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Thank you for purchasing Anime Studio Pro 9 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.
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Contents
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- Content Distribution
- Important Information
- Known Issues
- System Requirements
- Technical Support
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The Smith Micro Commitment
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In our efforts to fulfill our commitment to our customers, we post updaters for our
products on an ongoing basis. Please visit http://www.smithmicro.com to check for
updates.
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Registering Anime Studio® 9
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Anime Studio 9 requires registration in order to receive updates and tech support.
If you haven't registered your copy of Anime Studio 9 yet, please visit
http://www.smithmicro.com/register. Please make sure you've entered all information
marked as necessary, including the Anime Studio 9 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 Anime Studio 9 manually via postal mail, fax, or phone. To do
this, print out the Smith Micro Product Registration Form included in the Anime
Studio 9 Box.
We require your serial number in order to register your copy of Anime Studio 9.
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Content Distribution
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Please refer to Section 5 ("Content License") of the Anime Studio - End User
License Agreement ("EULA") included with this software for more information on
modifying and distributing existing Anime Studio content.
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Important Information:
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Known Issues
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- Content Library: The library in Anime Studio requires Windows® Internet Explorer®
8 or newer (Windows only) to run.
- Content Library: Images in the library will appear clipped in some instances, to
remedy this problem, we recommend that you install Windows® Internet Explorer® 9 or
newer.
- Audio and Flash export; When exporting to Flash, the audio you embed in the Flash
file must already be in MP3 format. You must have QuickTime installed in order to
playback MP3 audio files within Anime Studio.
- You can only have one audio track if you're planning to export a Flash movie.
Because Anime Studio can't encode MP3 files, it also can't mix down multiple audio
streams into a single MP3 file. If you're targeting Flash, we recommend that you
mix down multiple tracks and encode as MP3 prior to import into Anime Studio.
- Snow Leopard (10.6): If you just installed the Snow Leopard operating system, and
have not rebooted your machine yet, we recommend that you reboot it prior to
installing Anime Studio 9 to ensure that the application will function properly.
- The F5 Function Key command; This will create a low res movie preview of the work
area in the timeline if no work area us defined it will render a preview of the
entire timeline. This feature was not included in the documentation.
- Poser® Scenes in Anime Studio Pro 9: Poser Scenes can be very resource intensive.
Using figures with large amounts of strand-based hair in Anime Studio can consume a
lot of resources.
We recommend to keep strand-based hair usage to a minimum. Also, importing
multiple Poser Scenes, or duplicating one scene multiple times in Anime Studio may
be resource intensive.
Anime Studio Pro 9 requires Poser 7 or later for importing Poser Scenes. You will
need to set up the preference to point to a valid Poser installation (Poser 7 or
higher).
- 64-bit Windows does not support QuickTime as such there are import and export
limitations to video/movie and to audio formats. The only supported movie format
for import and export is .avi. The only supported audio formats for import are
.wav, .aif, .aiff and .aifc. The only supported audio format for export is .wav. If
you require the use of QuickTime, then we recommend using the 32-bit Windows
(Universal) version of Anime Studio Pro 9 as it supports QuickTime and video
formats such as .mov, .mp4, .m4v, .mpg, .mpeg, etc. As well, it supports .mp3,
.m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .mid and .midi.
- When exporting a QuickTime movie with alpha channel on MacOS, the resulting movie
always has a premultiplied alpha channel, regardless of the checkbox that says "Do
not premultiply alpha channel."
- When importing QuickTime movies with alpha channels, there is a new option in the
Image tab of the Layer Settings dialog labeled "Premultiplied alpha". This is not
documented in the manual, but allows Anime Studio to support both premultiplied and
straight alpha channels. (Previously, Anime Studio only supported straight alpha
channels.)
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System Requirements
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Windows
* Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 (64-bit OS required for 64-bit installation)
* 1 GHz Intel Pentium or above
* 512 MB RAM minimum
* 1.25 GB (Universal) or 650 MB (32-bit) free hard disk space minimum
* 16 bit color display or above; 1024x768 resolution minimum
* CD-ROM (physical version only)
* Internet connection for Content Paradise
* Windows® Internet Explorer® 8 or newer
* Poser® 7 or later needed to import Poser scenes
Macintosh
* Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8 (64-bit OS required for 64-bit installation)
* 1.5 GHz Intel Processor or above
* 512 MB RAM minimum
* 700 MB free hard disk space minimum
* 16 bit color display or above; 1024x768 resolution minimum
* CD-ROM (physical version only)
* Internet connection for Content Paradise
* Poser® 7 or later needed to import Poser scenes.
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Technical Support
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You must be registered to receive technical support. If you haven't registered your
copy of Anime Studio 9 yet, please visit http://www.smithmicro.com/register.
Please visit our Web site for the latest information on registration and technical
support. For up to date information on our technical support policies or for our
online frequently asked questions go to: http://www.smithmicro.com/support.
Note: Smith Micro reserves the right to change its support policies at any time.
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Copyright & Trademark Notice
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Smith Micro Software, Anime Studio, Anime Studio Debut and Anime Studio Pro are
trademarks of Smith Micro Software, Inc. Lost Marble and Moho are trademarks of
Lost Marble, Inc. All other product names mentioned in the Software, the
Documentation, or other documentation are used for identification purposes only and
may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Registered and unregistered trademarks used herein are the exclusive property of
their respective owners. QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Apple, Inc., used under license therefrom.