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- ColorKnit 2.0.1 © E&P Ware, May 1993
-
- (This documentation is for those users without a color monitor. It contains the
- same text as the other “About” document except that some color pictures have
- been left out so that they could read this too.)
-
- ColorKnit is a simple grid-based program to help knitters create designs and
- give them an accurate preview of how they will look when knitted up.
-
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-
- ColorKnit version 2.0, new features;
-
- • This version of ColorKnit runs on both color and black & white monitors.
- Because of this Knit© has been discontinued. ColorKnit can open Knit documents
- and save them in ColorKnit’s format. (To run ColorKnit in black & white on a
- color monitor set the “Monitors” control panel to black & white mode. Black &
- white patterns are substituted for colors when running without color.)
-
- • There is now a floating colors palette that can be moved around to a
- convenient location on the screen.
-
- • Balloon Help is available for system 7 users for all menu commands and
- dialogs. In addition, there is online help available for system 7 users under
- the Balloon Help menu and for system 6 users under the Apple menu.
-
- • Grid lines and guide lines can now be adjusted from the floating palette and
- with the arrow keys on your keyboard.
-
- • A brush tool and an eraser have been added.
-
- • You can now adjust the offset of the guide lines.
-
- • Position (Row#/Stitch#) is now displayed at all times in the lower left part
- of the horizontal scroll bar.
-
- • ColorKnit is Shareware (see below).
-
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-
- System Requirments:
-
- • System 6.0 or higher. 256 color monitor (to use colors)
- else a black & white monitor.
-
- • ColorKnit is compatable with system 7.
-
- =========================================================
-
- • How to use ColorKnit:
-
- 1. Double click on the application, which will open up to a new file. Use the
- Knit Gauge dialog (select from the Grid menu, or use Command-G) to set the grid
- size. This allows you to customize the grid to match your knitting style, needle
- size, yarn weight, etc. Type in your measurements for rows per inch and stitches
- per inch. Then specify the guidelines you would like to use. (All these
- specifications can be changed as you work, by the way.)
-
- 2. Click the OK button to close the dialog box. The new grid will redraw on the
- screen. Select a color or pattern from the floating palette and start drawing
- your design!
-
- 3. Change a color in the palette by double-clicking in it. (This only works when
- color is available.) Then chose a new color from the Color Picker dialog. There
- are also 3 sets of Alternate Colors available under the Colors Menu.
-
- 4. You can change the background color from white to any other color by using
- the Background Color command under the Colors menu.
-
- 5. To preview your design as a knitted fabric, use the Stitches/Squares command
- (Command-E, or select from the Grid menu). This changes the rectangles of your
- grid into stitch-shaped units. You can continue working on the design as
- stitches, or convert back to squares by using the Stitches/Squares command
- again.
-
- 6. You can export your drawing as a 'PICT' document, which can be opened by most
- graphics programs (or by Teach Text© in System 7). Don't forget to also save
- your document as a ColorKnit document as well or you won't be able to edit it
- later. (ColorKnit can not open PICT documents.)
-
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-
- • The Colors Palette
-
- The Colors palette allows you to select a color to draw with, change that color,
- choose the camera or pencil tool and change the grid and guide lines.
-
- You can hide the palette by clicking in its close box. Choose Show Palette
- (under the Grids menu) to bring it back.
-
- • The Arrow Buttons:
-
- The arrow buttons allow you to change the grid/guide lines: Click in the up
- arrow (while holding down the option key) to increase the number of rows per
- inch; click in the down arrow (while holding down the option key) to decrease
- the number of rows per inch. Hold down the command key while clicking in an
- arrow to decrease or increase the spacing of the guide lines. Click in an arrow
- to offset the guide lines by one. Hold down the control key while clicking in an
- arrow to bring up the Grid dialog. (All of these commands work with the
- corresponding arrows on the keyboard.)
