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- SMARTYPAINTS PREVIEW
- CUSTOM GRAPHICS FOR BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
- c.1994 CHROMA COMPUTER IMAGES / STEVE HALL
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- 153 HOLT ROAD FAKENHAM
- NORFOLK NR21 8JF ENGLAND
- TEL/FAX +44 (0)328 862693
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- CONDITIONS OF USE
- THIS PREVIEW DISK IS NOT PLACED IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
- BUT MAY BE FREELY DISTRIBUTED AT NORMAL PD RATES.
-
- SMARTYPAINTS (the fully working program) is licensed for use within one
- household only. Copies of the disk are authorised for backup purposes and
- for use within the family. Licenses for larger establishments are by
- individual agreement, with favourable concessions available for worthy
- causes!! No material, printed or otherwise, included with this program
- may be reproduced in whole or part without the permission of CHROMA.
- Although this software has been tested on various systems,and every care
- has been taken to ensure that it works correctly, no implication is made
- as to it's suitability or lack of error.
- The author / publisher cannot be held legally responsible for errors or
- omissions in the manual or software. Please report any errors found to
- CHROMA, and they will be investigated.
-
-
- THE WHOLE IDEA..............
- .......is for your kids to have a "serious" art package with usable &
- interesting facilities.
- .......is to be able to customize the same art program for children of
- different ages or abilities.
- .......is for the child to be able to see what's been selected,just by
- looking at the menu (ie. no hidden,drop-down or sub-menus)
- .......is for YOU to be in control,able to deny access to facilities with
- a series of lockable options.
- .......is for EACH of your kids to have their own customised copy of the
- program.
-
- TRY OUT................
- ........Symmetrical drawing,Transparent pattern drawing,Colour cycling,
- Brush cut-and-paste,Cycled text or rays,Zoom mode and multicolour custom fill.
- (most load & save options disabled in this preview)
-
- TRY...................
- ........Locking the SMART MENU OFF...ON...Choosing 16 colours...Changing
- Palette colours...Locking the colours...Using the ICON menu...
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- REMEMBER-
- CHOOSE / DRAW with the LEFT mouse.END FUNCTION or TOGGLE MENU with RIGHT mouse
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- Please refer to printed manual for more detail,but for your convenience,
- here is a brief aide-memoir....
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- Default PIN number.......1234
- MAIN MENU keypress when locked........"HELP key / M"
- Flip to WORKBENCH from Main menu......"HELP key / ORANGE screen button"
- Flip to SMARTYPAINTS from Workbench..."Left AMIGA key / A"
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- KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS -if menu is unlocked
- (The same letters as that adults' package - you know,that very famous one
- with the funny little square icon thingies down the side.)
- Draw......................d
- Line......................l
- C-line....................L
- Ellipse...................e
- Oval......................E
- Brush.....................b
- Cut.......................B
- Jump to spare screen......j
- Copy to spare screen......J
- Undo......................u
- Clear screen..............k
- Frame.....................b
- Box.......................B
- Circle....................c
- Disc......................C
- Flip H....................x
- Flip V....................y
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- To configure SMARTYPAINTS for your child.......
- Click on "CLEAR S.MENU" with the LEFT mouse button.
- Click (left mouse) on all the BLUE function buttons displayed at the top
- of the main menu screen, from BOTTOM RIGHT to TOP LEFT (in order), until
- there is only the "MAIN MENU" button remaining, if you wish.
- Click on "CLEAR S.MENU" again, with the LEFT mouse button.
- Click on "STACK S.MENU".
- Click on the MAIN MENU functions you wish to incorporate into the SMART
- menu (the light grey buttons are the ones you can include), in the order in
- which you want them to appear.
- Click on "STACK S.MENU" again.
- You can now save the configuration to disk if you wish,but if you alter your
- PIN number,you should write it down somewhere first!
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