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TealPaint
By Vince Lee
Last Updated: Jun 30, 1997
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DESCRIPTION
Thank you for trying TealPaint. This is full-featured paint
and sketch program with an easy-to-use interface.
TealPaint offers a host of easily-accesible features, including:
Multiple annotated records
Dithered thumbnail images
Scrolling oversized images
Freehand draw tool
Line draw tool
Box, filled box draw
Rounded box, filled rounded box
Circle, filled circle
Erase tool
Paint bucket
Text tool with selectable fonts
Selector tool (rect lasso)
16 Draw patterns
12 Brushes
Copy/Paste images
Undo
Screen-grabbing import function
PC .BMP export utility
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INSTALLING
This archive contains the files:
TEALPNT.DOC - This Doc in text format
TEALPNT.HTM - This Doc in HTML format
TEALPNT.PRC - The TealPaint program file
PICUTIL.EXE - Database-to-Bmp converter program
REGISTER.HTM - TealPoint Registration form in HTML format
REGISTER.DOC - TealPoint Registration form in text format
Use the Pilot application installer to install the program file
TEALPNT.PRC
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USING THE PROGRAM
TealPaint's intuitive interface is largely self-explanatory. It
consists of two main interface screens, the drawing page and the index
page.
On the index page, the images stored in the database are shown as
small dithered thumbnail representations, and are accompanied by
optional descriptive text. Up to four images in the list can be
shown at any one time, with the rest accessible by the up and down
scroll buttons. To create an image, click on the NEW button.
To view or modify an image, click on its thumbnail representation to go
to the drawing page. To delete, sort, or replicate an image, select it
by clicking in its descriptive text and choosing an appropriate item
from the edit menu.
The drawing page provides an interface for creating or modifying
images. At the top of the display is is the viewing window which shows
the current image. If the image is larger than the display area,
the pilot up/down scroll buttons may be used to access the rest of the
image.
At the bottom of the display are the drawing tools and options. On
the left hand side are three selection buttons, all of which show the
current item and bring up a popup window of choices when pressed.
The first of these is the tool button, which allows selection of the
current drawing tool. These include various line, freeform, and shape
tools, along with a text tool, selector tool, and paint can tool. The
second button is the pattern selector which selects the current pattern
or color (black or white) used by the current tool. The last button is
the brush selector, which determines the pen tip shape used by the
current drawing tool.
Two final buttons appear on the drawing screen: UNDO and DONE. The
UNDO button reverts the image back to before its last change. Pressing
it twice undoes the last UNDO, reinstating the image to the way it was
before. The DONE button saves all changes and returns to the index page.
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SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
Screen Grab
The Grab-Screen menu item is available on the index page. The
Screen Grabber can capture the screen image from most any program
and import it into TealPaint as an editable image record. This is
particularly useful for, say, importing images drawn in other
drawing programs. To use it, select "Grab Screen" from the edit
menu and choose an elapsed time. Then, switch applications to the
one you wish to grab and wait. When the elapsed time passes, an
alert will appear informing you that the image has been capture.
When you return to TealPaint, the image will appear as a new record
in your image list.
Text Tool
The Text tool allow entry of text onto an image. To use it, select
the text item ("T") using the popup tool button, click on the
display area at the location to type text, and enter text and numbers
using Graffiti. To change fonts, use the "Set Text Font" item from
the Options Menu.
Selector Tool
To use the selector tool, activate it and drag the pen diagonally
across the drawing surface to highlight a rectangular region.
Then, click and drag within the highlighted region to move the
selected pixels to another location on the screen.
Cut/Copy/Paste
When the selector tool is active, the Copy and Paste menu
items are available. The Copy item saves the current selected
area to a temporary buffer. The Paste menu, in turn, draws the
current contents of the temporary buffer into the selected area.
If no area is selected, the Paste menu will draw into the upper
left corner of the display. The Copy and Paste menus can be
used to duplicate regions of an image or copy pixels from one image
to another.
Abandon Changes
The "Abandon Changes" menu item returns one to the List Page without
saving any changes made to the image since entering the Drawing
Page or the last page scroll.
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NOTES
When using OS 1.0, the Graffiti state (Caps) indicator overwrites the
left-hand side of the "UNDO" button on the menu screen due to the
older, large "CAPS" symbol. This does not affect the functionality
of the program.
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USING PICUTIL
When you hotsync your pilot, the most current TealPaint image
database is stored on the PC in a directory called BACKUP\, which
resides in a directory named after your User ID. This file is called
"TEALPICS.PDB".
Use PICUTIL.EXE on a PC to convert images from a TealPaint database
into two-color .BMP bitmap files, which can be saved, manipulated, or
printed from PC programs like the program PAINT included with Windows95.
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CONTACT INFO
TealPaint is By Vince Lee, TealPoint Software
(c) 1997 All Rights Reserved.
TealPoint Software
454 Las Gallinas Ave, Suite #318
San Rafael, CA 94903-3618
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please visit us at www.tealpoint.com, or
email us at contact@tealpoint.com.
Thank you.
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DISCLAIMER
We at TealPoint Software are committed to providing quality,
easy-to-use software. However, this product is provided without
warranty and the user accepts full resposibility for any damages,
consequential or otherwise, resulting from its use.
This archive is freely redistributable, provided it is made available
only in its complete, unmodified form with no additional files and for
noncommercial purposes only. Any other use must have prior written
authorization from TealPoint Software.
Unauthorized commercial use includes, but is not limited to:
1) A product for sale.
2) Accompanying a product for sale.
3) Accompanying a magazine, book or other publication for sale.
4) Distribution with "Media", "Copying" or other incidental costs.
5) Available for download with access or download fees.
This program may be used on a trial basis for 30 days. The program will
continue to function afterwards. However, if after this time you wish to
continue using it, please register with us for the nominal fee listed in
the program.
Thank you.