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- PIXIA
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- ** Pixia **
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- This program is a free software.
- It may be used in any forms, except for sale purpose.
- E-mail us in case of web distribution.
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- **Q&A
- Q: What do you mean by "It may be used in any forms, except for sale
- purpose"?
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- A: Selling Pixia itself or any files contained in the program set is
- prohibited.
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- The copyright of the artwork created by Pixia, however, belongs to
- the creator of the artwork. Pixia is just a tool. It is just like
- cooking. It does not matter which knife you use for preparation.
- You may even make an artwork for sale with Pixia, and do not need
- to get a permission from me.
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- Q: Can I use a screenshot of Pixia in my how-to-use-Pixia website?
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- A: No problem.
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- ** Installation **
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- ZIP version: Use extracting tool such as WinZip to extract the
- contents of the file and launch "Setup.exe."
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- EXE version: You do not need any other tool. Just launch the file and
- it will automatically extract the contents to a temporary folder,
- launch setup and delete all the extracted files after installation.
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- Warning: Installing a newer version over an old one already installed
- in your computer overwrites files and may initialize pen data and/or
- palette. The same holds true on reinstallation of the same version.
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- It is recommended that you backup "pendata", "palette" folders, and
- env_.env file before installation.
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- **Launch Pixia**
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- Click "START", point "Programs", "Tacmi", and click "Pixia"
- unless you have changed the shortcut setting on installation.
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- ** Copyright **
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- * "Pixia" is a registered trade mark of Tacmi Co., Ltd., Japan.
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- * This program is a free software.
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- * The images with names beginning with "sifca_" in the "partsbox" folder
- are creations of Sifca Corporation.
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- * The sample image in the installation folder, ppn456b.pxa, is
- a creation of MONAMI, who is an illustrator, and a Pixia user.
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- * Among the textures supplied with this program, koushi1.bmp, koushi2.bmp,
- koushi3.bmp, koushi4.bmp, koushi5.bmp, koushi6.bmp, koushi7.bmp,
- neko.bmp, kyon.bmp, parts01.pxa, parts02.pxa, parts03.pxa, parts06.pxa,
- parts09.pxa, parts13.pxa, parts15.pxa are creations of Ms Rumiko Takagaki.
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- * Among the textures, tone25.pxa, tone50.pxa, and tone75.pxa,
- as well as 300.bmp. 301.bmp, and 302.bmp, in the "pendata"
- folder are creations of Gra ("Grassgreeen").
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- * Among the parts in the "partsbox" folder, grass.pxa, leaf01.pxa,
- lead02.pxa, leaf03.pxa, and the pens in the "pendata" folder,
- 303.bmp, 304.bmp, 305.bmp are creations of and offered by
- BURUNYAN. http://buru_nyan.tripod.co.jp/
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- * Copyrights of the files belong to the creators.
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- ** Basic Specifications **
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- * Pixia is a painting tool made exclusively for full color graphics.
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- * Maximum graphic size:
- 10240 x 10240 dots (Note: this depends on RAM capacity.)
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- * Number of Layers:
- As many as memory lasts.
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- * Peripheral devices applicable:
- TWAIN32 devices.
- Printers made to use for Microsoft Windows
- Tablets (Wacom, Oce-Japan)
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- ** System Requirements **
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- Windows 98 / Windows 95 / Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 / Windows Me
- This is not to guarantee its functions on all environments.
- There can be exceptions due to numerous number of combinations
- of drivers, devices, etc.
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- 32 megabytes of RAM or over (As much as possible)
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- Super VGA monitor (with the screen resolution set to
- at least 800 x 600)
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- High Color or True Color (16bit/24bit/32bit)
- Pixia does not work on 16 or 256 color environment.
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- Pressure sensitive tablets (WACOM, Oce-Japan)
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- ** How-to ** (Only things seemingly hard to figure out)
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- * Right-clicking on the canvas captures the color.
- Shift + Right-dragging captures the image of the dragged area.
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- * Freehand drawing with Shift key down draws only the first stroke.
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- * Selection:
- After selection, right-clicking on the selected area pops up
- the sub-menu.
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- * Palette:
- Left-click chooses colors. Right-click registers colors.
- Single colors or bitmaps can be registered and used.
- There are two kinds of gradations: rectangular and straightline.
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- * On straightline gradation palette, draggin from the ">" button
- toward the right adds a color, and dragging a color pointer toward
- the ">" button erases the color.
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- * Left-clicking on figures in palettes adds and right-clicking
- substracts.
- You can alter figures by directly dragging the pointing lines
- in palettes. Right-clicking draws the lines toward the mouse
- pointer.
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- * Left-dragging with CTRL key down moves the top layer among the ones
- where the mouse pointer lies. Left-dragging with CTRL and SHIFT keys
- down moves the current layer.
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- * Pasting as a new layer is influenced by the settings of Tone Filter
- and Transparency control.
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- * Filling with a color also gets influenced by Tone Filter.
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- * Layers:
- A layer consists of three planes: Image, Mask, and Transparency.
- Copy a layer into the clipboard and all the three planes are
- copied. Paste is also done affected by transparency and selection
- of the original image.
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- When you paste onto the Mask Plane, or Transparency Plane, only
- the contrast information is pasted.
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- Pasted on a new layer, all the three planes are maintained exactly
- as the original layer.
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- * Registering bitmaps to the palette makes duplicates of the original
- images in the "palette" folder, which means registering many
- big size images to the palette will result in consuming a
- lot of hard disk space.
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- * Help files do not come with this program. You need to download
- a separate file from the Pixia website.
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- ** Liability **
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- * In no event shall the author of this Software be liable for
- any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
- for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of
- business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising from
- the use of or inability to use this product, even if the Author
- of this Software has been advised of the possibility of such
- damages.
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- Tacmi Co., Ltd.
- Isao Maruoka
- Copyright(C) Isao Maruoka, Tacmi Co.,Ltd. 1998,1999,2000.
- E-Mail: maruoka@tacmi.co.jp
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