MainActor - A modular animation package for Win 95 / NT ======================================================= What is MainActor: ------------------ MainActor is a modular multimedia processing package. You can load / edit / play and save / convert all major animation and and the most common picture formats. MainActor supports more animation formats for loading / saving than any other program on any platform! This release of MainActor supports both English and German, you can change the language during runtime in the "Settings" menu. MainActor is available for OS/2 and Windows 95 / NT. A full featured sequencer with audio and video effects is in preparation. The shareware version of MainActor is fully functional, you will have to deal with an annoying requester though. The requester appears * at startup for 5 seconds * when openening the save window for 5 seconds * after saving every tenth frame for 2 seconds Please register MainActor if you use it on a regular basis. Use beyond a 31 day evaluation period is prohibited without registration. --- ATTENTION: MainActor requires DirectX for its playback capabilities. If you do not have DirectX installed, MainActor / MainView will not start up! The DirectX runtime can be downloaded from Microsofts homepage at http://www.microsoft.com --- Currently MainActor ships with the following modules: Loader modules: --------------- AVI (Animation)* BMP (Picture) DL (Animation) FLC (Animation) FLI (Animation) GIF (Picture) GIF-Anim (Animation) IFF (Picture) IFF-Anim3/5/7/8/J (Animation) JPEG (Picture) MPEG-I/II (Animation) PCX (Picture) TGA (Picture) Quicktime (Animation)* WAV (Sound) Saver modules: -------------- AVI (Animation)* BMP (Picture) FLC (Animation) FLI (Animation) GIF (Picture) GIF-Anim (Animation) JPEG (Picture) MPEG-I/II (Animation) Quicktime (Animation)* TGA (Picture) Video Data (Picture) WAV (Sound) Animation formats marked with an * support sound. More modules are on the way ( SGI Movies, .MOD ) etc. --- The files in this archive are copyrighted by MainConcept, GbR and may not be reproduced for commercial use without the written agreement of MainConcept, GbR Moenig/Zabel. Otherwise you are permitted and encouraged to distribute this (the shareware) version of MainActor. There are no restrictions with regards to copying, transferring or otherwise distributing MainActor in its complete and original shareware form. --- For information or registration contact : MainConcept, GbR Moenig/Zabel Hermann-Heusch-Platz 3 52062 Aachen Germany Tel: 49-(0)241-4090444 FAX: 49-(0)241-4090445 BBS: 49-(0)241-4090446 EMail: info@mainconcept.de http://www.mainconcept.de