KILLER Transitions manual 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 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 xtras folder which is in the same location as your authoring application ocation #2: The Macromedia: Xtras folder contained in your System folder. Window
KILLER Transitions Manual 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 authoring 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 authori application 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 Macintosh Double-click the application file named "KILLER Transitions Installer Windows Run the program file named"SETUP. EXE. Follow the prompts provided by the installer. You will get the option to choose a nstallation to re-install only select portions of the KILLER Transitions product Running KILLER Transitions for the first Time When you first launch Director or Authorware after installing KILLER Transitions, you will be prompted to allow KILLER Transitions to register your authoring tool with the KIll Transitions interface. Click OK at the prompt to complete the installation process Please note that KILLER Transitions are now usable only with the specific copies of Director and authorware that you are using on your system
Location #1: The Xtrassubirectory which is in the same location as your authoring 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. Macintosh Double-click the application file named “KILLER Transitions Installer.” Windows Run the program file named “SETUP.EXE.” 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. Running KILLER Transitions for the First Time When you first launch Director or Authorware after installing KILLER Transitions, you will be prompted to allow KILLER Transitions to register your authoring tool with the KILLER Transitions interface. Click OK at the prompt to complete the installation process. Please note that KILLER Transitions are now usable only with the specific copies of Director and Authorware that you are using on your system
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 Using KILLER Transitions in Director Score and double-click on a cell in the Transitions channel. Director will now display e You can use the Score itself to create a new KILLEr Transitions castmember. Open the frame Properties: Transition dialog. You will see four categories of KILLER he left K工 LLER Hybrids KILLER SLides KILLER Wipes KILLER Particles If you click on any of these category names, you will see the specific KILLER Transitions effects which are available within the selected category You can double-click on the Transition name in the right column and director will automatically assign that transition effect to the Score using the default transition settings The default settings for each of the 24 Xtras have been carefully selected to provide an exciting example of the visual effects provided by the transition algorithm All of the special controls for KILLER Transitions are available if you select the Transition name by clicking only once and then clicking the"Options. button on the right side of the dialo Once you have selected the settings that you want(using the controls found in the Options dialog), click on the Set button to confirm your choices, then click on the OK button to create a new Killer Transition castmember with your settings applied to it. This creates a castmember which you can now place into other locations of your Score You can drag and drop Killer Transition castmembers from the Cast window into the transition channel of the Score window. You can also copy and paste cells in the transition channel of the Score window If you decide that you want to change the settings on a Killer Transition castmember, you can do so by accessing the Cast Info dialog. Select the castmember you wish to modify and then click on the Information button in the top of the Cast window. Now click on
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. Using KILLER Transitions in Director You can use the Score itself to create a new KILLER Transitions castmember. Open the Score and double-click on a cell in the Transitions channel. Director will now display the Frame Properties:Transition dialog. You will see four categories of KILLER Transitions on the left: Category KILLER Hybrids KILLER Slides KILLER Wipes KILLER Particles If you click on any of these category names, you will see the specific KILLER Transitions effects which are available within the selected category. You can double-click on the Transition name in the right column and Director will automatically assign that transition effect to the Score using the default transition settings. The default settings for each of the 24 Xtras have been carefully selected to provide an exciting example of the visual effects provided by the transition algorithm. All of the special controls for KILLER Transitions are available if you select the Transition name by clicking only once and then clicking the “Options...” button on the right side of the dialog. Once you have selected the settings that you want (using the controls found in the Options dialog), click on the Set button to confirm your choices, then click on the OK button to create a new Killer Transition castmember with your settings applied to it. This creates a castmember which you can now place into other locations of your Score. You can drag and drop Killer Transition castmembers from the Cast window into the transition channel of the Score window. You can also copy and paste cells in the transition channel of the Score window. If you decide that you want to change the settings on a Killer Transition castmember, you can do so by accessing the Cast Info dialog. Select the castmember you wish to modify and then click on the Information button in the top of the Cast window. Now click on
