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- (This software product is © Barry Alcock - 1994)
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- ** FineArt Registration details **
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- This software is ShareWare. Although every effort has been made
- as to this softwares ability to run correctly, I (the author) hold no
- liability for any ill effects that may be caused from using it, to
- itself, other programs or any data on your system, even if I have been
- informed before hand of the likely hood of such an event.
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- Copying and distributing this software is allowable as long as it
- is copied in hole, including this ReadMe file, the manual on disk and
- all code and data files held within the !FineArt application directory
- in their orriginal states unless modified in such a way as described
- specifically in the manual via proper program options.
- If you wish to use this program after an initial trial period you
- should register as a proper user with the author. This also entitles
- you to the most upto date version of the software (see below).
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- The registration fee is £15.00 and a cheque for this amount, made
- payable to Mr B S Alcock, should be sent to 38 GreenAcres,
- Woolton Hill,
- Newbury,
- Berks.
- RG15 9TA.
- If an up-to-date version of the software is required please enclose
- a stamped, self addressed envelope, along with a blank, pre-formated
- ADFS 800K - 3.5" disk with your registration fee. Any disks sent
- without all the above points being taken care of may not be returned,
- dependant on the demands of my time. Please be patient with replies
- as it is likely that I am just trying to finish off a new version before
- sending it out. Please note that a later version than this is unlikely
- before the 3rd quarter of 1994.
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- After registration, at any time you want, you can send another disk
- which meets the above criteria to the above address to receive the
- latest version of the software. In this instance also include your
- registration number (if you are provided with one). The main benefit
- of registering as a user of this software though is that you can make
- suggestions as to what the program should look like in the future. It
- is not beyond the scope of possiability that new versions will be
- 'customised' to your own requirements.
- Please note that new versions of the software are not guaranteed to
- work better or include more options than existing copies you may have.
- To this end when upgrading your copy of this program please keep an
- old copy in case you are not satisfied with the new version. This is
- because new versions of the software are unlikely to get as full a
- test as they should, due to the time involved for testing each and
- every option.
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- Please also include a covering note, preferable typed or in a ReadMe
- file on the disk, include your name, address, your registration number
- (where applicable) as well as any/all comments about the program.
- Comments should be about any problems you are having with the software
- (ie bugs), the programs RiscOS compliance (ie how it works in comparison
- to how other RiscOS programs work), any new features you would like to
- see in the program, any features you would like to see altered, or any
- thing else you can think of in reference to it. If possible could you
- also include any ideas on how to implement your suggestions as it would
- speed up (or in some cases might make possible) the inclusion of new
- ideas into the program. I may then (in some instances) be able to
- implement your suggestions in the new issue that I send back. This
- though is not guaranteed!!
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- This version....
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- This version of the program has a number of bugs fixed in it from
- the previous version (one being you can now use the flood fill across
- mirrors) as well as two new options, a random spray can and a 'copy
- all' to select area option.
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- The future....
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- This program should be extended later this year to include
- a few new features that I wish to implement. These include more shapes
- such as outline triangles etc, bigger brushes, a better brush designer,
- a seperate filter designer, views of the select areas contents and low res
- versions of icons to save memory. I also would like to write a proper
- electronic full colour manual for the program (if I get time).
- I would also like to implement a better printing option, support for
- other file formats both for importing and exporting, a select area which
- allows you to scale what you wish to put onto the paper and a hard disk
- memory mapper so that very large pictures can be edited without the
- need for great amounts of memory. Unfortunatly I am currently unable to
- do these last few things as I haven't a clue how to. If you have any
- knowledge in any of these four areas which you wouldn't mind passing
- onto me, it would be eagerly accepted.
- Future versions may drop features such as paper and material types,
- the background FineArt file, move onto the new Acorn Risc PC and stick
- to using 24 bit sprite files. This is unlikely in the near future though,
- but watch this space... In any event, any old file formats should be
- convertable in new versions to any new formats. In fact this copy
- already supports a now defunct FineArt file format from an earlier
- version. This does though meen that future versions are not necessarily
- going to be backward compatiable.
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- Barry Alcock - Author of the !FineArt application.
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