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│ GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS - FOR ADULTS & OLDER CHILDREN │
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│ INDEX: this section is divided into several │
│ categories, listed in the order below: │
│ 1) Desktop Publishing │
│ 2) Paint programs │
│ 3) Miscellaneous - make your own posters, cards etc.│
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GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS - Desktop publishing Older children and adults
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**UPDATED** H185: ENVISION PUBLISHER now v2.0 (94) SOFTWARE VISION
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True WYSIWYG interface ideal for experienced and new users. Supports all
graphics so ideal for most PCs. 4 fully scaleable fonts (more available on
registration) 4-108 points, bold, italic, etc. Includes object drawing tools,
PCX import and scaling. Good print quality to many printer types. Import
text. Text can be rotated, kerned or filled with any pattern. On-line help.
Full documentation and 30 page step by step tutorial. This latest update is
now able to import colour, grey scale or 24 bit PCX files. 14+. 700K(2MB);
*REG* £57.58 (spellchecker, fonts, manual); MOUSE recommended (not essential)
HERC. CGA. EGA. VGA. sVGA. *****
[2x5¼"DDdisks(£4.00), 1x3½"DD(£2.00) or 1xHDdisk(£3.00)]
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GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS - Paint programs Older children and adults
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** UPDATED ** H176: NEOPAINT V3.0 (94) NEOSOFT CORP
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This superb paint program is one of our best selling programs and version 3.0
has even more features! Surpasses any other shareware paint program and many
expensive commercial ones. Multiple images in adjustable windows. "Windows-
like" setup but doesn't need Windows to run. Now supports 16 million colour
images ( with supported video cards) and the ability to read/write BMP files
(plus PCX, TIFF & GIF). Ideal for adults & children. Nice "Stamp pad" feature
- scroll through a selection of 80 coloured "stamps", then stamp wherever you
wish on drawing. Make your own stamps. Animals, plants, or even eyes, mouths
and noses. For serious use too, ideal for teachers making up work sheets with
small illustrations. 12 fonts in multiple styles & sizes ( more available).
Tools inc. brush, airbrush, eraser, markers, lines, 3D figures. Effects inc.
rotate, smudge, stretch, blur, fade. New features in v3.0 inc. crystallize,
smoked glass, vaporise, toxic rain, faster printing, better screen grabber,
quill pen, circular scissors tool and too many more to mention. Save to file
or printer (300 supported). EMS/XMS memory support. Colour control - bright-
ness, balance. Also "Neograb"- capture screens from favourite programs as PCX
files then edit as desired. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Age 8+; 700K(1MB); *REG* only
£41.13 (manual, support, more fonts); 640K RAM. MOUSE. DOS 3.1+. HERC. EGA.
VGA. sVGA. *****
[available on 3½" DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00) only - SEE BELOW]
IMPORTANT NOTE - if you have an low density 5¼" drives we can provide an
earlier version of this program on 2x5¼" disks (£4.00).
H386: NEOPAINT FONTS
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40 extra fonts for use with Neopaint (H176) or Neobook (H388). Add more
variety to your documents and pictures. PD. 300K(1MB). ****
H422: EXTRA STAMPS FOR NEOPAINT (93) L.CARLEY
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Huge collection of stamps for Neopaint (disk H176) fans to use with the stamp
pad feature. Arranged in 4 groups: 1) WARZONE - 57 stamps(soldiers, cannonns,
tanks, scuds etc) plus four colour PCX background pictures - battlefields & a
fortress - to arrange them on. 2) BATTLESHIP - 18 stamps allow you to select
various weapon systems. PCX battleship is provided. 3)CARMAKER - our
favourite, 48 stamps (exhaust pipes, engines, lamps, shocks, etc.) plus 4 PCX
car bodies (truck, chevrolet etc.) and some excellent examples. 4)MORE STAMPS
- general mix for all purposes (teddy, balls, skeleton, troll, cars etc. All
sets for adults and children, great for getting kids acquainted with this
excellent paint program. Ages 5-ADULT. 500K (1MB). $10 per set (other sets -
rockets, dolls house, etc.). Needs Neopaint & a mouse. HERC. EGA. VGA. ****
[3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00) only]
H168: DESKTOP PAINT 256 v1.5 (92)
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A full colour paint program that requires a mouse & one of these sVGA cards;
PARADISE, ATI VGA WONDER, HEADLAND VIDEO 7, TSENG LABS 3000 or TRIDENT 8900
series. Min of 640K RAM but expanded & extended memory are both supported.
