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/*============================================================================*/
/* MPaint.Doc: User documentation for MPaint V0.60 */
/*============================================================================*/
Menus:
File:
Load:
Brings up ARP file requester, choose a vaild IFF ILBM
and it will load.
Save:
Saves current picture under old file name
(Be carefull!, only keeps one old filename, if you have multiple
pages, does not keep a seperate filename for each(Yea, I know,
I will fix this))
Saveas:
Brings up ARP file requster, choose a filename to save as.
Tool Window:
Opens drawing tools window, if already open, closes. See Windows.
Palette Window:
Opens color palette window, if already open, closes. See Windows.
Hist Window:
Opens a histogram window, then counts the pixel useage on
current picture, if already open, closes. See Windows.
Coord/Grid Window:
Opens Coordinates/Grid window, if already open, closes. See Windows.
Spare:
New Page:
Creates another drawing page same size and depth as
current one, if enough CHIP memory available.
Each page may have its own color palette.
Next Page:
Displays next page in page list. Make multiple pages, hold
down right-Amiga N, cheap animation.
Delete Page:
Removes current page from existence. Careful, no second chance.
If last page, no effect.
Toggle Title:
Turns title bar on/off.
Toggle Pointer:
Turns intuition pointer on/off, for taking screen shots.
About:
Display about requesters.
Quit:
Leave program. Careful, no second chance.
DrawOp:
same as in tool window, see windows.
DrawMode:
JAM2:
Normal drawing mode.
COMPLEMENT:
Inverses colors as you draw(note: inverses colors by position,
not color value, if in 32 color mode, color 1 becomes color 31)
CYCLE:
Normal drawing mode, but colors cycle through entire range as
mouse moves.
NumPlanes:
Allows you to set # of bitplanes(colors) available. Will lose
any pictures.
Res:
Allows you to change display resolutions. Will lose any pictures.
/*============================================================================*/
Windows:
Tool Window:
Undo: Restore picture to before last mouse click in
picture area.
Dot: Chooses dot drawing mode. Draws pixel by pixel.
CLine: Continious line drawing mode. Draws a connected line.
Line: Straight line drawing mode.
UBox: Unfilled box drawing mode.
FBox: Filled box drawing mode.
Circl: Circle drawing mode. Draws filled circles.
Ellip: Ellipse drawing mode. Draws filled ellipses.
Fill: Fills with current forground color.
Flood: Fills outward to foreground color with foreground color.
Clear: Clear Drawing mode. Click in picture, clears picture
to foreground color.
Pick: For chooseing colors. Click on picture, selects that color
as foreground.
Colors:
Click on color to choose new color.
B: Turn on background gadget to choose background color.
P: Turn on Pattern gadget to draw in patterns(currently
only works with filled tools)
(hint: turn on cycle, choose a good background color,
and draw multiple filled boxes to see the effect of
patterns on color).
Palette Window:
R+: Increment Red value of all colors.
R-: Decrement Red value of all colors.
B+: Increment Blue value of all colors.
B-: Decrement Blue value of all colors.
G+: Increment Green value of all colors.
G-: Decrement Green value of all colors.
Copy: Copy foreground color to next selected color.
Xchg: Exchange foreground color with next selected color.
3 sliders: Set RGB values of foreground color.
Colors: select a new foreground color.
Hist Window:
All colors are displayed, zero at left, max at right, height of
color indicates usage in current picture.
Coord/Grid Window:
Upper portion indicates pointer coordinates.
Lower portion grid gadget turns grid on/off. Grid operates on
all drawing modes. int gadgets set x and y grid size.