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  1.                             [Andover Image Map]
  2.  
  3.  [VideoCraft Sample Animation] Download VideoCraft GIF Animator
  4.   --------------------------
  5.                                Get your trial version of VideoCraft GIF
  6.   VideoCraft Home              Animator here.
  7.  
  8.   Description                  This version of VideoCraft creates GIF
  9.                                animations with style and ease. The copy
  10.   FAQ / Support                you can download here is fully functional
  11.                                for 30 days. A $30 registration fee is
  12.   DOWNLOADS                    required to continue usage after the 30 day
  13.  * VideoCraft GIF Animator     trial period.
  14.  [Image]
  15.  * VideoCraft Updates          A Quick Description: VideoCraft GIF
  16.  * VideoCraft Help             Animator is an imaging special effects
  17.                                editor. VideoCraft creates GIF animations
  18.   Purchase & Registration      using most of the effects you would see in
  19.                                TV commercials or Hollywood movies, such as
  20.   Promotions                   Morphing, Warping, Distortions, Colorizing,
  21.                                Overlays, Alpha Channels, Stylizing,
  22.   Online Banner Maker          Transitions, etc. etc. VideoCraft supports
  23.                                many image formats and includes
  24.                                high-quality image processing tools.
  25.  
  26.                                VideoCraft GIF Animator is much more than
  27.                                just a "banner maker". It can be used to
  28.                                make web page banners, if that is what you
  29.                                want to do, but also realize that
  30.                                VideoCraft has won most of its accolades in
  31.                                the field of digital video processing. It
  32.                                is a very sophisticated special effects
  33.                                tool and we are proud to be the only
  34.                                company to release a high-caliber video
  35.                                processing tool as a GIF Animator for web
  36.                                authors.
  37.  
  38.                                Download Instructions:
  39.  
  40.                                Step 1. Choose your weapon:
  41.  
  42.                                VideoCraft GIF Animator 16-bit (Feb. 97
  43.                                Release - 3,117,634 bytes)
  44.  
  45.                                     Note to Windows 3.1 users: If you
  46.                                     get a message saying "File Not
  47.                                     Found AVIFILE.DLL", then that
  48.                                     means you will need to install
  49.                                     Microsoft's Video for Windows
  50.                                     drivers. Click here to download
  51.                                     Video for Windows for Windows 3.1
  52.  
  53.                                     Please read our VideoCraft FAQ
  54.                                     pages carefully if you run into
  55.                                     other support issues.
  56.  
  57.                                VideoCraft GIF Animator 32-bit (Feb. 97
  58.                                Release - 3,131,545 bytes)
  59.  
  60.                                     Note to Windows NT users: If you
  61.                                     get a message saying "File Not
  62.                                     Found MFC30.DLL", then that means
  63.                                     you will need to install
  64.                                     Microsoft's Foundation Class
  65.                                     libraries. Click here to download
  66.                                     the MFC DLL files. Unzip the MFC
  67.                                     files into your Windows\System
  68.                                     directory, then run VideoCraft.
  69.  
  70.                                     Please read our VideoCraft FAQ
  71.                                     pages carefully if you run into
  72.                                     other support issues.
  73.  
  74.                                Step 2. Each file is a 3.0MB
  75.                                self-extracting executable, so just start
  76.                                it up after downloading it.
  77.  
  78.                                Step 3. If you decide you like it - visit
  79.                                www.andatech.com/vidcraft/purchase.html to
  80.                                register your copy.
  81.  
  82.                                System Requirements:
  83.                                Windows 3.1/95/NT4, 256 color display or
  84.                                better, mouse, 8 MB RAM, 7MB of Free Hard
  85.                                Disk Space. Windows 3.1 users will also
  86.                                need the Video for Windows drivers
  87.                                installed. Please note that Windows NT 3.51
  88.                                is no longer supported.
  89.  
  90.                                Version: VideoCraft GIF Animator: 2/97
  91.                                Release.
  92.  
  93.                                Feb 97 Release notes:
  94.  
  95.                                   * Added brand new help system covering
  96.                                     every known VideoCraft topic in
  97.                                     extreme detail
  98.                                   * Added ability to import GIF
  99.                                     transparencies as Alpha Channel
  100.                                   * Added Reverse ability to the Colorize
  101.                                     effect
  102.                                   * Fixed various bugs.
  103.                                   * Added antialiasing of text on Text
  104.                                     Overlay effect
  105.                                   * Improved memory management means 30%
  106.                                     faster rendering of most effects
  107.                                   * Added International Sales info to
  108.                                     product registration screen
  109.                                   * Due to variances between Windows NT
  110.                                     3.51 and NT 4.0, this new release does
  111.                                     not support Windows NT 3.51.
  112.  
  113.                                VideoCraft GIF Animator vs. VideoCraft v3.6
  114.                                There are two fundamental feature
  115.                                differences between VideoCraft GIF Animator
  116.                                and VideoCraft v3.6. VideoCraft v3.6 is
  117.                                only available on CD ROM and has added
  118.                                support for AVI output and can hold an
  119.                                unlimited number of clips in the Storyboard
  120.                                Editor. You will find more details about
  121.                                the VideoCraft v3.6 CD ROM here at this web
  122.                                site and in the read-me files that are
  123.                                installed in our software.
  124.  
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  126.      VideoCraft is a trademark of Andover Advanced Technologies, Inc.
  127.            All other trademarks are acknowledged to their owners.
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