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- Image Bank Control Window
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- Image works with image banks, there are 8 of them in total, each one
- can hold a picture of any size (within reason).
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- Most operations within Image will take an image in one image bank,
- perform some function on it and place the result in another image
- bank. The source bank is termed the 'Input Bank' whilst the
- destination is termed the 'Output Bank'. This window allows you to
- specify which bank is the input banks, and which bank is the output
- bank.
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- The window contains an array of icons set in rows and columns. There
- are 8 rows in total (although initially only the first 4 are visible,
- use the toggle window size icon to the right of the title bar to see
- the whole window), one row per image bank.
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- There are 5 columns, the first simply states the image bank number (1
- to 8). The second column contains either the work 'blank' (if the bank
- is empty) or the size of the image in that bank (eg. 800x600 means the
- picture is 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels high).
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- The next three columns all contain radio icons (only one icon can be
- selected in each column) and these define which banks are the input
- and output banks. The first of these columns (column 3) defines which
- bank is the current input image bank, the second defines the current
- output bank, and the third defines a secondary input bank which is
- used in merging operations.
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- You should note that you can not make the output bank to be the same
- as either of the input banks (although the 2 input banks can be the
- same, although the usefulness of this is not clear). If you attempt to
- set the output bank to be the same as an input bank, then the input
- bank in question will be altered to point to the old output bank (ie.
- the input and output banks will swap).
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- When you start Image all banks are empty, and the input bank is set to
- bank 1, the output is set to bank 2. When you load an image it is
- placed into the current input bank (in this case bank 1).
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- When you perform an operation on an image the input and output banks
- will then swap over automatically - thus ensuring that further
- operations perform on the output of the previous operation. Thus if
- you want to preserve the old input picture for later you will need to
- set the output to point elsewhere.
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- If you move the mouse pointer over the first two columns (those giving
- bank number and picture size) and press SELECT, the picture in that
- bank will be displayed (unless the bank is empty). Note: this
- operation will not update the input bank, so performing an operation
- will take place on the input bank not the bank being displayed
- (unless they are the same thing).
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- Create New Image
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- It is possible to create a new picture of any size by clicking MENU over the
- Image Bank Control Window. This brings up a small window which allows you to
- create a new, blank, image of a user defined size in the current 'Input'
- bank. Simply enter the desired size and click on 'Create'.
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