Quick Start Guide
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Installation. |
Before starting the program, you first have to unpack
the downloaded archive and install the program. To do this, you
are only required to click the Setup.exe in the anfy2 folder.
By default, the installation wizard lets you install the program
into "c:\Program Files\Anfy Team\Anfy" folder. Change
the destination folder if necessary, and finish the installation.
Now you have added the shortcut to Start menu and are ready to use
the program!
If you are a Macintosh user, you only need to copy
the anfy folder.
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Basic procedure: How to use the wizard. |
When you first run the Anfy.exe (by clicking
the shortcut from Start menu), a category menu pops up. The wizard
presents a series of menus for each image effect (strictly speaking,
for each applet) and you can go forward and back between menus by
clicking "Next" or "Previous"
button. In every menu, you can always preview the working object
in your choice of browser by clicking the "Preview"
button at the bottom.
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The basic procedure which shall
be presented shortly follows every menu, unless you skip some
of them and ask you to set several parameters so as to determine
the exact effect you would like to create.
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Although some image effects require more
and other may less, the essential procedure exists in all effects. |
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Step 1. |
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Choose one from six different categories: Banner/Slideshow,
Fractal/A-Life, Image effects, 3D applets, Navigational menus,
Others. This brings a pull-down menu of effects. |
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Step 2. |
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The pull-down menu shows you how many
applets are available within the particular category. |
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Users can always preview the effect appeared
in the small pull-down window by clicking "Applet preview"
button below it. Now select an image effect (applet) and click "Next". |
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Step 3. |
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Now you see a parameter menu for the
effect. Configure every parameter accordingly, while you can
refer to pop-up messages for help in understanding the role
of each parameter. |
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If you need a detailed instruction of each parameter,
just click "Help" in the title bar and select "Applet
info."
Experiment various values for every parameter until
you meet a sound effect. You can enable textscroll function in this
menu. Then, click "Next".
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Step 4. |
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If you have enabled textscroll, the next stop
is textscroll menu. If you have disabled it, this menu will
be skipped automatically. Define every value for available
textscroll parameters and click "Next".
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Remember you can type UNICODE based characters in
the text field, however, non-English characters are only supported
under version 4 browsers or above.
So, if you expect visitors to your web site who
may use old browsers, you are advised to stick to English characters.
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Step 5. |
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Now the expert menu appears in front of you.
If you do not know what you are doing, just skip this menu.
You can also type in statusbar messages for browser and set
an overlay image which is layered over the applet image. Click
"Next" to proceed.
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Remember you are always able to preview
the current state of the object in your favourite browser. |
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Step 6. |
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The next regcode (registration code) menu has
nothing to do with unregistered users, since they do not know
what to type in! If you have already registered your domain
names, you are certainly provided with regcodes. |
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Type them in now, or select a domain, if you have
already entered regcodes before.
Registered users can also select a target frame
in which the linked page will be displayed when the applet is clicked.
Unregistered users cannot use this feature. Click "Next"
to proceed.
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Step 7. |
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This is the final HTML code menu. Here, you
should do nothing but produce the code. Click "Copy
all files to" button to copy all the necessary files
into a selected folder. In doing so, you will be asked to
specify a html file name to which the applet parameter is
output.
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Or you can simply copy the resultant
HTML code and use it in your preferred HTML editor. In this case,
you have to copy necessary .class files to wherever you would like
manually. |
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Step 8. |
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Now you have got the HTML
document with a stunning image effect! Although the procedure per
se is rather simple, you need to do many experiments in order
to produce a good effect. |
We regard this program as mere a tool
of art and the result of the program is always up to you, like other
tools of arts demand you good amount of skills! |
For more information, please consult
the documents for each applet. |
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2. Purchase
information. |
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This application is a shareware and freely
distributable and no trial period is specified. However, if you would
like to take full advantage of it, you need to
register your domain names in order to unlock the applets.
For the registration information, please read the
purchase and license agreement. |
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3. Technical
support. |
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Before contacting us, please consult
the FAQ page. If you do not find the
solution there, you can go to CONTACT
page and email us. |
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