This package includes new versions of the animation converter WILDFIRE
and the YAFA player YP. Both programs are still under development, so
consider them to be BETA test versions.
It is planned that YP should run on graphics boards in the near future.
If you want to support us with some hints and/or source code please
contact: epgbd cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de (Michael Henke aka Smack/Infect).
NEWS
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*** Wildfire V1.08
-preferences: palette editor
-converter->YAFA-analysis: specify tests in file "s:Wildfire.analysis"
-converter: new options for YAFA delta compression (optional ByteRun1)
-several bug fixes
*** YP V0.78
-there will be no crippled evaluation versions anymore!
(this means full functionality including sound player is available)
-abbreviations for command line options
-assembler routines (delta decoding, C2P) slightly faster
YAFA anim format
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The following format-specifications are currently implemtented
-image data (depth 1-8 bit) is stored as bitplanes or chunky pixels
-optional delta compression (BYTE,WORD,LONG)
-optional post compression (XPK)
-timecodes
-static or dynamic palette
-annotations
Player YP
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The program 'YP' is a player for YAFA animations. We have been developing
it for nearly one year, and now it runs quite stable and has a lot of the
features we wanted to implement. The demo 'Data World' which won second
price at The Party 95 was the first big release using the YAFA format and
an early version of 'YP'. All you people out there having 'Data World' on
your HD or CD-ROM: please don't worry about all the bugs in the old player
anymore, use the new one instead! :-)
requirements:
-CPU 68020+
-OS V39+
-Gfx AGA
(it should be possible to play anims with 32 or less colors on non-AGA
machines, don't use the hardware-style display then.)
-YAFA animations (of course :-)
recommended extras:
-hard disk
-FastRAM
-better processor (68030 40MHz is ok, 68060 is cool!)
-xpkmaster.library V2 and compressors
some features of YP:
-animations can be played directly from disk (HD, CD-ROM)
or can be preloaded (caching) for higher playback rates
-display types: hardware style (fast!), intuition screen, public window
-realtime 2x2 zooming
-batch files (animation sequences are played without any gaps or delays)
-frame-synchronous sound effects
(PT-modules, IFF-samples (mono, stereo))
Converter/Processor Wildfire
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Wildfire is a real professional program which offers unique features.
Because is has for example more than 300 ARexx-commands it's
impossible to create a complete features-list.
Main features:
-very fast converting
input: YAFA, ANIM5, ANIM7S, ANIM7L, IFF-pictures
output: YAFA, ANIM5, ANIM7S, ANIM7L, IFF-pictures
-preview-function for all operations
-project-editor with time-profile-editor which allows
to create complicated projects with a few mouse-clicks
-processor: this program-part is made for the power-user:
it allows to create time-dependant special-effects
using ADPro in a very easy way, another use is to import
every picture-format into the converter or to convert
an animation of the resultion 640x480x8 in another one
with a resolution of 352x280x5
(NOT IN EVALUATION VERSION)
-envelope-editor
-timecodes-editor
-powerful player-interface
-nice animation-information-function which displays size-profiles etc.
-all categories of generated data (animations,projects,processes,
variables,envelopes,converter-sessions,annotations) can be loaded
and saved to different user-defined locations with user-defined
file-tags
-font-sensitive GUI without MUI
-ARexx-port
-macros, custom-windows, docks
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