* MORE INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE FOUND IN ".DOC" FILES ON THE DISK.
╘HIS DISK BRINGS TOGETHER A NUMBER OF GRAPHICS CONVERSION PROGRAMS THAT, TAKEN TOGETHER, ALLOW THE USER TO CONVERT ALMOST ANY GRAPHIC FROM OR TO ALMOST ANY FORM. ╔T'S MAJOR PURPOSE, OF COURSE, IS TO CONVERT ANY GRAPHIC TO, OR FROM, ╟┼╧╨AINT. ╟RAPHICS UTILITIES FROM EARLIER ═YSTIC ╩IM DISKS ARE INCLUDED ALSO, INCLUDING ╟RID ├ARDS.
╘HE CONVERSION PROGRAMS ARE:
╔MAGECON: BY ═YSTIC ╩IM. ╞ROM DISK#2, THIS PROGRAM CONVERTS MOST HI-RES OR MULTI-COLOR FORMAT GRAPHICS TO ╟┼╧╨AINT FORMAT.
╟┼╧╓ERT: BY ═YSTIC ╩IM. ╘HIS NEW PROGRAM CONVERTS HI-RES FORMAT IMAGES TO AND FROM ╟┼╧╙ ╨HOTO ╙CRAP FORMAT. ┴ ╨HOTO ╙CRAP SOMEWHAT SMALLER THAN A FULL-SCREEN HI-RES IMAGE, SO NOT TOO MUCH LOSS OF SIZE OCCURS. ┬ECAUSE ALL SIXTEEN COLORS ARE CONVERTED, THIS UTILITY ALLOWS THE USER TO PRINT SIXTEEN-COLOR PICTURES WITH ╧KIMATE10 & 20 PRINTERS, USING THE COLOR PRINTING SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH THESE PRINTERS. ╘HE RESULTING PRINTOUTS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LARGER THAN THE PRINTOUT FROM ╟┼╧╙ WOULD BE, AND IN BETTER PROPORTION TO THE SCREEN. ╧N THE ╧KIMATE20, THE VERTICAL INCREASE IS EXACTLY 1.5/1, AND THE HORIZONTAL IS ABOUT 1.3/1.
╟┼╧╙HOP: BY ═YSTIC ╩IM. ╘HIS NEW PROGRAM, BASED ON ONE BY ┬RUCE ╫ILKINSON, CONVERTS ╨RINT ╙HOP GRAPHICS TO ╟┼╧╙ ╨HOTO ╙CRAP FORMAT. ╙INCE ANOTHER PROGRAM ON THIS DISK ALLOWS ╬EWS╥OOM AND ╨RINT ═ASTER GRAPHICS TO BE CONVERTED TO ╨RINT ╙HOP, THESE GRAPHICS CAN ALSO THEN BE CONVERTED TO ╨HOTO ╙CRAP TYPE.
═AC╟┼╧╨AINT: BY ╩. ╚ASTINGS-╘REW. ╘HIS FANTASTIC PROGRAM CONVERTS ═AC╔NTOSH IMAGES TO ╟┼╧╨AINT.
╨╙╚╧╨╪2: BY ═YSTIC ╩IM. ├ONVERT ╨RINT ╙HOP GRAPHICS TO FOUR IMAGES THAT FORM A DOUBLE-SIZED GRAPHIC, EFFECTIVELY DOUBLING THE GRAPHIC VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY.
╨╙/╨═/╬╥: ┬Y ╥ICHARD ╚EYBOER. ├ONVERTS ╨RINT ╙HOP, ╬EWS╥OOM AND ╨RINT═ASTER GRAPHICS FROM EACH TO THE OTHER.
╟RAFIX: BY ┬OB ═ASON. ╔NTERCONVERT ─OODLE, ╞LEXIDRAW, ╦OALA╨AINT AND ╨RINT ╙HOP ═AGIC ╙CREEN IMAGES. ═AINTAINS COLOR WHERE POSSIBLE.
┴LL╨IX: BY ╥ICHARD ╙TOCKTON. ├ONVERTS AND MANIPULATES MANY TYPES OF GRAPHICS. ╔N BLACK&WHITE ONLY.
╨ATTERN ┼DIT: BY . ─ESIGN YOUR OWN ╟┼╧╨AINT FILL PATTERNS.
╨╙╚╧╨/─╧╧─╠┼: BY ┬RIAN ├ONRAD. ├ONVERTS ╨RINT ╙HOP ═AGIC ╙CREENS TO HI-RES FORMAT.
╦╧┴╠┴/╙╦┼╘├╚. BY . ├ONVERTS ╦OALA╨AINT MULTI-COLOR TO AND FROM ╙UPER ╙KETCH FORMAT. ╙INCE ╔MAGECON DOESN'T CONVERT ╙UPER ╙KETCH TO ╟┼╧╨AINT, THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS THE USER TO CONVERT ╙UPER ╙KETCH GRAPHICS TO ╟┼╧╨AINT FORMAT VIA ╦OALA╨AINT.
