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- Fun Paint
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- If you enjoy Amiga graphics but you don't want to invest in a professional
- paint program, then Fun Paint is just the thing for you. It allows you to
- create and edit paintings quickly and easily in all the Amiga graphic display
- modes with up to 4096 different colors. It opens and saves Interchange File
- Format (IFF) paintings so its compatible with many other Amiga programs.
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- AmigaPLUS Editor's Note:
- We have had problems loading some IFF pictures into this program. Because
- it is so small and can produce simple pictures in such a wide variety of
- screen modes, we have included it on this disk anyway. Pictures must be
- exactly the same size as the screen to load into FunPaint
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- Getting Started
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- You can open Fun Paint either directly or by opening a painting previously
- created by it. If you open it directly, a requester containing a number of
- different gadgets appears so that you can select a format for your painting.
- You can open pictures created with other programs (assuming they are the
- right size) by selecting the picture's icon, holding down the shift key, and
- double clicking the FunPaint icon
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- The Low-Resolution Mode and High-Resolution Mode Gadgets are for selecting
- horizontal resolution with High-Resolution Mode having twice as many
- horizontal lines as Low-Resolution Mode. 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 colors are
- available with Low-Resolution Mode unless Extra-Halfbrite Mode (64 colors) or
- Hold-and-Modify Mode (4096 colors) are active. 2, 4, 8, or 16 colors are
- available with High-Resolution Mode.
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- The Non-Interlace Mode and Interlace Mode Gadgets are for selecting vertical
- resolution with Interlace Mode having twice as many vertical lines as
- Non-Interlace Mode.
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- The Extra-Halfbrite Mode Gadget is for selecting a special mode with 32
- colors plus an additional 32 that are half as bright as the first 32 for a
- total of 64 colors. Extra-Halfbrite Mode can't be used with High-Resolution
- Mode or Hold-and-Modify Mode. Please note that Extra-Halfbrite Mode isn't
- available on many early Amiga A1000s. If yours doesn't have it, then only 32
- colors will seem to be available when it's active.
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- The Hold-and-Modify Mode Gadget is for selecting another special mode that
- has 16 colors plus an additional 48 that change the amounts of red, green,
- and blue that are in other colors so that a total of 4096 colors can be
- displayed at one time. Hold-and-Modify Mode can't be used with
- High-Resolution Mode or Extra-Halfbrite Mode. After you select the desired
- combination of modes and colors, select OK to proceed.
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- Painting
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- Several different methods are available to you for painting. The following
- describes how to use them.
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- To paint freehand with the current color, Freehand must be chosen from the
- Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where freehand painting is to begin and hold
- down the Selection button. Move the Pointer around and release the Selection
- button when done.
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- To paint lines with the current color, Line must be chosen from the Paint
- Menu. Move the Pointer to where the line is to begin and hold down the
- Selection button. Stretch the outline to where the line is to end and
- release the Selection button.
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- To paint rectangles with the current color, Rectangle must be chosen from
- the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where a corner of the rectangle is to be
- and hold down the Selection button. Stretch the outline to the size the
- rectangle is to be and release the Selection button.
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- To paint filled rectangles with the current color, Filled Rectangle must be
- chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where a corner of the filled
- rectangle is to be and hold down the Selection button. Stretch the outline
- to the size the filled rectangle is to be and release the Selection button.
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- To paint ellipses with the current color, Ellipse must be chosen from the
- Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where the center of the ellipse is to be and
- hold down the Selection button. Stretch the outline to the size the ellipse
- is to be and release the Selection button.
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- To paint filled ellipses with the current color, Filled Ellipse must be
- chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where the center of the
- filled ellipse is to be and hold down the Selection button. Stretch the
- outline to the size the filled ellipse is to be and release the Selection
- button.
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- To flood fill enclosed areas with the current color, Flood Fill must be
- chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to the enclosed area to be
- flood filled and click the Selection button.
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- To get an object from the current painting to be used as the current brush,
- choose Get Brush from the Paint Menu. Move the pointer to a corner of the
- object. Hold down the Selection button, stretch the outline to the opposite
- corner of the object, and release the Selection button. It's possible to
- cancel getting the object by clicking the Menu button before releasing the
- Selection button.
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- To paint with the current brush, Brush must be chosen from the Paint Menu.
