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                       BANK MAKERS IN AMOS


 In AMOS,you have to load in various files from disk,which can include
Bobs,Sprites and sound samples-So here is a guide to a few of the AMOS bank
makers.

Sprite Bank Maker.
Insert your AMOS disk in the internal disk drive .
Select "Load" from the top menu bar in the AMOS editor.
The file selector should appear,showing the various files on the AMOS
disk-In roughly the centre,you should see the "Sprite_Editor.AMOS"
file,highlight this and double click on it with the left mouse button.
A message should appear(About the buffer size)select `yes' by clicking on
the word Yes with the mouse pointer and the left mouse button.Click on the
"Run" option in the top menu bar-The editor should soon appear.
To draw a basic picture:
1 Put the mouse pointer over the box on the right with several colour blocks
in it.
2 Click on any one you like with the left mouse button.
3 Put the mouse pointer over the large box on the left.
4 Press and hold the left mouse button and wiggle the mouse pointer around
inside the box-Squiggles should appear that correspond to your movements.

Repeat steps 1 to 4 as many times as you like.

5 When you like the look of your Sprite/Bob,click on the yellow icon that
says "INS"-This inserts the image into the Sprite bank(You'll see a number
to the right of the button increase by one)
6 Now move the mouse pointer to just above the number to the icon that says
"CLR",press on it with the left mouse button-The drawing box will
clear-Don't worry,your Bob/Sprite is okay!(You can now draw the next image)

You can repeat the above process (Steps 1 to 6)as much as you want-As you
get used to the feel of it,you can stop scribbling and try to draw,like you
would in deluxe paint.

To save the bank,you have to press the S key-A file selector will appear
enter the name of your file,adding   .Abk   after it to tell AMOS that it is
an AMOS bank and then click on Ok with the left mouse button.

As a quick guide as to what all the other icons do:
"Quit"-Quits out of the sprite editor
"Nice!"-Brings up the "Environment" panel
"Undo"-If you make a mistake,press this
"Get"-Gets the Bob/Sprite that is currently selected (Via itd number and
picture in the middle box on screen)and puts it in the main drawing box
"RGB"-Change colours with slider bars as in Deluxe Paint
"REZ"-Gives you the selection of screen resolutions available.
The blue icons with green blocks in them (When clicked on with the left
mouse button)set up different `hot spots' for the currently selected
Bob/Sprite.
Most of the other icons are drawing tools just like you would find in Deluxe
Paint.


Easy AMOS Bob Bank Maker***
Load up Easy AMOS as usual

Move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen and press and hold the
rigjht mouse biutton,put the pointer over "Bob Editor" press the left mouse
button.
Wait for the Bob editor to load.

1 Double click with the left mouse button on the centre of the box to
furthes right with "1" over it,an asterix(*) should appear by the 1.

2 Put the pointer on the colour of your choice on the bar of colours on the
left with the left mouse button

3 Return the pointer to the large hollow box on the left hand side.

4 Press the left mouse button and hold it,move the pointer around inside the
perimeter of the box-Lines should appear inside it corresponding to your
movements should appear.

5 repeat the above process(steps 1 to 5) as many times as you like(choosing
different colours).

6 Double click (Left mouse button)on the box on the furthest right with the
1 over it-The picture in the drawing box should dissappear,and a smaller
version will appear in the little box under 1.
A new box will appear under the "1" box that says "2" over it.Repeat steps 2
and onwards(Replacing `Box 2' etc. and so on).
When you want to save the bank put the mouse pointer over the disk drive
icon at the top left of the screen-click on it with the left mouse button-A
new range of icons will appear-Click on the one second from right with the
disk and ? on it.
The file requester should appear,after selecting which disk you want to save
the Bobs to enter the name you want to  call the bank and add   .Abk  after
it to tell AMOS that it is an AMOS bank.


Easy AMOS sample Bank maker******
Load in the Sample Bank maker using "Load" from the top menu bar-You will be
asked if you want to change the buffer size,click on the word "Yes" with the
left mouse button.
Select "Run" from the top menu bar.When the editor has loaded insert the
disk that you want to take samples from(It is easiest to use IFF format
samples),click on the little box with the disk and arrow pointing down.
A file selector will appear,after selecting what disk you want to load
samples from,select the sample you want to load.in a short amount of time
you will return to the main program,lots of white `scratches' will appear in
the main window.
Press the button with the big eared chap on to hear the sample.
If you want to place it in the bank,click on the box in the top right corner
on the word that says "Empty"(with the left mouse button) then put the mouse
pointer over the arrow next to it that is pointing towards it(With the left
mouse button).Repeat the steps of loading samples in and putting them in the
bank.
When you have all the samples you want,click on the little box on the right
with the question mark in front of a disk symbol
,to save it.You'll be presented with a file requester,after selecting which
disk you wish to save the file to,type the name of your choice for the bank
adding .Abk  to it(This tells AMOS it is an AMOS bank)then click on okay.


We haven't covered the origrinal AMOS sample bank maker because it is so
useless-You guess's are as good as ours!!!