Presenter v1.1
                     Produced by The Burning Stickmen
                        Release Date: April 3, 1993
                         Author: Paul Rechsteiner

Copyright
~~~~~~~~~
    Presenter,  (c)  Copyright  1993  The  Burning  Stickmen.   All  rights
reserved.   Presenter  is  freeware, so no financial donations are required
(but nonetheless appreciated).  Presenter may be freely distributed as long
as  all documentation and executable remain unchanged and are included with
the  distribution.   Commercial distribution is not allowed without written
permission from The Burning Stickmen.


Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
	Presenter  is an experiment in presentation software.  It was initially
created  in  order  to explore the capabilities of the OpalVision hardware.
So  far,  I've  just  touched the surface.  Look for some great effects and
transitions in the next few versions.
	However,  because  this  is just a pet project at the moment, I have no
real  urge  to  put  together  any  extensive  documentation.   Most of the
features  are pretty easy to get the hang of, even without explanation.  If
you  can't  figure  something  out,  you  can leave me E-Mail on either the
OpalTech  support  BBS  or on The Cloning Machine BBS (number at the end of
this  .doc  file).   Any  such  E-Mail  should  be addressed to The Burning
Stickmen.
	For a quick demonstration of some of the effects and how to use the
Colour Blend background, load up the Background.proj presentation and go
through it.  I'm sure that you'll be surprised....


Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Presenter  will  run  on  any  Amiga  with  v2.04+  of  AmigaDOS and an
OpalVision  card.   Since  Presenter only works in lores at the moment, RAM
requirements  are  minimal.   I  would  guess that at least 512K of chip is
necessary, as well as another meg or two of fast ram.


Things to Keep in Mind
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	-  FX default to doing nothing.  In order to get something done, you'll
have  to  choose something from the FX list, and place it in the red, green
or blue FX slot, and modify the data accordingly.
	-  the  posterize  effect will only look good when used directly from a
normal  image.  If the image has been modified in any way by an effect, you
will see a jump back to the normal image as the posterization occurs.


Problems/Bugs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	-  Some  transitions  do not preview properly, notable all that use the
CoPro (scroll up, scroll down, expand, etc.)
	- Up and Down gadgets in the Event Scheduler are not implemented yet
	- preview for effects is not implemented yet
	- posterize effect should not have a linear speed


To Be Implemented
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	- the ability to manipulate the order of events
	- pre-loading of images, as well as pre-calculation of backgrounds
	- some sort of stopping mechanism in the playback of presentations
	- having the length of FX and transitions actually mean something
	- loading of GIF's
	- centering of images on the display
	- support for multi-resolutions, not just lores-nolace
	- previewing of effects
	- being able to view a background and modify the colours at the same
	  time
	- extended timing and scripting support


Support
~~~~~~~
    If  you encounter any problems with Presenter, please let us know!  Our
support  BBS  is  The  Cloning  Machine  BBS  (519)  749-2691.  To report a
problem,  just  leave E-Mail to "The Burning Stickmen".  Please include the
program  name  and  version, as well as a report of the problem, and how to
reproduce  it.   A  listing  of  your  system  configuration  would also be
helpful,  as well as any other software that you run in the background with
the program (Commodities, etc.).
    New  updates  will also be available on The Cloning Machine, along with
the  complete  selection of Burning Stickmen software.  The Cloning Machine
is run on a dual standard, and is 14.4K HST, and 9600 v.32, has 330 megs of
hard drive, and a CD-ROM drive is also on-line.  Call today!