@database Unnamed_Database
@master Doc.guide
@$VER: 1.0
@author "Felix Schwarz"
@(c) "1996 Felix Schwarz"
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@font topaz.font 8

@node "Main" "English UCat-Documentation"
                              
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 @{fg shine}Welcome to the UltraCat documentation pages. Make your choice:@{fg text}

 @{"What is UCat ?" link "E-What is?" 0}    - What can I do with UCat ?
 @{"The GUI" link "E-The GUI" 0}           - How to work with UCat
 @{"Installation" link "E-Installation" 0}      - How to install UCat on your HD
 @{"How to register" link "E-How to register" 0}   - How to register
 @{"Disclaimer" link "E-Disclaimer" 0}        - Disclaimer for this piece of software
@endnode

@node "E-What is?" "What can I do with UCat ?"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} What can I do with UCat ?@{fg text}@{bg back}

   UCat is a picture-/animdatabase. You can catalogise
   your pictures and animation, and look for them via
   thumbnails (scaled versions of the orig. pix).

   This is the unregistered version of UCat, which is not
   limited in any functions. But you can make only 25 entries.
   If you register at the author (13 US$), you get a key for
   this software and UConv, the best conversion tool (gfx/conv/
   uconv15.lha) which supports the same inputformats as UCat and
   has about 45 filters like Scale, Rotate, Shear, Emboss, Mix-
   Anims(merge up to 4 anims), 3D-glasses-support....

   UCat is a special pic-/animdatabase in four ways:
      - it runs on @{fg shine}WB@{fg text}
      - it shows animations @{fg shine}ANIMATED@{fg text} in real-time
      - it supports more formats than any other
        pic-/animdbase
      - it needs only @{fg shine}1 MB@{fg text} for max 500 entries

   UCat supports the following formats:
@{fg shine}      - ILBM
      - BMP
      - PCX
      - GIF
      - JPEG
      - TIFF
      - PNG
      - PPM
      - Datatypes
      - ANIM 5/7L/7S/J/Animbrush
      - FLI
      - MPEG@{fg text}

   I hope, you now have a short overview about what UCat is like.
@endnode

@node "E-The GUI" "The Graphical User Interface of UCat"
 @{fg shine}@{bg fill} The GUI@{fg text}@{bg back}

 @{fg shine}Click the button you want information to:@{fg text}

  _____________________________________________________________________
 |o| UCat 1.0 (c) 1996 by Felix Schwarz                             |_|
 | +---------+ +---------+ +---------+                                |
 | |         | |         | |         | +---@{fg shine} @{fg text}Panel ---+                |
 | |   1     | |    2    | |    3    | |@{"<<" link "E-The Panel" 0}@{"<" link "E-The Panel" 0}@{"II" link "E-The Panel" 0}@{">" link "E-The Panel" 0}@{">>" link "E-The Panel" 0}|                |
 | |         | |         | |         | |@{"-" link "E-The Panel" 0}@{"Animate!" link "E-The Panel" 0}@{"+" link "E-The Panel" 0}|                |
 | |         | |         | |         | +-------------+                |
 | +---------+ +---------+ +---------+                                |
 |                                     +-Workpanel-+ +- Edit-Panel -+ |
 | +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ | @{"^^" link "E-The workpanel" 0}@{"1" link "E-The workpanel" 0}@{"2" link "E-The workpanel" 0}@{"3" link "E-The workpanel" 0} | | @{"View" link "E-The editpanel" 0} @{"PPaint" link "E-The editpanel" 0}| |
 | |         | |         | |         | |    @{"4" link "E-The workpanel" 0}@{"5" link "E-The workpanel" 0}@{"6" link "E-The workpanel" 0} | | @{"Add" link "E-The editpanel" 0} @{"Delete" link "E-The editpanel" 0} | |
 | |   4     | |    5    | |   6     | | @{"\/" link "E-The workpanel" 0}@{"7" link "E-The workpanel" 0}@{"8" link "E-The workpanel" 0}@{"9" link "E-The workpanel" 0} | | @{"Add dir .." link "E-The editpanel" 0}  | |
 | |         | |         | |         | +-----------+ | @{"Info" link "E-The editpanel" 0} @{"Quit" link "E-The editpanel" 0}  | |
 | |         | |         | |         |               +--------------+ |
 | +---------+ +---------+ +---------+                                |
 |                                     +--- Files -----+              |
 | +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ | @{"Load" link "E-Files" 0}@{"Save" link "E-Files" 0}@{"New" link "E-Files" 0}|              |
 | |         | |         | |         | +---------------+              |
 | |   7     | |   8     | |   9     |                                |
 | |         | |         | |         | +-- Blit-mode --+              |
 | |         | |         | |         | | @{"Clean" link "E-Blit-mode" 0}@{"No Lace" link "E-Blit-mode" 0}|              |
 | +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------------+              |
 | Catalogs/Index                                                     |
 | @{"Cancel" link "E-Rest" 0} @{"Pause" link "E-Rest" 0}  @{"|||||||||||       |" link "E-Rest" 0}                               |
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
@endnode

