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* ClassX Development Italy   Via Francesca, 463 I-56030 Montecalvoli (PI) *
* E-Mail: classx@pisoft.it   Tel. +39 587 749206   Fax. +39 587 749206    *
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Welcome to the latest free X-DVE update.
This update is suitable for X-DVE 2.50/2.60 UK/GERMANY/USA version !
The ITALIAN version must be updated with a different update package
available from ClassX.

We would like to thank all our registered users for their support and for
believing in this product. I hope they will appreciate our continuous efforts
and dedication to the best computer ever.

Michele Puccini.

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- Overview

Our firm is continually updating X-DVE in order to make this leading software
the most productive, easy and powerful DTV animation/titling environment on
the market. With this new free release, X-DVE has been added of some some
important features and new functionalities.

- 68060 support

Thanks to its modular desing, X-DVE keeps its cpu intesive code into separate
libraries which has been optimized for several processors.
With X-DVE 2.70 we have introduced the 68060 version of these libraries to
allow power-users to get the best out of their expensive accelerator boards.
With the imminent arrival of new PPC-based boards we'll be able to supply
PPC-optimized libraries in no time.

- Multipalette Anim5/7L object

X-DVE is based on graphical objects which can be enhanced, animated and
rendered with thousands of effects and combinations.
Objects can be single frame  (text, brush) or an animated sequence of frames
(starfield, multibrush or animbrush).
With X-DVE 2.70 the animbrush object has been extended and now it supports
doublebuffered multipalette animation formats as ANIM5 and ANIM7 (long).
With this new feature, users no longer need to convert their animations into
IFF-ANBR format in order to use them as X-DVE objects.
When adding an ANIMBRUSH object, X-DVE detects its format automatically
without the need of any user input.
For multiple palette animations, the internal colour remapper will perform
the needed frame by frame adjustments automatically.

- 12 New slide effects

The library of effects has been extended again reaching 64 different Slides.
o The "Sweep" effects (4 variants) where the object is divided into small
  rotating slices.
o The "Twist" effects (4 variants) where the object is twisted onto its own
  axis and smoothly becomes plain.
o The "RotCarpet" effects (4 variants) where the object is mapped onto a page
  coming from outside the screen.
All these effects are computed with 3D texure mapping calculations and give
astonishing visual results if rendered with the X-DVE light sourcing feature.

- Fixes

The texture mapping routines have been tuned up to allow a better precision
and appearance of the effects (the 3D polygon clipper has been enhanced to
better handle very small polygons).

- Future

o We're working to make X-DVE support DraCo of MacroSystem (even if the guys
  at MacroSystem keep to ignore our requests of support, development tools
  and documentation). The features of the DraCo version are unpredictable:
  it all depends on MacroSystem.

o The PPC version of the libraries is one of our main aims.

- Thanks

We would like to thank all our registered users for their support and for
believing in this product. I hope they will appreciate our continuous efforts
and dedication to the best computer ever.

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BugFixes, Corrections and Enhancements for X-DVE2

* v2.50 release date 1 Aug 1996

- New
. Added "Floyd-Steinberg" remap mode for objects.
. Added "StarField" object for the creation of prespective starfieds.
. Pause point positioning with the visualization of the object's shapes.
. Support for the NTSC video standard (60Hz refresh).
. Support for perspective pause point (3D position and rotation). 
. 3D effects with degree-level rotations.
. Wind effects with degree-level rotations.
. 3D effects with support of perspective pause point.
. Wind effects with support of perspective pause point.
. Slide effects with support of perspective pause point.
. Warp effects with support of perspective pause point.
. 18 New Slide effects (Bounce, Snake, DoubleSnake, ...).
. Replication function with support of perspective pause point.
. New "Slow" play mode for XFA animations.
. Support of virtual memory managers for XFA animations.

- Optimizations.
. Faster rendering for non-remapped AnimBrushes and MultiBrushes.
. Better antialiasing.
. Faster rendering for Slide effects.
. Faster animation and object preview.
. Faster 3D rendering engine for perspective effects.

- Enhancements.
. New resizeable palette requester.
. Support for 256 colors ColorFonts (useful for FontMachine-generated fonts).
. "No Loop" mode for AnimBrushes and MultiBrushes.
. Editor screen with support of any screen mode.
. "TurnX" and "TurnY" Slide effects with true rotations.
. Croma key support during the Object positioning.
. Object positioning also with cursor keys.

- Bugfixes.
We have eliminated some little bugs mainly located in the parts of the program
directly dependent from the differences of the various AmigaOS versions.

Functional bugs eliminated:
. Color remap for transparent objects.
. Graphics chipset detection.
. "Light" checkbox in the "Object Setup" requester.
. Overscan during XFA play.
. Deletion of frames in "Disk Render". 

* v2.60 release date 7 Oct 1996

. Better and faster antialiasing process for objects.
. Faster Floyd-Steinberg remap.
. Faster rendering for light sourced objecs.
. New "Emboss" effect in the object's attributes.
. Script's palette optimisation with automatic attributes remap.

* v2.70 release date 12 Mar 1997

. Optimized for Motorola 68060 processors.
. 12 New slide effects.
. AnimBrush object now supports ANIM5/ANIM7L multipalette formats.
. Fixed 3D clipping for small polygons (better visual results).

* v2.71 release date 24 Apr 1997

. Fixed AnimBrush/Anim handling when loading and saving a script.
. Fixed editor screen mode handling (now works with CyberGFX).
. Fixed XFA play (no more trashed screens) when used with CyberGFX.

* v2.72 release date 16 Jun 1997

. Fixed OS2.xx palette bug of the AnimBrush object (multipalette anims).

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