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- │ PIX A Computer Art Package │
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- │ for IBM PCs or Compatibles (Dos 2.0 or above) │
- │ using CGA display format │
- │ (Microsoft Compatible Mouse Also Required) │
- │ NOTE! Amstrad PC1512 and PC1640 mice probably won't work. │
- │ Coded By Andrew T Gisby (Perfect Pixel Software 1989) │
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- │ PLEASE ENSURE YOUR MOUSE IS PLUGGED IN & YOUR MOUSE DRIVER INSTALLED! │
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- │ To run this program form outside the PC menu system type: │
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- │ CD\PIX │
- │ PIX │
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- │ A command line can also be entered. This command line is the name of the │
- │ picture you wish to immediately edit. For example: │
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- │ CD\PIX │
- │ PIX PIX.PIX │
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- │ From time to time you may find that the program traps an error (and stops!). │
- │ These errors should not be fatal, and are usually due to memory or drawing │
- │ parameter restrictions. If an error does occur, all is not lost! Once the │
- │ standard error message has been displayed, the program should be able to │
- │ resume from your last edit.) │
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- │ CONTROLS:- │
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- │ PIX is almost entirely mouse controlled. The only other control keys you │
- │ need worry about are... │
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- │ [Esc] - Quit the PIX program. │
- │ [C] or [c] - Clear the Work Screen. │
- │ [U] or [U] - Undo function just used. │
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- │ To move the cross haired sight, simply move the mouse! │
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- │ The [Left] mouse button always activates the selected drawing function. │
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- │ The [Right] mouse button will activate the function menu when in work screen │
- │ mode, or exit any function that operates outside the workscreen (ie Pixel │
- │ Edit). │
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- │ The functions available on the menu are.. │
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- │ 1. Box │
- │ 2. Filled Box │
- │ 3. Line │
- │ 4. Horizontal Line │
- │ 5. Airbrush │
- │ 6. Free-Hand Draw │
- │ 7. CUT Blit (BLK) │
- │ 8. COPY Blit (OR) │
- │ 9. Circle │
- │ 10. Filled Circle │
- │ 11. Vertical Line │
- │ 12. Text │
- │ 13. Adjust Size & Flow parameter │
- │ 14. Colour Fill │
- │ 15. Tile Fill │
- │ 16. Edit Tile │
- │ 17. Hair-Line Draw │
- │ 18. Pixel Edit │
- │ 19. Load │
- │ 20. Save │
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- │ Selecting a Function from the menu... │
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- │ Press the [Right] mouse button & keep it de-pressed. The menu should now pop │
- │ up on the right hand side of the screen. To select an option, Keep the │
- │ [Right] button pressed & move the mouse Up & Down - A box cursor should also │
- │ move relative to the mouse. Also displayed at the top of the menu are two │
- │ colour palette boxes (one for black the other for white!). To select the │
- │ colour your require, move the mouse Left & Right. │
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- │ 1. Box │
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- │ This is a workscreen option. To draw a box, move the cursor to the required │
- │ part of the screen & press the [Left] mouse button - Keeping the Left mouse │
- │ button pressed, move the mouse and draw your box! When the [Left] mouse │
- │ button is released, the box is placed onto your picture. │
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- │ 2. Filled Box │
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- │ See above - This function operates the identically to function 1. Box │
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- │ 3. Line │
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- │ See above - This function operates in the same way as Function 1. Box except │
- │ a straight line is drawn. │
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- │ 4. Horizontal Line │
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- │ See above - This function is used in the same way as function 1. Box except │
- │ the line drawn will remain horizontal to the place where the [Left] mouse │
- │ button was first pressed! │
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- │ 5. Airbrush (See Also 13. Adjust Size & Flow) │
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- │ When the [Left] mouse button is pressed random dots are "sprayed" under the │
- │ cross-haired cursor. The range (size) & flow of the airbrush is governed by │
- │ function 13. │
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- │ 6. Free Hand Draw (See Also 13. Adjust Size) │
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- │ When the [Left] mouse button is pressed, a solid block is drawn under the │
- │ cross-haired cursor. The Size of this block is governed by the Size option │
- │ of function 13. │
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- │ 7. CUT Blit (BLK) │
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- │ Keeping the [Left] mouse button pressed, draw a box around the area of the │
- │ screen you wish to Cut away. When the mouse button is released, the section │
- │ of screen specified, is instantly cut away. Once cut, you can move this │
- │ block to any other part of the work screen & press the [Left] mouse button │
- │ to place or "paste" the block. Pressing the [Right] mouse button will exit │
- │ the block paste section. │
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- │ 8. COPY Blit (OR) │
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- │ See above - This function operates exactly the same way as function 7 except │
- │ that the area of screen is copied rather than being cut away! │
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- │ ** WARNING ** - Due to memory restrictions of PC's, pasting up large Blit │
