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- COLLAGE (VERSION 1.0)
- (IN AMIGA BASIC)
-
- BY
-
- "HERMES"
-
-
- This program, "COLLAGE", picks up a piece of a picture in a window
- and allows you to paste it anywhere in the picture as many times as the
- heap space permits.
- It uses Carolyn Scheppner's "LoadACBM" program.
- The method is described below. Please send me a message if you have
- any problems with it. I shall be more than happy to help.
-
- (1) Get a new disk and name it "MYDISK". Then get a copy of the file
- "ILBM-ACBM.ARC". Put this copy along with a copy of "COLLAGE" on "MYDISK".
- (2) Follow the directions included in the ARC file above in order to
- make a working copy of the program "LoadILBM-SaveACBM" (in Amiga Basic of
- course).
- The program "LoadILBM-SaveACBM" converts an "IFF-ILBM" file into an
- "ACBM" file. You need to do that because the resulting "ACBM" file is much
- easier to load than the file it came from.
- (3) Now, let us assume that we have an "IFF-ILBM" LORES picture
- file with the name, say, "Planet" on "MYDISK".
- Run the program "LoadILBM-SaveACBM". A copy of your Amiga Basic file
- and the files "dos.bmap", "exec.bmap" and "graphics.bmap" should be on
- "MYDISK" by now, right?
- When the program asks: "IFF ILBM filespec?", enter: "Planet" (NO quo-
- tes should be included of course in any responses).
- When the program asks: "ACBM filespec?", enter: "Planet.ACBM".
- At this point you are going to see your "Planet" picture getting
- loaded on the screen line-by-line and with "funny" colors. Don't worry
- about it. As soon as the screen is filled, the original colors of "Planet"
- will be restored and "Planet" will be saved in "ACBM" format with the name
- "Planet.ACBM".
- (4) We are ready for our collage!!
- Run the program "COLLAGE".When it asks: "ACBM FILENAME ?", enter
- "Planet.ACBM".
- Now you can see your original picture on the screen very fast.
- The picture can be stored with "GRABBiT". It can then be
- manipulated using "DeluxePaint", "Aegis Images", etc.
- You can also see the different bit planes of the picture being loaded
- separately by commenting out the "blackout:" part of the program.
- To "collage" a picture, choose FRAME ON from the MENU,
- click the left mouse button at a desirable point in the picture,
- and then drag the mouse to the right, letting thus a rectangular region
- be formed, which becomes a window with the name "HERMES" as soon as you let
- go of the mouse.
- You may drag this window around the screen.
- If you want to paste the piece of the picture in the window, choose
- PASTE from the MENU, click the left mouse button at the UPPER LEFT
- CORNER of the picture portion (not the window frame) of the
- window.
- You can still paste the picture at other points on the screen.
- The magnitude of the piece that you can lift as above is limited be-
- cause of heap space requirements.
- TO INCREASE THE HEAP SPACE, CLICK THE LISTING OF THE PROGRAM OFF.
- If you choose PASTE from the MENU you will HAVE TO paste the piece
- somewhere on the screen.
- Have fun, and let me know of any bugs and/or developments.
-
- HERMES
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-