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CALAMUS╛ GOLDEN DISK #1
WARNUNG: DIESER "CALAMUS╛ GOLDEN DISK"-INHALT IST DAS
RESULTAT DER USER-TO-USER ZUSAMMENARBEIT. ALLE PROGRAMME,
ANWENDUNGEN UND DOKUMENTATIONEN SIND KEINE DMC-PRODUKTE: SIE
WURDEN GESAMMELT UND VON DMC ALS SEHR WERTVOLL FÜR DIE
CALAMUS╛-UMGEBUNG ERACHTET. DMC KAN JEDOCH NICHT FÜR DIE
FUNKTIONSFÄHIGKEIT UND/ODER FÜR DIE (ZUKÜNFTIGE) KOMPATIBI-
LITÄT DIESE PROGRAMME, ANWENDUNGEN ODER DOKUMENTATIONEN
VERANTWORTLICH GEMACHT WERDEN.
KEINE DIESER PROGRAMME, ANWENDUNGEN ODER DOKUMENTATIONEN
SIND SHAREWARE ODER PUBLIC DOMAIN. DAS KOPIEREN DIESER
DISKETTE ODER TEILE DIESER DISKETTE IST EIN VERSTO₧ GEGEN
DAS GESETZ UND WIRD STRAFRECHTLICH VERFOLGT.
WARRANTY: THIS "CALAMUS╛ GOLDEN DISK"-CONTENT IS ENTIRELY
THE RESULT OF USER-TO-USER INTERACTIVITIES. ALL PROGRAMS,
APPLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTATIONS ARE NOT DMC-PRODUCTS: THEY
ARE COLLECTED AND BEING IDENTIFIED BY DMC AS VERY USEFULL AS
UTILITIES FOR THE CALAMUS╛-ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, DMC CANNOT
BE HELD RESPONSABLE FOR THE FUNCTIONALITY AND/OR (FUTURE)
COMPATIBILITY OF ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS, APPLICATIONS OR
DOCUMENTATIONS.
NONE OF THESE PROGRAMS, APPLICATIONS OR DOCUMENTATIONS ARE
PUBLIC DOMAIN OR SHAREWARE. COPYING THIS DISK OR PARTS FROM
THIS DISK IS A VIOLATION AGAINST THE LAW AND WILL RESULT IN
LEGAL PROSECUTION.
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ALLCURVE - Programmed by Jeroen Sonnemans/Holland
AllCurve is a small universal program/accessory for making
Calamus╛-curves with the comfort of using Bézier.
Installation of AllCurve
Make a folder on your harddisk and copy AllCurve and the
resourcefile into it. When using it as an accessory you
should rename the PRG-file to "ACC" (only the extension) and
copy it onto the bootdrive of your computer. In this case
AllCurve may be only accessed at the Pulldown-menu after a
(warm) reset.
Using AllCurve
When starting the program AllCurve will show the message
that it can also be used as an acessory. When your memory
allows this, it is recommendable since it can be used
directly from/within Calamus╛. The use is very simple: click
with the left mouse-button on a curve and a more detailed
box will appear. Again clicking in this box results in the
appearance of editing-points to handle it as a Bézier-curve.
Please note that points may be moved outside the editbox,
but then it might be difficult to find them again, since GEM
doesn't allow to draw outside the box. In these cases you
can always get it under control again by selecting "Neu-
tral". Confirm your curve by clicking the right mousebutton.
Each curve may be copied directly to other levels with the
"übernemen"-option.
AllCurve fileformats
AllCurve supports two different fileformats: QLx- and CKx-
files. Since the Calamus╛-format doesn't contain Bézier-
information (the CKx-format consists of 256 separate points,
so internally it is not considered as a "line") this type of
file can only be imported as a model (i.e. an existing curve
can be enhanced more fluently).
Calamus╛ itself has curves for different purposes: when 3
colourlevels or bitplanes are required the extension is
*.CK3. For example importing a normal RGB-colourpicture
gives the possibility to correct each level separately with
a curve. For the linearity-module (also included on this
first "Calamus╛ Golden Disk" one will need the CK4-curves,
since it concerns CYMK printer-output; so four different
planes can be modified. Please pay attention to the fact
that in this module the zero/zero-point is at the upper-
right corner. This means that the curves have to be mir-
rored. Therefore you can select a curve while pressing the
<Alternate>-key in Allcurve. Immediate raster-
point/calibration-corrections are possible at the same time.
Of course, AllCurve allows you to make 4 colourseparation-
curves as well. In this case you should select this kind of
curve (CK7).
