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@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@ This manual covers the \CGG{} \INF{} version.  Information
 contained in this manual is a description of the \CGG{} program
 usage and was obtained from various sources to include different
 communication channels, emails, common knowledge, and write-ups as
-new features were added.  The author of the original
+new features were added.  The origin of this manual has always been present in the \CGG{} source code in the doc subdirectory as cinelerral.html and can be found at: \href{https://git.cinelerra-gg.org/git/?p=goodguy/cinelerra.git;a=blob;f=cinelerra-5.1/doc/cinelerra.html;h=f7742b50255d5412af5c4941c5be52bb556d99cd;hb=7fd85fb66168f6b518c5f2d73e04036e87faa0e1}{Secrets of Cinelerra} by the original author Adam Williams.
+Over time his manual was enhanced by Alex Ferrer with Adam's and Alex's work becoming the
+baseline for the CV manual and subsequently that combined work was mostly incorporated into this manual.
+Interestingly, starting from Secrets of Cinelerra which is about 122 full pages, to the CV manual
+of about 212 pages at the time it was incorporated here, this manual has now grown to over 780 pages.
+More information about the manual and source code contributions can be found here: \nameref{cha:contributors}.
+
+The author of the original
 \textsc{Cinelerra} program, Adam Williams, as well as many different
 people have modified the \textsc{Cinelerra} source code over the
-years.  William Morrow merged all of the known changes, whenever
-possible, into this \CGG{} version and has been adding numerous
+years.  William Morrow used Adam's source code as the  baseline and merged all of the known changes at the time, whenever
+possible, into this \CGG{} version and had been adding numerous
 features, updates, and fixes.
 
 {\small \textbf{NOTE1:} This manual is a Work in Progress: monthly parts are added to cover the new features introduced in \CGG{}. The texts are continuously revised to make them clearer and more complete. In order to have a better and better product we rely on the suggestions and criticisms of our readers. Do not hesitate to let us know your opinions. For this continuous variability, we recommend that you download the manual at least once a month, during the release of \CGG{}, so that its content is always up to date.