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Instructions for Royal Paint(v1.32):
Royal Paint is sharewareprogram. You can send money and
donations to:
Atte Oksanen
Kilpiaistentie 13
15240 Lahti
Finland
Choosing objects
-If you want to choose some option, move the arrow to above
option and press left mouse button. If you want choose different
colour or brush then act same way.
-If you want to get in drawing scene then choose some drawing
option ( Erase, Draw, Point, Rays, Box, Pbox, Rbox, Prbox,
Circle, Pcircle, Ellipse, Pellipse, Spray, Fill, Line, K-Line,
Plot, Mark) and you can start drawing. You get in drawing scene
also by choosing Text or Carve option.
Draw
-When you have chosen Draw option, you are in the drawing scene.
You can draw by pressing left button. You can also use 16
different brush with Draw option. You get back to menu by
pressing right button.
Erase
-By Erase option you can withdraw areas by pressing left button.
You get back to menu by pressing right button.
Point
-Works same way as Draw, but puts only one point per time.
Rays
-Rays is rayline. Left button puts first the line starting point.
Then you can freely move the line. Left button puts line in place
you want. If starting point is in bad place, then just press
right button and you are free choose starting point again.
If the starting point is not placed then by pressing right button
you can get back to menu.
Line
-Works same as way Rays, but draws only one line per time and frees
starting point after drawing the line.
K-line
-K-Line is continual line and it works same way as Rays and Line.
When the line has drawed the ending point changes to starting
point of the new line.
Box
-By pressing left mousebutton you can put corner point. Then you
can freely move the box. Left button places the box.
If corner point is in bad place, then just press
right button and you are free to choose corner point again.
If the corner point is not placed then by pressing right button
you can get back to menu.
Pbox
-Same as Box, but filled in colour and pattern you have chosen.
Rbox
-Same as Box, but corners are rounded.
Prbox
-Same as Rbox, but filled.
Circle
-By pressing left mousebutton you can put edge point . Then you
can freely move the circle. Left button places the circle.
If edge point is in bad place, then just press right button
and you are free to choose edge point again. If the edge point
is not placed then by pressing right button you can get back to
menu.
Pcircle
-Same as Circle, but filled
Ellipse
-Works same way as Circle.
Pellipse
-Same as Ellipse, but filled
Using pie mode with Circle, Pcircle, Ellipse and Pellipse options
-In menu move the cursor above the Circle, Pcircle, Ellipse or
Pellipse option place and press right button and you can set, is
the pie mode on or off.
-If pie mode is on then you act like normaly, when you are
drawing with circle, pcircle, ellipse options. When you have
placed circle, then you can set circles first angle by moving
mouse around and around. You press left button and you can set
second angle. Now if you press left button then, you can place
the circle.
Spray
-You can spray by pressing left button. You get back to menu by
pressing right button. 16 different brushes are available.
Plots are also avaible.
Set Spray
In menu move the cursor above the Spray option and press right
button and you can set Spray.
Setting Spray speed and size
-0 is fast and 25 very slow. 2 is
small spray and 150 extra large.
-You can also set spray visually in drawing screen. It works
same way as circle. Circles diameter is same as spray size.
Setting Spray mode
-You can also set spray mode. If spray is in Cycle mode, you
can spray normaly and use cycle option with spray option.
-If spray is in Palette mode then, you can spray with colours
you had setted in set spray option.
-If spray is in Brush mode then, you can spray with 16 different
brush.
-If spray is in Plot mode then, you can spray with plot like in
plot option. You can set also plot size((40) see set plot.)
-If spray is in Carve mode, you can`t use any other modes.
You can grap area from screen, like in carve option and spray with
area.
Setting Spray colours
-You can set palette mode colours in bottom of screen. You
can set all 16 colurs and there speed (0-10). if colour value
is 0, then colour is off. If value is 1 the option sprays a
little this colour. But if value is 10 there comes a lots of
colour. For example if red colours value is 10 and blue colours
value is 2 then the Spray option sprays lots of red colour and a
little blue colour.
Saving and loading spray settings
-You can save and load spray settings with Save and Load
-Don`t try to load any other files than Royal Paint spray
files.
Setting Spray shape
-You can set spray shape by pressing left button upon boxes in
right of spray menu.
