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Getting Started with Paper Animal Workshop

Using the Main Screen

Using the Diorama Screens

Using the Fold/Printing Screen

Using the Gallery Screen

Uninstalling the Software

Troubleshooting Guide

Resources

Paper Animal Workshop (TM) v1.0 12-Animal, 256 Color, CD-ROM Edition

Software Copyright © 1995 KittyHawk Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Getting Started

Running the Software...

The main scene presents you with four distinctive and interesting dioramas.  To select a diorama and see the instructions for folding and printing it, simply click on the diorama.  If you would like to see all the animals and get an idea of how easy or hard each one is to fold, go to the animals gallery screen.


Using the Main Screen

Move mouse over picture, when pointer changes to a hand, click to find out more...


Using the Diorama Screens

Move mouse over picture, when pointer changes to a hand, click to find out more...

The Dioramas...

The four dioramas can be created  by you with the help of your printer, some scissors, some glue, and a little time.  Each part of the diorama pictured can be clicked so you can print it.  With each printout there is an outline for a strut which you should cut out and glue to the back of the diorama piece.  When all the pieces are completed you can set up your diorama.  To make a more permanent diorama, glue the pieces to cardboard before cutting them out.

If you don't have a color printer, print just the outlines and color in the pieces yourself.  You can change the size of the printed pieces and make as many as you wish for your version of the dioramas.


Using the Folding Screen
Using the Fold/Printing Screen

Move mouse over picture, when pointer changes to a hand, click to find out more...

This screen is where you can print the diorama pieces, print the folded animals, and find out how to fold up the animals.  Click on the display or the Animate button to start either the folding instructions or the diorama instructions.  Once the animation starts, the rows of gray buttons light up and you use them to control the animation.

If you want to add your own decorations on the computer, choose Clip to move the line art to the clipboard.  Then go to your favorite paint/draw software and Paste the lines into it.  If you don't have a color printer, you can print with just the lines and color in the pieces by hand.  Check both top and bottom side to see where the art is for the folded pieces.


Using the Gallery Screen

Move mouse over picture, when pointer changes to a hand, click to find out more...


Resources

O R I G A M I  S O C I E T I E S

For more information on origami books, supplies, and activities, write to the origami societies listed below and be sure to include a stamped self addressed envelope.

Origami USA

15 West 77th Street

New York, NY  10024-5192

USA

British Origami Society

Penny Groom, Honorary Secretary

2A The Chestnuts

Countesthorpe

Leicester  LE8 3TL

ENGLAND

Mouvement Français des Plieurs de Papier

56 Rue Coiolis

75012 Paris

FRANCE

Origami Deutschland

Posfach 1630

8050 Freising

GERMANY

International Origami Centre

P.O. Box 3

Ogikubo

Tokyo

JAPAN


Uninstalling

Paper Animal Workshop comes with a program to remove it from your system.  At setup time, an icon was installed in your "Paper Animal Workshop" program group and it was labeled, "Uninstall".  To remove the program from your system, simply double-click on this icon and follow the instructions given there.  If the icon does not exist, you may find the uninstaller program in the setup\win31 directory on the CD-ROM, it is named REMOVE.EXE, simply run it to uninstall.


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Viewing Screen

This is the screen where the animal or diorama piece

is viewed.  The view of the animals may be changed

by using the VCR style controls found on either side.

For more help, click on the VCR control buttons found

on either side; each button has help which will tell you

what it does and how to use it.


Rotate About X Axis
Flip Animal Over

Use this button to turn the animal over.  Normally

the animal will roll over along the axis of the body.

You may even turn the animal all the way over if

you want to, to see the under side!

Hint

Left mouse button - flips counter clockwise.

Right mouse button - flips clockwise.


Rotate About Z Axis
Spin Animal Around

Use this button to rotate the animal around.

You can also think of this function as spinning

the animal around from the top.

Hint

Left mouse button - spins counter clockwise.

Right mouse button - spins clockwise.


Camera Left/Right
Move Animal Left/Right

Use this button to move the animal left or right.

Hint

Left mouse button - moves animal left.

Right mouse button - moves animal right.


Camera Up/Down
Move Animal Up/Down

Use this button to move the animal up or down.

Hint

Left mouse button - moves animal left.

Right mouse button - moves animal right.


Zoom In/Out

Use this button to zoom the camera in or out.

Hint

Left mouse button - zooms camera in.

Right mouse button - zooms camera out.


Pivot Up/Down

Use this button to pivot the camera up or down.

The camera can move through positions which

look from the edge of the animal to looking

directly down onto the animal.

Hint

Left mouse button - pivots camera down.

Right mouse button - pivots camera up.


Go To Beginning

Use this button to rewind the folding

animation to the beginning of the tape.


Printouts

Use this menu pulldown to select an animal

for printing.


Button Help

Context sensitive help is displayed here

as you pass your mouse over the buttons

on the screen.


Instructions

Step-by-step instructions for each fold are

displayed in this box as you move from

fold to fold.


