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Dir Opus 4.0 Fact Sheet

    27-Dec-92 07:30:08
Sb: Dir Opus 4.0 Fact Sheet
Fm: Martin Murray 75300,361
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[ continuation ] images you can scroll around by using the arrow keys or menus under AmigaDOS 2.0. An online print system is available for anything viewable, just press the P key. The online print system supports both portrait and landscape printing, and works with the full range of printer drivers provided with the operating system. PostScript printing is supported with OS2.1 and later. In the case of anims or brushanims you can have the viewer come up in pause mode or playing. The nice thing about pause mode is that you can then use anims (or brushanims) as a simple collection of images and not a moving picture. Sound: Directory OPUS 4.0 supports the IFF standard 8SVX, and can play the sounds in a one shot or looped fashion. Raw sounds are also supported. Music/Tracks: Directory OPUS 4.0 has built in support for SoundTracker, NoiseTracker, ProTracker, MED and Octalizer and is provided by an 18k sharable library. SoundTracker, NoiseTracker and ProTracker are some of the most popular song tracker formats. Directory OPUS 4.0 features auto recognition of PAL/NTSC songs so they play at the right speed. Octalizer supports eight channel playback on a standard Amiga. Using its advanced audio mixing system it actually plays back two sounds at once on each Amiga audio channel. These songs must be heard to be believed. MED support: supports 4 internal audio channels and 16 external MIDI output channels for full orchestral effects. Configuring Directory OPUS 4.0 Directory OPUS 4.0 is now very user-configurable, meaning that you can optionally modify the interface to suit your needs or personal preference. Fonts: Full font support for the various GUI elements. From the buttons to the menus, everything is settable. All requesters have been made font sensitive (with support for both Amiga and CompuGraphic fonts under 2.04 and beyond). Drawer Buttons: Drawer banks have been expanded from 24 buttons to 30. Also, with the addition of the ScanDir command, any button can be a drawer [ MORE ]