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KDOODLER V1.1 (c) 1988 Kristofer H. Cruz All Rights Reserved 8 Oct 88 BETA TESTED BY: MARIE FOSTER FACCS PRESIDENT For a full featured version, send $10.00 to: Kdoodler Registration 2112 W. Bridge Ave Spokane, Wa. 99201 This program is shareware. By this, it is meant that anyone may possess a copy of the program. YOU MAY NOT SELL IT!!! Distribution through user group libraries is allowed. I would enjoy receiving a copy of each users group newsletter as well as comments on the program. However, this is NOT a prerequisite to carry KDOODLER in user group libraries. If you prefer, you can leave electronic mail to my Beta Testers, who are more fortunate than I since they can afford to have an account. On GEnie-> M.L.FOSTER This program is written in 100% compiled GFA BASIC. ****************************************************************************** Acknowledgments ****************************************************************************** Thank you Marie Foster for Beta Testing and uploading KDOODLER. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction The manual is divided into five main sections: What is KDOODLER?; What Do You Get?; Features; Functions/Commands; Tutorial; Future Enhancements. It is hoped that this documentation answers any questions you may have about the program. However, I will gladly answer any questions you may have. I regularly call Spokane Tricomm BBS (509-922-1945) and am a member of the First Atari Computer Club of Spokane (FACCS). ******************************************************************************* What is KDOODLER? Kdoodler is a monochrome only graphics drawing and manipulation program. It is not a CAD system (although far less capable PD programs have been pushed off as such). It is for the person who wants to use some of the more advanced graphic features to do High Tech doodling. So why didn't I just say "It is a drawing program." ? Well....... it is a drawing program, and it has a few more features that don't fall into the "DRAW" category. These features will be explored as you read on further in the manual. Consider this just another tool to give you a bit more variation in your graphic creations. ******************************************************************************* What Do You Get? You should have downloaded 'KDOODLER.ARC'. Once unarced, it should contain: KDOODLER.PRG : This is KDOODLER README.DOC : Documentation SPOKIRK.PI3 : Digitized Photo, Try the contrast feature. SAMPLES.PI3 : Example Kdoodler pic w/ Spec effects If you are missing any of these, try to find someone who has them all. If you have the docs and the program, then you may substitute any degas PI3 files. ****************************************************************************** FEATURES * Works in colo or mono * Import PM+ shapes* * Import MacPaint files * * Magnify or fatbits * Seperate color palettes * Editable fill * Color Fills * Improved error checking * Four working screens. * Cut-N-Paste,Buffer,Blend * Screen inversion * Copy-N-Paste,Buffer * Degas Compatible * Bit Image Format * Contrasting * Editable Fills * Editable Text * Editable Paint * Editable Linetypes * Text Rotation * Image Mirroring * Image Ghosting * Image Negatives * Circles,Ellipses,Box, Rbox * Chalk * Rubberbanding * Lines * Undo Command * Printing position line Printing: * Epson 8" Screen dump with single, double or triple strike! * NEC 8023,8027 and compatables Your printer not supported? Contact the author about making a dump for your printer. Note: NX1000 rainbow driver to be added soon. Only for registered users! ****************************************************************************** Functions and Commands The functions section is divided up into six categories representing the six major menubar selections. They are: FILE; DRAW; GMODE; EDIT; CUT/PASTE; SCREEN. Parameters are things which affect the described command. Use explains how the use the command. Description explains what the command does. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FILE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PRINT NEC DESCRIPTION: Prints screen to NEC 8023/8027 printers. Use : Click on menubar. Parameters : None PRINT EPS Description: Prints screen to Epson compatible printers in 8" . Use : Click on menubar. An alert box will appear asking you whether you want your printout to be single, double or triple strike. This means how many times the printer will print the same line before moving on to the next line. After you have selected the strike, you will be prompted with another alert box asking you which linefeed width you prefer. You Have two choices: 10/216" or 11/216" . You will have to experiment here to determine which is best for you. The reason for this is that some printers do not have even line feed width capability. This is obvious when printing dot intensive dumps. Small white lines will appear under 11/216". If this happens, switch to 10/216 and try it again. In general, if you are printing an image that does not have heavy black areas such as most clip art, then use 11/216" linefeed width. Parameters : NONE Note: Epson is a trademark of the Epson Corporation. LOAD DEG Description: Loads Degas PI3 files. Use : Click on menubar. Parameters : None LOAD BIF Description: Load Binary Image Format files (BIF). These are simple 32000 byte bit image copies of the screen. Use : Click on menubar. Parameters : none SAVE DEG Description: Save Degas compatible images. Use : Click on menubar. Parameters : None SAVE BIF Description: Save Binary Image Format files (BIF). These are simple 32000 byte bit image copies of the screen. Use : Click on menubar. Parameters : None LOAD MAC Description : Load MacPaint files. Allows users to incorporate files drawn in MacPaint. Note: Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Compute Inc., MacPaint is a trademark of Claris. Use : Click on menubar. Parameters : None SHAPES Description : Allows the user to load and save (future versions) any Printmaster ot Printmaster+ shapes. Note: Printmaster and Printmaster+ are both trademarks of Unison World. You can use these with medium res Degas pics or catalog them on your printer. Use : Click on menubar Parameters : None NEW Description: Clears current screen. Use : Click on menubar. An alert box will ask you whether you really want to destroy your masterpiece. Select YES or NO and click. Parameters: None QUIT Description: Returns user to GEM Desktop. Use : Click on menubar. An alert box will ask you whether you really want to exit. Hit return or click on YUP to exit. Click on NAW to return to the menubar. Parameters: None >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DRAW <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< CHALK Description: Allows user to draw with a chalk effect. This is most effective when using white and drawing on a black background. USE : Left button down draws in current color. Any key returns to menubar. In order to draw in larger than one pixel, you must select either a rounded or arrow for your beginning or end of line under LINETYPE. Parameters: Color, Linetype, Gmode PLOT Description: Allows normal drawing in current color. USE : Left button held down draws. Any key exits to menu bar. In order to plot larger than 1 pixel width, you must select LINETYPE and select a rounded or arrow for the beginning or end of a line. Parameters : Color, Linetype, Gmode LINE Description: Makes a presized line which can be placed anywhere. USE : First left click defines starting point. Second left click defines ending point. Line may now be positioned. At this point, a right click kills the line and another may be started. A left click drops line. Another line may be drawn or any key to get to menubar. Parameters: Color, Linetype, Size, Gmode RUB BAND Description: Rubberbanding lines on screen. USE : First left click defines start. If second click is the left button, the line is ended at that point. If it is the right button, the line disappears. Another may be drawn or any key returns to menubar. Parameters : Color, Gmode, Linetype, Size TEXT Description: Allows you to place text anywhere on the screen under 4 rotations, any size, many types. Use : Type in text then return. Place on screen. Clicking the left button allows places text at current position. If, instead, you hit the right mouse button, the text will disappear. Parameters : Text type, Size, Gmode, Color BOX Description : Draws hollow box on screen. Use : First left click selects upper left corner of box. Second left click defines lower right corner. The presized box may now be positioned and dropped by clicking the left button, or cancelled by the right button. Any key returns to menubar. Parameters : Color, Linetype, Size, Gmode RBOX Description : Rounded hollow box. Use : Same as box. Parameters : Ditto PBOX Description : Filled BOX USE : Same as BOX. Parameters : Same as BOX including the current filltype. CIRCLE Description : Draws a hollow circle. Use : First left click defines center for presizing. Moving the mouse defines radius. Second left click allows positioning of the predefined circle. Third left click allows placement of circle. If the third click is right button, the circle disappears. Any key returns to menubar. Parameters : Color, Linetype, Gmode PCIRCLE Description : Draws a solid circle in the current fill pattern. Use : Same as circle. Fill is determined by current filltype selection. Parameters : Color, Linetype, Gmode, Filltype ELLIPSE Description : Draws a hollow ellipse. Use : First left click defines center. Second left click defines radius for ellipse. Ellipse may now be positioned. Third click, if left button will place ellipse at current position. If the third click is the right button, the ellipse is erased. Any key returns to menu or click to draw another. Parameters : Color, Linetype, Gmode PELLIPSE Description : Draws a solid ellipse under the current filltype. Use : Same as ellipse. Drawn under current filltype. Parameters : Color, Linetype, Gmode, Filltype PAINT Description : Pattern paint effect. Use : Push left button to paint. Any key exits. If you select linetype and either arrow or round for either the beginning or end of line, then the linesize will affect your pattern dot size. Parameters : Color, Paint type, Gmode, Linetype FILL Description : Fills a totally enclosed area in the current fill pattern. Use : Position pointer in area to be filled and click. Any key press exists only after fill is complete. Parameters : Filltype ERASER