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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<************** AniPaint **************>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AniPaint 5.1 copyright (c) 1994 Rick Sobie Thank You for choosing AniPaint. If you use it you are legally, morally and ethically obligated to pay for it. It is not free. AniPaint is protected by International Copyright Law. It is not to be used by any Corporation, business, gov't or other agency until a site license has been negotiated. To register run CONFIGIT. Minimum 286 with VGA Adapter and mouse required. There are over 135 graphic tools, some with multiple processes. The most difficult part is figuring out which mouse button does what and at which particular moment. That is primarily why reading the documentation or at least having it handy is so important. The file C:\ANIPAINT\STUDIO.DOC contains the tool use instructions. Run the demos in the program to get a fast start. Load files in the Screening Room by clicking Mouse Button 2 on the filename as it appears in the directory area. Load the example workspace file EXAMP256.CFG using the Load button. You will find standard conventional key useage such as ALT-X to exit or ESC to cancel. The basic theory regarding this program is: It is designed to work best with a reasonably fast modern machine. It works best with a ramdrive. You may define the drive you would like to use for temporary files. Run Configit and select the options menu, then select a drive to be used as your ramdrive. (A ramdrive is an imitation disk created in memory by DOS, see your DOS manual) Example: If you have extra memory you create a ramdrive. The next available drive letter is lets say D:. So you create a 4 meg ramdrive on D:. Now when you use the program, it creates files on that drive. They are allocated to memory, yet you can browse through them and access them like a harddrive. You may have one or two pictures, some text, a few clips that you have captured, maybe a temporary palette or two and a couple of animation sequences all active in memory. They all remain organized and in the same format as they would be if they were on your harddrive. In fact if you don't supply a ramdrive, they will be put on your harddrive. The benefit is that while these files are in active memory on your ramdrive, you can access them faster. This allows the program to operate faster, and allows your animation to run faster. Keep in mind though, that when you use a ramdrive, it disappears when you reboot or shut off your system. Therefore, you should use the Save option in the program to save your work to your harddrive before you shut off your system. You will be prompted for automatic backup on exit. !Important! If you run out of space on your ramdrive you are better to disable it instead, rather than struggle along on minimum space. You will get the error File Not Found amongst others if space is unavailable. A 1 meg ramdrive is only practical in 320x200 mode. You may load, edit or create images in bitmap form (eg:PCX picture made with a scanner or another paint program etc.) or you may load, edit or create a vector line drawing(eg: house plans, architectural drawings, maps etc. AniPaint format only). Once you have a picture you can animate part or all of it using several methods geared for computers of varying speeds. The program is designed for a maximum of 256 colors on screen at any one time. The best use of these 256 colors in this program is with a scaled or partially scaled palette. (the color number gets higher as the shades of one color get brighter) Using this type of palette will give the best results with many of the tools. Any tool which is gradient in nature requires a scaled or partially scaled palette. This program requires a mouse. It also creates it's own cursors. It hides the usual arrow. If you see the white standard graphics arrow during use of this program, your pointing device is not completely compatible with AniPaint. see FILEINFO.DOC in CONFIGIT. If you have not done so already, I suggest you print the manual in the Documents Menu of CONFIGIT. It is approx. 