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FLC driver

    21-Oct-93 07:34:50
Sb: #62572-FLC driver
Fm: doug wolfgram 76702,262
To: Chris Smith 73054,1317
Problem is Chris, Toolsbook is awful. Most people when they really dig into it find out that the palette handling is really pathetic. The only decent animation package for Windows is Animation Works Interactive from Gold Disk. They import FLI and FLC files, and play FLC files directly through their MCI interface. The biggest problem is that the ADESK DLL for FLC files automaticallt remaps the palette and you have NO CONTROL over it. I am patiently waiting for a new version that will fix things… If you import a FLC file one frame at a time into AWI, you can tell it to keep the original palette but just overwrite the 20 default colors. As long as you have carefully mapped your FLC to not use the top 10 and bottom 10 colors in the palette, it remains intact.