RainCreator V1.0  (w) & (c) 1997 by Oliver Michel.
                   All rights reserved.

 This is freeware. If you use this RainCreator for commercial products
 you should send me a little fee ($5-$10),please.

 The RainCreator is a program that generates palettes for BlitzBASIC2,
 to use them as backgrounds for games.


 A BlitzBASIC2-sourcecode is included to see how to load this palettes.
 (RC_View.bb2)


 CONTROL:

  With the optional parameter   OCS   you can switch to the OCS/ECS mode.
  The palette has than only 4096 colors available.
  YOU MUST USE THE  OCS  PARAMETER IF YOU DONT HAVE THE AGA-CHIP OR IF YOU
  ARE IN OCS/ECS-MODE OR WANT USE THE OCS/ECS MODE.


  rainbow      - open the rainbow-editor

  info         - show information

  PAL          - select PAL-screen (usefull with `show`)


 rainbow-editor:

  Left MOUSE button   - set the left current line
  Right MOUSE button  - set the right current line

  The spread-function will use the range between this two lines.

  Select the LEFT or the RIGHT line with CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT or
  the button L/R.

  With CURSOR UP/DOWN you can move up/down the current line.


  load      - load the palette from a picture/palette (IFF of course)
  save      - save the palette (IFF)

  show      - remove the windows to see the rainbow in his full power.
              If PAL selected than you will see the rainbow in BLITZ-Mode



  copy      - copy the RGB-value from the current line to the other

  spred     - spread the colors betwenn the left and the right line.

  swap      - swap the RGB-values.



That`s all folks. Let`s rain.

-<Oliver>-


 Oliver Michel
 Uhlandstr.24
 01069 Dresden
 GERMANY

 (email: htw7194@informatik.htw-dresden.de)