MacroSystem Particle Magic - Manual (Page 4)

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1. General information
1.1 General information
Thank you for purchasing Particle Magic from
your dealer.
We would like to thank you for placing your trust
in us and hope that this product will fulfill your
expectations.
Particle Magic allows you to use your Casablanca
even more extensively than ever before.
Particle Magic naturally supports the Power Key
Option. If you press the
"F2" help function key on
the keyboard, all the possible key codes will be
displayed.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have
any further questions or wish to provide us with
suggestions for improvement.
To contact us, please refer to the addresses and
telephone numbers printed in the Casablanca
manual.
We kindly ask you to provide the serial number of
your device or your customer number whenever
you contact us.
1.2 Installation
The software that you acquired from your dealer
on the SmartMedia card must now be installed on
your Casablanca.
To do so, you will need at least version 1.8 of the
Casablanca system software.
You can look up the system versions using the
information item in the
"System Settings" screen
(bottom left).
Now leave your Casablanca switched on and, in
"System Settings," select the "Install Product"
button to open the corresponding window. Now
insert the SmartMedia installation card into the
Casablanca’s drive. When you insert it, make sure
the gold-colored contacts are facing downwards
and the beveled corner is on the left pointing
towards the front (i.e. towards the Casablanca).
Push in the card until only around half a
centimeter remains protruding from the unit and
you feel some resistance.
You will now see the
"Particle Magic" software
listed in the window. Select it in the list and click
on
"License." A numerical keypad appears. You
can use it to enter the license code that you
purchased from your dealer. A notice will then
inform you that the installation process has
completed. You can now remove the SmartMedia
card.
1.3 What is Particle Magic?
Particle Magic is a collection of four effects,
namely, three transition effects and one image-
processing effect.
All effects are based on the ability to move many
tiny particles around the screen. The ways in
which the particles move can be adjusted using
several options. The screen content itself also
plays a role in some of the effects. An archive that
is available to all projects contains pre-defined
sequences to help introduce you to the software.
You can use these high quality video techniques to
do such things as make the ground, letters or
hearts burst into flames, simulate fog or a snow
blizzard or make texts whirl out of the screen...
you can let your imagination run free!