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It is recommended to have ASSB opened with tutorial.ssd loaded while reading this tutorial.
[ With all other windows minimized, right click on task bar and choose Tile Windows Vertically ]

Active ScreenSaver Builder by XemiComputer Ltd. www.xemico.com Tutorial by www.krstDesign.com Sets the beginning of main loop (whole ssaver) If you are displaying credits at the beggining,  you can start main loop just after showing them.	If you are going to share .ssd files with others, put some information about the author. (name, e-mail address, URL etc.)
Repeat	Sets a beginning of looped sequence. In this case whole screen saver.
Defining text for intro.	Use comments a lot! Mark beginning of a sequence or just insert some white space for better readability.
Image/Text [Active ..., TextColour: RGB(255, 0, 0), ... Image/Text [by Xemi..., TextColour: RGB(255, 0, 0), ... Image/Text [www.xem..., TextColour: RGB(255, 255,... Image/Text [T U T O..., TextColour: RGB(255, 255, ... Image/Text [by www...., TextColour: RGB(255, 255, ...	Defines images/text. Once ssd file is saved, you can delete all bmp files that are used from your hard disk, because they are included in .ssd file.
Defining sounds.
Multimedia [drip.wav] Multimedia [bloop.wav] Multimedia [beepbeep.wav] Multimedia [evacuate.wav] Multimedia [flare.wav] Multimedia [gong.wav] Multimedia [drum.wav] Multimedia [gear.wav]	Defines sound (.wav) files.
Displaying defined text.
Move Text [Active ..., Start Position: (197, -50), End ...	Moves image from one coordinate to another. Show command is not necessary. X, Y represent upper left corner of image/text.
Show Text [by Xemi..., Position: (300, 190), Letter By ... Show Text [www.xem..., Position: (319, 220), Colour:...	Displays image/text on desired place of screen. X, Y represent upper left corner of image/text.
Move Text [T U T O..., Start Position: (232, 1000), End... Show Text [by www...., Position: (288, 305), Letter By...
Wait [Duration: 1.5 sec]	Pauses screen saver for amount of time. Sounds already playing are not affected.
By repeating black line with random start and end coordinates 2000 times you will get clear screen effect. Cls command is added in case that line command does not cover all text.
Repeat
Line [Width: 3, Style: Solid, Start Position: (Random,...	Draws a line from one coordinate to another. In this case both coordinates are random and the line is black. Try fixing beginning of line and leaving end coordinate and color random. And repeat line command few 1000s times.
Until [2000 times]	Repeats lines between this line and first Repeat command above. In this case 2000 times.
Cls [Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)]	Clears screen. You can define color of new blank screen. In this case that color is black.
Defining text and images for "scream" sequence.
Image/Text [scream.bmp] Image/Text [scream1.bmp] Image/Text [CREATE ..., TextColour: RGB(255, 0, 0), ...
Scream.
Move Image [scream.bmp, Start Position: (-120, 125), ... Move Image [scream1.bmp, Start Position: (920, 125), ...
Show Text [CREATE ..., Position: (250, 100), Letter By...
Show Text [CREATE ..., Position: (250, 480), Letter By ...
Wait [Duration: 1 sec]
Move Image [scream.bmp, Start Position: (303, 125), End ... Move Image [scream1.bmp, Start Position: (400, 125), End...
Cls [Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)]
Defining images & text.
Image/Text [Child.bmp] Image/Text [Display..., TextColour: RGB(255, 255, 255), ... Image/Text [Display..., TextColour: RGB(128, 128, 128), ... Image/Text [DigiBall.bmp] Image/Text [krst270d.bmp] Image/Text [She.bmp] Image/Text [Tall.bmp] Image/Text [Move th..., TextColour: RGB(255, 255, 255), ... Image/Text [Move th..., TextColour: RGB(128, 128, 128), ... Image/Text [add you..., TextColour: RGB(255, 255, 255), ... Image/Text [add you..., TextColour: RGB(128, 128, 128), .. Image/Text ['... fe..., TextColour: RGB(255, 255, 0), BkColour:...] Image/Text ['... fe..., TextColour: RGB(255, 0, 0), BkColour: ... Image/Text [...disp..., TextColour: RGB(255, 255, 255), ... Image/Text [...disp..., TextColour: RGB(128, 128, 128), ..
Showing images and text.
Show Image [Tall.bmp, Position: (0, 0), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0),... Wait [Duration: 0.6 sec]
Play [gong.wav, No wait - 1 time]	Plays sound (.wav) file. You can define how many times it will be played and should screen saver pause or not while sound is being played.
Show Text [Display..., Position: (170, 0), Letter By Letter ... Wait [Duration: 0.8 sec] Play [drip.wav, No wait - 1 time] Show Image [Child.bmp, Position: (620, 0), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0),... Wait [Duration: 0.3 sec] Play [drip.wav, No wait - 1 time] Show Image [DigiBall.bmp, Position: (250, 285), Colour: RGB(... Wait [Duration: 0.3 sec] Play [drip.wav, No wait - 1 time] Show Image [She.bmp, Position: (600, 280), Colour: RGB(0, 0, ... Wait [Duration: 1 sec] Play [gong.wav, No wait - 1 time] Show Text [Display..., Position: (170, 0), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)... Show Text [Move th..., Position: (170, 20), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)... Wait [Duration: 0.5 sec] Move Image [She.bmp, Start Position: (600, 280), End Position:...
Hide Image [She.bmp]	Hides defined image/text.
