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- SOFTSCENE PCX ARTWORK VERSION 3.0
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- NOTE: Due to light registration, this may be the last disk
- of graphic images I distribute as shareware. However, I want
- to sincerely thank all of you who did register their use of
- HORNBACK PCX ARTWORK and SOFTSCENE PCX ARTWORK VERSION 2.0.
- Your favorable comments were the bright spot of many of my
- days; and, again, my thanks. Also, I want to thank in
- advance all those who will register this version (or volume)
- of PCX images.
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- These hand-drawn 29 graphic pictures are provided in the PCX
- file format. YOU WILL NEED A SEPARATE PROGRAM (NOT PROVIDED
- ON THIS DISK) TO PRINT OR EVEN VIEW THESE PICTURES. If you
- don't already have a program that accepts PCX format files,
- there are many programs available both as shareware and
- commercially which accept PCX format graphic images. Some
- programs that accept PCX format files are as follows:
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- DESK TOP PUBLISHING PROGRAMS
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- 1) Ventura Publisher 5) Publish It!
- 2) Aldus Pagemaker 6) Many others
- 3) First Publisher versions 2 and 3
- 4) Key Publisher
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- WORD PROCESSORS
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- 1) Wordstar version 5.0 or later
- 2) Word Perfect versions 5.0 or later
- 3) Microsoft Word versions 5.0 or later
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- DRAWING/PAINT PROGRAMS
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- 1) PC Paintbrush (&Plus) 3) Turbo Paint (Shareware)
- 2) Microsoft Paintbrush 4) Windows 3.0 Paint
- 3) Desktop Paint (Shareware)
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- GRAPHIC TOOLS/UTILITIES (!ALL SHAREWARE!)
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- 1) GrafCat - graphic catalog printer
- 2) Graphics Workshop - views, converts, prints graphics
- 3) CompuShow - views and prints graphics
- 4) IConvert - views and converts graphics
- 5) VPic - views with slide show option
- 6) Optiks - view, edit, convert, print
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- These are just some of the programs that accept PCX format
- files. If your program accepts other file formats, you may
- be able to convert these PCX files to the format you need
- using one of the utility programs listed above.
- ____________________________________________________________
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- The graphic pictures on this disk(s) are copyrighted and are
- to be distributed as shareware. You are encouraged to make
- copies for your friends (make sure this README.DOC and
- REGFORM.DOC files accompany any copies). You are strongly
- asked, begged, pleaded to register your use with SoftScene.
- Registration helps to support the shareware concept (and to
- pay for my groceries and new computer!)
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- The graphic pictures on this disk(s) are most often used to
- enhance letters, newsletters, and other periodicals that are
- produced using desk top publishing (DTP) programs or a word
- processing (WP) programs that allow you to import PCX images
- (though technically called "word processors", some of the
- commercial WP programs have evolved into DTP programs).
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-
- THE ARTWORK
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- All of the graphic images on this disk consist of black and
- white images that were hand drawn by Steve Hornback. I have
- tried to produce high quality artwork. If you obtained the
- first or second disks of graphics I produced, you should
- like these pictures even better. The aspect ratio (see
- below) can be preserved when resizing. The pictures consist
- mainly of outdoor scenes.
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- ASPECT RATIO
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- The ASPECT RATIO is the height of the picture compared to
- its width. These pictures were created using patterns (of
- dots) to give grays for shading effects. If you resize the
- picture by increasing the height without increasing the
- width proportionally by the same amount, the patterns may
- become distorted resulting in "tartan bands". If you see
- this occur, most DTP programs have an option to preserve or
- ignore the original aspect ratio (in Ventura you pick
- "Aspect Distorted" to ignore the aspect ratio). If you
- preserve the aspect ratio, you can still resize the picture
- (make it bigger or smaller); but the height and width will
- remain correct proportionally - banding of patterns will be
- avoided. But you can often ignore the aspect ratio with
- satisfactory results, so experiment. With all the pictures
- on this disk, you can preserve the aspect ratio (or not).
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- HINT!! **** IMPORTANT NOTE **** HINT!!
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- If you don't have Aspect Ratio control, or even if you do,
- I have found a formula for printing the pictures perfectly
- based on the resolution of your printer. First you must know
- the resolution of your printer in dots per inch (DPI). Your
- printer manual should tell you this. For laser printers this
- resolution is often 300 x 300 DPI. For my 24 pin dot matrix
- printer the resolution is 180 x 180 DPI. All but two of
- these pictures are 640 pixels (or dots) wide by 480 pixels
- high (one VGA screen full). So use the following formula to
- calculate the height and width you should make the picture:
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- 640 pixels (or dots)
- ------------------------------ = PICTURE WIDTH IN INCHES
- PRINTER RESOLUTION WIDTH (DPI)
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- 480 pixels (or dots)
- ------------------------------ = PICTURE HEIGHT IN INCHES
- PRINTER RELOLUTION HEIGHT (DPI)
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- If I use the 300 x 300 laser resolution as an example in the
- above equations, I come up with 2.133 inches wide and 1.60
- inches high. If I then make my picture just this size, it
- will print perfectly. If your resolution has some strange
- numbers (such as 140 x 175) and you don't know which is the
- height and width, try it both ways (one will be the right
- way).
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- After you calculate the height and width of the picture, you
- can then double, triple, etc. these heights and widths to
- make the picture larger. So we could double the picture size
- in the laser example above to 4.266 inches wide and 3.2
- inches high, and we'd get a larger picture that still prints
- perfectly.
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- I have been asked to provide an instruction manual on how to
- use these graphics with all or most DTP and word processing
- programs. I'm sorry, but I'm not expert enough with enough
- programs to provide such comprehensive help. I can't even
- afford Ventura or Aldus, much less tell you how to use them.
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- MORE ON PRINTERS
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- The resolution of your printer will significantly affect the
- printed output of these graphics. As you make the image
- smaller with lower resolution printers, grays may appear as
- blacks (this is a common occurrence with many dot matrix
- printers). What happens is that the individual printed dots
- run together making blacks. This can be solved by making the
- image larger before printing. Again, experiment.
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- Higher resolution printers (such as laser printers) do not
- have a problem here unless the image is made exceedingly
- small.
- ____________________________________________________________
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- I do hope you like and use the PCX artwork on this disk. If
- you do like them, I'd love to hear from you (especially if a
- registration fee is included. There is a registration form
- included on this disk with the file name: REGFORM.DOC. The
- form can be printed simply by typing:
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- COPY REGFORM.DOC PRN <ENTER>
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- Or just type in "REG" from the DOS prompt and press enter
- (make sure your printer is on). The registration fee is
- $10.00 if you like and use these pictures.
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- Your support is sincerely appreciated. Thanks!
-
- Stephen A. Hornback
- SoftScene
- P.O. Box 390
- Orrville, Ohio 44667
- Phone: (216) 683-2436 (After 5 pm EST)
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- Please Make checks payable to Stephen A. Hornback
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- REGISTRATION IS $10.00 IN USA ( †7 IN UK )
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- If this information scrolled off the screen before you
- could read it, you can print this file by typing:
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- COPY README.DOC PRN