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- The Kinemorphic Screen Saver - Version 1.0 (beta)
- Copyright (C) 1997
- All Rights Reserved
- http://www.halcyon.com/render/kine.htm
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-
- This file contains the following information:
-
- OVERVIEW ..............: What is The Kinemorphic Screen Saver?
- OPENGL.................: What is OPENGL and why do I need it?
- CD/SPECTRUM PRO........: What is it and why do you mention it?
- BACKGROUND.............: Where did Kinemorphics come from?
- BETA NOTES.............: What should I know about version 1.0?
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...: What do I need in order to run it?
- INSTALLATION ..........: How do I install it? / How do I get rid of it?
- REGISTRATION ..........: Where can I find info on how to register it?
- QUESTIONS/SUPPORT .....: Where can I get help with problems?
- UPDATES................: When is the next version due?
-
-
- OVERVIEW
-
- The Kinemorphic Screen Saver will animate an endless variety of awesome 3D
- patterns and images. As the 3D patterns animate on your screen, the objects,
- images, lighting, and colors will move through, around, and on top of each
- other. Kinemorphics has been designed to give you an unprecedented amount of
- control over the effects used. You can use your own graphical images as
- object textures and backgrounds while Kinemorphics generates super-realistic
- lighting effects on top of super-realistic "living" 3D objects.
-
- The Kinemorphic Screen Saver has been designed to work in conjunction with
- CD/Spectrum Pro V3.1 in order to provide stunning 3D visual effects that
- synchronize with the sounds from an audio device (like the CD player in your
- computer). With many of the module controls you can associate a sound
- frequency, a range of effect, and a sensitivity. Fluctuations in the
- amplitude of the frequency will oscillate the control values within the range
- of effect.
-
- Kinemorphics will work with both Windows 95 and Windows NT (V4.0 and up).
- OpenGL 1.1 (or higher) is also required. OpenGL 1.1 for Windows NT 4.0 is
- included with the Operating System and does not need to be installed separately.
- See the next section for more information on OpenGL.
-
-
- OPENGL
-
- OpenGL is a 3D graphics library. The Kinemorphic Screen Saver uses this
- library of graphics functions to perform its 3D animations. If OpenGL v1.1
- (or higher) is not installed on your computer, then Kinemorphics will not
- run.
-
- Windows NT v4.0 (and higher) comes with OpenGL v1.1 as part of the operating
- system, so you're all set. Windows 95 (OSR2) also comes with OpenGL v1.1.
- Earlier versions of Windows 95 may not have OpenGL v1.1 installed.
-
- To check whether your machine has OpenGL 1.1 installed, run
- http://www.halcyon.com/render/opengl/glcheck.exe.
-
- To install OpenGL 1.1 on your machine, either run
-
- http://www.halcyon.com/render/opengl/glinst.exe
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- OR, download and extract,
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- http://www.halcyon.com/render/opengl/glinst.zip
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-
- CD/SPECTRUM PRO
-
- CD/Spectrum Pro is a 32 bit shareware CD-Audio Player with a Graphical
- Spectrum Analyzer for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. It can be used in
- conjunction with The Kinemorphic Screen Saver in order to allow the patterns
- and the colors generated by the screen saver to be synchronized with sound.
-
- CD/Spectrum Pro has almost every feature you can find on any software CD
- player. It supports programmed mode, intro mode, optional taskbar icon
- operation, auto-play, auto-exit, auto-eject, artist/track/title database,
- etc. It also recognizes CDP files which can save you from typing in all the
- track/title information for your CDs. The spectrum analyzer graphically
- depicts the frequency spectra of the CD music in real time.
-
- CD/Spectrum Pro is not a part of The Kinemorphic Screen Saver, it is a
- separate product and must be registered. However, if you register both
- CD/Spectrum Pro and The Kinemorphic Screen Saver at the same time you can
- do it at a reduced price.
-
- See the file "OrderFrm.TXT" for complete information on registration.
-
-
- BACKGROUND
-
- When I began working with OpenGL (a powerful 3D graphics library), I
- quickly realized that the graphical effects that could be achieved were, put
- simply, awe-inspiring. Mike Irvine (the author of The Psychedelic Screen
- Saver) had been pressuring me to collaborate on a 3D project for quite some
- time so I decided that it would be the perfect opportunity to implement some
- of the effects IÆd been contemplating. Our goal for Kinemorphics was to put
- these effects directly under *your* control. In pursuit of this goal, we made
- the user interface as powerful as possible while hiding much (okay, some ) of
- the complexity of the underlying mathematics. To get started, we suggest
- experimentation with the many *saved displays* that weÆve included.
-
- If you are a fan of MikeÆs Psychedelic Screen Saver Collection (as I am), you
- will notice some very close similarities between his User Interface and mine.
- There is a reason for that...he wrote it :) . Many of the cool graphics
- effects and design ideas also came from Mike who brought a wealth of graphics
- experience to the Kinemorphics effort.
-
- David Wooden
- Co-author of Kinemorphics
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- KINE V1.0 BETA NOTES
-
- * Registering Kinemorphics v1.0 (beta) gives you a license to use the
- beta, Kinemorphics 1.0 (release), and all subsequent versions of
- Kinemorphics 1.x (that is, all updates of The Kinemorphic Screen Saver
- prior to any versions labelled 2.0 or later).
-
- * You must have a sound card installed (and properly configured) in
- your system in order for Kinemorphics to sync with sound.
-
- * CD Spectrum Pro v3.1 or later must be running in order for Kinemorphics
- to sync with sound.
-
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- Suggested:
- * The Kinemorphic Screen Saver v1.0 runs quite nicely on a P-90 system.
- Machines with higher speeds or with 3D accelerator cards will of course
- perform even faster.
-
- * Microsoft Windows NT 4.x or Windows 95 with OpenGL 1.1.
-
- * Quality/Speed tradeoffs - Note that as you increase your displayÆs color
- depth and x-y resolution, the image quality will improve at some expense
- to performance. Conversely, as you decrease color depth or resolution,
- the image quality will decrease as the animation speed increases.
-
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- INSTALLATION / REMOVAL
-
- To install the Kinemorphic Screen Saver, run the setup program (INSTALL.EXE)
- and then follow the directions. If you later decide that you would like to
- remove the software from your system, run the un-install program
- (UNINSTALL.EXE) that's in the directory you installed to.
-
-
- REGISTRATION
-
- Registration is easy! The file "ORDERFRM.TXT" contains all the information
- you need on how to register "The Kinemorphic Screen Saver"
-
- Please refer to LICENSE.TXT for information on the license agreement.
-
-
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- QUESTIONS/SUPPORT
-
- If you have access to the World Wide Web, check out the home page for the
- Kinemorphic Screen Saver at:
-
- http://www.halcyon.com/render/kine.htm
-
- If you can't find the information you need here or in the product help,
- send me (David Wooden) email at render@halcyon.com.
-
- If you are experiencing a problem, check to see if the problem exists in
- the latest version of the software which can be found on my WWW site.
- If you are still experiencing the problem, email me with a description of
- the behavior and information on your hardware configuration and operating
- system. Please be sure to indicate which version of the the screen saver,
- which version of the operating system you are running, and what video
- display driver/adapter you are using.
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- UPDATES
-
- I will be posting updates to the software on my web site fairly often.
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- OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.