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- Keyboard Equivalents
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- -LEARN AND USE THE KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS!
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- The most effective method of working in DeluxePaint IV is using a
- combination of the mouse and keyboard. This alone will increase efficiency
- by reducing even the most complex manipulations to just a few mouse clicks
- and keystrokes.
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- * Most of the keyboard equivalents can be used while a mouse button is
- held down.
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- TOOLBOX EQUIVALENTS
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- b Brush selector
- SHIFT B Restore custom brush / Cycles between available brushes
- c Unfilled circle
- SHIFT C Filled circle
- SHIFT I C Outline Filled circle
- d Continuous freehand
- SHIFT D Filled freehand
- SHIFT I D Outlined Filled freehand
- e Unfilled ellipse
- SHIFT E Filled ellipse
- SHIFT I E Outlined Filled ellipse
- f Fill
- SHIFT F Fill requester
- g Toggle grid on/off
- SHIFT G Use handle as grid point
- SHIFT K Clear screen (CLR)
- m Toggle magnify on/off
- p Color Mixer requester (Palette Controls)
- SHIFT P Color Arrange requester
- q Curve
- r Unfilled rectangle
- SHIFT R Filled rectangle
- SHIFT I R Outlined Filled rectangle
- s Dotted freehand
- t Text
- SHIFT T Choose Font requester
- u Undo
- v Straight line
- SHIFT V Line Spacing Requester
- w Unfilled polygon
- SHIFT W Filled polygon
- SHIFT I W Outlined Filled polygon
- > Increase magnification
- < Decrease magnification
- , Pick color from screen
- . 1 pixel brush/dotted line
- [ Lower foreground color
- ] Higher foreground color
- { (SHIFT [) Lower background color
- } (SHIFT ]) Higher background color
- / Toggle symmetry on/off
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- BRUSH FUNCTIONS
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- F1 Matte
- F2 Color
- F3 Replc
- F4 Smear
- F5 Shade
- F6 Blend
- F7 Cycle
- F8 Smooth
- - Decrease brush size
- = (+) Increase brush size
- SHIFT Z Stretch
- h Halve
- SHIFT H Double
- x Flip horizontally
- y Flip vertically
- z Rotate 90 degrees
- SHIFT X Double horizontal size
- SHIFT Y Double vertical size
- ALT b Swap between current and alternate brush
- ALT m Metamorph alternate brush to current brush
- ALT n Copy current brush to alternate brush
- ALT s Center brush handle
- ALT x Horizontal brush handle
- ALT y Vertical brush handle
- ALT z Place brush handle
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- PERSPECTIVE
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- -NUMERIC KEYPAD-
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- ENTER Enter perspective mode
- 7 -1 degree X rotation
- 8 +1 degree X rotation
- 9 Reset X rotation to 0
- 4 -1 degree Y rotation
- 5 +1 degree Y rotation
- 6 Reset Y rotation to 0
- 1 -1 degree Z rotation
- 2 +1 degree Z rotation
- 3 Reset Z rotation to 0
- 0 Reset ALL rotation to 0
- - Perspective fill
- . Set Perspective center
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- -NUMERIC KEYPAD & SHIFT-
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- 7 & 8 X rotation by value in Angle Step (Perspective Settings)
- 4 & 5 Y rotation by value in Angle Step (Perspective Settings)
- 1 & 2 Z rotation by value in Angle Step (Perspective Settings)
- 9 Fix X axis
- 6 Fix Y axis
- 3 Fix Z axis
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- -REGULAR KEYS-
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- ; & ' Move along fixed axis (use SHIFT for greater increment)
- < & > Move observer view
- CTRL Temporarily fix Y axis
- \ Angle/position display
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- ANIMATION
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- 1 Go to previous frame
- SHIFT 1 Go to first frame
- 2 Go to next frame
- SHIFT 2 Go to last frame
- 3 Go to frame requester
- SHIFT 3 Go to frame number last specified in Go to requester
- 4 Play continuously forward
- SHIFT 4 Play continuously reverse
- 5 Play once forward
- SHIFT 5 Play once in reverse
- 6 Play in ping-pong mode
- 7 Previous animbrush cel
- SHIFT 7 First animbrush cel
- 8 Next animbrush cel
- SHIFT 8 Last animbrush cel
- SPACE Stop playing animation
- r Reverse animation
- ALT a Animation Control Panel
- l (lowercase L) Toggle LightTable effect on/off
- ALT l Toggle LightTable dimming on/off
- CTRL 1 Toggle LightTable
- CTRL 2 Toggle LightTable Previous
- CTRL 3 Toggle LightTable Next
- CTRL 4 Toggle LightTable Spare
- ALT = Adds 1 frame
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- -Holding CTRL while clicking on the + in the Animation Control Panel,
- displays ADD requester; you can specify a number of frames to add
- -Holding CTRL while clicking on the - in the Animation Control Panel,
- displays the DELETE requester; you can specify any number or range
- of frames to delete
- -Holding CTRL while clicking on the ->O in the Animation Control Panel,
- displays the Go to frame requester
- -Holding Left Alt while painting activates animpainting mode
- -Left Cursor SLOWS down animation
- -Right Cursor SPEEDS up animation
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- OTHER FUNCTIONS
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- ? Display About/memory
- DEL Toggle cursor on/off
- F9 Toggle menu bar on/off
- F10 Toggle toolbox & menubar
- SHIFT F10 Remove all requesters, toolbox & menubar
- HELP Selects Freehand tool & single pixel brush.
- n Center display over cursor
- CTRL a Display memory
- TAB Toggle cycling
- SHIFT-S Show oversized page
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- ALT t Toggle Translucency on/off
- ALT p Toggle Process mode on/off
- ALT / Cycle through AntiAliasing levels (None, Low, High)
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- ~ Make stencil requester
- ACCENT (below ESC) Toggle stencil on/off
- CTRL r Range requester
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- CTRL s Toggle for Stencil Paint mode
- - when entered the first time, menubar displays
- "s", Stencil Paint activated
- - entering again, menubar displays "S", indicating
- Stencil is now in use.
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- ALT [ Previous Available Color Range
- ALT ] Next Available Color Range
- ALT r Reverses direction of current Color Range
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- a Repeat last MENU selection
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