

                            SPARKLE! v1.00
                           February 8, 1996

          Copyright c. 1996 Oh My Goddess! All Rights Reserved.


                             INTRODUCTION

SPARKLE! is an animation player/screensaver for Windows.  SPARKLE! 
uses script files to display FLC and FLI animation, and DIB, RLE, 
and BMP image files.  FLI and FLC animations are widely available on 
local BBS's, the Internet, Compuserve, and other online services.  

                            NEW USER HINTS

SPARKLE! comes with a default script, SPARKLE.AAS.  This script can 
be used without modification.  It can also be edited with SPARKLE! to 
cut and paste animations and images. You can also change the duration, 
playback speed, and more.  The ability to create custom scripts 
is easily learned, and is well worth the short time you will spend to 
master it.  The best way to learn how to use the script editor is to 
fool around with it for a few minutes.  Try double-clicking on the [..] 
symbol in the directories listbox of the script editor to navigate 
around on your hard drive.  Play with the buttons.  With a little 
experimentation, you should be able to add MID and WAV sound files to 
your scripts, provided you have a sound card that supports general 
midi (most do).  If you have a CD-ROM drive, you can also play CD audio 
from a script.   There are two additional script files MIDI.AAS and 
CDAUDIO.AAS to help get you started.  They require the Windows MCI 
sequencer and MCI CD audio drivers to be installed.  MIDI.AAS expects 
the file C:\WINDOWS\CANYON.MID to be on your hard drive.  CDAUDIO.AAS 
expects to find an audio CD in the CD-ROM drive.  If you need more 
help, try asking around on the ASOFT forum on Compuserve.  If there 
is enough interest, We'll try to add online help in future versions of 
SPARKLE!.


                              BUG REPORTS

We love to get bug reports.  Other suggestions for improving SPARKLE! 
are also very welcome.  Send e-mail to us at the address below and 
we'll try to get the changes into the next release.


                              DISTRIBUTION

See the file DISTRIB.TXT for distribution information.

                        HOW TO CONTACT LEAF & ZIA

Send Internet email to us at:  rayo@efn.org

              HOW TO GET MORE ANIMATION MODULES FOR SPARKLE!

Visit our web page at:  http://www.efn.org/~rayo/goddess.html

                                LEGAL STUFF

THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND OH MY GODDESS!  THE TERMS OF 
THE AGREEMENT BECOME BINDING WHEN YOU USE THE SPARKLE! PROGRAM.  SPARKLE! 
IS SUPPLIED AS IS WITH NO CLAIMS OF SUITABILITY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  
YOU AGREE TO HOLD NEITHER OH MY GODDESS! NOR LICENSED SPARKLE! DISTRIBUTORS 
LIABLE FOR ANY ALLEGED OR ACTUAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS 
PROGRAM OR ANY OF THE ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE OR ANIMATION.

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Oregon.

Autodesk, Inc. is the sole owner of the enclosed files AAPLAY.DLL and
AAVGA.DLL.  Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

SPARKLE! and Oh My Goddess! are trademarks of Oh My Goddess!.