Description : Allows erasing of any pattern with small white eraser. Use : Pressing left button causes erasing. Releasing left button stops erasing. Any key exits. Parameters : None >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GMODE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< REPLACE Description : Selects Graphmode 1 - Replace. The old picture is replaced by the new one. Use : Click to select. Parameters : Affect most graphics operations of KDOODLER. TRANSPARENT Description : Selects Graphmode 2- Transparent. The old picture is seen behind the new one. See GFA BASIC manual page 111 for more info. Use : Click to select. Parameters : Affects most graphic operations. XOR Description : Selects Graphmode 3- XOR (Exclusive OR). Every element of a new picture (via buffer paste,...etc.) is drawn except where there is already a dot. See GFA BASIC Manual page 111 for more info. Use : Click to select. Parameters : Affects most graphic operations. DBL XOR Description : Selects Graphmode 3- XOR. Executes the graphic twice under the XOR mode. This allows movement of a predefined graphic image (Circle, Box, Buff,...etc). Use : Click to select. Parameters : Affects most graphic operations. REV. TRANS. Description : Same as Transparent mode except image is shown in inverse. Use : Click to select. Parameters : Affects most graphics operations. * Note: GFA, GFA BASIC are copyrights of GFA Systemtechnic. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> EDIT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< The edit functions are the most powerful in KDOODLER. They allow you total control over color,text size, text types, text rotation, paint types and fill types. Their power is only second to their ease of use. They allow you control over all the parameters each function offers. COLOR Description : Changes color used for graphic operations. Use : Click left button on either black or white in mono,or if using a color monitor, select from the current palette. Parameters : NONE LINE TYPE Description : Allows selection of any supported line type. Use : You will successively be presented with four alert boxes. The first two ask you to choose the type of line beginning and line end. The third is for line width. Note: if you make the width larger than 2, the dashed and broken line types will appear solid. The last alert box asks you to choose a line style according to the display above it. Parameters : Gmode,Color TEXT TYPE Description : Selects type of text to be drawn under TEXT command. Does not work in low res. Use : A dialog box will appear. You will notice when you click the left button while the pointer is over a selection, that it turns black. Be sure you use quick sharp clicks. This routine responds faster to clicks than the rest of the program. To verify your selections quickly click on the SET button. The dialog box will be redrawn with your selection appearing in inverse. If you are satisfied, click on exit. You may turn a button off by clicking on it again and then SET. NOTE: Some combinations are illogical (ie. BOLD and LIGHT) . As such, KDOODLER will not allow you to select both. Instead it will turn both off and you will have to choose either one or the other. Parameters : Gmode,Color TEXT TYPE Description : Allows you to select the size of the text drawn under the TEXT command. Use : An alert box will appear. Click on SMALLER to decrease the text size. Click on LARGER to increase text size. The exit button returns you to the menubar. Parameters : None ROTATION Description : Allows you to select which of four 90 degree interval rotations the text will be drawn under the TEXT command. Allowed rotations are: 0,90,180,270. Use : Click left arrow to decrease, right arrow to increase. Exit button returns to menubar. Parameters : None PAINT TYPE Description : Determines what type of pattern will be used for the command PAINT. Available patterns are : Star, Dot, Slash. I admit, the dot does actually look like the star shaped noodles in chicken and stars soup! You are allowed to make your own patterns by using the CUT button. This allows you to select a portion of the currently selected screen to use as a paint pattern. Use : To select one of the three pre-made patterns, click on PRE-MADE. To make your own select CUT. Then click the once to mark the upper left corner of the cut box. Now as you move the mouse you should see a box stretching to follow the mouse. If you click the left button again, you will notice the box does not stretch anymore. It has been presized,(that is what the stretching was for) and now may be positioned over the area to be included as the paint type. When you have it where you want it, click the left button. The box should now disappear and you will be returned to the menubar. Try the PAINT function and you will see your pattern when you press the left mouse button. Parameters : Linetype FILLTYPE Description : Allows selection of 37 fill types including fujji fill. Custom fill types are allowed! Use : Click on menubar. A dialog box will appear that will contain samples of the pre-made fill types. Each will have a number which, when inverse, will signify the selection of that fill pattern. On the right of the dialog box you will see the word CURRENT. Beneath it will be a box FILLed