Go To the End

Use this button to advance the folding animation

to the end.  Pressing this key will put you at the

very end of the tape on the last frame.


Step Backward
Step Backwards

Use this button to move the folding animation back

one step.  A "step" is a series of frames which shows

one fold or change of perspective.  Note  when using

this key, animation is not shown.


Step Forward

Use this button to move the folding animation forward

one step.  A "step" is a series of frames which shows

one fold or change of perspective.  Note  when using

this key, animation is not shown.


Frame Backward

Use this button to move the folding animation backward

one frame.  A "frame" is one picture in the folding animation.

When the animation is stopped, you may use this button to

move backward one frame.

Hint

This button is useful to step through the frames of a complicated fold.


Frame Forward

Use this button to move the folding animation forward one

frame.  A "frame" is one picture in the folding animation.

When the animation is stopped, you may use this button

to move forward one frame.

Hint

This button is useful to step through the frames of a complicated fold.


Animate

When this box is checked the animation is on; when

this box is clear, the printing is on.


Continuous
Pauses

This is the "Pauses" button.  When Pauses are ON,

the forward and backward buttons may be used to step

through each fold or perspective change of an animal.  When

Pauses are OFF, pressing forward or backward causes the

folding animation to play continuously until the beginning or

ending of the tape.

Hint

If the Pauses are OFF, you may use the stop button

to stop play at any time.  You may also use the forward and

backward buttons to reverse the direction of play at any time.


Time Line

This is the tape's time line indicator.  The time line gives

you an idea of where you are in the folding animation.  If

the time line indicator is all the way at the left, then you

are at the beginning of the tape.  If it is all the way at the

right, then you are at the end.


Forward

Use this button to play forward.  If pauses

are OFF, then this button causes the tape

to start playing forward continuously until the

end-of-tape is reached, or until you stop play

with another button.  If pauses are ON,

then this button causes the folding animation to

play forward one step.


Backward

Use this button to play backward.  If pauses

are OFF, then this button causes the tape to

start playing backward continuously until the

beginning-of-tape is reached, or until you stop play

with another button.  If pauses are ON,

then this button causes the folding animation to

play backward one step.


Stop

Use this button to stop play.

Hint

You can use this button at any time to stop play.

Sometimes it is useful to stop play in the middle

of a fold and use the frame forward or the

frame backward buttons to see the fold more

clearly.  You may even move the animal or camera

position to get a better view!


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Preview screen

This shows you what the animal

will look like when it is printed.


Art style
Art

Select to put decorative art on the animal.


Lines

Select this to print fold lines; fold lines will help you

when constructing an animal, once you have mastered

an animal you can print without lines for a better looking

animal.


Side

When Top is selected, this displays and prints the top

or front side of the paper.  When Bottom is selected,

this displays and prints the bottom or back side of the

paper.  For dual sided printing, print top side first, then

feed the same sheet back through your printer with the

bottom side selected.  Depending on your printer, it may

take several attempts to get the sides lined up!  Note that

folding always begins with the top side up.


Copy

Click on this button to copy the line art of the displayed

piece to the Clipboard.  Note that you will see no

effect once this button is pushed.  You must enter another

program which will allow you to "Paste" this

print image into its display to use this feature.

Any graphics program, and most word

processors will allow this "Paste" from the Clipboard.

See your computer's documentation if you are not familiar

with the Clipboard and its uses.


Instructions

Printing instructions are given here.


Button Help

Context sensitive help is displayed here

as you pass your mouse over the buttons

on the screen.


Print

Click on this button to print the currently displayed preview

screen.  After you click on this button, a special dialog

will be displayed where you may select the size of your

printout.  Each piece is sized by default to fit the dioramas

nicely, but you may find it easier to fold some of the animals

the first time with larger squares of paper.  Paper Animal Workshop

uses the computer's Print Manager, if enabled, to handle

print output.


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main popups

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Select Ornament
Select Animal

Click on any animal to go to the fold/printing screen.


Button Help

Context sensitive help is displayed here

as you pass your mouse over the buttons

on the screen.


Exit

Click here to exit the program.


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gallery popups

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Select an Ornament
Select an Animal

Click on any animal to select and

go directly to the print/folding screen.


Button Help

Context sensitive help is displayed here

as you pass your mouse over the buttons

on the screen.


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main popups

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Desert

Click here to go to the desert diorama.


Jungle

Click here to go to the jungle diorama.


Ocean

Click here to go to the ocean diorama.


Savanna

Click here to go to the savanna diorama.


Diorama
Dioramas

Click here to go to the dioramas screen.


Gallery

Click here to go to the gallery screen.


Exit

Click here to go to leave the program.


Diorama
Diorama Selections

Click on any item within the diorama to select it and go to the

fold/printing screen.  The diorama is composed of several

pieces.  There are left and right sky, left and right ground, trees,

rocks and shrubs, as well as three animals in each diorama.