110 pages in length. I used the DOS command "COPY filename.ext PRN" so it should print on any printer. It is formatted for a 66 line page with a 6 line header and a 6 line footer. Important! Keep your unregistered, original, complete, compressed, copy, of this release as a backup and for giving away. If registered, put your registration number in a safe place. (Under your monitor is good.) This program works in modes from 320x200 to 1200x1024 in 16 or 256 colors. Complete Documentation, Demonstrations and Help are included to make the learning process as easy as possible. There are many exciting features and over a 135 tools for you to explore, but the most exciting part of all is the natural talent you bring to the program and how you find new and creative ways to use it. To begin, use CONFIGIT to make sure your machine's graphic adapter is compatible, and your mouse is set to the correct delay. When you are finished type ANIPAINT at DOS to load the program. If you are using Microsoft Windows use ANIPAINT.PIF and the ANIPAINT.ICO Icon in the ANIPAINT Directory. If you have a slow machine that uses the 16 color drivers you may find the program runs faster from DOS. Please Give Unregistered copies of AniPaint to your friends. Once Anipaint is registered ,only give your original compressed copy, or use the Option, "Pack for Giving" in CONFIGIT.EXE. It makes the job easy and the program will work when it get's there. Otherwise it will not. Unregistered copies may be given providing they are in their original form. Let me explain why. Example: Joe Florentino From Moosejaw is an interior decorator that loves the color purple. So he converts all his menu palettes to these lovely shades of purple. He uploads the program onto his favourite BBS and when people download it they say "What ugly color." This is only one example. What if you don't include the drivers, or forget to include the Documentation? Simply put, AniPaint protects it's copyright and it's integrity and will check to make sure everything is intact or it will not work. It will merely state that it is a corrupted copy and then exit. Optimizing your System for AniPaint ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A good system would be a 486 66Mhz with 8 meg of RAM, an SVGA Monitor with a VESA compatible display adapter with 1 meg of on-board memory. AniPaint does not require Extended or Expanded memory but it's operation is enhanced. A minimum 286 CPU is required. Anything less is too slow. Your math coprocessor will be used if one exists. If Expanded memory (EMS) is available AniPaint will automatically load the program itself into it and run from there. (approx. 600 k needed, autodetected at runtime - LIM standard). To optimize your system: Free as much conventional memory as possible by loading DOS HIGH etc. Some options are affected if conventional memory is of short supply. Create a Ramdrive or Virtual Disk if you have enough Extended (XMS) or an excess of Expanded Memory. The optimum size of ramdisk would be 4 meg. More if you work with large screen modes or large pictures. Why a Ramdrive? It provides a user friendly way for you to access your extended or expanded memory like any other disk drive. You will be prompted to backup D: C:\_DBACKUP prior to exit. A ramdrive or virtual disk is temporary and disappears when you shut off your system. Use the Load Button to restore the files in C:\_DBACKUP to D:. A ramdrive will generally speed this program up considerably. (If you are using a drive other than D: as your ramdrive, simply choose that drive letter in CONFIGIT.) If you only have 1 meg of extra EMS or XMS try either: A Ramdrive - no extra EMS for overlay so it will run from disk, temp files will be put on D: until D: is full, then will switch to C:. or Convert XMS to EMS - Program will run in EMS, will use C: for temp files. (See your DOS Manual on EMM386.SYS and SMARTDRV.SYS); or Use EMS - same as XMS to EMS above. Use whichever gives the best performance on your machine. Microsoft Windows can create EMS from your Hard Disk C:. It will however lessen your free space on C: so make plenty of space available. SMARTDRV.SYS Disk Swapping sometimes slows this program's performance and sometimes speeds this program's performance. You decide. Make as much space on drive C: available as possible. 10 to 20 meg would be optimum. The program will not operate correctly if drive C: becomes full. AniPaint uses your hardrive as a virtual disk when D: becomes full or when D: is not available. You cannot run AniPaint from floppies. Only use resolutions that you know are O.K. to use with your monitor. See your monitor documentation. Autodetection does not detect the IBM8514. Autodetection defaults to 640x480 16 color VGA mode. Read DRIVERS.DOC for help with drivers. AniPaint may conflict with memory resident programs. Trial and error is the only way to find out. If the system locks up, reboot and "rem" them out. You may want to create a batch file that uses one copy of CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT for AniPaint. See your DOS manual. 16 Color modes may work slightly faster from DOS rather than Microsoft Windows, although you may be able to task switch using 16 modes. ( you may not be able to display AniPaint in 256 color mode, in a Microsoft Window) Use the FULL SCREEN option in the Paint Studio when in 320x200 mode. Always use CONFIGIT.EXE to move, give, or configure AniPaint or it will not function correctly. Set the mouse, set the driver, and set the user definable options. They are preset to the optimum default settings and may be reinitialized by choosing Default 256 or Default 16. Test the driver first using the drivers menu from the Main Menu before you save the settings.