with the selected sample. NOTE: The CURRENT box will not change when you change fill types, UNTIL you reselect FILLTYPE from the menubar. The custom fill works only in mono. Selection of a fill pattern affects the command FILL as well as all solid geometrical "P" shapes under DRAW. (ie PBOX,PCIRCLE...etc.) If you go to the fill menu and hit a key then click on EXIT. The fill pattern will be fujji. This will NOT show up in the CURRENT box next time you select FILLTYPE. Parameters : Color >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cut-N-Paste <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Selections under this menubar are variations of the familiar graphical Cut and Paste feature. A buffer is employed to allow transportation of graphics between screen. COPY-N-PASTE Description : Copy-N-Paste is similar to Cut-N-Paste except that the area to be move is copied. This allows you to move screen portions without destroying the original. Use : Click the left button once to select the upper left corner of the copy area. You should now see a box stretching and following your mouse pointer. Position the pointer on the lower right corner of the area to be copied. Click the left button once. Now you should see a copy of that area following your mouse pointer. To place the image on the screen click the left button. To forget the image, click the right button. Any key returns to menubar. Parameters : Gmode CUT-N-PASTE Description : Cut-N-Paste cuts a preselected block from the screen and allows you to put it anywhere on the screen. When it is put down, it replaces any image already in the same space. Use : Click left button one to define starting point for the upper left corner of the sizing box. Now stretch box to desired size and click the left button. Now you should see a white patch where the size box was. If you move your mouse now, the cut image block will follow the mouse pointer. If you click the left button the image block will be pasted wherever the pointer is when you click the button. If you click the right button, the image will disappear. Hitting any key returns you to the menubar. Parameters : None CUT-N-BUFFER Description : Allows you to cut an image block and have it sent to the buffer. Use : Same as Cut-N-Paste except when you click to paste the block, it will disappear and go to the buffer. Parameters : None COPY-N-BUFFER Description : Allows you to get a copy of an image block without destroying the image . Use : The first left click will define the starting point of the sizing block. Now position the block to the size you want and click the left button again. The size block will disappear and a copy of the image block will be sent to the buffer. Parameters : None BUFFER PASTE Description : Allows you to retrieve any image placed into the buffer. Use : The image will appear on the screen. Position the image and click the left button. The image will be placed on the screen according to the current Gmode setting. Hitting any key returns you to the menubar. Parameters : Gmode >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SCREEN <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Selecting the numbers 1 through 4 selects that screen as the current working screen. All further operations will take place on that screen. INVERT Description : Inverts the screen. Use : Select from menubar. Parameters : NONE GHOST Description : Causes the image to fade and become ghostlike. Use : Select from the menubar. Parameters : NONE BLURR Description : Blurrs the current screen. Use : Select from menubar. Parameters : None REVERSE Description : Causes a deep contrast blending. Use : Select from menubar. Parameters : None MIRROR Description : Creates a mirror image of the current screen. Use : Select from the menubar. ************ NOTE ******************* This routine is S-L-O-W!!!! It will take about 5 minutes to do the entire screen. The next version WILL Have a faster MIRROR routine. ( Good reason for registering?) *************************************** Parameters : None CONTRAST Description : Increases the contrast of the current screen. Use mostly with digitized images. Use : Select from menubar. Parameters : None. LIGHT NEG. Description : Causes the current screen to be shown in inverse negative. Use : Select from the menubar. Parameters : None NEGATIVE Description : Cause the current screen to be shown as a negative. Use : Select from the menubar. Parameters : None SPECKLE Description : Causes faint speckles to be added to the current screen Use : Select from the menubar. Parameters : None UNDO Description: Allows you to undo a function back. What this means is that if you accidentally fill the entire screen, in order to undo that fill, go back to the menu and select undo. Note: There is no undoing the undo. use : Click from menubar. Parameters : None MAGNIFY Description: Magnify the right or left half of the screen. Allows users to change the picture a bit at a time. Use: Click on magnify, left half is displayed normal with a mangify window on the right. Hit R to view the right half. Now the right half will be on the left with the magnify wndow on the right. A box follows the pointer when on the left side of the screen. When crossing to the magnify window the bow will show the area magnified and then you can turn the bits on or off. Click the left button to turn them on and right to turn them off. Notice how the boxed area of the pic changes. Parameters : R for right half or L for left half, spacebar exits. