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x WELCOME TO NOOT - the educational animation package x
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4Mation
14 Castle Park Road
Barnstaple
Devon
EX32 8PA
tel 0271 25353
fax 0271 22974
To see the demo animation files on this disc, just load Noot and then
double-click on a file.
Each file is a drastically-reduced version of the original in order to
squeeze as much as possible onto a single disc. The complete Noot package
comes on SIX discs!
You will need no help finding out which animated pictures are available in
"The Playroom" and "HowItWorks", but the following words are needed for the
other two files:
"Dweek": hop, vanish, salute
"Farm": donkey, dog.
Various options are available from both the icon bar menu and the Noot menu.
The icon bar Choices allows you to choose a font style for the text.
The Noot menu Remote control allows you to pause an animation and set the
sound level.
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THE COMPLETE NOOT PACKAGE CONTAINS:
1. NOOTPAD
This is an integral part of the complete Noot package which allows you to
create your own animated Noot files. The source pictures for each animation
are Draw files created using Acorn’s Draw or our very own Vector package
which has a number of facilities to aid the creation of suitable drawings.
The ‘artistically-impaired’ (most of us?) can create animations just as
easily as those with an abundance of artistic talent by using ready-made
Draw files such as those from our smArt collection.
The completed Draw files are dropped onto the pages of NootPad where a
number of options are available to control the way in which the picture is
animated. Music, in the form of readily-available Tracker tunes, can be used
to accompany the animations.
Teachers who have used Noot in workshops at both ends of the world have been
impressed by the ease with which simple pictures can be brought to life. For
the more adventurous, quite complex animations can be created.
2. SIX ANIMATED FILES
(a) Playroom
A delightful set of animations. Each of the 10 toys in the playroom can be
animated if the appropriate word is typed in. A number of alternative words
are allowed so, for example, the engine will work in response to train,
loco, locomotive, steam engine, engine, steam train, or steam locomotive.
(b) Dweek
This lovable creature can perform a number of actions if an appropriate
response is made to the query, “This is Dweek. What can he do? Dweek can _.”
(c) Dweep
This is the equally lovable female counterpart of Dweek (although it has to
be said that her dribbling is not particularly attractive!).
(d) How It Works
This impressive set of animations illustrates the workings of various
devices including a door lock, a human heart, a zip fastener and a sewing
machine. All Noot animations can be paused and then played a frame at a time
both forwards and backwards.
(e) Power
This file shows the inner workings of various engines, motors and their
constituent parts.
(f) Farm
There are 14 animals and 7 farm scenes in this file which has a musical
accompaniment and sound effects. As in all Noot files, the volume can be
controlled.
3. TUNES
There are seven original Tracker tunes written exclusively for 4Mation.
These can be used in your own animations. Alternatively you can obtain tunes
for next to nothing from public domain libraries.