@node "E-The Panel" "The panel for animationcontrol"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} The panel@{fg text}@{bg back}
 
 This panel has the @{fg shine}same ease of use as every videorecorder.@{fg text}
 
@{fg shine} <<@{fg text}
 Rewind anims with doubled speed. Every time you click on this gadget,
 the speed doubles.
 
 @{fg shine}<@{fg text}
 Rewind anim with normal speed.
 
 @{fg shine}II@{fg text}
 Pause anim-playback. Press <<,<,>,>> to continue.
 
 @{fg shine}>@{fg text}
 Play anims forward with normal speed.
 
 @{fg shine}>>@{fg text}
 Play anims with doubled speed. Every time you click on this gadget,
 the speed doubles.
 
 @{fg shine}+@{fg text}
 Goes back one frame
 
 @{fg shine}Animate!@{fg text}
 If this gadget is switched on, the anims are played. If it`s switched
 off, no anims are played. Please note, that playback needs more cpu-
 power. Other applications will run slower.
 
 @{fg shine}-@{fg text}
 Goes forward one frame
@endnode

@node "E-The workpanel" "The workpanel"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} The workpanel@{fg text}@{bg back}

 This is where pictures are selected. Look at the @{"GUI" link "E-The GUI" 0}. The numbers
 in the borders are selected by the @{fg shine}same number on the gadgets@{fg text}.
 You also can click on an image directly (I prefer that!). The @{fg shine}arrows
 up and down@{fg text} go up and down one line. There are also some keys, that
 have some nice effects:


 @{fg shine}Home@{fg text} (7):             Go to first "line".
 @{fg shine}End@{fg text}  (1):             Go to last "line".
 @{fg shine}Up@{fg text}   (8, arrow up):   Go up one "line".
 @{fg shine}Down@{fg text} (2, arrow down): Go down one "line".
 @{fg shine}Pg Up@{fg text} (9):            Go up three "lines".
 @{fg shine}Pg Dn@{fg text} (3):            Go down three "lines".
@endnode

@node "E-The editpanel" "The editpanel"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} The Edit-Panel@{fg text}@{bg back}

 The Edit-Panel contains some nice features (Ucat lives from
 them!).

 I`ll use "@{fg shine}actual animation/picture@{fg text}" in the text below. It means
 the chosen animation or picture which you can see at the info-window
 (see below under Info!).

 @{fg shine}View@{fg text}
 Views the actual animation/picture and uses special viewers(Viewtek,
 mpeg_play, ...).

 @{fg shine}PPaint@{fg text}
 Gives the actual animation/picture into the painting programme PPaint.
 I have chosen this painting programme, because its part of the magic
 packet of AT and because it is able to use more than one format and
 because it supports datatypes.

