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- Short: V3 of AsciiArtPro - Lots of new features and fixes
- Author: Andrew Crowe
- Uploader: andrewcrowe@enterprise.net
- Type: gfx/edit
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- AsciiArt Pro v3.01 by Andrew Crowe, Manta Soft 23/2/97
- andrewcrowe@enterprise.net
-
- ! ! ! ! The BUG that crashed it has now been FIXED ! ! !
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- AsciiArt Pro, Unlike previous releases, is more than just a converter,
- its an Art package!
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- It will let you draw with ascii! No more moving the curser about, putting
- it on insert mode and typing, now you can just use the mouse and draw
- like in a painting package.
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- to use it is very simple - you just use the keyboard, or the supplied
- buttons to choose an ascii caracter, and then, take your mouse and
- draw! NO curser, NO typing, NO problem!
-
- ***** NEW FEATURES *****
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- Now you can actualy pickup a section of you picture and use it as a
- brush like in a painting package! It now has IFF convetion built in too!
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-
- Thanks to John.A Kinsella for the OS2.x> like gadget procedures
- and "Benjamin" for inspiring me to write this program, and
- helping me to fix the bug.
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- ****************************************************
- */ \*
- * This picture was created using AsciiArt Pro V3 ! *
- *\ /*
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- * * Usage * *
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- 1. Simple drawing : To paint a picture with ascii, first select the
- charecter you want, using the buttons, or by typing it on the
- keyboard, and then 'paint' them on to the main screen using
- the mouse. The right mouse button erases bits of the picture.
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- 2. Brushes : To use a brush, first goto the brush menu,
- then select 'pickup'. then using the mouse, highlight a section
- of the picture, and then you can paste it anywhere.
- Again, the right mouse button uses the brush to erase parts
- of the picture.
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- 3. Picture converts: To convert a picture into ascii, go into the
- IFF menu, and then click on 'load iff'. Then click on render.
- After that, you can try adjusting the size, contrast and
- brightness of the output, and using the buttons, you can
- turn off 'exotic' charecters so that eg. web browsers don't
- have trouble displaying them.
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- I have included a quick tutorial to help you use the picture
- converting option.
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- ! EMail note - !
- During School terms I will not be able to answer EMails until
- the weekends because I go to a boarding school, so don't wory
- if you don't get a reply quickly!
-
-
- Other Products:
- At the moment, I have two game (SpodLand and SpodRacer) and 3
- utilities (SerPaint, asciiart(beta) and this!) on Aminet,
- and am currently working on a Secret of Mana style RPG.
-
- If anyone can help (Graphics, Music etc.) than contact me!
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- Trouble Shooting:
- I haven't had any problems with it, but if there are, EMail
- them to me. If the error requester won't go away, press
- Ctrl-C and start it again.
-
- Here are a few that people have had :
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- The Laced bug: If the laced screenmode looks squashed,
- and doesn't look laced, then you have the strange
- Laced problem, and I don't think its fixable.
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- The crash bug: On some Amigas AsciiArt Pro crashed alot,
- so if you copy crashes/lockes up, then EMail me
- your config. I've fixed it for most systems,
- but it might still be there.
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-
- :) See Ya ! ;)
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 998 541 45.7% 23-Feb-97 13:22:10 AsciiArtProV3.info
- 930 236 74.6% 15-Feb-97 02:01:34 +AsciiArt-Example.asc
- 67958 16749 75.3% 09-Feb-97 19:52:56 +AsciiArt-Tutor.IFF
- 149444 70727 52.6% 23-Feb-97 11:46:40 +AsciiArtPro3
- 1567 1039 33.6% 23-Feb-97 13:22:08 +AsciiArtPro3.info
- 817 471 42.3% 23-Feb-97 09:58:48 +History
- 1734 1200 30.7% 23-Feb-97 13:22:08 +History.info
- 9675 4700 51.4% 23-Feb-97 10:23:16 +Iff-tutorial
- 1734 1200 30.7% 23-Feb-97 13:22:08 +Iff-tutorial.info
- 6586 2242 65.9% 23-Feb-97 13:18:54 +ReadMe
- 1734 1198 30.9% 23-Feb-97 13:22:08 +ReadMe.info
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- 243177 100303 58.7% 23-Feb-97 18:58:06 11 files
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