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The Smacker flic compressor is now shipping!! I'm letting everyone hear know first, because many of your comments helped decide the features that made it! Here is the standard Smacker info, and I'd be happy to answer any specific questions: The Smacker Video And Animation Compressor is now available! Smacker is a compressor for 8-bit video and animation data in the Autodesk FLIC file format. It will compress most files to 1/4 to 1/8 of their original size. Smacker compressed files can be played back "as-is" – there is no separate decompression step. Smacker compressed files can be played back at up to 30 frames per second or faster without hardware assistance. The Smacker compressor and playback utilities are 386 DOS extended applications. The compressor requires 3-4 MB of RAM and the playback utility needs about 1 MB of RAM. The playback utility supports 26 different SuperVGA cards directly, in addition to all VESA compatible cards. Smacker supports 8-bit (256 color) graphics modes at 320×200, 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, and 1280×1024. Smacker has extensive CD-ROM support including read-speed simulation, and multiple simultaneous I/O targets. You will be able to author CD-ROMs faster than you ever have before. Smacker also supports the ability to go back and touch-up flics that lose too much information in the lossy compression stage. With this unique feature, you can compress your flics, then go back and clean-up any areas that need it. You can touch-up as much or as little as you decide – a frame, a series of frames, an area of a frame, etc. You get the best of both worlds – high compression and optimal quality where you need it. Smacker is an excellent tool for people trying to: 1) Increase the resolution of their flics. Smacker can playback higher resolutions than other players because the data is stored more compactly. 2) Playback their flics faster. Since there is much less data to read as your flics is played back, Smacker can playback almost any flics faster than other players. 3) Playback their flics predictably off CD-ROMS. Smacker supports three different CD-ROM speeds, and will preload the correct amount of information during playback to maintain the frame rate that you desire. 4) Lower distribution costs, or simply distribute more data. Smacker will compress most flics down to 25% of the original size. This means you can distribute fewer diskettes, or, more likely, you can distribute four times as much data. ONLY SMACKER GIVES YOU THESE "POWER-USER" FEATURES, CALL TODAY!! ***ONLY $295.00*** 801-322-4300 FAX: 801-359-6169 RAD Software, Inc. 307 West 200 South – Suite 1003 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 CIS: 73237,75