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- !Projector Version 1.11 (FOR NOTES ON LATEST VERSION SEE END)
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-
- This projector is for playing Ace film format
- films, produced with either:-
- Euclid+Mogul (3D)
- Paint+Splice (2D pixel based)
- Draw+Tween (2D object based)
-
- This is a Multidocument/Multiwindow version.
- You can pop up a menu in the film window.
- Most operations are obvious (try them!).
-
- In Freeze mode you can single step the film
- by using Select/Adjust on the window.
-
- The New View option (under Misc) plays another
- instance of the film, but uses the same copy in
- memory, so is different from actually loading a
- film twice.
-
- Using an Obey file you can load a set of films, and
- optionally set them to play immediately in a rolling
- demo. The syntax is either:
-
- [<Projector$Dir>] Film Film Film ... [-Cn] [-Fn] [-R[n]]
-
- E.g:
- Films.Humans Films.LitLogos Films.Chess -C2 -R
-
- The -C and -F flags control the count for repeating
- each film and the flyback count per frame respectively.
-
- Or:
- <Projector$Dir> -L {[-Cn -Fn] Film}...
-
- E.g.
- WimpSlot -min 800k
- <Projector$Dir> -L -C1 -F8 Films.Chess -C2 -F2 Films.Flag
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- Note that the usual controls over each film are available.
- Pressing S will skip to the next film irrespective of the
- repeat count.
-
- The -L flag forces the films to be loaded one at a time
- rather than all in one go for the -R flag, and allows a
- longer rolling demo from a Hard disk.
-
- Please send examples of good films together with
- permission (or not) for distribution to:
- Ace Computing, 27 Victoria Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 3BW.
-
- Details about Euclid, ArcLight, Mogul, Splice and
- Tween can be also be obtained from the same address.
-
- Tony Cheal Jan-Feb 1990
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-
- 1.07 (Jul? 1990) The projector now intelligently
- plays films in new modes which match the film's
- mode in bits-per-pixel and aspect ratio.
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- 1.08 (Aug 1990) New key - Ctrl-B in full screen
- mode puts the keyboard into a mode which will
- always single step the film forward one frame.
- Another Ctrl-B will get it out of this mode.
-
- Now includes a new EuclidX to play Lempel-Ziv
- compressed films. Note that if a Euclid module
- is already running which does not have Lempel-Ziv
- decompression (i.e. prior to 2.12) then Lempel-Ziv
- films will still cause errors.
-
- 1.09 (Sep 1990) Minor bug-fix for button clicks.
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- 1.10 (Sep 1990) Supremecy bits now preserved in 4bpp modes.
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- 1.11 (Oct 1990) Pause at film starts during an
- -L type Rolling demo can now be forced by using
- using a new -W switch. The switch is cancelled
- by a new repeat count, or another -W.
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