Saving files
When saving a set of curves (either CK3, CK4 or CK7) it is
highly recommandable to save the file also as a QL3/4/7-file
since these curves can be loaded and edited afterwards by
AllCurve. ATTENTION: QLx-FILES ARE NOT BEING ACCEPTED BY
CALAMUS╛, ONLY THE CKx-FORMATS ARE CALAMUS╛-COMPATIBLE!
AllCurve first asks which kind of curve you would like to
save and then presents the standard itemselector. When
saving a CKx-file AllCurve will scan each individual curve
(all 256 points) from the left to the right before writing
it to disk.
An extremely beautiful trick for Calamus╛ SL
In the folder ALLCURVE of your Calamus╛ Golden Disk you'll
find an example-curve ("VERLAUF.CK3") and a small TIFF-
Image. This image is a simple 8-bit halftone which can be
imported directly into Calamus╛. Calamus╛ SL however gives
the possibility to change the halftone- to a colour-identity
with one simple mouseklick (see manual). When opening the
CLUT-formula (Colour Look Up Table) it will show full RGB-
levels instead of one for greylevel. By importing the
example-curve one will see how easy it is to make a
beautiful colour-gradient with extremely good typesetting-
results (rather than vectorized gradients). Experimenting
with inverting certain curves gives the possibility to
achieve remarkable effects.
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GRAFICALC - Programmed by Paul Janssen/Holland
OPTIMIZED RASTERS - Generated by Taco Scargo/Holland
GRAFICALC is a small universal program/accessory for making
comfortable graphical calculations.
The optimized rasters are CRI-files for direct use in
Calamus╛SL between 5 l/cm and 80 l/cm.
INSTALLATION
GRAFICALC can be used as a stand-alone program but also as
an accessory. When using it as an accessory you should
rename the PRG-file to "ACC" (only the extension) and copy
it onto the bootdrive of your computer. In this case
Graficalc may be only accessed at the Pulldown-menu after a
(warm) reset.
USING GRAFICALC
By pressing the <HELP>-key you enter an overview of the
available keyboard shortcuts. As one can see Graficalc
contains everything that's needed for using graphical
applications. The direct calculations between Pica to pica-
point, foot, centimeter, cicero and cicero point. Besides
this there are direct calculations possible between lines
per centimeter and lines per inch. Grafical contains 10
independent memories and can work with an editable number of
decimals.
A special option in GrafiCalc is the calculation of the
optimal screenangles for four colourseparations. In order to
achieve this, one should enter a value into the display and
then click on the <Raster?>-button (or simply the <R>-key.
GrafiCalc then shows the ideal rasterangles for the entered
screenlinearity. These values can directly taken over into
the rastergenerator-module from Calamus╛SL.
To make life even more easy, in the folder "Raster" on this
Calamus╛ Golden Disk you'll find 245 predefined rasterfiles
which have been generated by these calculations. Please copy
these files (or the relevant parts) into the folder where
your colourtables can be found by Calamus╛. These CRI-files
can be imported directly into the rastergenerator-module
from Calamus╛SL. ATTENTION! Some of the values in these
predefined rasterfiles still must be adjusted a little bit
by using the adjustment-arrows.
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LIN.CXM Module zum Einstellen der Druckergradation
Programmiert von Raimund Thiel
Achtung! Nur für Calamus╛SL!!
Die Farbausgabe kann beim Ausdrucken manchmal unlinear sein.
Würden Sie mit neutralen Kennlinien drucken, wäre das
Resultat vielleicht eine mit Farbe zugesuppte Seite Papier
oder Film. Um dieses Problem zu umgehen, haben wir ein Modul
namens LIN.CXM geschrieben, welches die Gradation von
beliebigen Druckern anpassen kann. Allerdings ist Vorsicht
geboten, da dieses Modul die Gradation von JEDEM Drucker
beeinflusst.
Sie sollten bei der Installation so vorgehen, da₧ Sie zuerst
die Dateien in ihre entsprechenden Ordner kopieren. Danach
sollten Sie die erstellte CK4-Datei (von LIN.PRG oder All-
Curve) in den Module-Ordner kopieren und nach DEFLIN.CK4
umbenennen.
Beim Start des LIN-Moduls wird diese Datei dann automatisch
geladen. Wenn Sie mehrere Drucker betreiben, sollten Sie das
LIN-Modul nicht in Ihrem Setup abspeichern, sondern jeweils
erst zum Druck nachladen. Achten Sie auch darauf, da╛ Sie
das Modul wieder aus dem Speicher entfernen, bevor Sie auf
einem anderen Drucker ausgeben.
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DO_LIN - programmiert von Pierre Hansen
DO_LIN enthält 2 Dateien:
LIN.PRG
LIN.DAT
READ ME.TXT: Dieser Text
Ziel dieses Programmes ist es eine CK4-Datei zum Kalibrieren
von Belichtern anhand gemessener Werte zu erzeugen.
