Grass Valley Kaleidoscope to Krystal Effect Translator - Manual

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Installation and Operation
Introduction
This document explains how to install and use the Kaleidoscope to Krystal
Effect Translator utility program (Version 1.0).The Kaleidoscope/Krystal
Translator utility is a Windows 95 based program that converts
Kaleidoscope effect files to Krystal effect files. The files produced by the
conversion are true Krystal DPM system effect files able to be loaded into
a Krystal system and then be run, modified, and/or saved.
Components
The Kaleidoscope to Krystal Effect Translator utility consists of:
■
The utility program (TRANSL8), installer (INSTALL), and
Kaleidoscope unity keyframe (DEFAULT.KFR) files.
■ Installation and Operation Instructions (this document TP0864-00-A2)
These files can be acquired from the Tektronix/Grass Valley web page, or
may be supplied on a 1.44 Mb floppy disk.
Requirements
■ The Kaleidoscope to Krystal Effect Translator utility minimum
requirements are:
• 486 PC
• 8 Mb RAM
• 8 Mb available disk space on the C: drive.
• Windows 95 version 4.0 or later.
■ Kaleidoscope uses 720K disks. Krystal uses 1.44M disks but supports
720K disks. On 720K disks with few effects, you can convert the files
onto the same disk.
■ Krystal files created with this utility program are compatible with
Krystal Release 2.3.0 and higher software.
Kaleidoscope to Krystal Effect Translator