			
           Welcome to Ulead GIF Animator 2.0 Trial Version

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This ReadMe First document provides basic information about Ulead GIF Animator Trial version.  If you have any questions about how to use this trial product, please refer first to the program's online help. Also, visit the Ulead GIF Animator and Ulead Web Utilities pages on our web site (http://www.ulead.com/webutilities) for FAQ updates, tips and techniques, special promotions, free software, and other useful information.


Table of contents

1. System requirements
2. What is Ulead GIF Animator?
3. Trial period information
4. Purchasing the retail version of Ulead GIF Animator 
5. Technical support
6. Providing feedback and suggestions
7. Distribution program


1. System requirements

. Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or higher
. 486-DX2/DX4 or Pentium-compatible systems
. 8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended)
. 16 MB available hard drive space for program files
. Windows-compatible pointing device
. True Color or HiColor display adapter and monitor (recommended)

Important Note:

Two system libraries (MFC40.DLL and MSVCRT40.DLL) must be installed in your Windows System folder to run Ulead GIF Animator.  These files are routinely installed by products from a variety of vendors and, for many users, will already exist.  

If you do not have these files, you may download them from our web site at http://www.ulead.com/webutilities.   If you experience problems running GIF Animator, please verify that these files are located in the System folder under your Windows directory.


2. What is Ulead GIF Animator?

Ulead GIF Animator is a very easy to use tool for designing, producing and optimizing GIF animations. Running under Windows 95 and NT, Ulead GIF Animator lets you create compact animations with drag-and-drop simplicity. Key features include:

. The Startup Wizard for convenient access to various application options
. The Animation Wizard for quick GIF construction
. The Optimization Wizard for easy GIF optimization 
. Support for AVI, FLI/FLC, QuickTime video and Photoshop PSD file conversion directly to GIF animation files
. Smart frame and palette optimization
. Super palette generation from multiple images
. Support for a wide range of image file formats (BMP, EPS, IFF, IMG, GIF, JPEG, MAC, MSP, PCD, PCX, PICT, PNG, PSD, TGA and TIFF)
. Expandable file format support
. Drag-and-drop image insertion and composition
. Convenient Undo feature
. Modeless user interface
. Visual composition
. Multiple layer image viewing formats and multiple thumbnail size options for images displayed in the layer pane
. View multiple frames simultaneously 
. Global attribute change command
. Complete palette control
. Multiple image cropping
. Layer image merging and export support
. Banner text creation
. Plugin transition effects
. Plugin filter effects
. Built-in Color animation effects
. Built-in Cube effects
. Built-in pixel editor
. Palette editing support
. Infinite looping control

For more information about Ulead GIF Animator and how to use it, please refer to the online help.  It can be viewed by clicking the help button that appears in most of the program's dialog boxes.


3. Trial period information

Ulead GIF Animator Trial version is distributed free-of-charge to all users. This software offers a FREE trial period of 15 days from the date of installation.  It is recommended that you tryout this program before the trial period expires because we will not be able to extend this FREE trial period once the Trial program has expired.


4. Purchasing the retail version of Ulead GIF Animator

A retail version of Ulead GIF Animator is available for purchase. The retail version is not time restricted and will never expire.  Details about where and how to purchase this product can be found on the Ulead web site Web Utilities page (http://www.ulead.com/webutilities/frwhere.htm).


5. Technical support

We offer no technical support at this time for the Trial version of Ulead GIF Animator.  If you have any questions, we encourage you to read the Ulead GIF Animator pages on our web site.  If you discover a bug in the program, please send your report to webutility@ulead.com.tw.  The necessary changes will be made and the FAQ page will be updated. We suggest you check our web site often.


6. Providing feedback and suggestions

Your comments and suggestions on how to improve our software are most welcome. Please send them to webutility@ulead.com.tw. Thank you in advance for your time and support.


7. Distribution program

If you would like to distribute Ulead GIF Animator or other Ulead Web Utilities products, please contact webutility@ulead.com.tw.


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