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TUTORIAL <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< This section is to get you familiar with the Kdoodler. It also shows you how to get some unusual effects. It is first recommended, in fact it is assumed, that you have read the FUNCTIONS AND COMMANDS section and have some idea of how to use the various commands. If you are like me, you probably just jumped in and started playing. That is OK! The program is not too difficult to figure out by trial and error, however, if you have difficulty getting the expected result, go back and read up on the commands used, then try again. The feel of Kdoodler may be somewhat different than what you are used to with normal GEM programs. This is because I used a method I call Posi-Click in every routine that uses the mouse button. (NOTE: Dialog boxes and Alert boxes are exceptions. They use snappy GEM clicks). Posi- Click ensures that only one click is counted for the pressing of the desired mouse button. You see, a problem arises when you have a loop or two consecutive loops that are waiting for the same mouse button press. A command in GFA BASIC to read the mouse is : MOUSE A,B,C . A and B hold the X,Y position of the mouse pointer. C holds the buttons status as follows: IF C=0 THEN NO BUTTONS ARE DOWN. IF C=1 THEN THE LEFT BUTTON IS DOWN IF C=2 THEN THE RIGHT BUTTON IS DOWN Imagine now that you have a loop that waits for the left button to be pressed. If the left button is pressed, you change some value, then wait for another button press. The problem is, that by the time we slow humans can release the button, the computer has counted about 10 presses because the routine merely checked to see when the button was held down. Enter Posi-Click. By checking for the button to be released (ie. C=0) , we can allow the user to select at his pace and NOT the computers. This long winded speech was primarily for those ST veterans out there whose clicking reflex has been honed by years of practice. I want to avoid the pain you may cause your mouse by applying excessive pressure to the left button thinking that it is somehow sticking. (Aren't BETA testers WONDERFUL? MARIE?) Ok, now we are ready to begin our tutorial. Loading Pictures Ok, say we want to load a Degas picture. We select LOAD DEG at the screen where we want it. It appears and we are happy. What if we want every screen to have the same picture in order to experiment and still have an original? We could LOAD DEG then select a new screen and LOAD DEG until all four had the same picture. This isn't very efficient though. How about if we try this: Select LOAD DEG and then select PLOT (or any other DRAW function). Now hit the spacebar and you will be back to the menubar. Ok, now select a different screen and UNDO. See what happens? The UNDO buffer keeps a copy of the screen BEFORE we modify it, just in case we change our minds after the fact. We had to select PLOT in order trick the UNDO buffer into grabbing the screen, even though we had no intention of plotting. Selecting any DRAW command causes the UNDO buffer to grab the screen...just in case. Ok we now have a better way to get the same picture to all screens. But this still isn't the easiest way KDOODLER can do this. Try this: Select LOAD DEG. Now select COPY-N-BUFFER. Box in the entire screen starting at the upper left corner to the lower right. If you miss the first time, just try again until you are sure you got all of the screen. Now select replace under GMODE. OK, now select a screen where you want the picture placed. Select BUFFER PASTE and position the pointer to the top left corner. Does the flashing image look familiar? Now click the left button to drop the image and hit any key to get to the menubar. So now we have the picture in the buffer and we can repeatedly place it on any screen we choose. Neat huh? The Binary Image Format (.BIF) files are simple 32000 byte images of the screen. They are compatible with the GFA commands BLOAD and BSAVE. This means after dawdling with KDOODLER, you can incorporate your works into your GFA BASIC programs. Kdoodling Ok now that we understand how to load and save our precious little gems, let's create one. NEW all screens and select DBL XOR. Now select INVERT. The screen should now be black. Now select CHALK and write your name. Now write your brothers name. Now write " I will not chew gum in class." fifty thousand times.(Just kidding). See how you get a chalk like effect? Now hit a key to get back to the menubar. Select LINETYPE. Select ARROW for the beginning of the line. Set the line width to 25. Select line stye 1. Now select CHALK. Write "Candy Cane". See how this works? . Hit a key and select XOR.