the Options. button to access the controls for that transition castmember. When you click the Set button, your changes will be recorded into the castmember Using KILLER Transitions in Authorware You can apply a transition to any display, erase, interaction or framework icon Select the Transition command from the Attributes menu. This will display a dial which you can use to access all of the KIllEr Transitions. You will see four categ of killer transitions on the left KILLER Hybrids KILLER SLides K工 LlER WIpes KIlLER Particles If you click on any of these category names, you will see the specific KILLER Transitions effects which are available within the selected category You can double-click on the transition name in the right column and director will automatically assign that transition effect to the Score using the default transition settings The default settings for each of the 24 Xtras have been carefully selected to provide an exciting example of the visual effects provided by the transition algorithm All of the special controls for KILLER Transitions are available if you select the Transition name by clicking only once and then clicking the"Options. button on the right side of the dialog If you want to see a preview of your transition applied to the current icon, click on the Apply button in the dialog Once you have selected the settings that you want(using the controls found in the button to create a new Killer Transition castmember with your settings applled tor t Options dialog), click on the Set button to confirm your choices, then click on the O This creates a castmember which you can now place into other locations of your Score You can drag and drop Killer Transition castmembers from the Cast window into the transition channel of the Score window. You can also copy and paste cells in the transition channel of the score window If you decide that you want to change the settings on a Killer Transition castmember, you can do so by accessing the Cast Info dialog. Select the castmember you wish to modify and then click on the Information button in the top of the Cast window. Now click on the Options. button to access the controls for that transition castmember. When you click the Set button, your changes will be recorded into the castmember
the Options... button to access the controls for that transition castmember. When you click the Set button, your changes will be recorded into the castmember. Using KILLER Transitions in Authorware You can apply a transition to any display, erase, interaction or framework icon. Select the Transition command from the Attributes menu. This will display a dialog which you can use to access all of the KILLER Transitions. You will see four categories of KILLER Transitions on the left: Category KILLER Hybrids KILLER Slides KILLER Wipes KILLER Particles If you click on any of these category names, you will see the specific KILLER Transitions effects which are available within the selected category. You can double-click on the Transition name in the right column and Director will automatically assign that transition effect to the Score using the default transition settings. The default settings for each of the 24 Xtras have been carefully selected to provide an exciting example of the visual effects provided by the transition algorithm. All of the special controls for KILLER Transitions are available if you select the Transition name by clicking only once and then clicking the “Options...” button on the right side of the dialog. If you want to see a preview of your transition applied to the current icon, click on the Apply button in the dialog. Once you have selected the settings that you want (using the controls found in the Options dialog), click on the Set button to confirm your choices, then click on the OK button to create a new Killer Transition castmember with your settings applied to it. This creates a castmember which you can now place into other locations of your Score. You can drag and drop Killer Transition castmembers from the Cast window into the transition channel of the Score window. You can also copy and paste cells in the transition channel of the Score window. If you decide that you want to change the settings on a Killer Transition castmember, you can do so by accessing the Cast Info dialog. Select the castmember you wish to modify and then click on the Information button in the top of the Cast window. Now click on the Options... button to access the controls for that transition castmember. When you click the Set button, your changes will be recorded into the castmember
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 yourWhat's New in Authorware 3. 5"manual Shipping a projector with KILLER Transitions Xtras The transition Xtras can be shipped as part of a Director or Authorware multimed ia project. To do this, you simply need to copy only the KIlLEr Transitions Xtras that you are using in your project into a special folder/subdirectory named Xtras. Then you must place this Xtras folder/subdirectory in the same place as your runtime package or projector application 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
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 Xtras The transition Xtras can be shipped as part of a Director or Authorware multimedia project. To do this, you simply need to copy only the KILLER Transitions Xtras that you are using in your project into a special folder/subdirectory named Xtras. Then you must place this Xtras folder/subdirectory in the same place as your runtime package or projector application. 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: