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- **** Welcome to Aris Entertainment's Wild Places(tm) ****
-
- Thank you for your purchase. Your Aris disc was created by some
- of the leading professionals in the CD-ROM field with two goals
- in mind: first, to deliver an outstanding value, and second, to
- make content easily available for use in presentations, productions,
- or even as wallpaper on your Windows desktop.
-
- For technical support, please call or write:
-
- Aris Entertainment
- 4444 Via Marina, Suite 811
- Marina del Rey, CA 90292
- (310) 821-0234
- fax (310) 821-6463.
-
- DOS USERS
- ---------
-
- If you have Windows 3.1 or 3.0 with multi-media extensions, we
- recommend use of our Toolbook navigation system. Details for use of
- this software follow this section.
-
- To start using this disc, type "WILDPLAC" at the CD-ROM drive's
- DOS prompt. If you do not have 512K of video memory, use the
- "LOWRES" batch file by typing "LOWRES" at the CD-ROM drive's DOS
- prompt. This will display files in 320 x 200 x 256 colors. You
- will need a Sound Blaster card or 100% compatible to hear the
- music.
-
- The following programs are copyrighted programs licensed by Aris
- Entertainment for distribution on this disc:
-
- VPLAY.EXE = Copyright (c) Creative Labs, Inc., 1990. All rights
- reserved and Copyright (c) Creative Technology Pte Ltd, 1990.
- All rights reserved.
-
- ALCHEMY.EXE = Copyright (c) 1990-91, Handmade Software, Inc.
-
- Please note that while there is no royalty on use of Media
- Clips(tm), they are copyrighted materials owned by Aris
- Entertainment and the participating artists. You may not use
- Media Clips(tm) in any clip art product. When you use materials
- from this disc, you may do so without royalty, provided you
- place the following copyright notice "(C) Copyright Aris
- Entertainment, Inc., 1991" and credit to the artist whose works
- you have used in the credit section of your product or
- presentation, or in the case of print reproduction, adjacent to
- the image.
-
- The disc you have in your CD-ROM drive contains two complete
- versions of World View (tm), one for Macintosh, the other for
- PC. Your CD-ROM driver is smart enough to figure out which one
- you view, so sit back and enjoy.
-
- ********** Files on this disc **********
-
- There are 100 high quality images and 100 sound tracks stored on
- this disc. Images are stored in several formats for your
- convenience:
-
- 1. 24-bit TIF, in 640 x 480 format, for high resolution paint
- programs and desktop publishing, in the TIFF directory.
-
- 2. 8-bit PCX, 640 x 480 format, for most DOS paint programs, in the
- PCX directory.
-
- 3. 8-bit BMP, 640 x 480 format, for compatibility with Windows, in
- the BMPLARGE directory.
-
- 4. 8-bit BMP, 320 x 240 format, for high speed viewing, in the
- BMPSMALL directory.
-
- Audio is 22 Khz, 8-bit, stored as follows:
-
- 1. WAV format in the WAVE directory, for MPC compatibility.
-
- 2. VOC format in the SNDBLAST directory, for compatibility with
- Sound Blaster audio cards.
-
- You may use the IMAGE ALCHEMY shareware program for two weeks
- without registering the software and paying the fee. Please
- note, this program works well on all 640 x 480 or smaller
- images. It offers many fine capabilities, such as
- conversion between many different formats, including Mac and PC,
- and it should find a home in your imaging utilities directories.
- The registered version will handle images larger than 640 x 480.
-
- A navigational HyperPAD application called "WILDPLAC" has been
- included to help find your way through the files. The TAB key
- moves through the fields, ENTER selects. The mouse is also
- supported. Best display quality is obtained with Super VGA
- video boards with 512K of video memory. Most mainstream video boards
- are supported, but there are new one's every day. The best solution
- to this problem is to use our Windows version. Sound may be played if
- you have a Sound Blaster card -- just select the Sound button in
- the HyperPAD interface. Remember, the PC was not designed as a
- multi-media machine, and so this interface is not as "robust" as
- we would prefer.
-
- Audio is stored in the WAVE directory in Microsoft's WAV
- format, as well as in VOC format in the SNDBLAST directory.
- This sound has been tested with MPC compatible sound boards and
- is of a quality high enough (22 Khz, mono) for multi-media
- presentations. You must have an MPC compatible sound board with
- speaker or headphone to hear the WAV files. The Mediavision Pro
- Spectrum and the Sound Blaster Professional sound boards were
- used in the development of this product. They were easy to
- install and both worked well.
-
- Windows Users - Navigational Software
- -------------------------------------
-
- Every attempt has been made to provide MPC compatible content,
- both in images (BMP format) and sound (WAV format). A
- navigational program created with Toolbook can be found in the root
- directory of the disc. You may install the software to the hard drive
- by using the SETUP.EXE program, or you may run the WILD.EXE file
- through Window's File Manager right from the CD-ROM disc.
- The choice is yours. Hard disk installation provides better performance,
- however, it will add about 1.5 MB of files to your hard drive.
- Buttons in the book may be used with a mouse, or with the TAB (which moves
- around the app) and Enter key (to select a highlighted button).
-
- Keep in mind the following requirements for Windows users:
-
- 1. You must have Windows version 3.1 or version 3.0 with the
- multi-media extensions.
-
- 2. You must have an MPC compatible sound card to use the sound. Boards
- from Creative Labs (the SoundBlaster Pro), Media Vision (Pro Audio
- Spectrum), and other vendors have been tested for compatibility with
- this product.
-
- 3. Pictures work best with the 256 color 640 x 480 Windows driver.
- These are available direct from the video board manufacturer. Aris
- does not supply these. You must have 512K of video RAM for this
- feature to work.
-
-
- ****** Additional Media Clip(tm) products ******
-
- Batik Designs
-
- Alluring and richly colored fabric designs from exotic Bali,
- combined with enchanting Balinese drum and xylophone music, and
- other ambient sounds.
-
- Vintage Aloha(tm)
-
- Playful and rare "antique" Hawaiian shirt patterns from the 1920's
- through the 1950's; teamed with the best of the early Hawaiian music.
-
- Wild Places(tm)
-
- Award winning natural landscapes and closeups featuring deserts,
- rocks, jungles, seascapes, and forests, paired with originally
- scored "new age" audio tracks.
-
- Money, Money, Money!(tm)
-
- Money from around the world for business presentations, graphic designers,
- and students. Videos of money printing off the press add life to
- any project or presentation.
-
- Business Backgrounds (tm)
-
- Business equipment, offices, buildings and situations for use in
- business presentations.
-
- Jets and Props
- *Special 2-disc set*
-
- Graphic and spectacular photos of civilian and military jet and
- classic props. Hundreds of photos and sound clips make this an
- airshow on a disc!
-