MacroModel v.1.5 Demo
Macromedia, Inc
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San Francisco, CA 94107
415-252-2000

Read Me file
October 1993

Thank you for opening Macromedia's MacroModel v.1.5 Demo version.
This version of MacroModel is identical, in every way, to the
shipping v.1.5.  The only difference is that files in the demo
version cannot be saved or exported.  The full version of
MacroModel v.1.5 for Windows includes PIXAR's RenderMan for Windows,
which is a photorealistic rendering application for MacroModel models.
In this demonstration kit "bmp" files created with RenderMan are
included and correspond to the example models.  These files may
be displayed using Windows' paint program.

Macromedia shipped v.1.5 in June of 1993 on both Macintosh and Windows.
To learn more about MacroModel v.1.5 please call the number listed above.

To use the MacroModel v.1.5 Demo version, please follow these instructions:

MacroModel

REQUIREMENTS
To effectively use MacroModel the following system requirements must be met:

Recommended:486/33 PC or better, 8-bit video (16-, 24-bit also supported),
16 MB RAM, Windows 3.1 and 6 MB free hard disk space

Minimum:386/25 PC w/FPU, 8-bit video, 8 MB RAM, Windows 3.1 enhanced and
6 MB free hard disk space

INSTALLATION
To use the MacroModel v.1.5 demo version the application has been installed
on the CD-ROM; including the Scripts folder and MacroModel demo model files.

DOCUMENTATION
This demonstration includes electronic demonstration documentation that
will allow you to learn the basics of MacroModel.  To best use the
documentation, please print a copy of the file to hardcopy for reference
as you follow the demonstration.

To print: Open the document in Microsoft Word v.2.0 or better and print
with the "Color/Greyscale" radio button checked under the "Print" heading.  This option will take longer to print but you will be able to see the images included in the document best.

SOME NOTES REGARDING MACROMODEL BASICS
Clarification of Key Use:
The Backspace & Delete keys are not interchangeable.

NOTES REGARDING LIGHTING, MATERIALS AND COLORS
Accurate colors for Colored Lights, Background Color and Background PICT
will not be seen until the Render Type is set to 24-bit Z Buffer in the
Render Set-Up Dialog and the monitor is set to millions of colors (if the
display card in your machine is capable of displaying 16 million colors).

The RenderMan presets in the scripts folder are for the application and
adjustment of shader parameters for export to the RIB format for PIXAR's
RenderMan (RenderMan is a photorealistic rendering application that ships
with the full version MacroModel v.1.5 for Windows).  The export functions
of this version are disabled and are therefore cannot be used with
RenderMan.