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- Page Size (Picture Menu)
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- DEMONSTRATION AVAILABLE -> `Page_Size.sdemo`
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- This displays the "Page Size" requester which allows you to specify the
- height and width of the page in pixels. A Standard page size is always
- equal to the current screen resolution. You can create pages that are
- larger than the actual screen display. These types of images are known as
- "SuperBitmaps".
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- SEE -> `PageSizeReq.pic`
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- The standard page sizes are:
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- Lo-Res 320 x 200
- Med-Res 640 x 200
- Interlace 320 x 400
- Hi-Res 640 x 400
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- Even though standard Amiga monitors can only display up to limited
- resolutions, you can specify any page size up to that which your available
- memory will allow. This is primarily used for printing applications. For
- example, many of today's printers have a high resolution specified as the
- number of dots per inch (dpi). Laser Printers usually have a 300 by 300
- dpi resolution. So, if each pixel is printed as a dot on the printer, and
- you printed a Lo-Res 320x200 pixel screen, the image would take up less
- than a square inch on the paper. In order to edit an image that would take
- up a full 8 inches on a paper then, you would need to have a page size of
- 2400 in Width (since there's 300 dots, or pixels, per inch, 8 inches works
- out as, 8 x 300 = 2400 dots!). The corresponding Height value controls how
- high the image will be - remember 300 dots for every inch. Of course, the
- limitation to Page Size is the amount of memory you have in your system.
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- NOTE: In order to print your image at the printer's resolution, make sure
- you select "Dots" from the Print requester and enter the height and
- width values of the image as values for the requester. Also adjust
- the density setting for graphics printing from Workbench Preferences.
- (See your AmigaDOS manual.)
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- SEE -> `Print Picture` for additional details on printing.
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- FULL PAGE allows you to create an image with the same aspect ratio as a
- a standard printed page (8.5" x 11").
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- OVERSCAN allows you to create an image which will fill the entire screen so
- that there are no visible borders when the image is output as a video
- signal. The three options: Standard, Full- Page, and Overscan, have
- preset values according to the current screen resolution. Other
- values can be specified by typing directly into the Width or Height
- edit fields.
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- NOTE: You must also select an overscan setting, either Standard or Max
- Overscan, from the `Screen Format` requester in order to display
- an image in overscan. Otherwise you will just have an overscan
- sized page displayed within a standard screen. For minimal
- memory systems, editing an overscan screen within a standard
- screen does not require as much memory as editing with an actual
- overscan display.
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- Page Scrolling
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- You can move around to different areas of an oversized page by using the
- cursor keys or the 'n' (centering) key.
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- SEE ALSO -> `Show Page`
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