Animated Screen version 5.21 for Windows 95/98/2000/NT
(C) 1997-2000 PY Software, Inc.
sales@pysoft.com
http://www.pysoft.com

Description:
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 Animated Screen lets you create Windows screen savers, stand-alone
 presentations and animated .GIF files that you can give to your friends
 and customers or publish at your Web site. You can also use Animated
 Screen to start your own screen saver business, selling custom shareware
 screen savers, with your company listed as the author.
 There are no distribution fees and, as an Animated Screen owner,
 you can distribute the animations that you create in unlimited
 quantities, royalty-free.

 Animated Screen lets you combine an unlimited number of words,
 sounds (in .WAV, .RMI and .MID formats,) and pictures (in .BMP, .GIF
 or .JPG formats.) When working with words, Animated Screen lets
 you determine the font, text color, and background color;
 you can also add special effects like shadows and extrusion.
 When working with sounds, you can use pre-recorded WAV or MIDI
 sound files, or you can use your PC and microphone to record your
 own soundtracks. When working with pictures, you can place multiple
 images on each screen, and determine how the images come and go,
 using both fixed and random placement as well as special effects
 such as bouncing images off the screen's borders, dropping
 images like raindrops, or creating fascinating star-and- meteor effects.

 You can distribute your Animated Screen presentations as Windows .SCR
 screen saver files, as stand-alone .EXE files, or as self-extracting
 files that will automatically install your presentations into your
 users' Windows System folders and set them up as standard screen savers.
 Animated Screen compresses your files so that they can be sent
 easily over the Internet.

 Animated screen is fastest tool for creating animated .GIF banners.

 Key features include:
  Smart frame and palette optimization
  One palette generation from multiple images
  Support for a wide range of image file formats (BMP, GIF and JPEG)
  Drag-and-drop image insertion and composition
  Visual composition
  View multiple frames simultaneously 
  Global attribute change commands
  Complete palette control
  Layer image merging and export support
  Banner text creation
  Palette editing support
  Infinite looping control

 Changes in the new 5.2 version:
  Now, when you add an image, it can be converted to the number of
  BMP frames or keeps own format like GIF, JPEG or AVI. This can reduce
  the screen saver size because usually, animation, which contains
  images in original format has smaller size than animation with
  uncompressed BMP frames.
  Added a feature, which allows to set own icon for screen saver
  file or for the screen saver distributive. Also "Comments", "Company
  Name" and "Legal Trademarks" in the "File Properties" window can
  be changed.
  A "Size Consultant" feature has been added. It analyzes animation file
  and shows a list of recommendations how to decrease size of screen saver.

 Fixed bugs:
  Password protection stalls computer.

System Requirements:
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 Pentium(R) based IBM PC compatible computer (or higher);
 64MB RAM;
 20MB free disk space;
 Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0;
 A mouse;
 A color monitor with a 65536 colors card;
 A sound card is recommended;
 A recording hardware (a microphone) is recommended.

Protection:
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 Animated Screen is distributed as Shareware. This is not Freeware or
 Public Domain. You may use the shareware version for 30 days.
 If after 30 days you would like to continue using it, then You
 should purchase a license. After you pay, you receive Registration
 Name and Registration key from the author to tell Animated Screen that
 you have paid the shareware fee.

Paying:
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 When you purchase an Animated Screen home license, you can sell
 or give away the screen savers that you create, but they will list
 PY Software as the author in the program's "settings" box.

 When you purchase the Animated Screen commercial license,
 you can enter your company into the program's "settings" box,
 and create shareware screen savers with shareware reminders,
 registration names and registration keys that allow users to register
 your screen savers with your company. Site license covers a single
 organization for an area of up to one hundred miles (160 km) in radius.

 For creating animated .GIF or .AVI files, it will be enough
 to purchase limited license for $29 US.

 Paying for Animated Screen is fairly simple.
 Postal, e-mail and fax paying:
  Open the Register program, that accompanies Animated Screen, by starting
  the file REGISTER.EXE. Enter your name, your email address, and the
  license you desire to purchase. Save or Copy or Print the data from
  the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi Shareware.

  Email: shareware@kagi.com
  FAX: +1 510 652 6589
  Postal address:
  Kagi Shareware
  1442-A Walnut Street #392-PZ
  Berkeley, California, 94709-1405
  USA

 Telephone Orders:
  Kagi takes telephone orders 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 
  Kagi phone number is:
  +1 (510) 658-5244
  The system provides answers to common questions and if you wish to place an order
  it will transfer your telephone call to an answering service.

 Online registration via Internet:
  Online registration is available at secure order form:
  http://www.pysoft.com/registration_fr.html

 For further information open the REGISTER.HLP file.

 The fee for registered version of Animated Screen is:
  single     license for creating animated .GIF files only   $29.00;

  single     home license                                    $49.00;
  single     home license with educational discount          $29.00; *
  site       home license                                   $490.00; **
  world-wide home license                                   $990.00; ***

  single     commercial license                              $99.00;
  single     commercial license with educational discount    $49.00; *
  site       commercial license                             $790.00; **
  world-wide commercial license                            $1900.00; ***

 *   You can purchase a license with educational discount if you are a student,
     faculty member or staff member of an educational institution (K-12, junior
     college, college or university).
 **  Site license covers a single organization for an area of up to one
     hundred miles (160 km) in radius.
 *** World-wide license covers everyone in a single organization.

Installation:
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 Run ASCRSTP.EXE program and follow the instructions.

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 The program does not place any of parts in the Windows system directories
 and does not modified Windows libraries.
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Starting:
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 Start ANIMSCR.EXE from Windows environment (by double click in
 Windows Explorer for example).

Uninstallation:
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 1. Click the Start button
 2. Click Settings
 3. Click Control Panel
 4. Double-click Add/Remove Programs
 5. Select Animated Screen and click the Add/Remove... button
 6. Click the Yes button to confirm deletion

 or manually 
 delete all files in the directory created for Animated Screen
 and delete the directory too.
 Delete shortcut of Animated Screen from your Startup group (folder).
 Run REGEDIT.EXE program and delete key 
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\PySoft\Animated_Screen 
 from the registry.

Distribution terms:
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 Animated Screen may be distributed freely in its original unmodified and
 unregistered form. The distribution have to include all files of its
 original distribution.

  ASCRSTP.EXE
  README.TXT

 If you like to bundle Animated Screen with other programs, goods, services,
 etc. you are selling in a registered form please feel free to contact us
 at: sales@pysoft.com to figure out the conditions.

 If you would like to distribute Animated Screen or other PY Software products,
 please contact sales@pysoft.com

Disclaimer of warranty:
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 This software is sold "as is" and without warranties whether expressed or
 implied. Because of the various software and hardware environments into
 which this program may be put, no warranty of fitness for a particular
 purpose is offered.

Limitations of Damages:
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 PY SOFTWARE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL 
 OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS 
 OF PROFITS, OR THE LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT 
 (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF PY 
 SOFTWARE OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY 
 OF SUCH DAMAGES AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE 
 FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.