Status: Auf Monochromen Bildschirmen getestet.
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VERLAUF.CIV - Programmiert von Michael Bernards
This is a very small importdriver for vectorframes for both
Calamus╛S and SL. It was ever made as an experiment but can
be quiet usefull for printing on (colour)printers. The way
of using it is very simple: just copy the file into your
driver-folder and import it like any other driver. Then the
driver displays two different shapes for the colourgradient:
a circle or a rectangle. Enter the RGB-values via keyboard.
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DMC Tracer╛ - programmed by Geert van Bastelaere/Belgium
DMC Tracer╛ is a small, intelligent desk-accessory to trace
all mouse- and keyboard-events on the Desktop and in DMC-
applications (Calamus S/SL, Outline Art, Type Art). DMC
Tracer╛ works on every Atari╛-machine, on every monitor with
a minimum resolution of 640x400 pixels except colourcards. A
harddisk is strongly recommended as well as a minimum 1
Megabyte of RAM-memory.
Simply copy the accessory on the bootdrive of your computer,
restart your system, and the DMC Tracer╛ is ready for use.
Choose the accessory from the Desktop-menu, and fill in your
estimated number of events. One event can either be a mouse-
movement, a mouse-klick or a keyboard-entry. The only limi-
tation is the RAM-memory of your computer, but with 10.000
to 20.000 events you can record a considerable session. The
recording-time is not relevant, just the number of events.
Confirm your choice with <Return>, and simply click on the
record-button. The dialog-box disappears and the recording
has been started. Open windows, scroll et cetera. Please
keep in mind that DMC Tracer╛ will refuse to work in other
applications. Just start for example Calamus╛SL and create
a document and edit it while explaining in the text-editor,
print it, or open an existing document and do whatever you
like: DMC Tracer╛ follows you and remembers everything you
do. In case of buffer-overflow, DMC Tracer╛ warns you by
interrupting your recording-session. You can stop the
recording or playback by simultaniously pressing the <Con-
trol><Alternate><Left Shift>-keys. The dialog-box appears,
so you can decide to start all over again, to continue or to
stop. You can even ask DMC Tracer╛ to repeat your recorded
session by selecting the appropriate button.
Suggestions:
- Teaching Calamus╛ by using for every topic individual RPL-
files (replay), which can even be loaded by itself to make a
sequense of lessons.
- Dealers can make their own demo's.
- Repeated jobs like printing self-adhesive labels with
Calamus╛.
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CFN LIST - Programmed by Paul Janssen/Holland
Simply copy this program into your font-folder and run it.
Although the program is in Dutch, it's not difficult to be
understood:
"Bewaar CFN.LST": save CFN.LST. This is a plain ASCII-file
with all fonts founded in the directory where CFN-LIST.PRG
was started from.
"Scherm Lijst": print the list to the screen.
"Printer lijst": send the list to the printer.
"Pagina oneindig": endless page (non-sheetfeeder).
"Pagina = ...regels": the number of lines per page. For the
screen default setting is 24 lines. For the printer (DIN A4)
default setting is 66 lines.
"Doen": Start, run the program.
"Stop": exit the program without running it.
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CFN-SHOW - Programmed by Paul Janssen/Holland
CFN-SHOW is a small universal program/accessory for showing
Calamus╛-fonts without needing Calamus╛ to be started.
INSTALLATION
CFN-SHOW can be used as a stand-alone program but also as an
accessory. When using it as an accessory you should rename
the PRG-file to "ACC" (only the extension) and copy it onto
the bootdrive of your computer. In this case CFN-SHOW may be
only accessed at the Pulldown-menu after a (warm) reset.
Using CFN-SHOW
Starting the program immediately shows up the itemselector
with *.CFN as a search-mask. Thereafter the program will
read the following information from the font:
- The bitmapped preview of the font-logo.
- The serialnumber.
- The filename.
- The full name.
The option "save path" will create a small (invisible) file
called CFN_SHOW.INF in the same directory where the program
was started from. In this file is the full pathname saved
for future use.
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SHADOW.ACC - programmed by Jeroen Sonnemans/Holland
"Shadow" is a small utility which generates gradient CVG-
files in order to achieve three-dimensional effects under a
picture. These CVG-files are written in 1.1-format, i.e. not
readable by Calamus╛ versions 1.09N and lower, nor by
Outline Art 1.1 and lower.
SHADOW.ACC can only be used as an accessory. You should copy
it onto the bootdrive of your computer. SHADOW.ACC can be
only accessed at the Pulldown-menu after a (warm) reset.
