ScanSoft SUPERGOO,Kai's SuperGOO User Manual

User Guide

for Windows® and Macintosh

®

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User Guide ©1998–1999 ScanSoft,
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installation process.

© 1998-1999 ScanSoft, Inc.
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SuperGOO User Guide

Contents

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Chapter 2
Just GOO It!: A Tutorial

. . . . . . . . 17

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Lesson 1: Moving Between Rooms . . 17

Making Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Lesson 1: Making a Random Face . . 18

Lesson 2: Adding Features . . . . . . . . . 19

Lesson 3: Editing Features . . . . . . . . . 20

Lesson 4: Cloning Features . . . . . . . . 21

GOO It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Lesson 1: GOOing Using Brushes . . 24

Lesson 2: GOOing Using Effects . . . . 27

Making GOOvies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Moving On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 3
The GOO Room

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

How the GOO Room Works . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Working in the GOO Room . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Opening or Importing Images . . . . . 32

Viewing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting Up Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Mirroring a Brush Effect . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the GOO Brush Palette . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the GOO Effects Palette . . . . . . . . . 36

Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Making GOOvies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Working with Keyframes . . . . . . . . . 39

Using the Control Slider . . . . . . . . . . 40

Playing Your Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Saving Animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 4
The FUSION Room

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

How the Fusion Room Works . . . . . . . . . 43

Working in the FUSION Room . . . . . . . . 44

Opening and Importing Pictures . . . 44

Using the Face Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Changing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Hiding/Showing Features . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the Edit Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Randomizing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Combining Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Saving Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using your Own Photos

in the Fusion Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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The FUSION Room

Before, you could use the FUSION Room to merge two pictures
together to make a new goofy image. Now, the FUSION Room lets
you create faces using a host of facial features. You can add a nose,
mouth, eyes and hair to a blank face to create your own original face.
These features are included in a library that comes with the
application.

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Installation

This section provides instructions for installing the Windows and
Macintosh versions of your SuperGOO software. Follow the
instructions appropriate for your system

Windows Installation

Minimum System Requirements

SuperGOO runs on any PC compatible computer with the following
minimum configuration:

• Pentium Processor

• Windows 95 (or higher)

• Windows NT 4.0 (or higher)

• 16 MB Free RAM

• 25 MB HD Space for Install

• 40 MB Free HD Space (after Install)

File menu> Run

.

Start menu> Run

.

• 16 MB RAM allocated to application

• 25 MB HD Space for Install

• 40 MB Free HD Space (after Install)

• CD-ROM Drive

• 16-bit video

• 14" Monitor

Installation

B

To install your SuperGOO software:

1.

Insert the SuperGoo CD-ROM disc into your CD-ROM drive.

2.

Double-click on the SuperGoo Install icon to begin installation.

Installation Tips

Windows 95/NT 4.0:

Please be sure that:

• Your operation system is Win95/NT4.0. SuperGoo will not run on
Win 3.x or NT 3.x.x.

• Your display is set to a minimum of 16-bit colors (65,000 colors).
We recommend 24-bit (true color).

• Your are using a Pentium processor or “Pentium class” processor.
SuperGoo will NOT run on a 486.

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About This User Guide

This user guide provides all the information you need to get the most
out of Kai’s SuperGOO. It will help you learn the application and
serve as a reference as you attempt more sophisticated procedures.

This user guide assumes you are already familiar with basic Windows
and Macintosh concepts—menus, dialogs, and mouse operations,
such as clicking and dragging. If you need more information on these
subjects, or on the Macintosh Finder or the Windows Desktop, please
refer to the Macintosh U ser’ s Manual or the M icrosoft W indo ws User’s
Guide, respectively.

Conventions

This user guide is for both Windows and Macintosh users. By
convention, Macintosh commands precede Windows commands in
the text. For example, Command/Ctrl+I is equivalent to the
Macintosh Command-I and the Windows Ctrl+I. For simplicity, the
term folder refers to directories as well as folders. The Kai’s
SuperGOO interface for both platforms is identical, unless otherwise
specified.

