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R A I N B O W
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Rainbow is a Paint Application allowinig you to draw using 32 colours
on a canvas area of 320 by 256 pixwls ( Low Resolution ). The image
can be saved to disk or ram: for later use.
TO START
Type Rainbow at a shell, then press return key.
TO EXIT
Click in close gadget at top left corner.
MULTITASKING
Rainbow can be made resident - it uses less than 14k of memory when
inactive, less than many text editors.
It will wouk in the background, type run rainbow.
To switch to other tasks press Left-Amiga N simultaneously.
To switch back press Left-Amiga M simultaneously.
CONTROLS
1) TOOLBAR
The seven tools on the toolbar are:
1) Freehand draw.
2) Line draw.
3) Ellipse draw - Click then drag and release.
4) Rectangle draw - action as above
When drawing ellipses or rectangles drag downwards
otherwise the operation is cancelled.
5) Clear Canvas. You may need to click in the drawing area
for this to take effect.
6) Pattern fill. Click within freehand loop, ellipse or
rectangle to fill region with checked pattern.
7) Solid fill. Action as for pattern fill.
2) PALETTE ( small coloured squares )
Click on any colour. Any subsequent drawing will be done
in that colour.
3) MENU
The menu has two options - Save and Load. If either are
chosen a File-Dialog will appear. Change the device name
( ram: dh0: or df0: ) and filename as you require. e.g.
df0:fish will save or load an image called "fish" to/from
your floppy drive.
LANGUAGE
Rainbow was written in DICE C ( This is why it wont save if
started via icon ). I have a NorthC version, which saves and
loads more slowly, if anyone is interested.
ABOUT ME
I can be contacted at:
Arif Burhan
Flat 5
19 London Road
ASCOT
SL5 7EN
THE FUTURE
I expect to release a commercial version of Rainbow, with a
dragable toolbar, so the whole screen can be used as a
drawing area. Cost £8.50 . Contct me at the above address.