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- GRIN GRAPHICS
- ROUTE 8, BOX 129
- JACKSONVILLE, TX 75766
- VOICE - 903-586-6150 BBS- 903-589-0042
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-
- These diskettes contain graphic images created for your
- personal, non-commercial, publications, whether they be notes,
- memos, newsletters, or greeting cards. Anyone desiring to use these
- images in their commercial publications should contact Grin
- Graphics at 903-586-6150, for rates and rights. If and when you
- register, you will be placed on our mailing list for new and
- special clip art packages.
-
- Registered users will receive ANOTHER DISKETTE full of compressed,
- Grin Graphics images, VIP ACCESS to the GRIN AND SHARE IT BBS, and
- a complete, easy to read INDEX of all images contained in volume
- #1.
-
-
- ALL ARTWORK AND DOCUMENTATION COPYRIGHTED BY THE GRIN GRAPHICS COMPANY
- 1990, 1991, 1992
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-
-
- WELCOME TO GRIN GRAPHICS VOLUME #1
-
- WHAT'S NEW
-
- The basic reason for sending out the update is to inform users
- of the changes at Grin Graphics and show them the new ways and
- reasons to register.
- 1. You can now register using your Visa or Mastercard.
- Voice (903)586-6150 Data: (903)589-0042 or by sending in the
- registration form. We still accept checks.
- 2. From now on only U.S. Funds can be accepted. I got some stuff I
- couldn't even read, and my bank charged $5.00 to exchange it.
- 3. We no longer distribute any format except PCX and WPG. Very few
- registrations come in requesting other than these.
- 4. Registered Users, will now receive a complete pictorial index of
- Volume #1 images, allowing easy identification and selection of
- the many images available.
- 5. Registered users now have free access to the "Grin and Share It"
- Bulletin Board. This board was set up to support Grin Graphics
- and to give Grin Graphics users a friendly environment to
- exchange information and communicate with other users. You do
- not have to be a registered user to access the BBS but only
- registered users are allowed full VIP access. It will also allow
- vendors to D/L the newest versions available and get direct
- information from the authors. (BBS) 24 hours a day 7 days a week
- Grin and Share It > 903-589-0042. We can also be contacted
- through the WILDNET International Mail Network in the SHAREWARE,
- GRAPHICS, or DESKTOP PUBLISHING conferences.
- 6. We no longer even attempt to do custom work except on a local
- basis. Deadlines and different artistic visions don't work well
- over long distance.
-
- USING GRIN GRAPHICS IMAGES
-
- All Grin Graphics clip art is compressed into self extracting
- zip-files.
- The easiest way to get going is to copy the "*.EXE" file from this
- diskette to the directory on your hard drive where you wish to keep
- your art.
-
- Example: COPY A:\PCX1.EXE C:\CLIPART
-
- Go to the clipart directory on your hard disk and type the first
- letters of the "*.EXE" file:
-
- Example for PCX1.EXE; TYPE "PCX1" then press ENTER
-
- NOTE: ANY FILE WITH "PCX?.EXE IS A SELF EXTRACTING ZIP FILE!
- IT DOES NOTHING EXCEPT DECOMPRESS THE HIGHLY PACKED PCX
- IMAGES.
-
- The file will automatically decompress into separate clip art
- images numbered in the following manner; 024.PCX, 057.PCX etc..
- Make sure you have plenty of room on your hard drive, some of these
- are really monsters.
-
- After the files are decompressed erase the Grin Graphics "EXE" file
- from your hard drive and put away your floppy in a safe place. You
- never know when you might need to do this again.
-
- ALL I GOT IS NUMBERED FILES....NOW WHAT?
-
- Now that you have the images decompressed you need something
- to see them with. If you are planning on using these images in your
- paint program, word processor, or Desk-Top publishing program we
- suggest you enter that program now and follow it's instructions for
- loading, importing, placing, or pasting graphic images.
- If you have a graphics file viewing utility such as VPIC or
- Graphics Workshop, (both of which you can d/l from the Grin and
- Share It Bulletin Board), and are available where all better
- shareware is sold; use these for the quickest way to see what
- you've got.
- *================================================================*
- * To get a copy of our invoice for registration type: *
- * *
- * COPY REGFORM.DOC PRN *
- * *
- * Press ENTER and your printer will print it out. *
- *================================================================*
-
- Once decompressed you may load the individual images into your
- word processor, paint, or desktop publishing program. Grin graphics
- PCX images are compatible with almost all programs that are capable
- of using the PCX format; WPG in WordPerfect and a few others.
