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Short: The BEST Animation/Image-Processor - V2.96
Author: epgbc@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de (WK-Artworks)
Uploader: epgbc@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de (WK-Artworks)
Type: gfx/edit
Replaces: gfx/edit/Wildfire*
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Again some major changes where applied to both the programs
and the archieves. But all further changes in the future
will be less rigorous. The two main-archieves where split
into five ones to simplify the generation of further updates:
WF-Base.lha - main files
WF-Binary881 - main program (68020-060 with FPU)
WF-Binary - main program (68020 or higher)
WF-PlugIns881 - PlugIns (68020-060 with FPU)
WF-PlugIns - PlugIns (68020 or higher)
1. Major changes (since V2.82)
-PowerPlugs!-concept extended and improved
-six new 3D-operators with PowerPlugs!-support
-documentation extended and improved
-some parts of the startup-procedure rewritten
-Player-speed increased
-some (more or less) serious bugs fixed
-"Storing %d bytes of memory."-text of the demo-version removed
2. Installation:
-Create a backup of your personal files (images, scripts etc.)
-Delete the complete wf:-drawer
-Obtain and decompress the archieves of your needs
-Move your personal files back to the wf:-drawer
3. Notes:
-If you get any problems read the FAQ which has be updated
or contact the author
-All changes are reported as usual to the history-file.
A description of the new player-features can be found in
the YAFA-documentation.
-The uploading of version 2.94 failed (only the two binary-archieves
appeared) - reason unknown
-If you get "initialization-errors" while loading the PlugIns
the version-number of the PlugIns and of the PlugIns-loader
doesn't fit. That means that the main-program is to new or too old.
So you have always to download all archieves with the same
version-number (which can be found in the readme-files).
Hopefully it will be unnecessary to change these version-numbers
in the future any more.
Now have fun !
Andreas Maschke,
Tuesday 20-Mar-97
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Wildfire - where dreams become virtuality
A Special Effect Program and many more
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Wildfire is not only another brandnew image-processing-program -
it's a professional animation-processor with some really new concepts.
It allows you for example the creation and processing of animations in
several formats, the generation of time-dependant special-effects
and the design of large projects containing several animations and
frame-synchronized sound-effects.
Because the common animation-formats on the Amiga have too many
lacks or restrictions we have tried to create a better one: YAFA.
This animation-format for example features many compression-methods
and realtime-zooming.
One of the outstanding features of Wildfire is the fact that it
makes for you no difference if you apply changes to a whole animation
or if you process only one image. A single image is only a
very special case of an animation.
In contrary to common image-processors you can use envelopes instead
of plain numbers as effect-parameters. This makes the easy creation
of time-dependant special-effects possible.
So you haven't to fight against the "do"-loops in an ARexx-script to
get an animation outside your image-processor anymore.
All of the numerous effects can be arranged in any number and
combination. Because the output of any of these effects can be
one of the 8 tempory-buffers Wildfire allows you to
PROGRAM IMAGES in an comfortable way !
Main Features:
-fast and comfortable Converter:
input: YAFA, ANIM5/7/8, mpeg, image-sequences
output: YAFA, ANIM5/7/8, image-sequences
-Preview for almost any operation
-Project-Editor which allows the creation of large and complicated
projects easily using the mouse
-Effect-Generator featuring time-dependant parameters via envelopes
-a stunning library of effect-PlugIns
-some really new effects, real 3D-effects
-superposition of 3D-effects (PowerPlugs!)
-(un)loading of PlugIns at any time
-Envelope-Editor
-Timecodes-Editor
-Transition-Maker for easy creation of transitions between two animations
-easy-to-use Player-interface
-Filmstrips to simplify the perfect timimg of huge projects
-AnimInfo-function displaying size-profiles etc.
-fontsensitive GUI without MUI
-internal gadget-toolbox which handles mathematical expressions
instead of only plain numbers
-calculator which allows for example the export of user-defined symbols
to the gadgets in the whole-program
-Drag&Go
(using drag.gadget 0.2 Copyright © 1996 Jörg Kollmann, see bonus drawer!)
-ARexx-port with about 400 commands
-macros, custom-windows, docks
-import of images from other programs
-Developer-Kit (with working example) which allows you to create
your own effect-PlugIns
-and many more
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Requirements:
Hardware
-MC68020 or higher
-AGA chipset
-2 MB Fast
-recommended: FastRAM, HardDisk
Software
-AmigaOS V39 (3.0) or higher
This Demo-Version contains all features. The only restriction is that the
program eats some memory and so you have only limited time for checking
out the program.
Have fun !
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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3074 1444 53.0% 11-Mar-97 00:22:54 +Wildfire.info
2630 1074 59.1% 20-Mar-97 02:44:30 +README_V2.96
2997 1041 65.2% 11-Mar-97 00:26:24 +README_V2.96.info
949364 416290 56.1% 20-Mar-97 02:46:52 +wf
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958065 419849 56.1% 21-Mar-97 10:01:22 4 files