Short:    YAFA anim system V1.0 (Wildfire and YP)
Author:   epgbc@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de (Andreas Maschke)
Uploader: epgbd@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de (Michael Henke)
Type:     gfx/misc

 This is the first release of the YAFA animation system. It includes
 evaluation versions of both the converter 'Wildfire' and the player 'YP'.



 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:
  -AGA Amiga (AGA gfx, 68020+, OS V39+)
  -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), NOT IN EVALUATION VERSION)



 Converter/Processor Wildfire
 ----------------------------
 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