(IBM8514, ATT400, excluded, they are entered by switch on the command line.) see help in Drivers Menu in CONFIGIT. (Set it at Autodetection for IBM8514 and ATT400, then use the commandline switch.) Use the Window Cursor instead of the Ball Cursor in the Screening Room, if you have a slow machine. Run CONFIGIT. For best picture quality when loading PCX files, use the 256 color modes. When working on photographic quality PCX, greyscale for best editing results. Older PCX files or 16 color or less, are converted to 2 colors with a 256 color palette. In 16 color mode, only the first 16 palette color entries are visible. Use the tools on images in a zoomed out state for best results. If you have a machine with a CPU speed of less than 50 Mhz, see Speeding up the Program at the end of SCREENRM.DOC. See your DOS manual on Optimizing your System for more info. Remember! Use CONFIGIT to install and configure the program correctly. (Type CONFIGIT at DOS in the ANIPAINT directory, where CONFIGIT.EXE should be.) Important !! This program requires command.com to be in the root directory C:\ If it is not, it will not operate correctly. C:\ANIPAINT should be in your PATH in AUTOEXEC.BAT if not AniPaint may have trouble finding files. see DOS manual on the PATH command. You need the line FILES=30 in your CONFIG.SYS. This tells DOS how many files can be open at the same time. In some situations you may need to increase this number. (see your DOS Manual) Microsoft Windows Users: If you intend to run AniPaint from Windows, you may use the Icons supplied. There is one for the program, ANIPAINT.ICO, and one for CONFIGIT ( the configuration utility for AniPaint), ANICFGIT.ICO. There is also a PIF file, ANIPAINT.PIF. Use this file as the program startup file. It contains the optimum settings for speed and best memory usage. Not all computers are the same though, so if you are an experienced user, you may want to check this file to ensure it is set correctly for your system. AniPaint does not use Extended memory directly. Convert it to EMS, and or use it for a RAMDRIVE. It uses Expanded memory for it's overlay. The best use of your Extended memory beyond 1 meg, is a ramdrive . Test the program from DOS to see if it works faster than when run from Windows. (not the Shell) On some systems an increase in speed may be noticed. If you are entering switches on the commandline, such as for an alternate driver, you may want to add the switch in the PIF file, or request you be prompted for the commandline option. see your Windows documentation for information or help in Windows on commandline options. This is a DOS graphic application and you may not be able to "display" it in a window. You will not be able to "run" AniPaint in a window. They requires full screen because of the way they use the palette. You may run CONFIGIT in a Window but it works much better full screen. CONFIGIT is a DOS text application. There is no PIF file supplied for CONFIGIT . If you wish you may use the PIF editor to create it. Choose the default settings. ( _DEFAULT.PIF ) You will find it very handy having the CONFIGIT Icon beside the AniPaint Icon. In this way you can quickly switch drivers or change the other options prior to loading AniPaint. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is the List of Files that should be with this package. ANIPAINT.EXE Main Program File BIN1.FLE BIN2.FLE BIN3.FLE Program Binary Data Files BIN4.FLE BIN5.FLE BIN6.FLE BIN7.FLE BIN8.FLE BIN9.FLE BIN10.FLE BIN11.FLE BIN12.FLE BIN13.FLE BIN14.FLE BIN15.FLE BIN16.FLE BIN17.FLE BIN18.FLE BIN19.FLE BIN20.FLE BIN21.FLE BIN22.FLE BIN23.FLE BIN24.FLE BIN25.FLE BIN26.FLE BIN27.FLE BIN28.FLE BIN29.FLE BIN30.FLE BIN31.FLE FNTSPALS.LST List of all included Fonts and Palettes SAMPVECT.RUN Sample Stick Figure Animation. EGAVGA.BGI EGA and VGA 16 color graphics driver VGA256.BGI VGA 256 color graphics driver VESA16.BGI VESA compatible SVGA 16 color graphics driver SVGA16.BGI Super VGA 16 color graphics driver SVGA256.BGI Super VGA 256 color graphics driver IBM8514.BGI IBM8514 256 color graphics driver ATT.BGI ATT400 graphics driver BOLD CHR EURO CHR GOTH CHR LCOM CHR LITT CHR 10 Program Fonts SANS CHR SCRI CHR SIMP CHR TRIP CHR TSCR CHR ANIPAINT.PIF Microsoft Windows file for those users ANIPAINT.ICO Two Icons for use in Microsoft Windows ANICFGIT.ICO for Windows users. (These icon are not AniPaint compatible and cannot be loaded into AniPaint.) CONFIGIT.EXE Configuration Utility needed for setup REGISTER.DOC Registration information. README.1ST This file FILE_ID.DIZ Program Upload Description for BBS's SVGADEMO.ACT Sample SVGA 