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SPECTRAPAINT VERSION 3.0
============ ======= ===
(C)1991 Twilight Software
Released as freeware providing this documentation is distributed with it.
FREEWARE:
TRY IT - USE IT - COPY IT - SHARE IT - BUT DON`T CHANGE IT!
History of Spectrapaint
1.0 Crud!, not much really. Never released.
1.1 Never released
1.2 Never released
1.3 First materialisation in Crazy Joe's PD library.
1.4 Distributed via a few BBS's
1.5 Distributed via AMOS PD library
1.6 Never released
1.7 Released in Crazy Joe's PD library
2.0 Released in AMOS PD library
2.1 Very restricted release. Only 5 copies ever distributed.
3.0 Released in Crazy Joe's PD library and the AMOS PD library
3.1 ???
Spectrapaint 3.0 has been nearly all rewritten from scratch (a few procedures
from Spectrapaint 2.0 were included). It includes extensive error trapping
(try loading a non iff picture now!) and refined requestors and tools. The
palette tool has been totally rewritten, as has the screen type requestor.
Also, a new style of icon bar has been incorperated, thus freeing up use of
the right mouse button for drawing and allowing use of a paper colour.
The toolkit can now be repositioned on the page and includes a totally new
layout and set of icons. The palette has been positioned immediately above
the toolkit for easy access.
Starting:
From the CLI
Use RAMOS Spectrapaint.AMOS
From the Workbench
Simply double click on Spectrapaint's icon
From AMOS
Select load and double click on Spectrapaint.AMOS
A list of files included:
Spectrapaint.AMOS
Spectrasprites.ABK
Spectrapaint.DOC
RAMOS
WARNING: USE AMOS 1.21 OR ABOVE ONLY TO LOAD SPECTRAPAINT OR ELSE
MR.GURU WILL VISIT YOUR AMIGA!
When Spectrapaint has loaded, the mode requestor will appear. Choose a
suitable mode and then click OK.
The toolkit
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Along the bottom of the screen you will see the tool bar. Clicking an icon on
this tool bar will activate it's function. Clicking a colour with the left
mouse button will select it as the ink colour. Clicking a colour with the
right mouse button will select it as the paper colour.
From left to right, top to bottom:
Click below applies to the left or right mouse button (ink or paper).
TOP ROW:
1..Dotted line
Click and draw!
2..Continuous line
Click and draw!
3..Straight vectors
Click the start or the line and hold down the mouse button. Release it at
the end of the line
4..Boxes
Click one corner and drag the box to the required size. Release the mouse
button at the required size.
5..Filled boxes
As boxes, but fills in the current fill colour and style.
6..Circles
Click the centre of the circle and drag out to the radius. Release the
mouse button at the required size.
7..Filled circles
As circles, but fills in the current fill colour and style.
8..Spray
Sprays in the current colour and at the current size.
9..Text
Well...
10.Cut
Cut a brush. Move to top left of desired area, click and drag to bottom
right of desired area and release.
11.Paste
Allows you to paste whatever is in the cut paste buffer. Click left mouse
button somewhere on the screen to paste a copy.
12.Flip left-right
Toggle switch to flip brush along vertical axis.
13.Flip up-down
Toggle switch to flip brush along horizontal axis.
14.RGB filter
Filters a desired colour out of the entire palette. Useful for video work.
15.Back box
Moves the tool bar back to the default position at the bottom of the
screen.
16.The drag box
This box occupies the right hand quarter of the top row of the icon bar.
Click on it and drag the tool bar out of the way. The palette bar will
also move with it. This box also gives various short messages.
BOTTOM ROW:
1..Make brush smaller
Shrinks the brush used for option 1 on the top icon bar, or shrinks the
size of the spray can.
2..Make brush larger
Has negative effect of option 1.
3..Fill
Clicking in a shape will cause it to be filled with the current colour
and pattern.
4..Parallelogram
Click on the screen, and release. Move the mouse until the base is the
required length, the click and drag the top of the parallelogram to the
required position.
5..Filled parallelogram
As 4 but filled with current colour and pattern.
6..Triangle
Click one corner, click second corner, click third corner. Simple, eh?
7..Filled Triangle
As 6 but filles with current colour and pattern.
8..Rays
Click centre for all rays, then click wherever you want a ray to go to.
Click the right mouse button to bring the menu back up.
9..Choose font
Chooses font for use with text (on top tool bar part).
10.Magnify
Easy peasy!
11.Pattern
Choose pattern for all fills. Note that ink and paper colours are used
for the pattern.
12.Pick
Click a place on the screen and your present colour will change to that
one. Useful to find a colour from a picture when lots of the colours are
very similar.
13.Undo
Undo's last drawing operation.
14.System info
Shows disk free, and memory free.
15.Info
Click and see!
16.Not yet implimented
17.Disk
Easy enough to work out
18.Palette
Allows changing of colours by RGB method. Note special functions:
SPRAY:Allows multi coloured spray can (in colour range)
RANGE:Allows choice of colour range by following method:
1) Click starting colour
2) Click range
3) Click finishing colour
> & <:Allows colour cycling (in specified direction)
Off :Turns colour cycling off
The slider bar below the <>Off arrangement allows setting of speed
for colour cycling from slow (left) to fast (right).
19.Clear
Clears the screen (Can be undone)
20.WB
Exit program (you are prompted first).
Known errors:
Occasionally brush screws up
Every so often you cannot select any icons from the tool bar
When short of memory, the toolbar can dissapear!
Notice:
If you lose 8 hours work by use of this program (even if you do as it says
above) don't blame me (K.K.Hudson), Twilight Software, Crazy Joes, The Queen
or anyone else for that matter. I am not taking responsibility for the
reliability of this program.
If you want to contact me (about future releases, updates, giving me some
money, etc..)
K.K.Hudson
4 Brunt Road
Rawmarsh
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
England
S62 5EW
(Yes, South Yorkshire is the one with all the coal mines!).
Until spectrapaint V3.1 ...
Kris
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