- │ blocks (eg. a whole screen) will cause an error. Don't worry if this occurs. │
- │ The program will resume back to picture without trashing all your hard work! │
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- │ 9. Circle │
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- │ With the [Left] mouse button pressed, move the mouse left or right to │
- │ decrease & increase the radius of the circle respectively. When sizing your │
- │ picture, a window is drawn with the circle to aid sizing! releasing the │
- │ [Left] mouse button will place the circle onto the screen. │
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- │ 10. Filled Circle │
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- │ As above (See Function 9. for operation) │
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- │ 11. Vertical Line │
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- │ As above (See Function 11. for operation) │
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- │ 12. Text (See also Function 13. Adjust Size) │
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- │ Using this option, the user can place text at variable size any where on the │
- │ work screen. Please note, that the size of the text is specified using │
- │ function 13. To place text onto the screen, move the cursor to where you │
- │ wish the text to appear. Press the [Left] mouse Button once! You will now be │
- │ asked (See top of screen) for the text you wish to use. After pressing the │
- │ [Return] key, you will be prompted Italics [Y] or [N]. After pressing the │
- │ 'Y' or 'N' keys, the text will be painted onto the work area at the │
- │ position where you click the left mouse button! │
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- │ 13. Adjust Size & Flow │
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- │ After pressing the [Left] mouse button & keeping the button pressed, two bar │
- │ scales are displayed. One labelled size, the other labelled Flow. To adjust │
- │ the size bar, keep the left mouse button pressed & move the mouse Up or Down │
- │ (Big or Small). To adjust the flow, keep the left mouse button pressed & │
- │ move the mouse Left or Right (Low and High). These parameters are used by │
- │ other options. │
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- │ 14. Colour Fill │
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- │ This will flood and area of the screen with the current colour setting. To │
- │ use, simply press the [Left] mouse button. │
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- │ 15. Tile File │
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- │ This allows a user definable Tile to be used as the fill medium. See also │
- │ Function 15. Pressing the [Left] mouse button will initiate the fill! │
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- │ 16. Edit Tile │
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- │ After pressing the [Left] mouse button, the screen is cleared, & an 8x8 │
- │ matrix grid is displayed. Using the cursor, move over the square of the grid │
- │ you wish to change & press the {left] mouse button. The square will change │
- │ black if previously white, or white if previously black! Pressing the │
- │ [Right] mouse button exits the tile edit & re-displays your current picture. │
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- │ 17. Hair-Line Draw │
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- │ This Option should be used in exactly the same way as option 6. The only │
- │ difference here is the fact that a hairline is only 1 pixel thick & the line │
- │ is continuous. │
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- │ 18. Pixel Edit. │
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- │ Keeping the [Left] mouse button pressed, draw a box around the area of the │
- │ screen you wish to edit. When the mouse button is released, the section of │
- │ screen specified, is scaled and redisplayed as large as possible! (This can │
- │ take a few seconds.. please be patient). You can now edit pixel for pixel │
- │ the are of the screen by moving the mouse & pressing the [Left] mouse │
- │ button. When pressed, if the square below the cursor was black, the paint │
- │ used will be white! - and vice-versa! Pressing the [Right] mouse button will │
- │ exit the function. (** nb. The maximum width a pixel edit section can be is │
- │ 320 pixels **) │
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- │ 19. Load │
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- │ After pressing the [left] mouse button, enter the path & filename of the │
- │ picture you wish to load! │
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- │ 20. Save │
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- │ After Pressing the [Left] mouse button, enter the name you wish to save your │
- │ current picture as. Also, please note that as a useful edition, the PIX │
- │ program can be instructed to create the source code for a basic program that │
- │ will load the picture into your own basic programs. If this option is │
- │ selected, you will be prompted for a basic source file name. The routine │
- │ created, can be used with GW-Basic, Microsoft Basic Compiler, Microsoft │
- │ QuickBasic etc..etc... (** This routine can not be used with Locomotive │
- │ BASIC 2 **) nb. the routine uses the string variable 'A$' as the filename │
- │ description. │
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- │ To quit the PIX program (in work screen mode), simply press the [Esc] key. │
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- │ To UNDO or erase the last function used, simply press the [U] or [u] key. │
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- │ To Clear the work screen, press the [C] or [c] key! │
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- │ ----*****---- │
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- │ This program was developed by Andrew T Gisby in his lunch hour on a Tandon │
- │ PCA with an 80286 Processor EGA screen & Microsoft's "rather spiffing" │
- │ QuickBasic version 4.5. │
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