-You can for example set spray, which is otherwise normal, but
one corner is missing
Fill
-By pressing left button Fill option fills places in color and
pattern(37) you have chosen. Right button returns you back to menu.
Plot
-Plot option is very much like Draw option, but in Plot option
you can draw with circle "ball". And you can set circles sizes
from little point to quite large circle.
Set Plot
-In menu move the cursor above the Plot option and press right
button and you can set Plot . 1 is point and 40 is circle, which
diameter is 40 points.
Mark
-You can draw with Mark-option by pressing left button. You get
back to menu by pressing right button. Cycle option is also
available with Mark.
Set Mark
-In menu move the cursor above the Mark option and press right
button and you can set Mark. You can set different sizes to
Mark and also set what is Mark like. You can set is Mark
(plus sign, asterisk, rectangle, cross or hash). You can also
set Marks speed.
Text
-Text option is a usefull option in painting programs. You can
write a little stories to your pictures.
Writing the Text
-You have choosen text option and you are in the drawing scene.
-Left button places a point where to start writing.
-Return key puts you to next line.
-Backspace deletes previous sign.
-If you want to take text off, then press right button.
-When you have writen the text, by pressing left button you can
move last line by mouse and place it with left button and with
right button you can go to write text again.
Text size and font setting
-You can see what is text like in right side of screen. Upper
arrows set the font and lower arrows set size.
Angle
-Angle option turns text angle. In this option you can write text
for example upside down. Option gives you four different angle
(0,90,180,270) to choose.
Carve
-With Carve option you can copy,move and erase areas in the
screen. First after you have chosen carve option, you have to
choose, that do you want to copy,move or erase areas in the
screen. After that go to OK and you are in the drawing scene.
Copying areas with Carve option
-By pressing left mouse button you can put corner point of copying
area. Then you can freely move the box. Right button frees the
corner point and If the corner point is not placed then by
pressing right button you can get back to menu. When the corner
point is placed then by pressing left button again you can place
the area to copy. After this you can move freely the area. Left
button places the copy. You can, but as many copy as you want.
Right button returns you back to placing the copying area.
Moving areas with Carve option.
-Works same way as copy, but moves areas.
Erasing areas with Carve option
-Works same way as copy and move, but only erases areas
Other Options
Change Color
-Changes colour. You can change colour by pressing left button
above arrows in place R,G or B. You get back to menu by pressing
right button.
-You can save and load palette with Save and Load. (Don`t try to
load any other files than Royal Paint palette files.)
-Find gives you change to find a colour from drawing scene.
Undo
-Takes off everything you have done when you last time visited in
drawing scene.
CLS
-Clears that scene, which is in use.
Cycle
-Rolls colors in options Plot, Draw, Spray and Mark. You can
choose starting and ending color and also cycles speed. You get
back to menu by pressing right button. Cycle option makes also
possible the colourspray.
Setting the patterns
-You can choose the pattern(37), which is in use by pressing left
button above arrows.
-You can also pick up the pattern by pressing left or right button
above pattern box. This is the easiest way to pick the pattern.
Setting Line type and size
-Upper arrows set line type(6) and lower arrows set line size(20).
-All line settings work also in Box, Rbox, Circle and Ellipse.
Setting line starting and ending type.
-Move the cursor above line setting place, but not above the
arrows and press left button. Now you can set line starting and
ending type. There are 3 different types (normal,rounded and
arrow).
-All line settings work also in Box, Rbox, Circle and Ellipse.
Files
-Files option leads you second menu, which includes these options
Load, Save, Delete, Make Directory, Show Free Memory, Drawing
Scenes, Quit and Set.
Load
-Royal Paint loads these picture formats:
Degas(32034)
Degas Elite(32066)
Doodle(32000)
Neochrome(32128)
Save
-Saves pictures to Degas Elite format.
Delete
-Destroys a file from the disk.
Make Directory
-Makes new directory
Show Free Memory
-Shows your computers free memory.
Drawing scenes
-You have 2 different drawing scenes in half meg memory and 10 in
one meg memory. You can load a picture to any drawing scene you
want and you can save any drawing scene you want.
Quit
-With quit option you can get out the program, but remember to
save your works before quiting.
Set
-It`s another way to set Line, Plot, Spray, Mark and Pattern
These are pretty much a fast instructions, but they will clear up
everything. And it`s easy to use Royal Paint if you have draw
with Degas Elite and still if you haven`t.