Picture Painter Help
Picture Painter™ Help

Picture Painter from Micrografx is a screen saver program with artwork provided by American Greetings artists. All artwork was created in Micrografx Picture Publisher.

If you are having a problem installing or running Picture Painter, you can contact technical support. Please refer to the CreataCard documentation for technical support information.

Setting Up Picture Painter

Running Picture Painter


Setting up Picture Painter
Setting Up Picture Painter™

You install Picture Painter using SETUP.EXE included with CreataCard. The setup program installs the program into the Windows directory. Set up Picture Painter using the Display icon in the Control Panel, then click the Settings button on the Screen Saver tab.

The Picture Painter Setup dialog box lets you select and deselect the artwork you want to use and specify the percentage of screen the screen saver uses.

To select all artwork, click the Select All button below the Available Art list box. Click the Deselect All button to deselect all art files. You can also click in the list to choose art files.

You can increase and decrease the amount of screen used by the screen saver by adjusting the amount in the Percentage of Screen list box. The range is 40-100%. For example, if you set the percentage to 50, Picture Painter scales the artwork to 50% of the screen size, and centers the image. Setting the amount to a low percentage may mean some loss in drawing precision.


Running Picture Painter
Running Picture Painter™

You run Picture Painter by choosing it as the screen saver in the Display dialog box through the Control Panel.

If Picture Painter is the active screen saver, and no artwork is selected in the Picture Painter Setup dialog box, a blank screen appears when the screen saver turns on. You must have artwork selected for Picture Painter to work correctly.

Note: You may want to turn Picture Painter off if you are working on large files, or performing an operation that requires a lot of memory.