- Move the brush to where brush painting is to begin and hold down the
- Selection button. Move the brush around and release the Selection button
- when done.
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- Menus
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- The following is a description of all the menu items in Fun Paint.
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- The Project Menu
- New: Starts a new painting. A requester appears so changes can be made to
- the format of the new painting. Make any changes then select OK to proceed.
- Open: Opens a previously saved painting. A requester appears so the name of
- the painting to be opened can be changed. Type the name in the gadget in the
- middle of the the requester, then select OK to proceed. Its possible to
- cancel the opening by selecting Cancel.
- Save: Saves the current painting.
- Save As: Saves the current painting. A requester appears so the name of the
- painting to be saved can be changed. Type the name in the gadget in the
- middle of the the requester, then select OK to proceed. Its possible to
- cancel the saving by selecting Cancel.
- Print: Prints the current painting.
- Quit: Closes Fun Paint.
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- The Edit Menu
- Undo: Removes the last change made to the current painting.
- Clear: Erases everything on the current painting.
- Title Bar: Turns the Title Bar on or off. An arrow appears next to it when
- the Title Bar is turned on.
- Pointer: Turns the Pointer on or off. An arrow appears next to it when the
- Pointer is turned on. Turning the Pointer on turns the Crosshairs off.
- Crosshairs: Turns the Crosshairs on or off. An arrow appears next to it
- when the Crosshairs are turned on. The Crosshairs are a large Pointer
- alternate that enables painting to be more accurate. Turning the Crosshairs
- on turns the Pointer off.
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- The Paint Menu
- Freehand: Used for painting freehand with the current color. An arrow
- appears next to it when its chosen.
- Line: Used for painting lines with the current color. An arrow appears next
- to it when its chosen.
- Rectangle: Used for painting rectangles with the current color. An arrow
- appears next to it when its chosen.
- Filled Rectangle: Used for painting filled rectangles with the current
- color. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen.
- Ellipse: Used for painting ellipses with the current color. An arrow
- appears next to it when its chosen.
- Filled Ellipse: Used for painting filled ellipses with the current color.
- An arrow appears next to it when its chosen.
- Flood Fill: Used for flood filling enclosed areas with the current color.
- An arrow appears next to it when its chosen.
- Brush: Used for painting with the current brush. An arrow appears next to
- it when its chosen.
- Get Brush: Gets an object from the current painting to be used as the
- current brush and selects Brush from the Paint Menu.
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- The Palette Menu
- Choose any of the colors in this menu to change the current color. An arrow
- appears next to the current color. The first color is the background color.
- Halfbrite: (only available when Extra-Halfbrite Mode is active) Turns
- Halfbrite on or off. An arrow appears next to it when Halfbrite is turned
- on. Halfbrite is when the current color is half as bright as it normally is.
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- HAM Red: (only available when Hold-and-Modify Mode is active) Choose any of
- the colors in this menu item to make the current color a Hold-and-Modify Red
- color. Arrows appear next to it and the color when the current color is a
- Hold-and-Modify Red color. Hold-and-Modify Red colors are colors that hold
- the amounts of green and blue and modify the amount of red of the pixel to
- the left of it in paintings.
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- HAM Green: (only available when Hold-and-Modify Mode is active) Choose any
- of the colors in this menu item to make the current color a Hold-and-Modify
- Green color. Arrows appear next to it and the color when the current color
- is a Hold-and-Modify Green color. Hold-and-Modify Green colors are colors
- that hold the amounts of red and blue and modify the amount of green of the
- pixel to the left of it in paintings.
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- HAM Blue: (only available when Hold-and-Modify Mode is active) Choose any of
- the colors in this menu item to make the current color a Hold-and-Modify Blue
- color. Arrows appear next to it and the color when the current color is a
- Hold-and-Modify Blue color. Hold-and-Modify Blue colors are colors that hold
- the amounts of red and green and modify the amount of blue of the pixel to
- the left of it in paintings.
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- Adjust: Makes a requester appear so adjustments can be made to each color of
- the palette. Select a color to be adjusted and drag the R, G, and B sliders
- to change the amount of red, green, and blue in it. Adjust any other colors
- this way, then select OK to proceed. Its possible to undo all adjustments by
- selecting Cancel.
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