-
- OTHER FORMATS
-
- Grin Graphics is no longer distributed in the nine or ten
- different formats that we once tried to maintain. PCX and WPG
- seem to be the current format of choice and PVX is compatible
- with almost all programs using graphic images. If you must have
- a special format get a graphic image conversion utility that will
- change the PCX image into what you are needing. One of the best
- we have seen is a shareware program called "Graphics Workshop". If
- you cannot find it in your area you can download it from the Grin
- and Share It bulletin board described later in this document. There
- are also several commercial utilities for doing this; HiJaak for example.
- A fairly new conversion program for windows that seems to be getting
- great reviews is "Paint Shop Pro". It is a shareware product so it
- won't cost an arm and a leg to try.
-
- The "Why's" of Grin Graphics
-
- Why so big?
-
- Grin Graphics images are large, most of them anyway. When we
- got our first computer system, all we had was a nine pin dot matrix
- printer. It was almost impossible to find graphics images that fit
- where we wanted them to fit without having to scale the image which
- caused horrible distortion and usually unprintable graphics. We
- discovered that if you created a graphic larger than you needed,
- then reduced it's size, it would retain most of it's definition,
- and sometimes even improve in its print quality. By making the
- images large they printed well on 9 pin or even 300 dpi laser
- printers.
-
- Why create such stuff?
-
- Another sad fact we discovered was that there was very little,
- almost none in fact, clip art that was targeted for non-business
- publications. There were lots of office scenes, telephones, stop
- signs, etc., but where could you find a frog sitting at a bar
- drinking a bottle of 100 proof fly juice? Where could you find a
- kitten in a toilet bowl, a puppy in a box or a fat man blowing a
- trumpet? We have filled that void. We hope you enjoy our Graphics
- as much as we enjoy making them available to you.
-
- Why register?
-
- If and when you register you will receive another diskette
- chock full of more Grin Graphics images. You'll receive a printed
- pictorial index of all volume #1 images for easy location and
- identification of the image you need. You'll have free access to
- the Grin and Share It Bulletin board which has been set up for your
- support and contact with the Grin Graphics Company, with direct
- access to Charles Miles, the artist of Grin Graphics images. Not
- only do you get all of this but you also get that good feeling
- inside knowing that you are supporting the shareware concept.
- *================================================================*
- * To get a copy of our invoice for registration type: *
- * *
- * COPY REGFORM.DOC PRN *
- * *
- * Press ENTER and your printer will print it out. *
- *================================================================*
-
- About the BBS.....
-
- We have set up a bulletin board for our users called "Grin
- and Share It. Our plan is not to make this some gigantic BBS with
- thousands of files you'll never need. It is here for you to contact
- Grin Graphics, get some of the utilities you might need, be in contact
- with other Grin Graphics users, and to get the newest updates and
- or reports about Grin Graphics clip art or other programs.
- It is also here for the shareware vendor who wishes to distribute
- Grin Graphics products. If you are a vendor you should leave a comment
- to the SYSOP stating that you are a vendor and how you plan to distribute
- Grin Graphics. Also, if you are another BBS please let us know your BBS
- name and it's number.
- Grin and Share It BBS is currently a node on the International
- Wildnet Mail Network. If you have a local BBS carrying this echo mail
- network it might be less costly for you to contact us through it rather
- than call long distance just to leave a message.
- While we do allow any and all access to the board, we only allow
- full VIP access to registered Grin Graphics users. If you are already
- a registered user just call the BBS and once your registration has been
- verified you will receive full VIP access also.
-
- A note to Vendors.....
-
- Grin Graphics Clip art is distributed in two different packages;
- a catalog distribution pack and a BBS distribution pack.
-
- Catalog Version: Consists of two diskettes containing images 001-158.
- These should not be sold as separate items.
-
- BBS Version: Consists of one diskette with assorted images. This packet
- was made smaller in order to encourage BBS users to download
- the file. This does not restrict you from also carrying the
- full catalog version on your board; you may carry both.
-
- Grin Graphics may not be broken, separated, or combined with other clip
- images unless approved by Grin Graphics. This however does not include
- shareware packages as long as Grin Graphics is maintained as a separate
- and individual program within that package.
-
- Catalog distributors are allowed to use Grin Graphics images in their
- catalog illustrations only if the illustration is in direct contact with
- the Grin Graphics description or a special note is listed somewhere in the
- catalog documentation letting users know where the clip art came from and
- how they can obtain it.
-
- To All.........
-
- We make no warranties whatsoever as to how this shareware will
- function with your particular application or on your equipment.
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- You can order it now or wait the several weeks while our other
- registered users are notified. Then you can take a look at it after it has
- been sent to our shareware distributors. It's 200 more fantastic and funny
- Grin Graphics images complete with a printed index just like you get with
- volume #1. We don't think you'll be disappointed. See the "REGFORM.DOC" to
- order.
-