640x480 256 color Act script SAMPLE.ACT Sample SVGA 640x480 256 Presentation script VGADEMO.ACT Sample VGA 320x200 256 color Act script 16DEMO.ACT Sample VGA 640x480 16 color Act script These below are unpacked by CONFIGIT with the install Option ************************************************************ C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\DEMOVCX.VCX Sample VCX picture 256 color C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\PATTERNS.VCX Patterns for Bluescreen etc. 9 Sample Act1 Animation files C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\SILVER.ANI 16 or 256 colors C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\HNDPOINT.ANI 16 or 256 colors C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\FPLACE.ANI 16 or 256 colors C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\BFLY.ANI 16 or 256 colors C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\THEAD.ANI 16 or 256 colors C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\CHRIS.ANI 256 color mode only C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\DINO4.ANI 256 color mode only C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\PAINTER.ANI 256 color mode only C:\ANIPAINT\DEMOS\WINDEMO.SHW Window Action Help File C:\ANIPAINT\STAMPS\STAMP1.VCX 2 color Clip Art C:\ANIPAINT\STAMPS\STAMP2.VCX 256 color Clip Art C:\ANIPAINT\STAMPS\STAMP3.VCX 256 color Clip Art C:\ANIPAINT\OBJECTS\ARROWS.PNT Object Library of arrows C:\ANIPAINT\OBJECTS\SIMPGRAF.PNT Blank Simple Graph Object C:\ANIPAINT\OBJECTS\FLOWER.PNT Flower Sample traced Object C:\ANIPAINT\OBJECTS\REDTAPE.PNT Sample for ACT2 demo C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\SCREENRM.DOC Screening Room help file. C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\ANIMATE.DOC Animation help file. C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\STUDIO.DOC Paint Studio help file. C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\CYBRFIND.DOC CybrFind help file C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\HELPINDX.DOC Half width help file C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\FILEINFO.DOC Error handling help file C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\DRIVERS.DOC Graph Drivers help file C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\CUTTNGRM.DOC ACT1 animation help File C:\ANIPAINT\HELPDOCS\PRINTQ&A.DOC Printing help File C:\ANIPAINT\PALETTES\16*.PAL 16 color palettes C:\ANIPAINT\PALETTES\*.PAL 256 color palettes C:\ANIPAINT\FONTS\*.FNT AniPaint Font Files C:\EXAMP256.CFG An example workspace. There are other files created when AniPaint is used but the above should be there to insure proper operation of AniPaint Important!! If any files are missing, you have a corrupted copy and should write me for a complete copy. Once registered, only use CONFIGIT to move or give AniPaint. It will not work otherwise. ===================================================================== Here is the directory structure created by CONFIGIT C:\ANIPAINT DEMOS - | - HELPDOCS / | \ STAMPS OBJECTS CLIPS FONTS PALETTES All are subdirectories of C:\ANIPAINT DEMOS - Will contain the Demo Files STAMPS - Contains the Clip Art CLIPS - Your Clip Board Files will be put here if you use C: (If a ramdrive is available ?:\CLIPS will be created) OBJECTS - Sample Vector graphic PNT files FONTS - Sample Fonts created by the program. PALETTES - Menu and Sample Color Palettes created by the program HELPDOCS - Help files and Documentation. If you change this structure the program will not operate correctly. All files should be left where they are put by CONFIGIT. If you already have a Program called ANIPAINT on C:\ANIPAINT you had better move it to avoid confusion. (unless you want AniPaint to write over the files there.) ANIPAINT needs the directory C:\ANIPAINT to operate. It is not necessary, to have two copies of AniPaint active on your hard drive. AniPaint has a "save workspace option". Just as a book can not be in two places at the same time, either should active, registered copies of AniPaint. AniPaint has been thouroughly tested, but with the myriad of platforms, versions of DOS, Windows, mouse drivers etc., it is possible that some incompatibility still exists. If you find a serious problem (crashing, runtime errors etc..) see FILEINFO.DOC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Important Notes for Uploading to BBS's! ======================================= This program should be of valuable use for years to come. However, BBS's are more and more insisting that files contained in the program be less than 6 mos or so old. If you find that the BBS you wish to upload this program to does not have AniPaint, but the age of the files do not meet their requirements then you should 1) Contact the BBS below for a more current version. or 2) Write me for