Wait [Duration: 0.5 sec] Move Image [Child.bmp, Start Position: (620, 0), End Position: ... Hide Image [Child.bmp] Wait [Duration: 0.5 sec] Move Image [DigiBall.bmp, Start Position: (250, 285), End Positi... Wait [Duration: 1 sec] Play [gong.wav, No wait - 1 time] Show Text [Move th..., Position: (170, 20), Colour: RGB(0, 0, ... Show Text [add you..., Position: (170, 40), Colour: RGB(0, 0, ... Wait [Duration: 0.5 sec] Show Text ['... fe..., Position: (180, 290), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)... Wait [Duration: 2 sec] Play [gong.wav, No wait - 1 time] Show Text [add you..., Position: (170, 40), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)... Show Text [...disp..., Position: (170, 60), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)... Wait [Duration: 0.5 sec] Play [drum.wav, No wait - 1 time] Hide Text ['... fe...] Show Text ['... fe..., Position: (180, 290), Letter By Letter... Wait [Duration: 2 sec]
Defining text and images for animation. [ you can think about animation like a very fast slide-show ]
Image/Text [Or crea..., TextColour: RGB(255, 255, 255), BkCo... Image/Text [ani01.bmp] Image/Text [ani02.bmp] Image/Text [ani03.bmp] Image/Text [ani04.bmp] Image/Text [ani05.bmp] Image/Text [ani06.bmp] Image/Text [ani07.bmp] Image/Text [ani08.bmp] Image/Text [ani09.bmp] Image/Text [ani10.bmp] Image/Text [ani11.bmp] Image/Text [ani12.bmp] Image/Text [ani13.bmp] Image/Text [ani14.bmp] Image/Text [ani15.bmp] Image/Text [ani16.bmp]	Animation is actually showing images on the same place of the screen with some pause between. If you are creating, for example, animation of a face closing eyes only first image should be of a whole face. Other images will be only eyes (only part of original image that is changed)
Playing animation.
Wait [Duration: 0.5 sec] Play [beepbeep.wav, Wait - 1 time] Hide Text ['... fe...] Hide [DigiBall.bmp]
Show Text [...disp..., Position: (170, 60), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0), Mixing: No Mixing, Background: Yes] Show Text [Or crea..., Position: (170, 80), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0),... Wait [Duration: 0.5 sec] Show Image [ani01.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)... Play [gear.wav, No wait - 1 time] Wait [Duration: 1 sec] Show Image [ani02.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0, .. Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani03.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0,... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani04.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0, Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani05.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0,... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani06.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani07.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0, ... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani08.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0, ... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani09.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0,... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani10.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, ... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani11.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani12.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0,.. Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani13.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0,... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani14.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani15.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0,... Wait [Duration: 0.1 sec] Show Image [ani16.bmp, Position: (450, 250), Colour: RGB(0, 0,... Wait [Duration: 1.5 sec] Hide Image [ani16.bmp] Hide Text [...disp...] Hide Text [Or crea...] Hide Text [Display...] Hide Text [Move th...] Hide Text [add you...] Hide Text [...disp...] Wait [Duration: 0.3 sec]
Clearing every 2nd line. [ moving line 2 pixels wide with step 3 both verticaly and horizontaly will create a grid ]
Image/Text [line.bmp] Image/Text [linev.bmp]
Move Image [line.bmp, Start Position: (0, 0), End Position: (0, 610... Move Image [linev.bmp, Start Position: (0, 0), End Position: ... Wait [Duration: 0.6 sec]	By moving line (image, not command) of 2 pixels width with the step of 4 we'll get effect of grid in same color as line.
Showing credits. Image/Text [created..., TextColour: RGB(192, 192, 192), ... Image/Text [Active ..., TextColour: RGB(192, 192, 192), ... Image/Text [xemilogo.bmp] Image/Text [from Xe..., TextColour: RGB(192, 192, 192), ... Image/Text [www.xem..., TextColour: RGB(192, 192, 192),... Image/Text [all ima..., TextColour: RGB(192, 192, 192), BkCol... Image/Text [krstDes..., TextColour: RGB(192, 192, 192), ... Image/Text [www.krs..., TextColour: RGB(192, 192, 192),...
Show Text [created..., Position: (272, 50), Letter By Letter... Show Text [Active ..., Position: (272, 70), Letter By Letter ... Show Image [xemilogo.bmp, Position: (345, 100), Colour: RGB... Show Text [from Xe..., Position: (272, 170), Letter By Letter... Show Text [www.xem..., Position: (272, 200), Letter By Letter... Wait [Duration: 0.6 sec]
Show Text [all ima..., Position: (272, 280), Letter By Letter ...
Show Image [ani01.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.8 sec] Show Image [ani02.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani03.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani04.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani05.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani06.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani07.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani08.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani09.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani10.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani11.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Wait [Duration: 0.06 sec] Show Image [ani12.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB... Show Image [ani13.bmp, Position: (260, 340), Colour: RGB...
Show Text [krstDes..., Position: (272, 310), Letter By Letter... Show Text [www.krs..., Position: (272, 490), Letter By Letter... Wait [Duration: 2.8 sec] Play [evacuate.wav, No wait - 1 time] Wait [Duration: 3 sec]
By repeating black line with random start and end coordinates 4000 times you will get clear screen effect. Cls command is added in case that line command does not cover all text. Repeat Line [Width: 3, Style: Solid, Start Position: (Random,... Until [4000 times] Cls [Colour: RGB(0, 0, 0)] Wait [Duration: 1 sec]
Until [Infinite]
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