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KidsPaint
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Writen By
Paul Dodd
Graphics By
Paul Dodd
Andrew Fairhurst
Writen in
AMOS
KidsPaint (c)1991 Paul Dodd
Introduction.
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KidsPaint is a childrens paint program
designed to be used by children of almost all
ages. With Younger children it would be safe
to have someone older to watch over them.
When loading, KidsPaint will remind you that
this program is shareware. KidsPaint will
then show you a title screen, at which you
can either press a key or press the left
mouse button to continue.
When in the program if you press the help key
you will get a crude help screen up.
Down the right hand side there are eight
paint tubes, by clicking on them you can
change the colour with which you draw. The
colour curently selected is the tube with the
top off and the splurge of paint coming from
it.
At the top of the screen there is a number of
icons. The four to the right are the drawing
tools.
These include:-
1. The Paint Brush.
2. The Pattern Line.
3. The Cycle Brush.
4. The Freehand Brush.
By clicking on each one you can change
between them. At the top left of the screen
there is an icon which will clear the screen,
and just to the left of it there is a picture
of three disks.
The first one with the arrow pointing away
from the disk is the Load icon. The next with
the arrow pointing into the disk is the Save
icon. The last one with a cross is the delete
icon.
You will notice also on the top there are a
number of different shapes. These are for you
to draw with using the Freehand Brush. The
one with the box around is the one which is
currently selected.
Pressing the Del key will undo what you have
drew in your current mode.
Clear
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Clicking on this will bring up a requestor
asking you if you want to clear the screen.
Click on Yes if you do and click on No if you
dont.
Load, Save and Delete
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After you click on one of these icons you
will get full instuctions on the screen. The
pictures are saved in IFF format so you can
load them into most Art Packages if you want
to print them or alter them.
The Paint Brush
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As soon as you click on this a box will apear
around it showing you that you are in Paint
mode. You can fill enclosed areas of the
screen with this in the colour that is
curently selected.
KidsPaint Pictures
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The pictures numbered one to seven are done
for the children to colour in using the paint
brush. These outline pictures were not done
using kidspaint.
The Landscape and Boat picture are what a
child called Andrew Berry managed to do
within 10 minutes of loading the program up.
He had a lot of fun while he drew them.
The Pattern Line
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When you click on this, a box will apear
around it. What ever you draw on the screen
will get repeated 7 Times making a symetrical
pattern.
The Cycle Brush
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A box will again apear around this when its
selected. When you draw on the screen the
colours rotate and you get very pretty
results.
The Freehand Brush
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You can select this either by clicking on its
icon or by clicking on one of the brushes
just to the right of the delete icon. You can
change the brush you are drawing with by
simply clicking on another one. You draw in
the colour which is curently selected.
The PullDown Menu
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By holding down the right mouse button and
moving to the top left of the screen you can
activate the pull down menu. Keep the right
mouse button held down until you are over the
selection which you want then let go.
Save a screen
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This is for use if you want too save the
whole screen including the icons onto the
disk. You shouldn't really nead to use this.
Sound (Voice/Beeps/off)
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With this you can switch between what type of
sounds you want.
Voice : The Default
Beeps : Crude beeps
Off : This will speed KidsPaint up Alot.
Delete a file
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This does exactly the same as the delete icon.
About
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This tells you a bit about the program and
me.
Quit
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This will quit you from KidsPaint. You can
also quit by holding down <ctrl> and <c>.
Just a few impotant notes about KidsPaint:
0.0 KidsPaint has voice so turn the volume
up.
0.1 By pressing `Help` you get a help screen
up.
0.2 By pressing `Del` you undo what you have
just drawn
0.3 There is an option in the menu to switch
off the sound.
0.4 If your child can`t read, its best that
you`re with them when they are trying to
Save, Load or Delete Pictures.
0.5 The left mouse button operates all the
icons.
0.6 If you want to quit either select quit
from the menu or hold down 'ctrl' and press
'c'
0.7 It is recomended that you read the main
documentation. But the best way to find out
what the icons do is press the help key when
your in the program.
100 As far as I know there are no major Bugs
at all in KidsPaint! But there are two very
minor ones. The first is that when drawing
with the circle shaped brushes a dot
sometimes apears. The second is that the help
and undo are a bit dodgey. You picture wont
get ruined because of them but a few weird
things might happen.
If you find any thing going wrong please let
me know so that I can correct it.
101010.999999 KidsPaint is shareware so if
you like is please send me five pounds.
9999999.9999999999999999 Hello to
Andrew Fairhurst, His Brothers, Steven
Laurence, His sisters, Paul King, His sister,
Andy Berry, His sister, My brother, and any
one else I know.
Sorry to Any one I have ever hurt. Thanks to
Everyone.
GoodBye.
KidsPaint is shareware. If you like it or use
it alot then please send a poor student
preparing for his G.C.S.E`s 5 pounds.
If you have any Questions or Comments or you
want to write to me for any other reason here
is my address:
Paul Dodd,
Hillside,
Odstock,
Salisbury,
Wilts.
SP5 4JE.
Or phone me after 4 o'clock on (0722) 329746
If I do another version of KidsPaint I will
have sampled voices instead of the computer
voice. The Two mini bugs will be fixed and it
may have a text feature availible.
Thanks to Andrew Fairhust for drawing the
Paint Tubes. (Hello Andrew if your reading
this)