a current version. See CONFIGIT or AniPaint for address. The most current version of AniPaint is always available on EXEC-PC The Largest BBS in the World 414-789-4360 (Membership Required, free limited access on first call). Some BBS's restrict the size of the file. This program compressed is over 800,000 bytes. You may have to make three separate archives in order to upload it on some boards. A 2400 or 1200 baud modem cannot download this file in the allotted time on-line. eg:ANIPNT#1.ZIP ANIPNT#2.ZIP ANIPNT#3.ZIP Important! If you do this, be sure to include "1 of 3" "2 of 3" and "3 of 3" in the upload description. You must always include the version number of the program. This program represents many hours of hard work and is not free. If you use it, you must pay for it. Bulletin Board Service Upload Descriptions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHORT 1 liner: AniPaint ver 5.1 Paint & Animate 135+ tools! 5 Line Description: AniPaint 5.1 Paint and Animate, 135+ tools. VGA, SVGA to 1200x1024. Make animated movies, Presentations etc. Complete Documentation and Demos. Raster/Vector, Undo/Redo with Autosave, Gradient Blob, Import/Export PCX, mouse req. Verbose Description: AniPaint 5.1 Paint and Animate 256 colors. Icon interface. 135+tools. Requires minimum 286 with VGA or SVGA and mouse. Resolutions from 320x200 to 1200x1024. Make animated movies, Presentations etc. Complete Documentation and Demos. Bitmap & Vector graphics with clip art and objects. Font editor, cut & paste palettes, Undo/Redo with Autosave, Gradient Curves, Magnetic Lines, Easy to install, Complete photo editing with greyscale. Import/Export PCX , much, much, more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is the standard disclaimers and licensing information that goes with all applications of this type. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OWNERSHIP: Except to the extent expressly licensed by me, I have and reserve the exclusive copyright and other right, title and interest concerning the Program and all versions of it, including utilities and all other program files accompanying the program excluding those files that carry copyright notices other than by Rick Sobie. (Drivers and .CHR) You may Distribute unregistered copies, in there original form complete in all respects as per the original package, for private use only. Any Commercial distributors must first arrange a commercial license agreement with me, the author of Anipaint, Rick Sobie. Until such an agreement has been made, no fee may be charged for this program other than by me. Please use the BBS upload descriptions above. You are encouraged to upload unregistered original copies to bulletin boards and give unregistered copies to your friends. It is a violation of copyright and this license agreement to give, upload or otherwise distribute any copy of AniPaint that is registered. Each copy of AniPaint requires it's own registration number as provided by me, once consideration is received by me. Commercial site licenses are also available for school, government, business or other agency use. Discounts are available for volume. It is a violation of this agreement to remove any copyright notice that appears anywhere in any file in this package. Your right to distribute under this license is personal, and does not include any right to sublicense or otherwise cause any copying or distribution of the Program by anyone else without my consent in writing, or rent or lease the Program, or sell it as part of any hardware or software package. You may not alter or disassemble or attempt to bypass any copyright protection without risk of penalty. THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS-IS". NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE MADE AS TO IT OR ANY MEDIUM IT MAY BE ON. I WILL PROVIDE NO REMEDY FOR INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM IT, INCLUDING SUCH FROM NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT, EVEN AFTER NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Since I would be irreparably damaged if any part of this License were breached, I will be entitled without bond, other security or proof of damages, to appropriate equitable remedies with respect to breaches of the above, in addition to such other remedies as I may have. You will hold me harmless from damage, loss and expense arising directly or indirectly from your acts and omissions in copying and distributing the Program. AniPaint is not free and it is against the law to keep this program if you do not intend to pay for it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AniPaint copyright (c) 1994 Rick Sobie Configit copyright (c) 1994 Rick Sobie All other company names mentioned in the documentation of this program are the trademarks or tradenames of the respective companies.