorphics will work with both Windows 95 and Windows NT (V4.0 and up).
OpenGL 1.1 (or higher) is also required. OpenGL 1.1 for Windows NT 4.0 is
included with the Operating System and does not need to be installed separately.
See the next section for more information on OpenGL.
OPENGL
OpenGL is a 3D graphics library. The Kinemorphic Screen Saver uses this
library of graphics functions to perform its 3D animations. If OpenGL v1.1
(or higher) is not installed on your computer, then Kinemorphics will not
run.
Windows NT v4.0 (and higher) comes with OpenGL v1.1 as part of the operating
system, so you're all set. Windows 95 (OSR2) also comes with OpenGL v1.1.
Earlier versions of Windows 95 may not have OpenGL v1.1 installed.
To check whether your machine has OpenGL 1.1 installed, run
http://www.halcyon.com/render/opengl/glcheck.exe.
To install OpenGL 1.1 with Kinemorphics, either run
http://www.halcyon.com/render/download/kinegl10.exe
OR, download and extract,
http://www.halcyon.com/render/download/kinegl10.zip
CD/SPECTRUM PRO
CD/Spectrum Pro is a 32 bit shareware CD-Audio Player with a Graphical
Spectrum Analyzer for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. It can be used in
conjunction with The Kinemorphic Screen Saver in order to allow the patterns
and the colors generated by the screen saver to be synchronized with sound.
CD/Spectrum Pro has almost every feature you can find on any software CD
player. It supports programmed mode, intro mode, optional taskbar icon
operation, auto-play, auto-exit, auto-eject, artist/track/title database,
etc. It also recognizes CDP files which can save you from typing in all the
track/title information for your CDs. The spectrum analyzer graphically
depicts the frequency spectra of the CD music in real time.
CD/Spectrum Pro is not a part of The Kinemorphic Screen Saver, it is a
separate product and must be registered. However, if you register both
CD/Spectrum Pro and The Kinemorphic Screen Saver at the same time you can
do it at a reduced price.
See the file "OrderFrm.TXT" for complete information on registration.
BACKGROUND
When I began working with OpenGL (a powerful 3D graphics library), I
quickly realized that the graphical effects that could be achieved were,
put simply, awe-inspiring. Mike Irvine (the author of The Psychedelic
Screen Saver) had been pressuring me to collaborate on a 3D project for
quite some time so I decided that it would be the perfect opportunity to
implement some of the effects IÆd been contemplating. Our goal for
Kinemorphics was to put these effects directly under your control. In
pursuit of this goal, we made the user interface as powerful as possible
while hiding much (okay, some :-) of the complexity of the underlying
mathematics. To get started, we suggest experimentation with the many
"saved displays" that weÆve included.
If you are a fan of MikeÆs Psychedelic Screen Saver Collection (as I am),
you will notice that the Kinemorphics user interface operates in much the
same way. There is a reason for thatàhe wrote it. Many of the cool
graphics effects and design ideas also came from Mike who brought a wealth
of graphics experience to the Kinemorphics effort.
David Wooden
Co-author of Kinemorphics
KINE V1.0 RELEASE NOTES
* Registering Kinemorphics v1.0 gives you a license to use Kinemorphics 1.0
and all subsequent versions of Kinemorphics 1.x.
* You must have a sound card installed (and properly configured) in
your system in order for Kinemorphics to sync with sound.
* CD Spectrum Pro v3.2 or later must be running in order for Kinemorphics
to sync with sound.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Suggested:
* The Kinemorphic Screen Saver v1.0 runs quite nicely on a P-90 system.
Machines with higher speeds or with 3D accelerator cards will of course
perform even faster.
* Microsoft Windows NT 4.x or Windows 95 with OpenGL 1.1.
* Quality/Speed tradeoffs - Note that as you increase your displayÆs color
depth and x-y resolution, the image quality will improve at some expense
to performance. Conversely, as you decrease color depth or resolution,
the image quality will decrease as the animation speed increases.
INSTALLATION / REMOVAL
To install the Kinemorphic Screen Saver, run the setup program (INSTALL.EXE)
and then follow the directions. If you later decide that you would like to
remove the software from your system, run the un-install program
(UNINSTALL.EXE) that's in the directory you installed to.
REGISTRATION
Registration is easy! The file "ORDERFRM.TXT" contains all the information
you need on how to register "The Kinemorphic Screen Saver"
Please refer to LICENSE.TXT for information on the license agreement.
QUESTIONS/SUPPORT
If you have access to the World Wide Web, please take a look on our web site
(http://www.synthesoft.com) where we maintain a "Frequently Asked Questions"
page. The FAQ provides answers to the vast majority of the questions we get
via email. If you can't find the information you need there, send me (David
Wooden) email at: kine@synthesoft.com.
UPDATES
I will be posting updates to the software on my web site fairly often.
CREDITS
Synthesoft would like to thank Tom Seiler of The Graphics Depot for
providing us with lots of awesome settings.
OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.