Loads of tools and effects including: rotate, invert, flip areas; stain;
smudge; rectangles; zoom. Load & save PCX, GIF & LBM/IFF files. 8-ADULT; 340K
(800); £29.00 (toolbox, more fonts, update); sVGA.HD.640K RAM. MOU. ****
G207: GFA REMBRANDT v2.5 (93) HOMEGROWN SOFTWARE (U.K) menued
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Unique U.K program allowing you to paint in 16 colours (VGA users have a
choice of 16 from palette of 260,000+). Completely mouse driven (NOT Amstrad
mice). Simply click on icon bar to access all functions. These include: full
screen paint, 3D mode (need glasses to view); object tool with wire frame
mode, cylinder/cone tools, magnified mouse hotspot, fantastic instant block
manipulations such as mirror, stretch, reshape, bend around cylinders etc.
Palette cycling for animated effects, airbrush with pattern spray & loads
more! With an excellent picture selection of particular appeal to children -
Sonic, 2-Tails, Mario, Dr Who, Dizzy, Bart & many others. These can be viewed
as a slideshow if desired. Plus clip-art library. ALL THIS & it can run from
a single floppy machine! No print function (apart from PrtSc) in S/W version.
7-ADULT;700K; *REG* (£29.95 & 2.50PP; manual, update, 3D glasses, printshop,
PCX to RPU converter,block effects editor, etc.). EGA. MICROSOFT MOUSE. ****
[2x5¼"DDdisks(£4.00),1x3½"DD(£2.00) or 1xHDdisk(£3.00)]
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GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS - Posters, cards, banners, calendars! Ages 9-Adult
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** UPDATED ** H285: PRINTPARTNER v3.2 (94) ACROPOLIS SOFTWARE
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This long awaited update has arrived! Print Partner is one of our favourite,
most popular titles. Great for quickly putting together professional looking
posters, banners, cards or calendars. Simple enough for children but sophist-
icated enough for adults. Variety of fonts in several sizes. 90+ pictures
(Xmas things, tools, animals, house, bottles, loads!) many more are available
- see H286 below. Place pictures anywhere on cards and posters. Preview mode.
Endless possibilities, here's a few suggestions! CALENDAR - print large, use-
ful monthly calendars for any month / year from 1980 onwards. Add 1-6 lines
info in any date box (birthdays, meetings etc), print personal calendars for
everyone in family / office. CARDS - design front and inside, printed so that
when paper is folded everything is the right way up! Kids love messing about
with this - party invites, valentine cards, etc. SIGNS - quick posters for
jumble sales, car boots. BANNERS - sideways printing with pictures at ends,
great for parties. Single/multiple copies. Can also directly load Printmaster
/ Old Printshop graphics.Now even more features. Bound to be an instant hit!
Full colour / b&w support for most printers inc. Deskjet, Laserjet, Cannon,
Epsom, Star, Panasonic. Can still read all previous black and white P.Partner
graphics but now also has set of colour pictures. Other new features include
borders, graphics in calendars, UK support for A4 paper (also letter, legal)
and £ sign, and mouse support. Improved page layout and options such as 1, 2
or 4 (small) signs per page. Ages 8-ADULT; 200K (360); *REG* £25.00 + 2.50
(manual, more fonts & pictures); ANY GRAPHICS MONITOR. *****
NOTE FOR THOSE WITH OLD MACHINES:
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PRINTPARTNER IS BEST RUN FROM A HARD DISK BUT IF YOU HAVE NO HARD DISK WE CAN
PROVIDE IT "READY TO RUN" ON A LOW DENSITY 3½"/ 5¼" DISK (£2.00). PLEASE ASK!
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ** PRINTPARTNER V.3 ** │
│ * REGISTERED VERSION * │
│ NOW AVAILABLE FROM WISEOWL SHAREWARE │
│ ONLY £27.50 INCLUDING POSTAGE AND PACKING │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
H286: EXTRA PICTURES FOR PRINTPARTNER
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2000+ pictures in 24 groups ("Old Printshop" format) that can be directly
read by Print Partner. Libraries vary in size from 180 to 20 pictures. There
are some duplicates but there is enough here to suit everyone! Design cards &
posters for absolutely every occasion. 14 large mixed groups (here's a few
examples! - male, female, teddy, gorilla, pie chart, phone, ambulance,
Halloween, Xmas, Easter, ballet, lawnmower, piano, baby, visa, dinosaurs,
mastercard, stopsign). Plus 10 smaller themed groups inc: fancy alphabet &
phrases, sports, church & religion (very nice collection), cartoons, Snoopy,
Birth signs, computers, people, jewels, patriotism. 600K(1.5MB).HD.*****
[available on 2x5¼"DD disks(£4.00),1x3½"DD disk(£2.00) or 1xHD disk(£3.00)]
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│ OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS │
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│ Related programs that may be of interest - to │
│ locate, make a note of disk number, then use │
│ the CHECKLIST option from menu screen. │
│ 1) W390 - TOPDRAW - for brochures, DTP, etc. │
│ 2) See EDUCATION menu for childrens graphics │
│ 3) E375 - ELECTRIC ZOO - calendars & banners │
│ 4) W461 - WORD EXPRESS - word processor/DTP. │
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