SPECTRAPAINT VERSION 3.0 ============ ======= === (C)1991 Twilight Software Released as freeware providing this documentation is distributed with it. FREEWARE: TRY IT - USE IT - COPY IT - SHARE IT - BUT DON`T CHANGE IT! History of Spectrapaint 1.0 Crud!, not much really. Never released. 1.1 Never released 1.2 Never released 1.3 First materialisation in Crazy Joe's PD library. 1.4 Distributed via a few BBS's 1.5 Distributed via AMOS PD library 1.6 Never released 1.7 Released in Crazy Joe's PD library 2.0 Released in AMOS PD library 2.1 Very restricted release. Only 5 copies ever distributed. 3.0 Released in Crazy Joe's PD library and the AMOS PD library 3.1 ??? Spectrapaint 3.0 has been nearly all rewritten from scratch (a few procedures from Spectrapaint 2.0 were included). It includes extensive error trapping (try loading a non iff picture now!) and refined requestors and tools. The palette tool has been totally rewritten, as has the screen type requestor. Also, a new style of icon bar has been incorperated, thus freeing up use of the right mouse button for drawing and allowing use of a paper colour. The toolkit can now be repositioned on the page and includes a totally new layout and set of icons. The palette has been positioned immediately above the toolkit for easy access. Starting: From the CLI Use RAMOS Spectrapaint.AMOS From the Workbench Simply double click on Spectrapaint's icon From AMOS Select load and double click on Spectrapaint.AMOS A list of files included: Spectrapaint.AMOS Spectrasprites.ABK Spectrapaint.DOC RAMOS WARNING: USE AMOS 1.21 OR ABOVE ONLY TO LOAD SPECTRAPAINT OR ELSE MR.GURU WILL VISIT YOUR AMIGA! When Spectrapaint has loaded, the mode requestor will appear. Choose a suitable mode and then click OK. The toolkit === ======= Along the bottom of the screen you will see the tool bar. Clicking an icon on this tool bar will activate it's function. Clicking a colour with the left mouse button will select it as the ink colour. Clicking a colour with the right mouse button will select it as the paper colour. From left to right, top to bottom: Click below applies to the left or right mouse button (ink or paper). TOP ROW: 1..Dotted line Click and draw! 2..Continuous line Click and draw! 3..Straight vectors Click the start or the line and hold down the mouse button. Release it at the end of the line 4..Boxes Click one corner and drag the box to the required size. Release the mouse button at the required size. 5..Filled boxes As boxes, but fills in the current fill colour and style. 6..Circles Click the centre of the circle and drag out to the radius. Release the mouse button at the required size. 7..Filled circles As circles, but fills in the current fill colour and style. 8..Spray Sprays in the current colour and at the current size. 9..Text Well... 10.Cut Cut a brush. Move to top left of desired area, click and drag to bottom right of desired area and release. 11.Paste Allows you to paste whatever is in the cut paste buffer. Click left mouse button somewhere on the screen to paste a copy. 12.Flip left-right Toggle switch to flip brush along vertical axis. 13.Flip up-down Toggle switch to flip brush along horizontal axis. 14.RGB filter Filters a desired colour out of the entire palette. Useful for video work. 15.Back box Moves the tool bar back to the default position at the bottom of the screen. 16.The drag box This box occupies the right hand quarter of the top row of the icon bar. Click on it and drag the tool bar out of the way. The palette bar will also move with it. This box also gives various short messages. BOTTOM ROW: 1..Make brush smaller Shrinks the brush used for option 1 on the top icon bar, or shrinks the size of the spray can. 2..Make brush larger Has negative effect of option 1. 3..Fill Clicking in a shape will cause it to be filled with the current colour and pattern. 4..Parallelogram Click on the screen, and release. Move the mouse until the base is the required length, the click and drag the top of the parallelogram to the required position. 5..Filled parallelogram As 4 but filled with current colour and pattern. 6..Triangle Click one corner, click second corner, click third corner. Simple, eh? 7..Filled Triangle As 6 but filles with current colour and pattern. 8..Rays Click centre for all rays, then click wherever you want a ray to go to. Click the right mouse button to bring the menu back up. 9..Choose font Chooses font for use with text (on top tool bar part). 10.Magnify Easy peasy! 11.Pattern Choose pattern for all fills. Note that ink and paper colours are used for the pattern. 12.Pick Click a place on the screen and your present colour will change to that one. Useful to find a colour from a picture when lots of the colours are very similar. 13.Undo Undo's last drawing operation. 14.System info Shows disk free, and memory free. 15.Info Click and see! 16.Not yet implimented 17.Disk Easy enough to work out 18.Palette Allows changing of colours by RGB method. Note special functions: SPRAY:Allows multi coloured spray can (in colour range) RANGE:Allows choice of colour range by following method: 1) Click starting colour 2) Click range 3) Click finishing colour > & <:Allows colour cycling (in specified direction) Off :Turns colour cycling off The slider bar below the <>Off arrangement allows setting of speed for colour cycling from slow (left) to fast (right). 19.Clear Clears the screen (Can be undone) 20.WB Exit program (you are prompted first). Known errors: Occasionally brush screws up Every so often you cannot select any icons from the tool bar When short of memory, the toolbar can dissapear! Notice: If you lose 8 hours work by use of this program (even if you do as it says above) don't blame me (K.K.Hudson), Twilight Software, Crazy Joes, The Queen or anyone else for that matter. I am not taking responsibility for the reliability of this program. If you want to contact me (about future releases, updates, giving me some money, etc..) K.K.Hudson 4 Brunt Road Rawmarsh Rotherham South Yorkshire England S62 5EW (Yes, South Yorkshire is the one with all the coal mines!). Until spectrapaint V3.1 ... Kris