《KILLER Transitions Manual》Killer Transitions Read Me （or be eaten!）

Killer Transitions Read Me(or be eaten ! OVERVIEW AND INSTALLATION Thank you for purchasing KILLER Transitions KILLER Transitions allows you to add amazing special transition effects to your Director 5.x and Authorware"3.5 multimedia productions. This file contains all of the documentation you need to get started using KILLER Transitions What is KillER Transitions v1? KILLER Transitions contains over 50 major special transition effects which can be used in your Macromedia" Director and Authorware productions to add new visual transitions to your display. Each of the Killer Transitions effects has many powerful settings which can be used to alter the effect to create literally thousands of transition results KILLER Transitions is provided as a set of Xtras for Director and authorware. Xtras are special"plug-ins"which add new functionality to your Macromedia applications capabilities. Through the Xtras provided in the KILLEr Transitions package, you can add new transition effects to any multimedia production, including those that you deliver using Macromedia Shockwave a technology KILLER Transition supports the Macintosh 68K, PowerPC and windows 95 and NT operating systems. Windows 3. 1 playback support will be provided through a free downloadable update available from our websites http://www.gmatter.com http://www.sharkbyte.com How To Install Killer transitions v1 hen Director or Authorware launches, it automatically makes available Xtras that are in one of two places Macintosh Location #1: The Xtras folder which is in the same location as your Director Location #2: The Macromedia: Xtras folder contained in your System folder. Windows

Killer Transitions Read Me (or be eaten!) OVERVIEW AND INSTALLATION Thank you for purchasing KILLER Transitions. KILLER Transitions allows you to add amazing special transition effects to your Director¨ 5.x and Authorware¨ 3.5 multimedia productions. This file contains all of the documentation you need to get started using KILLER Transitions! What is KILLER Transitions V1? KILLER Transitions contains over 50 major special transition effects which can be used in your Macromedia¨ Director and Authorware productions to add new visual transitions to your display. Each of the KILLER Transitions effects has many powerful settings which can be used to alter the effect to create literally thousands of transition results. KILLER Transitions is provided as a set of Xtras for Director and Authorware. Xtras are special “plug-ins” which add new functionality to your Macromedia application's capabilities. Through the Xtras provided in the KILLER Transitions package, you can add new transition effects to any multimedia production, including those that you deliver using Macromedia Shockwaveª technology! KILLER Transition supports the Macintosh 68K, PowerPC and Windows 95 and NT operating systems. Windows 3.1 playback support will be provided through a free downloadable update available from our websites: http://www.gmatter.com http://www.sharkbyte.com How To Install KILLER Transitions V1 When Director or Authorware launches, it automatically makes available Xtras that are in one of two places: Macintosh Location #1: The Xtrasfolder which is in the same location as your Director application. Location #2: The Macromedia:Xtrasfolder contained in your System folder. Windows

Location #1: The xtras subirectory which is in the same location as your Director Location #2: The Program Files\ Common Files\ Macromedia Xtras subdirectory on Windows 95 or windows nt To make the KILLER Transitions Xtras available to your copy of director or Authorware you simply need to run the KILLER Transitions Installer contained in the root directory of this cd Follow the prompts provided by the installer. You will get the option to choose a Custom installation to re-install only select portions of the KILlER Transitions product GETTING STARTED How To Use Killer transitions v1 Once you have properly installed KILLER Transitions as described above, you can use the standard user interface of Macromedia Director or authorware to apply them to your projects. For more documentation on this, please refer to the KILlER Transitions Manual file located on the root directory of this cD More Usage Information For more details on using transitions in Director, please refer to the section titled Working with Transitions" in Chapter 5 of your"Using Director"manual For more details on using transitions in Authorware, please refer to the section titled Transition Xtras"in Chapter 2 of your"What's New in Authorware 3.5"manual Shipping a Projector with KILLER Transitions V1 Xtras All but one of the KILLER Transition Xtras can be shipped as part of a director or Authorware multimedia project IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE the Killer Transitions interface xtra named"Killer transitionsHubon macintosh or KillerHB X32 on windows thes files are not redistributable under the licensing agreement that accompanies this software and is a copyright violation CREDITS