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What is SuperGOO?

Kai’s SuperGOO is the latest addition to the ScanSoft line of
creative entertainment tools. Like its predecessor, Kai’s Power GOO,
SuperGOO is a fun image-distortion tool. Using SuperGOO’s tools
and effects, you can stretch, stir, bulge, or twirl pictures to create
“funhouse mirror” distortion effects. Using the libraries that come
with SuperGOO you can create your own realistic faces.

Once distorted, an image can be printed or saved for use in
photo-editing or compositing software or in a desktop publishing
application. Multiple distortion effects can be combined to create
animated movies (in QuickTime or AVI format) for use in multimedia
presentations or output directly to video.

What can I do with Kai’s SuperGOO?

The most obvious use for SuperGOO is to take images of family,
friends and co-workers and use the SuperGOO distortion tools to
create funny parodies of people for your own amusement. You can
then save those images as parts of movies or as a still images. Images
can be imported into image-editing applications for additional
modifications or inclusion in advertising or fine art pieces.

Animations can be used in multimedia authoring applications for
inclusion in both on-screen and video-based presentations. Both
images and animations can be incorporated into Web pages.

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Exploring the Kai’s SuperGOO Workspace

Unlike most applications that use a myriad of palettes and toolbars to
display their features, SuperGOO is divided into rooms.

There are two rooms in SuperGOO:

• The FUSION Room

• The GOO Room
These rooms contain all the features and functions you’ll need to fully

express your creativity.

Getting to Know Kai’s SuperGOO

The GOO Room

The GOO Room is where you distort images to create your own
custom pictures. The images you use in this room can be imported
from a variety of sources, or opened from the GOO library.

Once open, you can use the GOO tools to distort, bulge, smear or
twirl portions of the image, or use the GOO effects to twirl, rotate,
stretch or squeeze the entire image.

You can also save your picture at various stages and then play the
images together as a movie, or GOOvie.

Use the GOO Room to distort imported images.

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The best

B

To move between rooms:

✤

In the GOO Room click the FUSION button at the top of the

screen to move to the FUSION Room.

In the FUSION Room, click the GOO button to move to the
GOO Room.

Working with Files

Kai’s SuperGOO lets you import your own pictures of friends and
family to distort or combine to create wacky pictures. You can open a
file in BMP, PICT, Photoshop, TIFF, JPEG, GIF, or FlashPix.

B

To open a picture:

1.

Click the In button at the top of the screen and choose Open

from the popup menu. The Open dialog appears.

2.

Locate the picture file you want to use and click Open. The

picture appears on the Image Canvas.

Importing Files using Plug-ins

Kai’s SuperGOO can import images in a number of standard image
formats. You can extend Kai’s SuperGOO’s import capabilities using
third-party plug-ins. A

plug-in

is a component that connects with an

application and extends its capabilities.
In order to use a plug-in from an outside developer you have to place

it in a folder that SuperGOO can access.

folder.

Import

from

Import Via Plug-Ins >

from the menu. The Select Folder dialog

B

To scan a picture into Kai’s SuperGOO:

1.

Click the In button and choose

Import via TWAIN > Set

Destination for Acquires and Imports

from the menu.

2.

Select a folder where you want to store scanned images.

3.

Click the In button again and choose

Import via TWAIN >

Select TWAIN Source

. The Select Source dialog appears.

4.

Select your scanner from the list and click OK.

5.

Click the In button again and choose Import via

TWAIN >

TWAIN Acquire

. The TWAIN dialog appears.

6.

Use the dialog controls to setup and start a scan of your picture.

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Saving Pictures

You can save GOOed pictures in a number of popular image formats
including, BMP, PICT, Photoshop, TIFF, JPEG, GIF or FlashPix. Once
saved, a picture can be used in another image-editing application or
page-layout application.

BTo save a picture:

1. Click the Out button and choose Save. The Save dialog appears.

2. Choose a file format, location and filename and click Save.

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