------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPECIAL OFFER-----SPECIAL OFFER-----SPECIAL OFFER-----SPECIAL OFFER----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MultiMedia Experience is available to users of this demo for £34.95 (R.R.P. £39.95.) Simply contact Carl Gamble at:- Optonica Limited 1 The Terrace High Street Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 6BA ENGLAND TEL: +44 (0)1455 558282 FAX: +44 (0)1455 559386 email: kev@optonica.demon.co.uk **** YOU MUST QUOTE EMC_PHASE 4 OFFER !!!! **** VISA and ACCESS payments accepted. All orders are dispatched via first class post on the day the order is received. Trade enquiries are also welcome. System Requirements -------------------- MultiMedia Experience (M.M.E.) will run on all Amigas with at least 2mb however 4mb will enhance its performance. A hard drive is recommended. About MultiMedia Experience --------------------------- MultiMedia Experience is a simple to use but incredibly powerful multi- media authoring system for all Amiga computers. The program allows you to quickly and easily combine your own graphics, animations, music modules, sound samples and even CDXL motion video into professional looking stand alone presentations. Create stunning looking menu systems, slide shows, program launches and much more from hard drive or floppy disk, the possibilities are endless. The complete version of M.M.E. is supplied with a free distribution player so that productions can be circulated amongst friends, family or into the public domain as stand alone programs. About This Demo Version ----------------------- This demo version of M.M.E. is a complete working program. All functions are enabled so that you can appreciate it's true power. The only limitation is that the program will only allow you to create 10 pages. Also the free distribution run-time player is NOT included with this demo. About Optonica -------------- Optonica Ltd are probably the oldest multimedia company in the UK. We produce quality multimedia software that is both powerful and easy to use. In addition to our software we are able to offer the following multimedia services:- 3D and 2D graphics production Video conversion to CD (Amiga & PC formatsare supported) MPEG1 encoding Gold disk cutting Photo scanning 16/8 bit sound sampling Video production CD replication Desktop publishing Should you require any of these services for your multimedia production please contact us - our details are at the beginning of this text file. Using M.M.E. ------------ M.M.E. is an incredibly easy to use authoring package which comes with an on-line help system included in this demo version. Simply move the pointer to the area on the screen that you want help with and press 'help.' An explanation of the function and how it works will then appear. M.M.E. is a page based authoring system. So that you can get to grips with the basics of the program, there follows a brief description of how to create a basic page within M.M.E. The full version of the program comes complete with a ring bound manual containing tutorials and detailed examples of page creation. After installing M.M.E. and loading the program you will be faced with the opening screen. First of all you need to create a new project as you are starting from scratch. Click on the 'ADD PAGE' button. M.M.E. recognises that this is the first page of a project and asks where you would like your project to be stored and for you to name the project. Type your projects name in the box next to the 'ACCEPT' button then click 'ACCEPT.' IMPORTANT NOTE - MME forces you to keep all your media files in the same directory your project is resident in. This means that the files you wish to use within your project will have to be copied to that directory. This is so that when the project is published you will know that all your files are present and correct within your projects directory. You will then be faced with a blank page and the 'PAGE NAME' box will have a number inserted. Click on this box, delete the numbers and type in the name of your first page e.g. 'PAGE 1' and press RETURN Click on the 'PAGE BOXES' icon. It is the square shaped icon just above the 'M' in M.M.E. Then click on 'IMAGE' then 'ADD.' The panel will disappear and you will be able to position your box on the screen. After drawing out your box size you will be asked for the image to be placed in it which can be any type of IFF file. If the image is not the same size as the box you have drawn you will be asked if you want to snap the box to the image size. There are a variety of different box styles so try experimenting with them to find your favorite. The next step is to add a media clip to the box you have drawn so that when your box is selected an action is performed. These actions can be displaying a picture, playing an animation, playing a CDXL video file, displaying another page within the project or playing a music module or sound effect. In this case the action will be the playing of a sound sample. First highlight your box then click on the media clip icon (the square shaped icon with the diagonal red, green and blue.) The panel will change to display the events in the media clip along with associated information. Click ADD and you will see that an event named EMPTY is added and highlighted. To add your sample to this media clip, click with the left mouse button on the left-most cross underneath EMPTY to highlight it. Hold down the right button and a list of icons will appear underneath. Highlight the loudspeaker icon and release the button. Select the sound sample you wish to play and click ACCEPT. The sample is now loaded and will be played when the button is selected. To test this out click on the 'GO' button on the top right of the main panel. You will be in the RUN TIME SIMULATION. Click on your box to test out your media clip. To escape back to the main panel, press the space bar. Other types of media clips are accessed by holding down the right mouse button then the pointer is positioned over the EMPTY box. Try creating more boxes and experimenting with the different types of media clip available as there are many more types and different ways in which you manipulate them, far too many to go into in this brief tutorial. The manual included with the full version explains in detail how each media clip works and how you can manipulate them along with all of the other functions of the program.