Location #1: The Xtrassubirectory which is in the same location as your Director application. Location #2: The Program Files\Common Files\Macromedia\Xtrassubdirectory on Windows 95 or Windows NT To make the KILLER Transitions Xtras available to your copy of Director or Authorware, you simply need to run the KILLER Transitions Installer contained in the root directory of this CD. Follow the prompts provided by the installer. You will get the option to choose a Custom installation to re-install only select portions of the KILLER Transitions product. GETTING STARTED How To Use KILLER Transitions V1 Once you have properly installed KILLER Transitions as described above, you can use the standard user interface of Macromedia Director or Authorware to apply them to your projects. For more documentation on this, please refer to the KILLER Transitions Manual file located on the root directory of this CD. More Usage Information For more details on using transitions in Director, please refer to the section titled “Working with Transitions” in Chapter 5 of your “Using Director” manual. For more details on using transitions in Authorware, please refer to the section titled “Transition Xtras” in Chapter 2 of your “What's New in Authorware 3.5” manual. Shipping a Projector with KILLER Transitions V1 Xtras All but one of the KILLER Transition Xtras can be shipped as part of a Director or Authorware multimedia project. IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE the Killer Transitions interface Xtra named “KillerTransitionsHub” on Macintosh or “KILLERHB.X32” on Windows. These files are not redistributable under the licensing agreement that accompanies this software and is a copyright violation. CREDITS

KILLER Transitions V1 was developed by sharkByte Tools of Dallas, Texas, USA and is exclusively published by g/matter, inc. of San Francisco, California, USA Shark Byte Tools, Inc. SharkByte" Tools Inc. was formed in 1995, bring ing together the talents of several professional multimedia developers and programmers. our goal is to produce products that enhance multimedia development and allow authors to take multimedia to a higher level. SharkByte Tools will continue to produce only the highest quality state-of-the-art tools to empower multimedia authors of any skill level Get the most recent information about SharkByte Tools, Inc and Killer Transitions at theirwebsitehttp:/www.sharkbyte.com g/matter, inc. g/matter, inc is the leading publisher of information and tools for mastering multimedia Established in 1992, we have been responsible for the development of over 70 CD-ROM titles. Since 1994 we have been creating a large number of add-on products for Macromedia software, including Printomatic xtra PrintO Matic is the premier printing tool for Director. The PrintO Matic Xtra adds a full set of page-layout, text and graphics printing features to macromedia Director projects on Macintosh and Windows. Printo Matic includes commands for drawing styled text graphic primitives, bitmapped pictures, and snapshots of the Director stage, all under Lingo control PopMenu Xtra PopMenu Xtra adds tools for enhancing your Macromedia Director user interfaces including pop-up and multi-level heirarchical menus Sound xtra Sound Xtra adds powerful new sound recording and playback control to your Macromedia Director productions With Sound Xtra, you can control the use of sound using features which are not available in Lingo or with other Objects Trans-xXtra Trans-X Xtra lets you create your own transition effects by creating animated 1-bit masks and then applying those as a transition Trans-X ships with over 100 pre- rendered masks to get you started Director Tool Box Pro

KILLER Transitions V1 was developed by SharkByte Tools of Dallas, Texas, USA and is exclusively published by g/matter, inc. of San Francisco, California, USA. SharkByte Tools, Inc. SharkByte¨ Tools Inc. was formed in 1995, bringing together the talents of several professional multimedia developers and programmers. Our goal is to produce products that enhance multimedia development and allow authors to take multimedia to a higher level. SharkByte Tools will continue to produce only the highest quality, state-of-the-art tools to empower multimedia authors of any skill level. Get the most recent information about SharkByte Tools, Inc. and Killer Transitions at their website: http://www.sharkbyte.com g/matter, inc. g/matter, inc. is the leading publisher of information and tools for mastering multimedia. Established in 1992, we have been responsible for the development of over 70 CD-ROM titles. Since 1994 we have been creating a large number of add-on products for Macromedia software, including: PrintOMatic Xtra PrintOMatic is the premier printing tool for Director. The PrintOMatic Xtra adds a full set of page-layout, text and graphics printing features to Macromedia Director projects on Macintosh and Windows. PrintOMatic includes commands for drawing styled text, graphic primitives, bitmapped pictures, and snapshots of the Director stage, all under Lingo control PopMenu Xtra PopMenu Xtra adds tools for enhancing your Macromedia Director user interfaces, including pop-up and multi-level heirarchical menus. Sound Xtra Sound Xtra adds powerful new sound recording and playback control to your Macromedia Director productions.With Sound Xtra, you can control the use of sound using features which are not available in Lingo or with other Xobjects. Trans-X Xtra Trans-X Xtra lets you create your own transition effects by creating animated 1-bit masks and then applying those as a transition. Trans-X ships with over 100 pre-rendered masks to get you started! Director ToolBox Pro

