------------------------------------------------------------------- MotionArtist® from Smith Micro Software Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for purchasing MotionArtist by Smith Micro Software, Inc.! This readme includes important information about your new software, some of which is not included in other documentation. Smith Micro Software, Inc. is committed to creating stable and functionally rich software tools. ------------------------------------------ Contents ------------------------------------------ - The Smith Micro Commitment - Registering MotionArtist - Content Distribution - Important Information - Known Issues - System Requirements - Technical Support - Copyright & Trademark Notice ------------------------------------------ The Smith Micro Commitment ------------------------------------------ In our efforts to fulfill our commitment to our customers, we post updaters for our products on an ongoing basis. Please visit http://motionartist.smithmicro.com/ to check for updates. ------------------------------------------ Registering MotionArtist ------------------------------------------ MotionArtist requires registration in order to receive updates and tech support. If you haven't registered your copy of MotionArtist yet, please visit http://www.smithmicro.com/register. Please make sure you've entered all information marked as necessary, including the MotionArtist serial number you received with your purchase. If online registration is not working or if you do not have an Internet connection, you may register MotionArtist manually via postal mail, fax, or phone. To do this, print out the Smith Micro Product Registration Form included in the MotionArtist Box. POSTAL MAIL: Smith Micro Software, Inc. (Attention: REGISTER) 51 Columbia Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 USA FAX: +1 (949) 362-5800 We require your serial number in order to register your copy of MotionArtist. ------------------------------------------ Content Distribution ------------------------------------------ Please refer to Section 5 ("Content License") of the MotionArtist - End User License Agreement ("EULA") included with this software for more information on modifying and distributing existing MotionArtist content. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Important Information: ---------------------------------------------------------------- * Microsoft® Internet Explorer® (Windows only) MotionArtist Content Library utilizes Microsoft Internet Explorer technology. Windows® Internet Explorer® 9 or later is required for the embedded Content Library in MotionArtist. To ensure the optimal experience and compatibility for the Content Library, the installer will disable “Local Machine Lockdown” for the MotionArtist. This will not affect other applications outside of MotionArtist. Details about “Local Machine Lockdown” can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537641(VS.85).aspx. You can download the latest version of Internet Explorer by going to: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx * QuickTime® (Macintosh & Windows) You must have QuickTime installed in order to playback MP3 audio files within MotionArtist, and for importing and exporting Quicktime .mov files as well as viewing included videos. A link to download the latest Quicktime Installer for Windows is included on the disk in the 'Third Party Installers' folder (physical purchases only). We recommend that Mac users update to the latest version of Quicktime. You can download the latest version of Quicktime by going to: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ * Adobe® Reader® (Windows) You will need to have Adobe Reader installed to view the included PDF manuals (MAC users may use preview). A link to download the latest installer for Adobe Reader is in the ‘Third Party Installers’ folder on the disk (physical purchases only). You can also download the latest version of Reader by going to: http://get.adobe.com/reader/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Fixes/Improvements in this MotionArtist® 1.3 Update ----------------------------------------------------------------- -HTML5 export using images with certain non-ASCII characters in their names results in images that fail to load on some servers. We now strip out all non-ASCII characters. -Made some changes to audio to allow playing of audio if page is launched from the local file system using "file://". The audio will revert to an older api in this case. Otherwise, for other urls, such as "http://", Web Audio, which is a newer api is used. -Fixed a few issues with background audio. First, the Web Audio version wasn't playing. Second, the Web Audio version wasn't looping. -Added support for specifying a separate project file to display for the preview in the project template dialog vs. the file that is actually the template that will load when that template is selected. -If you use a static image in your display file, the image should be included in the same folder with the template project and display project. -Editing layer start frame now supports Undo. -If the user folder exists but not the Templates folder within it, MA will now create the Templates folder for the user, in order to allow saving templates. -Help Menu Community item now loads MotionArtist Forum at Runtime DNA. -Integrated new Activation client library v1.9.3b (NSA 1.8.1). -The stop point dialogs can now edit the values for multiple selected keyframes. -Partial fix for bug 29301. Rotation knobs can optionally allow for negative angles. This option is used in the stop point dialogs. -YouTube uploading now uses OAuth2. Login info no longer comes from the application prefs settings. -In Object Stop point dialog opacity and blur now send constant messages when changed. -Added padding to Export Movie dialog height in order to fit the output format menu within the bounds of the window. -Prevent multiple Insert Text dialogs from appearing. -Added Preview HTML5 item to File menu. Moved Publish to MotionArtistTV to Share menu. Removed timeline toolbar buttons for Share, Save, Export Movie, and Preview HTML5. -Alpha is now settable for stroke and shading color in Make Snapshots dialog. -Added "Reverse fade and toggle after first completes" checkbox to the Sequence Visibility dialog. This make it easier to do something such as take a sequence of images and show them one after another for a limited number of frames, like a movie. (If you start with all of the frames invisible then toggle and reverse). -Added Reveal Source Image button to Image tab in Layer Settings dialog. -Added Arrange menu item Reverse Layer Order. When selected it will reverse the order of the selected layers in their respective group(s). -HTML now references the production server to get the player javascript. Also, player javascript now resides in the iBooks widget bundle. -Make Snapshots dialog now has a "Prompt for frame range" checkbox. If selected when you click the button to make snapshots the app will prompt you to specify a frame start, end, and increment. You can use this to quickly make snapshots of every nth frame. This feature is only available if the selected media has multiple frames. -The Edges settings for 3D scenes (from Anime Layer Settings) have been added to the dialog. -iBooks widget export is implemented. -Save As A Template. This item allows a user to create a new template from the currently open document. A dialog appears when selected that lets the user set the display name and description for the template. The template is saved to the user's custom content folder. Besides the obvious, this is helpful for coping with the escaping requirements of strings in json files, since it does the work for the user. If the user has not set up a custom content folder, when Save As A Template is selected the user will be asked to set one up. When that is done the user will need to reselect Save As A Template to save the document as a templates. -In the Layer Settings for a scene, in the Scene settings, there is now a setting for the scene background color. The default for all scenes is the background color set in the Project Settings. While you can edit the color at present, the color setting is not yet applied to scenes. -Added Default Demo as a Startup document choice, so the prior startup behavior can be chosen. -There is no longer a Startup folder in the factory default support folder. The default startup document has been moved to the Templates folder in MA. -Work in progress - There is a new dialog that appears when you select New from the File menu, or if your preferences are set to open the default startup (which is now labeled "New From Template" on the menu), it will appear at launch. -There is a new item on the file menu named New Empty Document that the user can select to directly create a new empty document. -Thumbnail Previews on Windows should now be supported. -Changed the Sequence Visibility dialog to make it easier to understand and configure the settings. -You can now apply settings changes to multiple selected layers in the same way you can in Anime via the Layer Settings dialog. -Added webaudio.js to javascript sources. Audio is now played with Web Audio rather than the