(Note: When using either XOR or Double XOR mode, item will display in default color, this means that any color you select will only apply if you are NOT in an XOR mode) Now try CHALK. Larger linetypes result in larger dots. Going faster makes the spacing of the stripes wider, while slower packs them. PLOT will do similar things, even change with different GMODE selections. When selecting LINETYPE for PLOT Be sure to always select either the beginning or end as either arrow or rounded if your intend to have the dots larger than one pixel. Select DBL XOR and NEW all screens. Now select LINE. Press the left button and then let go. Now move the pointer around. You should see a line stretching to follow your mouse pointer. Find a size you like and press the left mousebutton...then release it. Now move the mouse. Aha, a stick follows little mousie wherever she may roam. If the size isn't to your liking click the right button and make a new one. Otherwise click the left button and watch the stick drop. Now for a twist. Select REPLACE. Now click the left button. Now move the mouse. Now stop moving the mouse and click the left button again. Now move the mouse. Hmmm. Ok stop playing and click the left button. Now we will create a visual effect. Select a line width of one with normal ends. Position the pointer near the center of the screen. Now imagine a circle whose center is the pointer. You will be tracing such a circle in a bit, for now just imagine it. Wake up! Ok click the left mouse button and trace that circle. When you have come full circle, click the left button twice. Now what does that look like to you? Perhaps the leaf from some exotic plant? This technique can be applied to simulating feathers also. The key thing to remember here is that you must imagine the OUTLINE of the object you want to simulate, then trace it in this mode. For a bit lighter effect try TRANSPARENT on a Clear screen. Other Gmodes work here as well. Ever heard the saying " The shortest distance between two points is a straight line" ? Well RUBBER BAND allows you to do just that. Try it. Some drawing programs having a feature known as Kline, in which the end of every line is the beginning point for the next. Kdoodler can also do this, but you do have to pay attention to what you are doing. First select RUBBER BAND. Now click the left button and move the mouse. Now, without moving the mouse, click the left button twice in quick succession and move the mouse again. Repeat this until you get bored and want to try another command. Ever want to make a diagram with arrows pointing to things? Select LINETYPE and then select arrow as the ending point. Now try RUBBER BAND. Neat huh? A useful feature to any drawing program is the ability to add text to the image. Kdoodler shines in this respect. Select DBL XOR and NEW all screens. Now select TEXT. You should see a blank screen saying "Please type your text now." Ok type your name and hit return. Move your mouse and observe what happens. You may now place the text on the screen by pressing the left button. Or you may hit the right button to erase the text. If you were following the manual word for word, you probably placed the text BEFORE you got to the part where I told you it was possible to make it go away. Not to fear, the UNDO command is here. (Gee, do people really make mistakes?) Ok now do you suppose we can get different types of text? Select TEXT TYPE from the menubar. You should see a dialog box in the lower right of the screen. Now select (ST veterans: here is the chance for you to put those quick snappy clicking fingers to use ) a text style. You must use quick clicks here and only one per box. Your choices should turn black. Now click on the SET button and observe the dialog box. If you got the correct click method, your selections will be inverse, if not then try again until you get them. Also, for those wonderful little hackers who always try to crash a program by giving it garbage, you may not select illogical combinations of text. For example, is there a type of text that is both light and bold at the same time? I think not. If you do try to select both, all you will get for your trouble is another try at text selection since selecting both cause neither to be recognized. When you are satisfied with your selections, click on the EXIT button and you will be at the menubar. Now select TEXT. OK, we can also resize using TEXT SIZE. Select TEXT SIZE and click on the larger button until it reads about 25 or so. Now try TEXT. Finally we have the ability to rotate text in either 0,90,180 or 270 degrees. Select ROTATION and click the right arrow. Now exit and try TEXT. Check out the other rotations and come back when you have finished playing. Ok, now what if we want to be fancy? Set ROTATION to 0 and select XOR. Now try TEXT and this time don't click the left button. See what happens? Try this with the others GMODES and come back when you are finished playing. By the way, if you didn't try it already, COLOR will allow you to do the same type of stuff on a black screen. Ok, now NEW all screens and select DBL XOR. Kdoodler offers a variety of geometrical shapes for you to use in your kdoodlings. I will go through how the various parameters apply using only the BOX shape because the procedure is identical for all shapes. Shapes with a P in front of their name are solid shapes which are filled according to the currently selected fill pattern. Ok now let's start. Select BOX. Now click the left button and move the mouse. You should see a box stretching or shrinking to follow your mouse. Now click the left button again. You should now