Director Tool Box Pro contains a powerful suite of development aids for users of Macromedia Director, including cast, score sprite and Lingo analysis, debugging formatting and management tools which make it easier and faster to produce complete, solid results The Media Book cd for director The Media book cd for Director is the definitive collection of information and tools for users of Macromedia Director 3, 4 and 5. Learn everything about the Lingo programming language! The Media Book Cd helps you leverage your investment and and money by using the royalty free programming, numerous OBjects for Macintosh o enrich your use of Director. Professional and novice multimedia producers will save tim and Windows and reuseable, professionally written Lingo provided in The MediaBook g/matter inc. also teaches a series of very advanced multimedia development seminars focused on Director, Media Production and Internet development all over the world. Contact us for information on the next seminar in Japan CONTACT INFORMATION How To contact us If you have questions about using KILLER Transitions please contact g/matter inc. via email at support@gmatter.com If you have comments or suggestions for future features or transition effects please send email to shark Byte Tools, Inc at: killer@sharkbyte.com or send us a facsimile at: +1. 214, 444.0001 If you have suggestions about other products please send email to g/matter inc at ideas@gmatter.com or send us a facsimile at +1.415.. 0396 COPYRIGHT NOTICES

Director ToolBox Pro contains a powerful suite of development aids for users of Macromedia Director, including cast, score sprite and Lingo analysis, debugging, formatting and management tools which make it easier and faster to produce complete, solid results. The MediaBook CD for Director The MediaBook CD for Director is the definitive collection of information and tools for users of Macromedia Director 3, 4 and 5. Learn everything about the Lingo programming language! The MediaBook CD helps you leverage your investment and enrich your use of Director. Professional and novice multimedia producers will save time and money by using the royalty free programming, numerous XObjects for Macintosh and Windows and reuseable, professionally written Lingo provided in The MediaBook CD. g/matter, inc. also teaches a series of very advanced multimedia development seminars focused on Director, Media Production and Internet development all over the world. Contact us for information on the next seminar in Japan! CONTACT INFORMATION How To Contact Us If you have questions about using KILLER Transitions, please contact g/matter, inc. via email at: support@gmatter.com If you have comments or suggestions for future features or transition effects please send email to SharkByte Tools, Inc at: killer@sharkbyte.com or send us a facsimile at: +1.214.444.0001 If you have suggestions about other products please send email to g/matter, inc at: ideas@gmatter.com or send us a facsimile at: +1.415.243.0396 COPYRIGHT NOTICES

KILLER Transitions V1 o 1996 Shark Byte Tools, Inc. All rights reserved. KILLER Transitions is a registered trademark of sharkByte Tools, Inc. SharkByte is a registered trademark of Terry Ranson g/matter Media Book and The media book CD are registered trademarks and PopMenu Xtra, PrintOMatic Xtra, Sound Xtra, Director Tool Box Pro are trademarks of g/matter inc. Macromedia, authorware and director are registered trademarks and Shockwave is a trademark of Macromedia, Inc. other product names mentioned within this documentation may be trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies. No sharks were harmed in making this product

KILLER Transitions V1 © 1996 SharkByte Tools, Inc. All rights reserved. KILLER Transitions is a registered trademark of SharkByte Tools, Inc. SharkByte is a registered trademark of Terry Ranson. g/matter, MediaBook and The MediaBook CD are registered trademarks and PopMenu Xtra, PrintOMatic Xtra, Sound Xtra, Director ToolBox Pro are trademarks of g/matter, inc. Macromedia, Authorware and Director are registered trademarks and Shockwave is a trademark of Macromedia, Inc. Other product names mentioned within this documentation may be trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies. No sharks were harmed in making this product