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  AMI GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PRO 

  Version 2.0a.30
  For Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP

  Oct. 10, 2002

  http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html 



  ALCHEMY MINDWORKS 
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  http://www.mindworkshop.com/
  alchemy@mindworkshop.com 

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TO REGISTER AMI GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PRO 
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GIF Construction Set Professional is distributed as shareware, 
software that you can --- "Try Before You Buy." --- 

We invite you to evaluate GIF Construction Set Professional
to see if it's suitable for your needs. If you like it, 
please register it. If it turns out not to be what you need, 
or if you don't feel it's worth registering, please delete it
from your hard drive and accept our thanks for trying it out.
If you do productive work of any sort with this software, you 
are no longer evaluating it.

The registration for GIF Construction Set Professional is $20. 
Add $5.00 for shipping and handling if you'd like the current 
version sent to you on CD-ROM.

After evaluating GIF Construction Set Professional, check out 
the Registration and Technical Support document and the 
Order Form document in the program's folder for information 
on the many options available to register, or order the 
program on CD-ROM, by phone, fax, mail or via our on-line 
secure server. 

The unregistered evaluation copy of the most recent release of 
GIF Construction Set Professional may be distributed freely in 
its unaltered state as long as the means of distribution are in 
keeping with Alchemy Mindworks' current policies for shareware 
distribution. The current policies are summarized in the 
SHAREWAR.HTM file which is added to the program's folder 
during installation of the program. 


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  ABOUT THIS DOWNLOAD 
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This download contains these files: 

-- readme.txt  -- which you obviously have found, 

-- file_id.diz  -- a general description text file, 

-- amigif03.xml  -- a portable application description file, and 

-- GIFConstructionSet.exe  -- the application install program. 
 
New functionality is added to GIF Construction Set Professional 
from time to time. So it is recommended that you visit the 
program's information page, on occasion, to see if there is 
an update. The GIF Construction Set Professional's information 
page is http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html. 

A CRC value can be used to check the integrity of a file you 
have downloaded. By assuring that the CRC check value matches 
the CRC check value for the file in question, you will reduce 
the possibility of attempting to install a damaged archive to 
about one in 4,294,964,296 - odds even longer than those of 
winning most state-run lotteries. 

You must have the Alchemy Mindworks CRC software installed 
on your system to perform this check. Please visit the CRC 
page to download the CRC software if you do not currently 
have it. It's small, free and a valuable asset to make 
sure that your Alchemy Mindworks software has not been 
damaged in transit.




INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
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GIF Construction Set Professional performs best on a computer 
with a Pentium or better processor. A display adapter and 
a Windows screen driver capable of displaying more than 
256 colours are recommended. 

GIF Construction Set Professional represents the state of the 
art in GIF animation software. It will assemble your original 
animations effortlessly through its Animation Wizard, squeeze 
them down to as close to nothing as possible with its 
Supercompressor; create eyecatching banners and animated 
transitions; manage your GIF files; add transparency to 
existing graphics; port GIF files to PowerPoint presentations;
add a Protection Matrix to safeguard your intellectual property; 
and a lot more with an intuitive user interface. 

The extensive documentation and tutorials included with GIF 
Construction Set Professional will get you up to speed in less 
time than it takes most elected officials to redefine the truth. 




GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PROFESSIONAL'S FUNCTIONALITY 
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The list of GIF Construction Set Professional's functionality 
can run for pages. Here are a few:

  - Build instant animations with Animation Wizard. 

  - Reduce the size of your GIF files with Supercompressor. 

  - Build special-effect text banners with the Banner generator. 

  - Create sophisticated animated transitions between still images. 

  - Rotate, crop, colour-adjust and resize all or part of an animation sequence. 

  - Implement transparency in still and animated GIF files. 

  - Convert animated GIF files to AVI for use with PowerPoint. 

  - Create rotating two-dimensional animated graphics. 

  - Protect your graphics with Protection Matrix 

  - Drag and drop between multiple document windows. 

  - Manage the controls of multiple images with breathtaking ease. 

  - Generate animated GIF files by remote control with integrated scripting. 

  - Generate text with soft shadows. 

  - Create neon and backlit text banners. 

  - Generate eye-catching text titles.

  - Reverse the order of the images in a GIF file.


Get up to speed quickly with the extensive documentation and tutorials 
included with GIF Construction Set Professional.

Check out the GIF Construction Set Professional Information Page: 
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html

Then check out the GIF Construction Set Demonstration Page for a quick 
overview of the many features of GIF Construction Set and a gallery of 
its better tricks. Note that the demonstration page uses frames and it 
is fairly graphic-intensive.

Build Banner Ads That Rock is a tutorial on creating effective animations, 
using banner ads to show how you can achieve many different effects. Build 
Banner Ads That Rock also discusses design, usage and display considerations 
for the creation of effective and efficient web page animations. Visit 
Build Banner Ads That Rock at ---
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/banners/banners.html




INSTALLATION OF GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PROFESSIONAL 
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Extract the file GIFConstructionSet.exe from this zipped file 
to a temporary folder such as c:\temp

Please install GIF Construction Set Professional through the 
Run item of your Start menu. It is recommended that you close 
all applications before installing. Installing it through 
Explorer or Add/Remove Programs will usually fail very colourfully. 

The self-extracting Windows archive installs GIF Construction 
Set Professional. Follow the prompts that guide you through 
the install procedure. 

You must have a minimum of 11 megabytes of free hard drive space to 
install this package. Part of this space is used for temporary files 
created by the installer and will be freed as soon as the 
installation is complete.




TO UNINSTALL GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PROFESSIONAL
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Use Add or Remove Programs under the 
Start -- Settings -- Control Panel.




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