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 Logo F/X from AdMation

Introduction

Features and What's New

Installing Logo F/X

Logos

Registration

What is Shareware?

Disclaimer

Registration Information

Registration Form

Support

Using Logo F/X

Getting Started

Setup Dialog

Background and Logo Bitmaps

Paintbrush


Features and What's New

AdMation's Logo F/X allows the user to create an animated screen saver incorporating the user's company logo.

For customers who do not have the staff to create a bitmap for their logo, contact AdMation through CompuServe account 70233,1364 about custom screen savers and artwork.  AdMation will create a custom screen saver with your artwork to your specifications.


Installing Logo F/X

What You Will Need

Installation Steps


What You Will Need

Your computer must be running Windows 3.1 or higher to run Logo F/X.


Installation Steps

If you have downloaded Logo F/X from CompuServe or America OnLine, copy the LOGOFX.ZIP file into your Windows directory and unzip the file.  After unzipping LOGOFX.ZIP, delete LOGOFX.ZIP.


Logos

Logo F/X is intended to be used with your logo bitmaps to create a variety of special effects each time Windows runs the screen saver.  Logos or corporate images can be created using a variety of tools.  Some of the tools, like Paintbrush, come with Windows.

For large corporations, use Logo F/X to display an image representing your division, department, or team.  For retailers who sell computer systems, use Logo F/X to display your company's logo on each of the systems you sell.

If you want a custom bitmap created for your company logo, send a copy of the logo to AdMation for a quote.  AdMation provides artwork on a time and materials basis.


What is Shareware?

Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual.

Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware.

Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it.


Disclaimer

Users of Logo F/X must accept this disclaimer of warranty:

Logo F/X is supplied as is.  The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of Logo F/X.


Registration Information

Logo F/X is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation.  Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system.  The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products.  If you find this program useful and find that you are using Logo F/X and continue to use Logo F/X after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $9.95 to AdMation.  The $9.95 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time.

You must treat this software just like a book.  An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time.

Commercial users of Logo F/X must register and pay for their copies of Logo F/X within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn.  Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting AdMation.

Anyone distributing Logo F/X for any kind of remuneration must first contact AdMation at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin offering Logo F/X immediately (However AdMation must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of Logo F/X.).

You are encouraged to pass a copy of Logo F/X along to your friends for evaluation.  Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it.  All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the Logo F/X system.


Registration Form

AdMation Order Form

Qty		Price	Total
	Copies of Logo F/X Version 1.0	$9.95
	Unlimited site license for Logo F/X Version 1.0	$125.00
	Colorado Residents add 7.0% sales tax
	Total
Name:

Company:

Address:

City:                                                     State:                   Zip:

Where did you obtain your copy of Logo F/X?

Mail with payment to:

AdMation

P.O. Box 260613

Highlands Ranch, CO      80126-0613

Please allow 3 weeks for processing.


Support

Support for Logo F/X is available by writing AdMation or electronic mail from on the CompuServe Network.   Any registered user is eligible for support.  Problem reports and suggestions are welcome from unregistered users.  Contract AdMation through CompuServe id:  70233,1364 or through the mail at

AdMation

P.O. Box 260613

Highlands Ranch, CO  80126-0613


Getting Started

You can select and customize the screen saver that appears on you screen while Windows is running from the Control Panel.  In the Control Panel group, open the Desktop.  The Desktop allows you to select and configure the screen saver that you want to appear when your PC is used for a specified period of time.

Select Logo F/X as your screen saver.  Logo F/X is shipped with the DEMO mode checked.  This option will display the AdMation demo logo.  Turn off DEMO mode and select a background and logo bitmap to display your logo.


Setup Dialog

Related Topics:

Demo Mode

Logo Effects

Background Bitmap

Logo Bitmap

Options


Demo Mode

Demo mode allows you to see an example of how your bitmaps might be combined to create a eye appealing logo screen saver.  If you have your own bitmaps, remove the check from the Demo Mode check box.


Logo Effects

Version 1.0 allows to you select one of two difference logo effects.  Bounce moves the logo bitmap randomly around the screen in front of the background bitmap.


Background Bitmap

The backgroup bitmap is the bitmap used as the wallpaper behind the logo bitmap.


Logo Bitmap

The logo bitmap is the bitmap which contains your company logo or corporate image.  Enter the pathname to your logo bitmap by pressing the Logo button and selecting the logo bitmap from the dialog box.

The speed control determines how fast the logo bitmap is moved around above the background bitmap.

Mask logo bitmap, if checked, takes the color of the top left pixel in the bitmap and makes all of the pixels of that color transparent.


Options

You can set a password for the screen saver that prevents anyone else from using your PC once the screen saver appears without that password.


Background and Logo Bitmaps

Logo Bitmap

The logo bitmap is your company logo.  The logo bitmap should be relatively small compared to the screen to create the best effect, but it can be any size.  Too small, less than an inch square, and the logo will be hard to see.

The mask logo option will use whatever the color is of the top left most pixel in the logo bitmap as the color to treat as if it were transparent.

Background Bitmap

The background bitmap provides the background over which the logo bitmap is moved to create the special effect.  For the bound effect, nothing special needs to be done, the background bitmap can be anything that you want.

If the logo run effect is to be used, it is most effective if you have the logo and background bitmaps the same size and shape.  Create the background and logo bitmaps for the logo run effect by first creating a logo bitmap.  Then copy that bitmap to make the background bitmap.  This bitmap will be tiled to fill the entire screen.  Modify this bitmap so that it appears hollow or as an outline of the original logo.  Check the demo for an example of what the background might look like.


Paintbrush

Paintbrush is a Windows accessory found in the Accessories group that allows you to create drawings, including bitmaps and icons.

If you use Paintbrush to create your logo, you will have to resize the bitmap image.  Go to the Options menu, Image Attributes, and change the size there.