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- PAINT IT! ****** ADF APPLICATIONS ******************************************
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- ON THE DISK:
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- There is....
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- PAINT_IT!_2.0: The Colouring program
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- 5 PICTURES: Pics to colour in.
- & 3 PUZZLE PICS:
- THIS DOC FILE!
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- PAINT IT! 2.0 INSTRUCTIONS
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- This is a colouring book for kids, it has loads Icons for you to press
- and each has it`s own unique sound!!.
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- This is the cut down version, so it only has 5 pictures, the full program
- has loads for you to colour in!!!!, (keep reading, to find out how to get
- the full program).
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- Here is a list of items, that this document will explain.....
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- INDEX:
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- MACHINE REQUIREMENTS
- HOW TO USE A COLOUR/PATTERN/SOLID
- HOW TO FILL AN AREA OF THE SCREEN
- HOW TO REMOVE THE TOOL BAR
- HOW TO LOAD A PICTURE
- HOW TO SAVE A PICTURE
- HOW TO CREATE A SAVES DISK
- HOW TO UNDO AFTER A MISTAKE
- HOW TO CLEAR THE SCREEN
- HOW TO ADJUST THE PALETTE
- HOW TO USE THE DRAWING TOOLS
- HOW TO GET THE FULL PROGRAM
- SHAREWARE NOTICE
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- MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:
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- An AMIGA Computer With WB 2.0 or above
- 1 MEG of Ram or more
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- It should work on any Amiga, But please inform me if it doesn't. THANKS!
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- HOW TO CHOOSE A COLOUR/PATTERN/SOLID
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- To choose a colour, just click on the you want (with your left mouse
- button) and then the one you select will be shown in a box, at the bottom of
- the icon bar.
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- To choose a pattern, just click on the one you want, and then the colour you
- want the pattern to be, it is also shown in the box, at the bottom of the
- icon bar.
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- To get back to solid fills, (Solid means, no pattern) just click on the
- SOLID Icon.
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- HOW TO FILL IN AN AREA OF THE SCREEN
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- To fill in an area of the screen, just move the mouse over the part you want
- to colour, and click with your left mouse button.
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- HOW TO REMOVE THE TOOL BAR
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- Press the Right Mouse Button to toggle the Icon Bar ON/OFF.
- Or press the Space bar to do the same as above.
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- HOW TO LOAD A PICTURE
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- To load a picture, click on the icon named LOAD PIC with your left mouse
- button.
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- A File Requester will then appear, with loads of buttons displayed to
- the right of it.....
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- OK: This loads the picture that you have seleted.
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- CANCEL: This returns you back to the program without loading a picture.
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- Don't worry about the other ones!.
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- All you need to do, to load a picture is....
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- (1) Make sure the Paint It disk is in the drive.
- (2) To select a picture..., look for a picture you
- want to load, and click on it with you left mouse button. Now
- click on the OK icon and the picture will load in.
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- HOW TO SAVE A PICTURE
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- When you click on the SAVE PIC Icon you will get an identical requester to
- the one you get with the LOAD PIC Icon.
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- All you need to do, to save a picture is....
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- (1) Have your saves disk in the drive, that has a directory called
- (PICTURES) on it (If you don't know how to put a directory on the disk
- goto Creating A Saves Disk, on this document).
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- (2) Click on Save Pic
- (3) Type the name of the picture you want to save (with .PIC on the end of
- it, e.g.. CAR.PIC).
- (4) Click on OK
- (5) WAIT!!
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- HOW TO CREATE SAVES DISK
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- (1) Load Workbench.
- (2) Put your formatted disk in the disk drive.
- (3) Double click on it's icon with your left mouse button.
- (4) Select the window that has just opened (So that it's blue).
- (5) Press the right mouse button and go to the top of the screen to the menu.
- (6) Goto WINDOW and down to NEW DRAWER
- (7) When you let go it will display and requester with UNTITLED1
- (8) Delete this and type PICTURES
- (9) DONE!
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- HOW TO UNDO AFTER A MISTAKE!
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- If you make a mistake, you will need to use the icon named OOOPS!, this
- button will undo anything you last did.
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- HOW TO CLEAR THE SCREEN
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- To clear the screen, click on the CLEAR ICON and then on YES OF COURSE I
- DO!. You have chooice of two clears.
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- (1) ALL OF IT!
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- This clears everything that is on the screen to WHITE
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- (2) JUST THE COLOURS!
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- This only works if you have loaded a picture.
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- This clears all of the colours you have added to your picture (But not the
- black outline of the picture, so that you can start again.
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- HOW TO ADJUST THE COLOURS
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- If you don`t like the 32 colours that are on the tool bar, and you
- want to change them......
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- Firstly click on the PALETTE Icon.
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- On this screen are three sliders each one has a letter under it R, G or
- B,these stand for R/RED, G/GREEN & B/BLUE, easy!.
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- So to change a colour, click on one of the colours from the icon bar, and
- youwill see it appear in a box, on the palette requester. To change this to a
- Red colour, you will need G & B right up to the top and R right down the
- bottom. Fiddle about with this as it takes a lot of practise to get the
- right colour.
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- To change the palette back to the original colours, just click on the
- DEFAULT icon.
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- To get back to the Icon bar, just press the RETURN icon.
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- HOW TO USE THE DRAWING TOOLS
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- First click on the icon marked D, and these new Icons will appear.
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- In order (Left to Right)
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- FREEHAND:
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- Click on it's icon and choose a colour, draw to your hearts content.
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- LINE DRAW:
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- Click on it's icon and choose a colour, draw lines.
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- EMPTY BOX:
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- Click on it's icon and choose a colour, draw Empty Boxes.
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- FILLED BOX:
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- Click on it's icon and choose a colour, draw Filled Boxes.
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- You can also fill with Patterns if you choose them first!.
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- EMPTY CIRCLE:
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- Click on it's icon and choose a colour, draw Empty Circles.
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- FILLED CIRCLES:
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- Click on it's icon and choose a colour, draw Filled Circles.
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- You can also fill with Patterns if you choose them first!.
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- HOW TO GET THE FULL PROGRAM!
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- This, as I have said before is the cut down version of PAINT IT!, so if you
- want to get the full program & receive all of these goodies....
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- REGISTER FOR A FIVER AND GET ALL OF THIS.....
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- (1) Loads more Pictures for you to colour in!
- (2) Future Upgrades to PAINT IT!
- (3) TEST IT! (The Joystick/Mouse/Memory/Disk Checker).
- (4) Space Ping Pong!
- (5) Ball Bearing (When Complete)
- (6) A Dice Simulator (for when you loose your dice!)
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- Programmers take a lot of time over their Utilities/Games so if you like
- this program or have any sugestions as to how it could be improved please
- send all Registration Fees (ONLY £5)/Enquries to the address below.
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- ANDREW FISHER
- INGELSIDE
- 60 BURGH LANE
- MATTISHALL
- E DEREHAM
- NORFOLK
- NR20 3QR
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- Please make all cheques or postal orders payable to Andrew Fisher.
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- SHAREWARE-NOTICE
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- This is Shareware & can be freely distributed to your friends as long as
- all of the files on the disk are kept, including this Read Me & no money is
- gained by selling this product.
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- THANKYOU!
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- I hope you enjoy this program
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- P.S If you would like a print out of this document, please send a STAMP
- addressed envolope to my address!!.
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