The JumpStart Multimedia CD-ROM provides you with all the latest
tools and resources for Windows multimedia development: VidEdit,
The MediaView toolkit; WinG, the Windows Games Development
Environment; WinToon, Microsoft's cartoon engine; information
on the Windows(R) 95 platform and logo requirements; the Video
for Windows Developer Kit version 1.1e, as well as demonstrations,
utilities and sample media for multimedia development on the
Windows platform.
If you've already supplied the following along with your request,
no worries. It's on the way (please expect 3-4 weeks shipment while
we re-stock). If you haven't, you need to provide by sending
return mail to
MMDINFO@microsoft.com:
The JumpStart CD-ROM is free to developers for a limited time only.
*Please expect 3-4 weeks for delivery, domestic and international.
If you don't receive a package within this time frame, send mail
to mmdinfo@microsoft.com and we'll make sure you get one. This is
a limited offer only.
Best of luck on your development projects!
Microsoft Developer Relations Group
Other Microsoft Tools and Resources:
Surround Video:
Surround Video is an unreleased technology that allows Windows-based
CD-ROM users to interact with live-action characters and high-resolution
photographic images that can be panned 360 degrees. A Surround Video
experience consists of a sequence of seamless 360 degree photographic,
full screen images linked together to form a backdrop within which the
user may navigate. Video for Windows movies can be matted into the
background,enhancing the realism of the experience.
To receive an overview on this technology along with system requirements,
send mail to surround@microsoft.com, or fax a request to (206) 936-7329,
attn: Surround Video, Bldg. 6.
WinToon: Microsoft's amazing animation engine
WinToon is a set of Video for Windows extensions that can chroma key
(also known as blue screening) the foreground frames from a movie with an
arbitrary background image. Also, to make full-screen cartoons possible,
WinToon tracks the dirty rectangles of each frame and updates the screen
much more efficiently than traditional video. Audio sync is handled
automatically by Video for Windows. The WinToon kit includes the ScanAVI
utility, a movie preparation tool, as well as a Video for Windows draw
handler and stream handler for run-time playback.
WinToon is provided on the Multimedia Jumpstart CD-ROM. You can also pick
up WinToon and WinG (Microsoft's Gaming environment) on CompuServe in the
Windows Multimedia forum (GO WINMM), and on the Internet via FTP:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com:developr/drg/multimedia/wintoon
MSDN (Microsoft's Developer Network) Level II is a quarterly CD-ROM
resource that will keep you up to date with all the latest and essential
tools, SDKs and DDKs, operating systems, articles, whitepapers, etc. to
facilitate application development on MS platforms (including multimedia
development). It's easy to join, and is highly recommended for developers
of all levels. Please call the Developer Network service center at (800)
759-5474. In Europe, call +31 10 258 88 64. Outside the U.S., Europe, and
Canada, call your local Microsoft subsidiary or (303) 684-0914 for local
contact information.
Windows 95 Game SDK
If you attended the recent Games Conference in San Jose and are writing
to request access to the Compuserve Private WINMM forums, your request
will be processed in the order it was received, provided you have
signed an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and provided a Compuserve ID#.
Please be patient while we cater to the many requests we are receiving.
If you don't have access to this forum within three working days and
you have signed an NDA, send mail to
CISBETA@microsoft.com
and
make sure you mention having attended the Games Conference.
NEW REQUESTS FOR THE GAME SDK: To apply to become a beta tester for the
Microsoft Windows(R) 95 Game SDK, please e-mail the request to BETAREQ@microsoft.com
and include the following information (please specify the beta product
requested in the subject field of your message):
Name
Company name
Physical address (no PO Boxes)
Phone number
Fax number
CompuServe ID (most beta programs are supported through Compuserve)
Internet address
Information about previous beta testing experience, and any other
pertinent information
Brief description of hardware configuration
Specific product(s) interested in beta testing.*
Developers should include a request for any related Software
Development Kits (SDK's).
*Please note: If you are requesting to beta test multiple products,
please submit a separate correspondence for each.
Please note that if you apply for a beta program, you will be notified
only if your beta status changes. Due to the high volume of requests
we receive, status checks cannot be done on an individual basis.
You will be required to sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) before
receiving access to any MS beta programs.
Revised 6/7/95 brianp@u.washington.edu
(Brian Parkhurst)
University of Washington
Box 357260
Seattle, WA 98195-7260
206/543-9175