see a box, the size it was when you clicked the mouse, following your pointer. If you don't want the box, click the right button. If you want it, then click the left button. See how this works? The general procedure is the same for all the shapes. Now try selecting different GMODES and draw some more boxes. See how it affects how the shapes are drawn? Play a while and come back when you are finished. Ok, now select DBL XOR and NEW all screens. Do you suppose we could use different line types in our geometrical shapes? Select LINETYPE and try all the a few selections. How about a dotted box? Maybe a dashed one? Ok, now for some filled shapes. Select DBL XOR and NEW all screens. Now Select FILLTYPE and you should see the fill menu. Patterns are numbered one to thirty six with thirty seven being the custom fill shape. Click on a pattern you like and then click on the exit button. Now select PRBOX from the menubar. Try making a box just as you did before. You should see a rounded box filled in the pattern you selected. If you go back to FILLTYPE, you will notice that your previous selection is showing in the current bar. This will give you an idea of how the pattern looks on a larger area. Ok, now if you didn't read COMMANDS and FUNCTIONS, you missed a trick-the fujji fill. Select FILLTYPE then press any key on the keyboard. Now click on exit. Now draw a PRBOX. Did you get it? Ok, as always, try the different GMODES and see how they affect the P shapes. Also try all the shapes. Play around a bit, then come back when you are through. Now NEW the screen and select PAINT. Press the left button and HOLD it down. Now move the mouse. See the effect? For variation, try selecting PAINT TYPE and then PRE-MADE. You have two other choices. Try each of them and come back when you are through playing. Ok , now let's get wild. NEW the screen and select the STAR paint type. Ok, now select LINETYPE and make one end ROUND or ARROW. Now select a line width of about 25 . Goto the PAINT command and paint. NEAT? It gets better. Now select XOR. Now try PAINT. WOW! (Ok, maybe your not that impressed, but thinking so does my ego good!) Try mixing the GMODES and the pre-made shapes (under PAINT TYPE). Come back if you ever stop playing. When you are finished, NEW the screen and set the GMODE to TRANSPARENT. It's not over yet! You get to make your own paint types too! Select PAINT TYPES. Now select CUT. Now click the left button. Size the box and click the left button again. Now position the 'CUT' box and click on the left button. Now try the PAINT! You already know how to fill, but there are a few points before moving on. First, filling is done by a system routine, there is NO WAY TO ESCAPE from it (THEY CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL AND THE VERTICAL.........AND THE FILL!). So beware ye who would foolheartedly select FILL. The second point is that if you want to fill in a shape you must be sure there is a continuous black line (or white if inverse) completely enclosing the shape, lest your fill pattern leaks onto the rest of your picture. If you make this mistake, clap your hands three times, say "Alacazam" and select UNDO. (NOTE: Less superstitious persons may just select UNDO) Ok, now NEW the screen and select DBL XOR. To save you the boredom of reading this again and me typing it, I will take a bold step and term this setup the "STANDARD" setup. OK? Now get a standard screen (paying attention?). Select PLOT and scribble . Now select ERASER. Pressing the button make it erase. Hit any key to return to the menubar. CUT-N-PASTE New the screen and select XOR. Load in the DEG picture KRIS1.PI3. (Gee what a handsome guy!) OK, here is a good specimen for electronic CUT-N-PASTE. (HE HE HE IGOR). But first, use the buffer to make multiple copies of me on every screen. If you forgot how to do this, look at the very beginning of this tutorial. So, now ve vill try ze elctronique COPY-N-PASTE. Select COPY-N-PASTE. Position the pointer near my right eye (on your left). Click the left button and make the box enclose my nose. Now click the left button. Move your mouse. You should see a copy of my nose flying around the screen alongside your pointer. Now, you have two choices. First, you can paste my nose on my head by positioning it and clicking the left button. Or you could make it disappear by clicking the right button. The choice is yours. Try this with the various GMODES. Ok, NEW the screen, and select TRANSPARENT. Select CUT-N-PASTE. Click the left button the select the left corner and stretch the box to size. Now click the left button again. You will now see my facial portion flying around the screen with your mouse pointer. A left click plops the image down. A right click puts it back where it came from. Hitting any key will get you back to the menubar, lest you desire to distort me. Again, you control the GMODES and as always play and have fun. Moving right along, NEW the screen and select TRANSPARENT. Then try CUT-N-BUFFER . It works like Cut-N-Paste, except this time when you try to paste, the image goes to the buffer. That also gives away the COPY-N-BUFFER command. As mentioned at the beginning of this tutorial, the buffer is a valuable way to move images from screen to screen. Why do that? Ever heard of CLIP