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          PULSED DRAWING
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 F O R   L O W - R E S    O N L Y
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This  is a Paint Programme with  a
difference.   It   gives   instant
animation such as that obtained by
other  programmes  using  a  CYCLE
mode  when,   as  the  drawing  is
created, the current colour cycles
through   the  selected   palette.
When the drawing is finished,  the
colour cycle continues,  giving an
effect of movement.

Usually,   this  effect  is   only
obtainable with freehand  drawing,
but this programme allows freehand
drawing  plus:  Circles;  Squares;
Lines; Rays etc.
Line  thickness,  speed,  palette,
cycle  range,   etc.  can  all  be
chosen.

The  direction of the  pulsing  is
always    under    your    control
(clockwise    or    anti-clockwise
pulsing on circles for instance )

The pictures created can be  saved
and loaded.   Loading can be  done
outside the main programme so that
you  may use the masterpiece as  a
title  page.   A  whole  batch  of
pictures   can  be  loaded  as   a
slideshow,  the  colour and  speed
settings  are  loaded  with   each
picture.

Degas  pictures can  be  imported,
added to etc. and saved in Pulspic
format,  useful  if  you  want  to
include  lettering or  some  other
features  which  Pulser  does  not
offer.
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          THE MENU PAGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most items on the Menu are  chosen
with the left mouse key
.
The  numbers at the bottom of  the
Menu are used with the left  mouse
click  to  select brush  size  and
with  the  right  mouse  click  to
set  the cycle speed - number  one
speed is fastest !
It  is  worth  noting  here,  that
different combinations of  colours
give different apparent   speeds.
Take   the  time   to  experiment
with   different  speeds  because
the various  effects  can inspire
many ideas.

SAVINGANDLOADING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ThebuttonforLOADrevealsa
screenwithoptionstoloada
singlepicineitherDegasor
Pulspicformat,ortoloadandrun
aslideshowofallavailablepics.

Choosingsinglepicswillproduce
thefileselector.Ifthereare
nosuitablefilesfound,an
opportunityisgiventochange
disksordrivesusingthefile
selectorbuttons.Whenchoosing
theslideshow,thecurrentdrive
issearchedfirst,ifthereareno
picsfound,thefileselectorcan
beusedtochangetoanother
drive.

DegasandNEOpicsareconverted
toPulspicformatastheyare
loaded.Togetthebestresults
fromapicturecreatedwithDegas,
itisimportantthatyousetthe
firsttwocoloursintheDegas
palettetoblackandwhite
respectively.Thistakescareof
thedifferentwaysthatPulserand
otherprogrammesmanagethecolour
cycling.Onceloaded,the
settingsforthecyclingspeed
andrangecanbeset.Allsaving
isdoneinPulspicformatwhich
savesthepaletteusedaswellas
thecyclespeedandrange.
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              COLOUR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Colour  is controlled by  altering
RGB  values of the first and  last
colours   of  the   palette.   The
colours between are  automatically
changed  to graduate,  on  screen,
from the first to the last colour.
By default, black and white do not
cycle;  the rest of the palette is
available   to   cycle   or   not,
depending upon the effect you wish
to create.

Clicking on one of the colours  at
the  top  of the  Menu  page  will
select it for use,  either as  the
colour  at  which  the  item  will
start its cycle,  or,  if it is  a
colour not in the cycle range, the
colour in which that  item will be
drawn.   Use the long bar above or
below the colours to choose  black
or white.
The  number shown to the  left  of
ON,  when  Pulser  is  on, can  be
altered  by  clicking on it  -  it
toggles  back  to 2  when  max  is
reached.This number indicates  the
number of the colour at which  the
Pulse  STARTS.


          PULSER ON/OFF:
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WITH PULSER ON,  the colours  will
cycle  as  the  drawing  is  being
made,which means that the  colours
will  pulse ALONG a line,AROUND a
circle   or  square   etc.


