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Terra Nova Development is proud to announce the availability of Magic
Lantern V2.0, the critically acclaimed 24 bit animation package for
the Amiga. Magic Lantern V2.0 is the only commercially available
program that allows users to create, edit and display delta -
compressed animations in up to 24 bit color on all the popular true
color display cards for the Amiga, as well as all the native Amiga
modes (including AGA). It will also play sound effects in either
mono or stereo though the Amiga sound chip during animation play
back.
New features include virtual memory support; now animations can be as
large as your hard disk, and Magic Lantern will still be able to edit
and display them. Double Time compression technology can double
animation speed and reduce animation sizes by half.
Another new compression technology has been added that can speed up
some animations (especially those in 16 and 24 bit) by up to 25%, and
reduce animation sizes by up to 20%. Rebuilding animations has been
optimized, and for large animations can be 75% faster.
Direct support for the Retina Z3 has been added, resulting in
animations that are up to 50% faster and 40% smaller for that card.
Magic Lantern 2.0 still contains all the features of previous
versions, including sound synchronization, enforcement of frame
rates, full ARexx support, animation disassembly, palette changes,
optimizing animations for size, playback speed or both, and more.
Here's what Amiga World (March, 1994) had to say about Magic Lantern:
"The quality is amazing. Generating my own animation sequences on a
68030 equipped Amiga, I was impressed by the fluid movement and
smooth playback. It looked as good, if not better, than most
true-color Targa animations produced by high-end PCs."
Requirements: Workbench 2.0 or greater. One megabyte of memory.
Recommended: Hard Disk, more memory.
Magic Lantern now supports realtime animation display on:
· EGS, Spectrum, Retina (Z2 and Z3), Opal Vision and Picasso II in 8,
16 and 24 bit in all resolutions.
· Amiga chip set, including all AGA modes, DCTV, HamE, etc.
The program is available from your local dealer, or can be ordered for
the list price of $125.00 US from Terra Nova Development, P. O. Box 2202,
Ventura, California 93002-2202. Orders from within California should
add $9.06 sales tax; foreign orders should be paid in US funds, drawn on
a US bank.
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Several demonstration animations created with Magic Lantern for various
display cards have been included here. To play an animation, select the
directory which names what kind of hardware you own, and double click
on one of the animations. The animations require anywhere from a free
megabyte to seven free megabytes of memory to display. If you do not
have enough memory to display an animation, you can use PlayDiffHD to
play it; however, from a CD this can be extremely slow.
The sound effect in the demo animation is lifted (by the artist's permis-
sion) from Dinah LeHoven's `Love for Love', a recording of celtic harp
and song. For the other 12,749 notes*, you could order the recording for
$12 US (cassette) or $17 US (CD) from:
Swanharp Music, Department T, P. O. Box 27456 Los Angeles, CA 90027
...paid in US funds, including postage and applicable taxes.
* Okay, I have no idea how many other notes there are, but you know what
I mean.