-
- Arrow alone changes guide line offset, Arrow + command changes guide line
- spacing, Arrow + option changes the spacing of the grid, Arrow + control brings
- up the Knit Gauge dialog.
-
- • Camera/Stamper Tool (to cut and paste within a design):
-
- This tool copies whatever is drawn within a guideline square, and then pastes it
- into another square.
-
- You can change the spacing of the guidelines with the Knit Gauge command: The
- two fields called “Vertical guide lines” and “Horizontal guide lines” in the
- dialog control the spacing of the guide lines. There is also a command to change
- the darkness/lightness of the grid lines. This is helpful when using a dark
- background color. You can also change the guide line spacing with the arrow
- buttons as described above or the arrow keys on your keyboard.
-
- When you've developed a pattern unit that you want to copy, make certain it is
- completely contained within a single guideline square. (Don't forget that you
- can change the size of the guideline squares at any time while you're working.)
-
- Click on the camera icon on the end of the patterns palette. The cursor will
- turn into a camera. Click on the square you want to copy, to take a “picture” of
- it.
-
- The cursor will then turn into a stamper. Click the stamper anywhere within
- another guideline square, and the program will “stamp” the design within the
- square.
-
- The cursor then turns into a camera again, and you can continue cutting and
- pasting design units. To stop the Camera/Stamper function click on the pencil
- icon or in any of the palette colors. The cursor will turn back into the pencil,
- and you can start drawing again.
-
- Pressing the 'c' key toggles between the camera and pencil tools.
-
- • The Brush and the Eraser
-
- The brush allows you to paint larger areas more quickly (with a maximum brush
- size of 5X5 squares) Pressing the 'b' key turns on the brush. The Eraser uses
- the same brush size as the brush. Pressing the 'e' key turns on the eraser.
-
- • The Colors:
-
- Click on a color (or pattern in black & white mode) to select it for drawing.
- Double–click on it to select a new color from the Color Picker dialog. (Sorry,
- you can’t edit black and white patterns.)
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-
- • The Patterns menu
-
- The patterns function "grows" geometric patterns out of what you've drawn on the
- screen. Draw a small square or cross with the eigth color from the top and try a
- pattern command from the menu to see how it works. Applying different commands
- over and over can develop some very elaborate, almost Fair Isle-ish designs.
-
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-
- • Printing
-
- ColorKnit 2.0 features the ability to print an 8" X 10" page.
-
- All of the printing–related commands are located under the File menu.
-
- Scroll to the page you wish to print. (The upper left corner of the window sets
- the upper left corner of the page.)
-
- Choose Print Preview from the File menu to see the area of the document that
- will be printed. (The print preview page also defines the area of the drawing
- that is exported as a PICT type document.)
-
- Choose Print to print the page. If you are using a laser writter choose the
- Color/Grayscale option from the printing dialog. This will allow you to print in
- grayscale if you have a Mac that can display 256 colors/grays. For black & white
- Macs patterns will be printed instead of grays.
-
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-
- • ColorKnit is Shareware: please send $15.00 to the address below. You may
- distribute ColorKnit on other BBS's, but you may not charge others for it. For
- inclusion on shareware disks please contact the author. If you do distribute
- ColorKnit, please keep this “Read Me” document with the application.
-
- • (Shareware fees are not required from those of you who have already registered
- for Lace© as of December1992.)
-
- • Comming soon; a line drawing tool.
-
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-
- I can be contacted at:
-
- Paul Duffy 71 Oxford Street Somerville MA 02143,
-
- or leave a message for Elaine Benfatto on Fibernet BBS: 218-583-4337, or on
- Compuserve’s Crafts Forum (ID # 72521, 417).
-
- =========================================================
-
- Your input is appreciated.
-
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-
- Version 2.0.1 Bug Fixes/Improvements:
-
- 1) Now prints thinner grid lines on a LaserWriter.
-
- 2) Painting near the edges of the grid with a large brush size did not work
- properly in 2.0. It does now.
-