Short:        The BEST Anim/Image-Processor - V3.04 FPU
Author:       epgbc@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de (WK-Artworks)
Uploader:     eksec eure de (Andreas Kuessner)
Type:         gfx/edit
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

For any questions concerning Wildfire contact us at:

eksec@eure.de


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This archieve contains the Wildfire 3.04 update. A previously
installed version 2.96 which may be found in the Aminet
is required.
To install the update simply replace all old files by the new ones.


Andreas Maschke, Andreas Küssner,
Friday 30-May-97

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           Wildfire - where dreams become virtuality

            A Special Effect Program and many more

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Wildfire is not only another brandnew image-processing-program -
it's a professional animation-processor with some really new concepts.

It allows you for example the creation and processing of animations in
several formats, the generation of time-dependant special-effects
and the design of large projects containing several animations and
frame-synchronized sound-effects.

Because the common animation-formats on the Amiga have too many
lacks or restrictions we have tried to create a better one: YAFA.
This animation-format for example features many compression-methods
and realtime-zooming.

One of the outstanding features of Wildfire is the fact that it
makes for you no difference if you apply changes to a whole animation
or if you process only one image. A single image is only a
very special case of an animation.

In contrary to common image-processors you can use envelopes instead
of plain numbers as effect-parameters. This makes the easy creation
of time-dependant special-effects possible.
So you haven't to fight against the "do"-loops in an ARexx-script to
get an animation outside your image-processor anymore.

All of the numerous effects can be arranged in any number and
combination. Because the output of any of these effects can be
one of the 8 tempory-buffers Wildfire allows you to
PROGRAM IMAGES in an comfortable way !


Main Features:

  -fast and comfortable Converter:
    input:  YAFA, ANIM5/7/8, mpeg, image-sequences
    output: YAFA, ANIM5/7/8, image-sequences

  -Preview for almost any operation

  -Project-Editor which allows the creation of large and complicated
   projects easily using the mouse

  -Effect-Generator featuring time-dependant parameters via envelopes

  -a stunning library of effect-PlugIns

  -some really new effects, real 3D-effects

  -superposition of 3D-effects (PowerPlugs!)

  -(un)loading of PlugIns at any time

  -Envelope-Editor

  -Timecodes-Editor

  -Transition-Maker for easy creation of transitions between two animations

  -easy-to-use Player-interface

  -Filmstrips to simplify the perfect timimg of huge projects

  -AnimInfo-function displaying size-profiles etc.

  -fontsensitive GUI without MUI

  -internal gadget-toolbox which handles mathematical expressions
   instead of only plain numbers

  -calculator which allows for example the export of user-defined symbols
   to the gadgets in the whole-program

  -Drag&Go
   (using drag.gadget 0.2  Copyright © 1996 Jörg Kollmann, see bonus drawer!)

  -ARexx-port with about 400 commands

  -macros, custom-windows, docks

  -import of images from other programs

  -Developer-Kit (with working example) which allows you to create
   your own effect-PlugIns

  -and many more

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Requirements:

Hardware
-MC68020 or higher
-AGA chipset
-2 MB Fast
-recommended: FastRAM, HardDisk

Software
-AmigaOS V39 (3.0) or higher


This Demo-Version contains all features. The only restriction is that the
program eats some memory and so you have only limited time for checking
out the program.

Have fun !