Texture Magic V0.94 - Shareware Version Copyright(c) 1996 by Scott H. Pultz README.TXT Version 0.7 Thank you for trying Texture Magic V0.94! Overview ------------------------------------ Texture Magic is easy to use software that allows you to create POV-Ray textures and realistic texture maps for use with 3D graphics software such as Asymetrix 3D F/X(tm) and AutoDesk 3D-Studio(tm). It features an easy to use Win95/NT interface and very powerful functionality. System Requirements ------------------------------------ Minimum System Requirements- 486 PC w/8 meg ram WinNT 3.51 or Window 95 5mb disk space Super VGA running at 800x600 w/256 colors Locating POV-Ray ------------------------------------ Texture Magic uses POV-Ray which is a freeware raytracer. You must download and install POV-Ray in order to use Texture Magic effectively. You can always find a version of POV-Ray at ftp.povray.org. Documentation Files ftp://ftp.povray.org/povray/Official/Dos/povdoc-2.2.zip Official Binaries ftp://ftp.povray.org/povray/Official/Dos/povibm-2.2.zip *********** NOTE! *********** These binaries are built for DOS machines. To use Texture Magic you *MUST* use the unofficial Win32 binaries or the POV-Ray 3.0 binaries listed below: Win32 Binaries ftp://ftp.povray.org/povray/unofficial/compiles/povnt.zip note: This version will work under both Win95 and WinNT. POV-Ray 3.0 note: Since Texture Magic currently does not support the extended features of POV 3.0, it is recommended that the Win32 version of POV 2.2 be used since it has a faster loading time. At this time POV 3.0 is still in BETA and can be found on ftp.povray.org. *Please do not use POV 3.0 for Windows. To use POV-Ray 3.0 for DOS with Texture Magic under Win95, you must change a setting for the POV-Ray executable: - In Win95, use the folders to locate the POV-Ray executable (povray.exe). - Right click the program icon and select properties. - In the dialog box, change to the "Program" tab. - Make sure that the checkbox "Close on Exit" is checked. - Click on OK. The above files can also be found on Texture Magic’s web page: http://www.eskimo.com/~scott/povtext.html Please read the documentation files for instructions in using POV-Ray. If you need ANY help locating or installing POV-Ray, please send e-mail to scott@eskimo.com. Installation ------------------------------------ To install Texture Magic, simply copy it to a directory and execute the file TexMagic.exe. You will then be presented with a preferences dialog. You must enter the path to the POV-Ray executable. This executable renders the thumbnail previews of your textures. Please see the above section for information about locating POV-Ray. Note: POV-Ray is freeware. You can find more information about it on the World Wide Web at http://www.povray.org. When you register Texture Magic, you are only paying for Texture Magic and not POV-Ray! You must run at a screen resolution of 800x600 or greater. When running at 800x600, you must use the small font setting. You can set your system to small fonts from the control panels. Although 256 color modes are supported, you should run at 16 or 24-bit color if possible. Documentation ------------------------------------ All of the documenation is contained online in Windows(tm) help files. To access this documenation, choose the menu option Help and click on Index. Note to Matrox video card owners ------------------------------------ If you own a Matrox video card, then you may have problems when attempting to run Texture Magic. Users have reported that Texture Magic crashes in a Video for Windows .DLL upon startup. You can shut off the use of Video for Windows which might cure the problem. To do this, load the registry editor (regedt32 for WinNT and regedit for Win95) and change the following registry value to 0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Texture Magic\Settings\Use Video for Windows When you do this however, you must run in either 65k or 16.7m color mode because the images won't be dithered in 256 color mode and the quality will be very poor! Questions and Comments ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or comments, please send an e-mail to: scott@eskimo.com or scottp@kagi.com Mailing List Information ------------------------------------ If you would like to be on the Texture Magic mailing list, then please send e-mail to the above address or fill out the form on the WEB page: http://www.eskimo.com/~scott/povtext.html