 @{fg shine}Add@{fg text}
 A filerequester will appear, in which you can chose the picture/animation,
 you want to add onto the end.

 @{fg shine}Delete@{fg text}
 Deletes the actual animation/picture out of the catalog.

 @{fg shine}Add dir...@{fg text}
 Similiar to add. But here it catalogs a complete directory which must be
 chosen from the filerequester.

 @{fg shine}Info@{fg text}
 Opens a window, which gives information about format, size, name and
 comment of a picture. You can edit the comment by clicking on the comment-
 line. You can actualize the picture by clicking on "Actualize". If the pic
 "comes" too dark, choose "(light)".

 @{fg shine}Quit@{fg text}
 Ends the program.
@endnode

@node "E-Files" "Files - how to handle files"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} Files@{fg text}@{bg back}

 The following three functions are for loading, saving and
 making a new catalog.

 @{fg shine}Load@{fg text}
 A filerequester appears and you can choose, which catalog
 you want to load.

 @{fg shine}Save@{fg text}
 A filerequester appears and you can choose, under which name
 you want to save the catalog. (Catalogs/Index is loaded as
 default).

 @{fg shine}New@{fg text}
 Clears all entrys.
@endnode

@node "E-Installation" "How to install UCat on HD"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} HD-Installation@{fg text}@{bg back}

 You can only work with this program correctly, when
 you`ve installed it on HD. If you have it on floppy,
 you should (at least because of the different speed)
 install it immediately on HD. It doesn`t run from CD.
 (you can`t save entries then.)

 To install it on HD, drag the UCat-Drawer on your
 WB and drop it. You can also use the installer-script.
@endnode

@node "E-Disclaimer" "Disclaimer"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill}  DISCLAIMER@{fg text}@{bg back}
 If your system is damaged in any way by running or installing this
 software then the author cannot be held responsible. Use at your own
 risk. Not that I had any problems.
@endnode

@node "E-How to register" "How to register"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} How to register@{fg text}@{bg back}

 This programm is shareware. You may freely copy it, as
 long as you make no changes on the doc and the programs
 included in this archive. You may not copy a registered
 version!!!!! It costs 12 US$ or 15 DM.
 When you are a registered user, you can use the programs
 (UConv+UCat) without any disablements:

 UConv(Aminet: gfx/conv/uconv15.lha):
  - Inputformats added in registered version:
      - Datatype
      - FLI
      - TIFF
      - JPEG
      - MPEG
      - PNG

  - Filters added in registered version:
      - Logo
      - Dithering
      - Shear
      - Spread
      - Lighten
      - Darken
      - all Filters (24 / not only the one!)
      - Anim F/X (8 / not only the one!)
      - Mix Anims

  - Output-formats added in registered version:
      - Anim5
      - Anim7L
      - Anim7S
      - JPEG
      - TIFF
      - IFF24
      - PNG
  UCat:    
   - use up to 500 entrys per catalog in UCat! 

   @{"Print registrationform!" system "Ultraconv Register!"}
@endnode

@node "E-Rest" "All the other gadgets"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} Cancel, Pause, ||| |@{fg text}@{bg back}
 
@{fg shine} Cancel@{fg text}
 If this gadget is selected, the catalogising progress stops.
 
@{fg shine} Pause@{fg text}
 Pauses the catalogising progress.
 
 @{fg shine}||| |@{fg text}
 Progress indicator for the pics/anims.
@endnode

@node "E-Blit-mode" "Blit-mode"
@{fg shine}@{bg fill} Blit-mode@{fg text}@{bg back}

 @{fg shine}Clean@{fg text}
  is an efficent *clean* blit-method. Everything is shown
  as is. But it begins flickering at some animations.

 @{fg shine}No Lace@{fg text}
  shows nearly everything as is. But it doesn`t flicker and
  should be used at AGA (here every AGA-catalogised anim is
  shown as is!). But in normal WB mode there can be some
  errors with animations sometimes. Switch to Clean if this
  happens.
@endnode