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ABOUT THIS DRAWER AND THE ARTISTS
Because there was so much good stuff to put on Megadisc4, we found
ourselves a little short of bytage this issue, so the ArtGallery hasn't
got as much in it as we'd like. However, what's here is good, I think.
All of them are displayed using the Public Domain utility "Display"
which allows you to show a picture by either:
1. Selecting the picture icon, then INFO from the PROJECT menu,
then typing in DISPLAY in the DEFAULT TOOL box, then clicking on SAVE.
This now lets you see the picture by double-clicking its icon, because
it now looks for the program (default tool) Display, and if it finds it
will show the picture. Note that if you had Display in a different
drawer, you'd have to enter the PATHNAME for Display so that it can be
found. E.g., type in DISKNAME:OTHERDRAWERNAME/DISPLAY
This is a technique you can use to make any PROJECT icon look for the
program which runs it - have a look at the INFO for other PROJECT
icons, such as a Notepad project icon.
2. The alternative is (and this also goes for all other cases) to
click once on the Picture icon, then hold down SHIFT and double-click
on the DISPLAY icon. This is how you can open any particular project to
be run with an appropriate program.
DISPLAY will cycle the colours of any picture which has been saved with
some colour cycle information, and you can get some great effects with
Deluxe Paint graphics - anyone who wants to see these effects most
dramatically should get an ArtDisk by Costello, or one of the Artscape
disks (see the separate review). If you want to view the picture
without colour cycling, just press the TAB key which toggles cycling on
and off.
There are graphics here by Perry Papadopoulos (who did some animations
for previous Megadiscs), Gunther Srick (who also did the snazzier icons
on this issue), and Graeme Whittle of Artscape fame. I hope you like
them - there were one or two complaints about the quality of the art on
previous disks...these are about as good as anything I've seen. If
you've got some original stuff, please send it in, we're always looking
for good graphics.
END OF INTHISDRAWER