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- MainActor - A modular animation package for Win 95 / NT
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-
- What is MainActor:
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- MainActor is a modular multimedia processing package. You can load / edit /
- play and save / convert all major animation and and the most common picture
- formats. MainActor supports more animation formats for loading / saving than
- any other program on any platform!
-
- The MPEG support supplied by MainActor allows easy conversion of your
- animations / picture lists to MPEG-I/II, complete with audio.
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- This release of MainActor supports both English and German, you can change
- the language during runtime in the "Settings" menu.
-
- MainActor is available for OS/2 and Windows 95 / NT.
-
- A full featured sequencer with audio and video effects is in preparation.
-
- The shareware version of MainActor is fully functional, you will have to deal
- with an annoying requester though.
-
- The requester appears
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- * at startup for 5 seconds
- * when openening the save window for 5 seconds
- * after saving every tenth frame for 2 seconds
-
- Please register MainActor if you use it on a regular basis. Use beyond a 31
- day evaluation period is prohibited without registration.
-
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- ATTENTION: MainActor requires DirectX for its playback capabilities. If you do not
- have DirectX installed, MainActor / MainView will not start up!
-
- The DirectX runtime can be downloaded from Microsofts homepage at
- http://www.microsoft.com. However its pretty hidden on the Microsoft site.
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- You can also download it from http://www.download.com, http://www.shareware.com
- or http://www.softseek.com and search for "DirectX".
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- Currently MainActor ships with the following modules:
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- Loader modules:
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- AVI (Animation)*
- BMP (Picture)
- DL (Animation)
- FLC (Animation)
- FLI (Animation)
- GIF (Picture)
- GIF-Anim (Animation)
- IFF (Picture)
- IFF-Anim3/5/7/8/J (Animation)
- JPEG (Picture)
- MPEG-I/II (Animation)*
- MPEG-Audio Layer I/II/III (Sound)
- PCX (Picture)
- TGA (Picture)
- Quicktime (Animation)*
- WAV (Sound)
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- Saver modules:
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- AVI (Animation)*
- BMP (Picture)
- FLC (Animation)
- FLI (Animation)
- GIF (Picture)
- GIF-Anim (Animation)
- JPEG (Picture)
- MPEG-I/II (Animation)*
- MPEG-Audio Layer II (Sound)
- Quicktime (Animation)*
- TGA (Picture)
- Video Data (Picture)
- WAV (Sound)
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- Animation formats marked with an * support sound.
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- More modules are on the way ( SGI Movies, .MOD ) etc.
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- The files in this archive are copyrighted by MainConcept, GbR and
- may not be reproduced for commercial use without the written
- agreement of MainConcept, GbR Moenig/Zabel.
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- Otherwise you are permitted and encouraged to distribute this (the shareware)
- version of MainActor. There are no restrictions with regards to copying,
- transferring or otherwise distributing MainActor in its complete and original
- shareware form.
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- For information or registration contact :
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- MainConcept, GbR Moenig/Zabel
- Hermann-Heusch-Platz 3
- 52062 Aachen
- Germany
-
- Tel: 49-(0)241-4090444
- FAX: 49-(0)241-4090445
- BBS: 49-(0)241-4090446
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- EMail: info@mainconcept.de
- http://www.mainconcept.de
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