Using SHADOW.ACC
Starting the program shows up the menu with several options.
At the very left side there is a box for previewing the CVG-
illustration. At the right side there is a number of fields
for entering certain values and other variable data. The
number of steps for the gradient is always maximal, i.e.
256.
The icons explain themselves according to their meanings.
Please make sure that you don't enter zero into every field
since it will try to divide by zero; the system will crash
definitely!
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S-TOOL - programmiert von Raimund Thiel
Achtung! Nur für Calamus╛S!!
S-Tool originally was a utility for internal DMC only. At
the moment DMC defined Calamus╛S somebody had to take care
of the printerdrivers, since this Calamus╛-version would not
contain the modules for colourseparation and rastering.
Therefore DMC had to expand the printerdriver-format in a
way that it would be able to raster and separate colours by
itself. This resulted into a so-called "PDI-block" (Printer
Driver Info) which "hangs" behind the usual Calamus╛SL
printerdriver. That's why these printerdriver are always
slightly bigger. However, an S-printerdriver cannot be made
out of an SL-driver.
Installation of S-Tool
Simply copy the module into the folder MODULE and load it as
usual. In case of any doubt you should consult your local
dealer, or even more simple, read the manual. The module
won't display an icon at the top line from Calamus╛, so you
have to execute it with the "Ausführen"-button.
Using S-Tool
The structure of the module is devided into several parts:
1. Load/modify the PDI-block
2. Modify colourseparation, raster and linearity
3. Load/modify the printerdriver
1. Load/modify the Info-block
It is recommendable to use an existing driver as a basis for
modifications, rather than inventing a whole PDI-block
yourself. This block contains all information concerning
colourseparation, raster and linearity of a specific driver.
Using this function can be helpfull when you would like to
copy certain specifications to another driver.
2. Modify colourseparation, raster and linearity
This part of the module consists of three parts each. First
of all the colourseparation itself. This is a very, very
complex matter which needs even more experience to handle it
in a sophisticated way. Colourseparation is the result of
the fact that with the combination of the printingcolours
cyan, magenta, yellow and black one can print almost all
colours. For those colours that cannot be reached with these
four colours we need so-called "spot-colours" (Schmuckfar-
ben"). It is obvious that one can never print gold or silver
on a colourprinter, since the four colours never mix in such
a way. Four colourseparation is a matter for lithographers,
a very old and complex tradition. Unless you know exactly
what you're doing, our advise is not to mess around with
this function. Or, at least, make a copy of your original
printerdriver.
The second part enables you to modify the rasters. Also
here: don't change the rasterangles, since this is also the
domain of lithographers. When modifying a black and white
printer using this function is quiet harmless: it might even
be interesting. Using different screenangles gives very
often special effects to an image or illustration. In
combination with the "Punktverzerrung" it can give really
very impressive results. Please note that a "Punktverzer-
rung" (BIAS)-value from 0,5 at 45 degrees screen angle will
rotate the entire screen 90 degrees to the left. So make
sure that you always invert when you devide in such cases:
not 1/2 but 2/1 instead! So the correct BIAS is 2 for an
oval rasterpoint at 45 degrees. (In fact ANY degree). A very
interesting book about this matter has been written by Peter
and Anton Kammermeier "Scannen und Drucken", Addison Wesley
Verlag ISBN 3-89319-217-4. This very interesting book can
also be obtained at DMC GmbH. All rasters on this disk
(optimized for Calamus╛SL) can be loaded into this part of
the module. For normal printers higher than circa 22 lines
per centimeter is not usefull any more.
The last part is in fact the same as the LIN-Module that has
been commented above. This part accepts all CK4-data from
DO-LIN and AllCurve and intercepts all outgoing data from
Calamus╛ to the printer. Be carefull with it and make sure
that you ALWAYS use a printerdriver-copy, before changing
anything.
3. Load/modify the printerdriver
This part speaks for itself: once a PDI-block has been
changed it can be written back into the driver.
A last remark
Although this module enables the user to have direct
influence on colourseparation, rastering and linearity there
remains a big difference between Calamus╛S and SL. In
Calamus╛SL all these data (except linearity) are character-
istics of the *DOCUMENT*. This is even possible on one
single page or frame. In Calamus╛S nothing attaches the
document: only the *DRIVER*-characteristics are modified.
Therefore the entire document will have these characteris-
tics AND CAN NEVER A PREVIEW ON SCREEN BEING ACHIEVED, like
in Calamus╛SL.
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DMC wishes you much pleasant hours with this first Calamus╛
Golden Disk. Any contribution for the second edition is
welcome!
Walluf, February 1993
Your DMC team