ART? If you haven't, Clip Art is a bunch of cutesy little pictures and drawings which were made for the specific purpose of incorporation by users into their own graphic creations. This is a real help to those of us who haven't any artistic ability (like me). Ok now NEW the screen and select TRANSPARENT. Select BUFFER PASTE and watch as the buffer data follows your mouse. Left clicking pastes the image, right clicking kills. Select XOR, watch the image now. Getting any ideas? Try the other GMODES and return when you are through. Did you know commands allows you to make showed text in any size? SCREEN EFFECTS First get a standard screen. Select LOAD DEG and load SAMPLES.PI3. This shows you some of the different effects you can get by trying the effect under SCREEN. Some new and interesting effects can be made from combinations of existing effects. If you want to enhance the darkness of an image, alternately select INVERT then SPECKLE. Or, if you want to enhance the light, try SPECKLE then INVERT. Try each out separatley and in combination. You may be surprised. Using Shapes Ok, now we can use those PM+ shapes with our Degas pics in Mono, or Medium res color! Monochrome You can use more shapes at one time in mono. Ok, NEW the screen. Now, click on Shapes. Select load. The drive will spin looking for any file with a .SHP extenstion. These are PM or PM+ shapes and NOT icon shapes. Make sure you have the correect ones. If you have the original disk form PM+ in the drive, you should select STANDARD.SHP. These are the normal shapes that come with the PM+ program. Next you will be asked if you want to print the names. For now, say yes. You will again see the drive spin, or hardisk, as the program looks for a file with and extender .SDR. Again, select STANDARD.SDR. Now it will ask you if you want to catalog the shapes or single page them. Catalog means you want to print them all out together like they have in the PM manuals. If you select this, you will be printing every page until you select YES, when it asks "STOP HERE" (at this page). If you select SINGLE, then you are telling the program that you want to find a single page worth of shapes to use in your creations. You can PASTE shapes into your Degas creations with this, or convert PM+ shapes to Degas. When you want no more, click YES to stop and go back to the menubar. COLOR You cannot load shapes in low res. This is beacause you would only get about 9 in one screen. But, in medium res you can load and manipulate the shapes. The procedure is exacty the same for high res, except when you wish to catalog the shapes, they will not appear as normal in high res, however, they will print out correctly, which is the purpose of CATALOG in the first place. You can use SINGLE to load shapes for PASTING into your own Degas files. MAGNIFY This is a mono only routing. I hope to have the color routine working in the next release. Select MAGNIFY from the menubar. Now you should see whatever picuture was on the screen cut in half. On the left, you should see the left half of the picture, on the right you will see a magnify window. You can position the small box following the cursor, and when you hold the left button, you will notice the magnify window shows what is in the box, but in a larger size. To edit this area, let go of the left button and move into the magnify window. You should see the box follow you until you get to the 'border' of the two sides, it will "snap" to where it was before you moved it. This is to provide a visual locator of where you are editing the picture. Now, in the magnify window (you should already be there) point to a black square (bit) and click the right button, this turns the bit off. Now click the left button, it turns it on. To edit the right half of the screen hit R on the keyboard. L will return you to the left half an hitting the spacebar returns you to the menubar. CUSTOM FILL Note: Cutom fill does not work in color...YET! This section explains how to make and use custom fill patterns. First, select FILLTYPE under the EDIT of the menubar. Now select CUSTOM from the dialog box. Now you should see the screen blank and two squares appear. The large box represents a magnification of the bits used for the fill pattern. The small box is how it really appears. To turn a bit on click the left button while the pointer is anywhere inside the large sqaure, and to turn a bit off click the right button. Hitting the spacebar exits. Now make a pattern (smiley face if you like) and hit the spacebar. Now select FILLTYPE and this time click on PREMADE, since you have made your pattern. CLick on CUSTOM and then EXIT. Now to see your smiley fill in action, try the FILL command, the entire screen should fill with smiley faces! This also affects the filled in shapes. ****************************************************************************** Enhancements Please let me know of any future enhancements you would like to see in Kdoodler. If you would like to register, then please send $10.00 to: Kdoodler Registration 2112 W. Bridge Ave Spokane, Wa. 99201 I will give you the latest version of KDOODLER on a high quality disk as well as hints and tips for using the program. Kristofer H. Cruz ******************************************************************************