╟┼╧RLE: BY ┴RTHUR ─AHM. ═ANIPULATE ╥UN-╠ENGTH-┼NCODED GRAPHICS.
═ACONVERT 1.2: BY . ├ONVERTS ═AC╔NTOSH GRAPHIC TO ├64 FORMAT, FROM WHICH THEY CAN BE FURTHER CONVERTED.
╘HESE PROGRAMS ARE FROM EARLIER ═YSTIC ╩IM DISKS:
╨╔├╧╬╓┼╥╘: AUTHOR UNKNOWN, BUT NOT ╨APA ─OC. ├ONVERTS ─OODLE AND ╨RINT ╙HOP ═AGIC ╙CREEN IMAGES TO ╟┼╧╨AINT.
├OMPUTER┼YES: BY ┬ERKELEY ╙OFTWORKS. ┴LLOWS THE USER TO RUN '┼YES AND CLONES DIRECTLY FROM ╟┼╧╨AINT, GIVING VERY SUPERIOR ╘╓ IMAGES COMPARED TO THE SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH '┼YES. '┼YES GRAPHICS CAN BE CONVERTED USING MANY OF THE HI-RES COLOR CONVERSION ROUTINES ON THIS DISK.
├╧╠╧╥ ╟╥╔─, ╟╥┼┘ ╟╥╔─, ├╥╧╙╙ ╟╥╔─, ═┼╘╥╔├ ╟╥╔─, ╟╥╔─ ├┴╥─╙: BY ═YSTIC ╩IM. ╟┼╧╨AINT HELP FILES. ╘HESE ARE AMONG OUR MOST POPULAR ╟┼╧╙ PROGRAMS.
╧╦╔├╧╠╧╥: BY ═YSTIC ╩IM. ╨RINT AND VIEW ╧╦╔═┴╘┼10 AND ╧╦╔═┴╘┼20 COLORS AND PATTERNS.
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╘HE MOST IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ╟┼╧╨AINT AND STANDARD ├OMMODORE GRAPHICS IS THAT ╟┼╧╨AINT FILES ARE "VIRTUAL", WHICH MEANS THE IMAGE IS BIGGER THAN SCREEN, AND MUST BE SCROLLED TO VIEW IT ENTIRELY. ┴NY CONVERSION FROM ╟┼╧╙ TO STANDARD HI-RESOLUTION CAN ONLY CONVERT A 320X200 PIXEL PORTION OF THE 640X720 PIXEL ╟┼╧╨AINT PAGE. ┴NY PROGRAM TO CONVERT ╟┼╧╨AINT TO HI-RES MUST INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WHICH PART OF THE PAGE TO CONVERT, AND THAT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM. ╞ORTUNATELY, ╟┼╧╙ PROVIDES IT'S ONLY SOLUTION. ( ╟┼╧╙ PROGRAMMERS OFTEN FIND THAT ╟┼╧╙ PROVIDES SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS: THAT'S ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT ╟┼╧╙) ╔N THIS CASE, THE SOLUTION IS TO USE PHOTO SCRAPS, WHICH CAN BE ANY SIZE UP TO 264X144 PIXELS, AND CAN BE DEFINED FROM ANY PLACE ON THE ╟┼╧╨AINT PAGE. ╘HIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A BETTER SYSTEM.
╘HE STANDARD HI-RESOLUTION FORMAT USED HERE IS ─OODLE. ╘HERE ARE PROGRAMS TO CONVERT MOST FORMATS TO ─OODLE, WHICH CAN THEN BE RECONVERTED TO THE FINAL FORM DESIRED. ─OODLE RESOLUTION IS 320X200 PIXELS, WITH ONE FOREGROUND AND ONE BACKGROUND COLOR ALLOWED FOR EACH 8X8 PIXEL CARD. ╘HE OTHER STANDARD ├OMMODORE GRAPHICS FORM IS "MULTI-COLOR", WITH 160X200 PIXEL RESOLUTION, BUT ALLOWS FOUR COLORS FOR EACH 8X8 CARD. ╦OALA╨AINT IS THE STANDARD MULTI-COLOR FORMAT.
═ULTI-COLOR CAN BE CONVERTED TO HI-RESOLUTION, AND BACK, BUT THIS SOMETIMES CAUSES UNDESIRABLE CHANGES IN THE IMAGE, ESPECIALLY IN COLORS. ╙OMETIMES IT'S BETTER WHEN CONVERTING BETWEEN THESE FORMATS TO STRIP ALL COLOR, THEN RECOLOR THE FINAL FORM. "╞LEXIDRAW" IS THE STANDARD MONO-CHROME HI-RESOLUTION FORM. ╟┼╧╙ USES HI-RESOLUTION, OF COURSE.
