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- MKANIM 1.1 05.01.93
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- ABOUT
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- MKANIM is a program that packs ILBM picture files into an IFF ANIM
- file, based on a list given in a control file. This is a KS2.0
- program.
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- MKANIM is Copyright © 1993 by John Bickers.
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- KS2.0 and Christian Weber's iff.library are essential. The latter
- is available from amiga.physik.unizh.ch and its mirrors, or from
- Fish disk #674.
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- USAGE
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- The usage template is:
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- USING/A,TO/A,HAM/S,HALFBRITE/S,HIRES/S,LACE/S,CAMG/K,JIFFIES/K/N,
- ANNO/K
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- The USING option specifies the control file to build the animation
- from. It is a normal text file, with one line per frame. The first
- word on the line must be the jiffy value for the frame, while the
- rest of the line must contain the filename for the picture that
- represents the frame. For example, a control file could contain:
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- 3 j01.iff
- 3 j02.iff
- 3 j03.iff
- 3 j04.iff
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- If you want the animation to loop seamlessly, you can do so by
- repeating the first two lines at the end of the file. For example:
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- 3 j01.iff
- 3 j02.iff
- 3 j03.iff
- 3 j04.iff
- # repeated to make the animation loop smoothly
- 3 j01.iff
- 3 j02.iff
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- The use of the jiffy value is a little tricky. Some players treat
- it as the delay before displaying the associated frame, while
- other's treat it as the delay after displaying the frame. I
- personally think the former action is the correct one. In the
- latter case, it is impossible to insert a pause between frame 1
- and frame 2, because the jiffy value for frame 1 is always
- ignored.
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- The TO option gives the name that you want the animation created
- with.
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- The HAM, HALFBRITE, HIRES and LACE options specify which if any of
- these modes you want to use in the animation. The corresponding
- bits will be saved in the CAMG chunk of the anim. If you use none
- of these modes, and you also do not use the CAMG option, then the
- animation will use the same mode as the first picture in the
- control file.
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- The CAMG option gives more direct control of the modes used by the
- animation. The word CAMG must be followed by a hexidecimal number
- representing the modes you want to use. For example, "CAMG 800" is
- equivalent to "HAM". CAMG can also be used to force no modes at
- all, with "CAMG 0".
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- The JIFFIES option can be used to override the jiffy values in the
- control file.
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- Finally, the ANNO option lets you define what comment to place in
- the animation file. If you do not use this option, then MKANIM
- will write its own version string into the file. To prevent any
- ANNO chunk being written, use an empty string, as in 'ANNO ""'.
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- CREDITS
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- MKANIM is written by John Bickers using SAS C 6.1.
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- Jim Kent's public domain code module "skip.c" from Fish disk #185
- is used to do the compression of DLTA chunks.
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- Christian A. Weber's iff.library is used for loading ILBM files.
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- Dr. Gerald Hull's code module "apack.asm" from the NewIFF archive
- is used for compressing rows of data.
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- DISTRIBUTION
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- MKANIM is Copyright © 1993 by John Bickers.
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- Distribution is via normal channels. That is, distribute it for
- free, or for Fred Fish like costs, but not more. And remember to
- include the documentation.
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- This program is not shareware in the sense that you should pay for
- it if you use it a lot, but suggestions or demands will be
- received in a spirit of pronounced no-enthusiasm unless
- accompanied by a donation of some sort.
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- If you have one lying around, why not send me an R18 animation?
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- CONTACT INFO
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- If you're having problems, I can be reached at:
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- John Bickers
- 214 Rata St
- Naenae 6301
- New Zealand
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- Or: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz
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- DISCLAIMER
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- It works on my machine.
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