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SIGNWAVE AUTO-ILLUSTRATOR Users Guide AUTHORS: Adrian Ward, Nicola Wright GENERAL PREAMBLE This document currently outlines the entire functionality of Signwave Auto-Illustrator. Where certain features are planned but are as yet unfinished, these are noted in square braces. Further additions and amendments will be made to this document as the product changes over time. Eventually, this document will be fleshed out to become the entire users manual. Lines marked with a star have not yet had their documentation written. The plaintext documentation for each section can be found in the 'raw' folder. 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 What is Auto-Illustrator? 1.2 Why use it? * 1.3 What implications does its use raise? * 1.4 Compatible software * 1.5 Other software of interest 2 THE BASICS 2.1 The document window * 2.2 The tool palette * 2.3 The option palettes * 2.4 Other Tools * 2.5 Plug-Ins * 3 THE DOCUMENT WINDOW * 3.1 Setting up page dimensions * 3.1.1 Print-based * 3.1.2 Screen-based * 3.2 Zooming in/out * 3.3 Draft mode * 3.4 Flicker-free mode * 3.5 Page outlines * 4 THE TOOL PALETTE * 4.1 Select tool * 4.2 Point tool * 4.3 DRAWING TOOLS * 4.3.1 Polygon tool * 4.3.1.1 The filled and outline modes * 4.3.2 Text tool * 4.3.3 Oval tool * 4.3.4 Square tool * 4.3.5 Pencil tool * 4.3.6 Brush tool * 4.4 MOVEMENT TOOLS * 4.4.1 Magnet tool * 4.4.2 Parallax tool * 4.4.3 Rotate tool * 4.4.4 Perspective tool * 4.5 Bug tools * 4.6 MODIFIER TOOLS * 4.6.1 Stroke tool * 4.6.2 Snip tool * 4.6.3 Gradiant tool * 4.6.4 Spray tool * 4.7 Hand tool * 4.8 Magnifier tool * 4.9 Colour picker * 5 THE OPTION PALETTES * 5.1 Text options * 5.1.1 Creative mode * 5.1.2 Verbosity slider * 5.1.3 Foreign mode * 5.2 Oval options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] * 5.3 Square options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] * 5.4 Pencil options * 5.4.1 Cursivity slider * 5.4.2 Calligraphy mode * 5.5 Brush options * 5.5.1 Jerkiness slider * 5.5.2 Wander slider * 5.5.3 Distance slider * 5.5.4 Length slider * 5.5.5 Crayola compatability mode * 5.5.6 Watch me mode * 5.5.7 Randomizer 5.6 Magnet options 5.6.1 Promiscuity slider 5.6.2 Reverse polarity mode * 5.7 Parallax options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] * 5.8 Rotate options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] * 5.9 Perspective options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] 5.10 Bug options 5.10.1 Exterminator 5.10.2 BEHAVIOURS 5.10.2.1 Nervousness slider 5.10.2.2 Attention slider 5.10.2.3 Maturity slider 5.10.2.4 Distraction slider 5.10.2.5 Orientation compass * 5.11 Stroke options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] * 5.12 Snip options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET - NECESSARY? ] * 5.13 Gradiant options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] * 5.14 Spray options [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] * 6 OTHER TOOLS * 6.1 Automation tool * 6.1.1 Recording a new behaviour * 6.1.2 Playing existing behaviour * 6.1.3 Editing behaviour * 6.1.3.1 Introduction to Auto-Script [ WILL CHANGE ] * 6.1.3.2 Potential of Auto-Script [ NOT IMPLEMENTED YET ] * 6.1.4 Importing/Exporting behaviour * 6.1.5 Deleting behaviour * 6.2 Listening tool * 6.2.1 Attention mode * 6.2.2 Nervousness slider * 6.2.3 VU Meter * 6.3 Recording tool * 6.3.1 Choosing an export format * 6.3.1.1 Individual frames * 6.3.1.2 Quicktime movie * 6.3.1.3 Shockwave Flash (SWF) * 6.3.2 Start recording a movie * 6.3.3 Stop recording * 6.4 Transformations * 6.4.1 Generating interpolations * 6.4.2 Noodlizing polygons * 6.5 Arranging artwork * 6.5.1 Groups * 6.5.2 Layering * 6.5.3 Using the grid * 7 EXPORTING ARTWORK * 7.1 Exporting artwork via the File menu * 7.1.1 Export via EPS * 7.1.2 Export via PICT/BMP * 7.1.3 Export to Shockwave Flash (SWF) [ NOT YET IMPLEMENTED ] * 7.1.4 Export animation (using the Recording tool - see section 6.3) * 7.2 Exporting artwork via the clipboard * 7.3 Using the Print Artwork option in the File menu * 7.4 Things to consider when exporting artwork * 8 PLUG-INS * 8.1 Generative plug-ins * 8.1.1 Instant Results * 8.1.2 Interpolations * 8.1.3 Binary Lines * 8.1.4 Stub.org polygons * 8.1.5 Surfaces * 8.2 Degenerative plug-ins [ NOT YET IMPLEMENTED ] * 8.3 Transform plug-ins [ NOT YET IMPLEMENTED ] * 8.4 Other plug-ins * 8.4.1 Swap Artwork * 8.5 Plug-in architecture - writing your own plug-ins