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         GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PROFESSIONAL 

                   Version 2.0a
               For Windows 95/98/NT 

  http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html 



              ALCHEMY MINDWORKS, INC. 

               www.mindworkshop.com 
             alchemy@mindworkshop.com 

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  TO REGISTER GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PROFESSIONAL 
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GIF Construction Set Professional is a shareware application. 
It gives you an opportunity to evaluate the software so that 
you know when you register that you have a useful and 
reliable program. The registration for GIF Construction Set 
Professional is $20. Add $5.00 for shipping and handling if 
you'd like the current version sent to you on CD-ROM.

After evaluating GIF Construction Set Professional, click on 
the Order option button, which is displayed when you exit Gif 
Construction Set Professional, for information on the many 
options available to register, or order the program on 
CD-ROM, by phone, fax, mail or via our on-line secure server. 

The unregistered evaluation copy of the most recent release of 
GIF Construction Set Professional may be distributed freely in 
its unaltered state as long as the means of distribution are in 
keeping with Alchemy Mindworks' current policies for shareware 
distribution. The current policies are summarized in the 
Sharewar.doc file which is added to the program's folder 
during installation of the program. 


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  ABOUT THIS DOWNLOAD 
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This download contains 2 files: 

--  readme.txt   -- which you obviously have found, and 

--  gcsp20.exe   -- the application install program which is: 
                   -- version 2.0a for Windows 95/98 and NT 
                   -- 3,825,664 bytes in length. 

The Alchemy Mindworks CRC for gcsp20.exe is 49 81 59 66 

A CRC value can be used to check the integrity of a file 
you have downloaded. By assuring that the CRC check value 
shown here matches the CRC check value for the file in 
question, you will reduce the possibility of attempting 
to install a damaged archive to about one in 4,294,964,296 
-- odds even longer than those of winning most state-run 
lotteries. 

You must have the Alchemy Mindworks CRC software installed 
on your system to perform this check. Please visit the CRC 
page to download the CRC software if you do not currently 
have it. It's small, free and a valuable asset to make 
sure that your Alchemy Mindworks software has not been 
damaged in transit.



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  INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
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GIF Construction Set Professional requires a Pentium or better 
processor. A display adapter and a Windows screen driver 
capable of displaying more than 256 colours are recommended. 

GIF Construction Set Professional represents the state of the 
art in GIF animation software. It will assemble your original 
animations effortlessly through its Animation Wizard, squeeze 
them down to as close to nothing as possible with its 
Supercompressor; create eyecatching banners and animated 
transitions; manage your GIF files; add transparency to 
existing graphics and a lot more. 

The extensive documentation and tutorials included with GIF 
Construction Set Professional will get you up to speed in less 
time than it takes most elected officials to redefine the truth. 

If you need a less extensive version of GIF Construction Set, 
check out GIF Construction Set Classic; the 32 bit version for 
Windows 95/98 and Windows NT, or the 16 bit version for 
Windows 3.1 and 3.11. They can be found at:
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifconcl.html 



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  GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PROFESSIONAL'S FUNCTIONALITY 
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The list of GIF Construction Set Professional's functionality 
can run for pages. Here are a few:

  - Build instant animations with Animation Wizard. 
  - Reduce the size of your GIF files with Supercompressor. 
  - Build special-effect text banners with the Banner generator. 
  - Create sophisticated animated transitions between still images. 
  - Rotate, crop, colour-adjust and resize all or part of an animation sequence. 
  - Implement transparency in still and animated GIF files. 
  - Convert between animated GIF files and AVI movies, for use with PowerPoint 
    and other packages. 
  - Create rotating two-dimensional animated graphics. 
  - Drag and drop between multiple document windows. 
  - Manage the controls of multiple images with breathtaking ease. 
  - Generate animated GIF files by remote control with integrated scripting. 
  - Generate text with soft shadows. 
  - Create neon and backlit text banners. 
  - Generate eye-catching text titles. 
  - Reverse the order of the images in a GIF file.
  - Get up to speed quickly with the extensive documentation and tutorials 
    included with GIF Construction Set Professional.  

Check out the GIF Construction Set Professional Information Page: 
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html

Then check out the GIF Construction Set Demonstration Page for a quick 
overview of the many features of GIF Construction Set and a gallery of 
its better tricks. Note that the demonstration page uses frames and it 
is fairly graphic-intensive. 



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  INSTALLATION OF GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PROFESSIONAL 
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Extract the file gcsp20.exe from this zipped file to a temporary 
folder such as c:\temp

Please install GIF Construction Set Professional through the 
Run item of your Start menu. It is recommended that you close 
all applications before installing. Installing it through 
Explorer or Add/Remove Programs will usually fail very colourfully. 

The steps to follow are:

-- On your taskbar, click on start, then on run

-- Click on browse, then select the temporary folder you specified
   when extracting gcsp20.exe 

-- Click once on the file gcsp20.exe and then on Open, or double 
   click the file gcsp20.exe, to display the program in the Open 
   window of the Run screen 

-- Click OK to start the self-extracting Windows archive to install 
   GIF Construction Set Professional. 

-- follow the prompts that guide you through the install procedure 

-- after installation, the source file gcsp20.exe can be deleted 
   from the temporary folder.  

You must have a minimum of 16 megabytes of free hard drive space to 
install this package. Part of this space is used for temporary files 
created by the installer, and will be freed as soon as the 
installation is complete. 


  NOTE -- Registered Users 
       -- If Re-installing or Replacing a Beta Release --
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          You will be required to re-enter your 
          Registration Name and Code in the 
          GIF Construction Set Professional Setup dialog.



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  TO UNINSTALL GIF CONSTRUCTION SET PROFESSIONAL
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Use Add or Remove Programs -- The steps to follow are:

-- On your taskbar, click on start, then higligh Settings, then 
   click on Control Panel in the option list displayed

-- Double click the Add/Remove Programs icon  

-- Make sure the Install/Uninstall tab is selected, scroll through 
   the list of installed applications to locate GIF Construction 
   Set Professional, and click once on it.

-- Click the Add/Remove button to display the information about
   GIF Construction Set Professional and click on the Uninstall button
   if this is the program that you really want to uninstall. 


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  Since the earth was flat

         Creator of

      GRAPHIC WORKSHOP 
    GIF CONSTRUCTION SET  
       FONT WRANGLER 
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         plus other 
    innovative shareware
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