╟┼╧╨AINT FILES CAN BE PRINTED IN COLOR ON COLOR PRINTERS, SUCH AS THE ╧KIMATE10, ╧KIMATE20, AND SEVERAL COLOR INK-JET PRINTERS. ╚OWEVER, ╟┼╧╨AINT ONLY SUPPORTS EIGHT OF THE SIXTEEN POSSIBLE ├OMMODORE COLORS, INCLUDING WHITE AND BLACK. ╘HE OTHER EIGHT COLORS ARE CHANGED TO ONE OF THE FIRST EIGHT. ╘HIS CREATES SOME VERY BIZARRE RESULTS. ╚ERE ARE THE ├OMMODORE COLORS, AND THE RESPECTIVE ╟┼╧╙ COLORS:
├OMMODORE ╟┼╧╙ ├OLOR ╨RINT
┬LACK ┬LACK
╫HITE ╫HITE
╥ED ╧RANGE
├YAN ┬LUE
╨URPLE ╨URPLE
╟REEN ╟REEN
┬LUE ┬LUE
┘ELLOW ┘ELLOW
╧RANGE ╥ED
┬ROWN ┬LACK
╠IGHT ╥ED ╧RANGE
─ARK ╟REY ┬LACK
═EDIUM ╟REY ┬LACK
╠IGHT ╟REEN ╟REEN
╠IGHT ┬LUE ┬LUE
╠IGHT ╟REY ╫HITE
╫E'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP A STANDARD ╟┼╧╨AINT DECODER/UNCOMPACTOR SO ALL OF THESE CONVERSION PROGRAMS CAN BE INTEGRATED, AND 16 COLOR STAND-ALONE COLOR PRINT DRIVERS CAN BE DEVELOPED. ╫E'RE ALMOST THERE, AND THESE NEW PROGRAMS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE ╬EW ╨ROGRAMS DISK, AND FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE ┬┬╙. ╔F ANY OF YOU HAVE TRIED TO DECIPHER THE "╧FFICIAL ╟┼╧╙ ╥EF ╟UIDE"'S EXPLANATION OF ╟┼╧╙ COMPACTING CODES, YOU MAY UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG TO WRITE THESE NEW ROUTINES: THE BOOK IS CONFUSING, INADEQUATE, INACCURATE, FULL OF TYPOS, AND, WORST OF ALL, IT ╠╔┼╙!! ╧╦, SORRY FOR THE EDITORIALIZING, AND BACK TO BUSINESS...
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╘HE PROGRAMS DEVELOPED BY ═YSTIC ╩IM HAVE A STANDARD FILE ENTRY SYSTEM:
1. ─OUBLE-CLICK ON THE ICON, OR ╥╒╬ FROM ┬┴╙╔├.
2. ╫HEN PROMPTED, PLACE THE "SOURCE" DISK WITH THE FILE YOU WISH TO CONVERT, IN THE DRIVE. ╚IT ANY KEY.
3. ╘HE PROGRAMS ON THE DISK WILL BE SCOLLED ONTO THE SCREEN; WHEN YOU SEE THE ONE YOU WANT TO CONVERT, HIT A KEY.
4. ╫ITH THE "├╥╙╥" KEYS, MOVE THE CURSOR UP TO THE PROGRAM TO CONVERT, THEN HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL LOAD.
5. ╫HEN PROMPTED, PUT THE "DESTINATION" DISK, ONTO WHICH YOU WANT THE CONVERTED PROGRAM SAVED, IN THE DRIVE, AND HIT A KEY. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL BE CONVERTED AND SAVED TO THE DISK.
╟┼╧╓ERT: ╘HIS PROGRAM CONVERTS BETWEEN "─OODLE" STANDARD HI-RES FILES AND ╟┼╧╙ ╨HOTO ╙CRAPS.
╘O CONVERT FROM ╟┼╧╙ TO ─OODLE HI-RES:
1. ╠OAD THE ╟┼╧╨AINT FILE FROM ╟┼╧╙ AND CREATE A ╨HOTO ╙CRAP FROM THE PORTION YOU'D LIKE TO CONVERT. 2. ╠OAD AND RUN ╟┼╧╓┼╥╘, AND SELECT THE ╟┼╧╙ TO ╚I-╥ES OPTION.
3. ╨LACE THE ╟┼╧╙ DISK IN THE DRIVE, AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE ╨HOTO ╙CRAP WILL BE LOADED.
4. ╫HEN PROMPTED, PLACE A DESTINATION DISK IN THE DRIVE, AND HIT ╥┼╘╒╥╬. ╘HE ╨HOTO ╙CRAP WILL BE CONVERTED AND SAVED TO THE DESTINATION DISK. ╔T WILL BE A ─OODLE FILE, NAMED ──╨HOTO ╙CRAP.
╘O CONVERT FROM ─OODLE ╚I-╥ES TO ╟┼╧╙ ╨HOTO ╙CRAP:
