SFXLIB 1.0

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            ADD SPECIAL EFFECTS TO YOUR WINDOWS APPLICATIONS
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EFFDEMO is a shareware demo for our Special Effects (SFX)
library SFXLIB. SFXLIB allows you to select from 45 transitions
and effects and add them to your Windows applications. This
shareware version of the library supports 13 transitions which
is a sample from each category. You have full control over
the size of bands on banded effects, and delay time between
bands.

The full SFXLIB supports all of the following transitions:
. Superimpose a bitmap based on a user selectable background
  color
. Dissolve a bitmap over one already on the screen (this is a
  super fast "killer" dissolve)
. Fades to/from black
. Vertical, horizontal, concentric square, and concentric circular
  curtains. Concentric curtains are imploding and exploding
. Wipe a bitmap over an exisiting one in a vertical, horizontal,
  concentric square, or concentric circular pattern. Concentric
  wipes are imploding and exploding
. Push a bitmap onto the screen and push an existing one off
. Roll a bitmap onto the screen and roll an existing one off
. Fill an area with excellent gradients, and a rainbow effect
. Define a "hotspot" background color so you can easily
  display into a graphical container such as a monitor (like
  our demo)

The demo library supports the following effects (name in
[] is name in effect Combobox):
. Normal display [Normal]
. Blank the screen [Blank]
. Dissolve [Dissolve]
. Fade out [Fade Out]
. Horizontal push [H Push]
. Concentric square curtain close exploding [CS Fade Out]
. Concentric circular curtain open imploding [CC Fade In]
. Concentric circular wipe exploding [CC Wipe]
. Horizontal curtain open (left to right) [H Fade In]
. Vertical curtain close (top to bottom) [V Fade Out]
. Horizontal wipe (top to bottom) [H Wipe]
. Vertical roll (top to bottom) [V Roll]
. Horizontal gradient (based on color "value" in
  HSV system) [Val. Gradient]

When you register this demo you will receive:

. 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the full library
. Manual describing the programming interfaces
. Source code for the demo application (not the library)

About The Demo
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The demo supplied to you is a self-extracting ZIP file. Type:

    effdem

Run the demo with the the working directory set to to that
in which you unzipped the files. Otherwise you will need to
place SFXDEMO.DLL: in a directory that in your path, or place
it in the \windows, or in the \windows\system directory

Start the demo by typing:

     effdemo

We perform our demo by displaying bitmaps and transitions into
a graphical container that looks like a monitor. You have a
remote control that controls the file to display, the effect
to view, the band size for an effect, and the delay between
bands.

. Make sure you "Power On" the remote!
. Drag the monitor or remote around the screen by clicking
  the gray and dragging with the mouse
. Select a file/effect/band size/delay using the Comboboxes
. Use the "Blank" button to blank the screen prior to a
  "fade in" effect.
. Use normal to display the current bitmap to view "fade
  out" effects.
. To view "wipe effects" you should select a different file
  after selecting the effect
. If nothing happens when you select an effect (e.g., wiping
  a bitmap over itself doesn't look like much) try selecting
  another file
. Exit closes everything down

Usage Notes
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The bitmaps supplied with the demo are "palette" compatible.
If you use your own bitmaps you are likely to see Windows
color "flash".

Colorize 2.0 (another of our products) contains a palette
unify operation that allows you to create simultaneously
displayable image groups. This effects library will be
integrated into the slide show generation feature of Colorize
2.0 (coming soon, really).

The SFXLIB library will load a BMP file by name for you. Currently,
the full package does not support other file types. However,
you can still display these files by decoding them with other
code and supplying an HBITMAP, HPALETTE, and the number of
colors.

Due to Windows GDI considerations there is a limitation on the
size of circular curtain/wipes. The full API lets you scale
bitmaps as they displayed, so you can easily keep with the
required bounds.

Watch for a full graphics/multimedia library full of decoders.

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