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- FracShow - Version 2.0
- Addendum
- (c) Bourbaki, Inc. 1993
- (208)342-5849
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ============
- FracShow is a utility program for running a wide variety fractal slide shows.
- Version 2.0 has been enhanced beyond the simple command line version documented
- in the Utilities chapter in the FracTools Manual. The new features include:
-
- * User Interface for Selecting Directories and Specifying Options
- * Run Time Directory Traversing Capability
-
- Note - FRACSHOW can still be run using the command line parameters and options
- described in the FracTools Manual.
-
- The FracShow program will provide hours of engaging and relaxing visual
- stimulation. It provides the key to producing your own fractal videos...
-
- RUNNING FRACSHOW
- ================
- To run FRACSHOW you should be LOGGED INTO the \FT3 directory of your CD ROM
- drive, or it must be referenced in your DOS PATH command. To run the program:
-
- * Type - FRACSHOW - and press <Enter>
-
- This will display the FracShow Set Up screen. Settings include:
-
- * Video Mode
- * Image Directory / Directory Branch
- * Slide Show Option
- * Kaleidoscope Filter
- * Random (or Linear) Image Sequence
-
- VIDEO MODE OPTION
- -----------------
- The Video Mode option enables you to specify the mode in which to run shows.
- The default mode is 640x480 / 256 colors. To change modes, click on the
- desired option.
-
- If the "run" mode is different than the actual image mode, FRACSHOW will
- automatically scale the images "on the fly." This real time mode conversion
- includes both number of colors and image resolution.
-
- SPECIFYING DIRECTORIES
- ----------------------
- FracShow will load images from the current directory, AND from sub-directories
- OFF the current directory. For example, if you want to run a show that
- randomly loads ALL the 640x480 / 256 color FracTools (.FF0) images:
-
- * Click on Browse
- * Highlight and select the IMAGES.6X4 directory
- * Click on OK, then Click on Run
-
- When you run a show, FracShow will load images from the ALLKINDS, BENNYS,
- CAMSZOOM, PATTERNS and SWIRLS directories.
-
- To RUN a show from a SINGLE directory - e.g. \IMAGES.6X4\PATTERNS - you would:
-
- * Highlight and select the \IMAGES.6X4\PATTERNS directory
- * Click on Run
-
- You can also click in the Directory window in the main screen and enter the
- desired drive and directory path.
-
- SLIDE SHOW VARIATIONS / OPTIONS
- -------------------------------
- FracShow provides 12 different slide show options. All of these shows are set
- up to run "forever," until you click the right mouse button, or press the <Esc>
- key to stop them.
-
- Use the "drop down" List Box to select from the following options:
-
- Random #1 - All Random effects with short "dwell" in each image
- Random #2 - All Random effects with long "dwell" in each image
- Fades #1 - Fading palettes from one image to the next
- Fades #2 - Random load effects with Fading palettes
- Pours #1 - Pouring palettes from one image to the next
- Pours #2 - Random load effects with Pouring palettes
- Strobe #1 - Strobing palettes from one image to the next
- Strobe #2 - Random load effects with Strobing palettes
- Overlay #1 - Image Grids with Sequential positioning
- Overlay #2 - Image Grids with Random positioning
- Overlay #3 - Overlaying Images randomly with Fading Palettes
- Overlay #4 - Overlaying Images, each getting smaller symmetrically
-
- KALEIDOSCOPE FILTER OPTION
- --------------------------
- The Kaleidoscope Filter option enables you to have all images in a show load
- such that they are mirrored horizontally and vertically. This feature is
- especially effective with non-symmetrical images, like the PATTERNS images.
-
- Note - Due to the additional processing involved in "Kaleidoscoping" images,
- activating this feature will slow things down. This is reflected in a longer
- dwell in an image, while the next image loads into memory.
-
- RANDOM vs. LINEAR SSEQUENCE OPTION
- ----------------------------------
- The Random option enables you to specify the order that images are loaded from
- a directory. The default setting is Random, which will result in images being
- loaded in random order from the specified directory(s). If you deactivate the
- Random option, images will load in alphabetical order.
-
- Random will provide the most diversity. However, a good example of using
- Linear would be running a show - e.g. Strobe 1 - from the \IMAGES.6X4\CAMSZOOM
- directory. These images represent a "zoom" sequence that starts deep in the
- Mandelbrot Set and backs out to the fringe of the Set. Running this show in
- the default Linear order will illustrate and display this series of images,
- in the order they were generated.
-
-