WITH PULSER OFF  the  line,circle
or  square  etc will  be  all  one
colour but that colour will  pulse
through the palette.You can choose
the starting colour by clicking on
the bar at the top.
Try drawing two thick lines,  each
with a different starting  colour.
Use different cycle speeds to  see
what happens to them.
If  you want part of your  drawing
to stay the same colour:  Use TEST
to  see which colours  cycle,  and
choose  one which does  not.Switch
pulser  off  and use  any  of  the
tools.

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              TOOLS
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             CIRCLES
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Circles,   squares  etc.  are  all
subject   to   the   chosen   line
thickness.

Left  click on CIRCLE on the  menu
page,  then click on RETURN.  This
brings you to your drawing screen.
Press  the left mouse  button  and
hold down while you move to  where
the edge of the circle will be;
(  moving to left of  centre  will
set  the pulse  clockwise,  moving
right will set it  anti-clockwise)
release the button and the  circle
will  be  drawn.    If  Pulse   is
switched  ON then the  pulse  will
start. If the colour chosen is not
in  the  range  for  cycling,  the
whole  circle will  cycle  through
the colours.


              LINES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The  line function is the same  as
that used by most art  programmes,
except  of  course  we  have   the
option to make the lines pulse.
After a left click on LINES, click
on  RETURN to get to your  drawing
page,  now move to where the  line
is to start and hold down the left
button.
Keeping it down,  move to the  end
of  the line,  when the button  is
released, the line will be formed.
The thickness will be as shown  at
the bottom left of the MENU page.

If PULSER is OFF,  the whole  line
will pulse as one item.
If  PULSER is ON,  the pulse  will
travel  ALONG  the line  from  the
start to the end,  enabling you to
have   lines   pulsing   in    any
direction on the screen.
NotethatthelengthofthePulse
dependsuponthelengthofthe
line,thereforealonglinewill
lookdifferentthanalineofthe
samelengthwhichhasbeenmadeup
oftwoorthreeshorterlines.

      SQUARES AND RECTANGLES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Having selected SQUARES,  chosen a
SIZE  and returned to the  drawing
page,   simply  place  the  cursor
where a corner will be,  then move
to  the  opposite  corner   before
releasing the mouse key.   As with
the line function the thickness of
the   lines  which  make  up   the
rectangle are chosen with the SIZE
function.
If  PULSER is OFF then  the  whole
rectangle  will cycle through  the
colours  (remember  that  you  can
choose  the  colour to  start  the
cycle).
If  PULSER  is ON then  the  pulse
will travel around the  rectangle.
It will travel from the start back
to   the  start  in  a   CLOCKWISE
direction ONLY if your start point
was  the   TOP LEFT  HAND  CORNER;
otherwise   it  will   run   anti-
clockwise.  (Try  one  inside  the
other !)
Another  useful  thing  with  this
function  is  that if  you  simply
click on the mouse without  moving
it,  it draws a neat cross of  the
size selected.

               RAYS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It takes a bit of practice to  get
the  hang  of this one but  it  is
well worth it when you do...

Having   selected  RAYS  and   the
chosen  SIZE and returned  to  the
drawing page:

1  Hold down both buttons to  move
around the screen to get to  where
you want the CENTRE POINT to be.

2  Now  release the  right  button
just before you release the left.

3   Move the mouse with  the  left
key pressed to draw a line back to
the CENTRE POINT.  To move without
drawing, release the key.

4 To make a new CENTRE POINT-  see
step 1 above

5  To  return to MENU  page  press
right key  when in step 3 above.

TIP(1):
A very good effect can be  created
using the RAYS function to draw  a
freehand  circle,   then  use  the
circle  function  either  in   the
ERASE mode or in another colour to
clean up the edges for you.
TIP(2):
To  get  a  coloured   background:
switch   PULSER OFF,  choose  SIZE
10, choose RAYS, then when back on
the  drawing page,  make  the  top
left   corner  the   centre   then
holding down the left  key,  sweep
all around the edge of the screen.
This  background  will  cycle   or
not,  whichever you have chosen as
the  colour.    Repeat  this  with
PULSER  ON  -  only  if  you   are
wearing sunglasses.




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