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- Welcome to Abrosoft FantaMorph!
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- Version: 2.55
- Platform: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
- Product URL: http://www.fantamorph.com
- Company URL: http://www.abrosoft.com
- Email: info@fantamorph.com
- (C) Copyright 2002-2005, Abrosoft Co. All Rights Reserved.
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- Table of Contents
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-
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installation instructions
- 3. What's new in this version
- 4. Known issues
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- Introduction
- ------------
-
- With Abrosoft FantaMorph, creating image morphing movie has never been easier
- and faster! You can do everything a professional animation director does to create
- amazing images and animations. FantaMorph supports most image formats
- including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, TGA, PCX, and even professinal 32bit with
- alpha formats. Exporting to Image Sequence, AVI, Animated GIF, Flash, Screen Saver
- and other formats are supported. You can crop, rotate, flip and adjust source image,
- all with FantaMorph's built-in tools, without having to go to any additional software.
-
- FantaMorph takes advantage of hardware acceleration, and the rendering speed easily
- goes up to several hundred FPS. The high speed makes it possible to play final
- effects in real time without exporting to a file. The new interface with skin is
- cool in looks, streamlined in function, and a joy to work with! The professional
- edition also offers our new Image Sequence Packer, which makes it a breeze to create
- long movies with multiple source images. You can even create amazing add-on movie
- effects in less than one minute! There're many more exciting new features. Try it
- today and see the magic with your own eyes!
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-
- Installation instructions
- -------------------------
-
- To install Abrosoft FantaMorph, you should follow the following simple steps:
-
- 1. Copy the installer program FantaMorph.exe to a location on your hard drive (e.g., C:\temp).
- For installing retail version of FantaMorph, just insert the software CD to your
- cd drive.
- 2. Run the installer program by double-clicking on it.
- 3. Follow the instructions of the installer program to install Abrosoft FantaMorph.
- 4. Done! The software should be installed in your system.
-
- To remove Abrosoft FantaMorph from your system, just select
- "Start -> Abrosoft FantaMorph -> Uninstall FantaMorph" from the Windows Start menu.
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- What's new in this version
- --------------------------
-
- In the newest version we've added a few new features and fixed some minor bugs.
- * Supports Microsoft XP SP2
- * Supports Multi-Languages
- * Movie Properties Window
- * Editing Magnifier
- * Smoothly Preview by Percent
- * Prolong Begin and End Views
- * Export Screen Savers
- * Enable/Disable Hardware Acceleration
- * Set Export Speed of AVI and GIF
- * Show Triangle Mesh
- * Improve Export Process
- * Open/Save Image Sequence List
- * Share FantaMorph Project
- * Add an URL to a Flash Movie
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- Hot new features in version 2.0
- * New Rendering Engine
- * Realtime Preview
- * Realtime Playing
- * Auto Loop and Auto Reverse Switch
- * Speed Test Tool
- * New Interface
- * Auto Open After Export Switch
- * Export Reverse Frames Switch
- * New Great Add-on Movie Effects with Background, Mask, Foreground
- * Now Supports 32bit with Alpha Images
- * New Image Sequence Packer Tool
- * No limited Undo/Redo
- * Improve Image Crop and Adjust Tools
- * New View Mode Added
-
- A full list of the changes is available at
- <http://www.fantamorph.com/whatsnew.htm>.
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-
- Known Issues
- ------------
- A few outdated display drivers may cause the program crash. So, it is strongly
- recommended to update your current display driver for better performance
- and stability. For example, if you are using a NVIDIA card, you can download the
- latest driver at http://www.nvidia.com.
- If you find any other problems, please let us know at <support@fantamorph.com>.