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*********************** DeluxePaint® AGA ReadMe File ************************

Thank you for purchasing DeluxePaint AGA.  Electronic Arts would like
to thank all those customers and beta testers who provided us with great
feedback and reports on how to improve the program.  We would also like
to remind everyone that we are always looking for suggestions on how
to make this program the best it can be.

We want to keep making better versions of DeluxePaint, but remember
piracy and "lending your software" hurts everyone.

Spread the word, not the software.

Version 4.5 - 11/13/92

There have been several changes made to this version of DeluxePaint IV.
After you're through reading here, please consult the Readme First
Manual Addendum for the major changes to this version of DeluxePaint.

The Following are changes that didn't make it into the ReadMe First Addendum:

 1. The Floppy Install can take upwards to 25 minutes for a complete install
    and requires three writable floppies that will be formatted by the
    installer prior to a complete installation.

 2. The player is capable of scrolling bitmaps larger than the screen.
    To scroll, move the mouse in the direction you want to see the image.

 3. If you are installing to a hard drive, make sure you boot from your
    hard drive and *not* from the install disk.

 4. DeluxePaint AGA was not tested to work with the A2024 type monitors.
    Therefore we do not claim compatability with this monitor setting.

 5. If you receive a "Can't Load..." error message chances are the program
    cannot allocate enough memory to load your file in the chosen screen
    format.  Choose a lower resolution or fewer colors and try again.

 6. The icons provided with this release are 8 color icons optimized for
    Amiga DOS 3.0, if you normally run your workbench in 4 color mode
    there are 4 color icons for the program and player in the 2.0Icons
    drawer that is installed by the DeluxePaint Installer.  Simply replace
    the Dpaint.info and Player.info files with those in the 2.0Icons
    drawer.

 7. This version of DeluxePaint does not support printing to a Postscript
    printer device.

 8. Because of the way rub through works, if you are using a pressure
    sensitive tablet (with translucency) with a spare page or
    animation frames and the lighttable on, you will pick up data
    from the page you are seeing through.

 9. We do not recommend switching in and out of DeluxePaint to the
    Workbench or another application while an animation is running
    or being created.  Stop your animation before switching out of
    DeluxePaint.


** Version 4.1 - 3/92 **

The following are changes and fixes for this version:

 1.  Scalable fonts under Amiga DOS 2.04 are now supported.
     To create a scaled screen font for your work session, simply
     choose your font, and type in the size you would like.
     Press the Show or Ok buttons to select that font size.
     DeluxePaint will automatically create the screen font for you.
     Please contact your dealer for information on obtaining additional
     fonts for your Amiga computer.  DeluxePaint does not come packaged
     with any additional fonts other than the two Kara Fonts included
     on Art Disk #1.

 2.  Palette Dialog Modifications:
     (Mixer, Arrange Palette, Range Requester, Load/Save Color Set)

     a. Notches have been added to indicate the color number more clearly.

     b. The 3D look of the Color Indicator was removed to improve
        comparison of the current foreground and background colors
        next to each other.

 3.  Extended selection of colors is now available in palette dialogs,
     for copying, deleting or exchanging multiple colors.

     a. Press Shift and click the left mouse button to add a single color
        to the current selection.

     b. Press Alt and click the left mouse button to add all colors
        between the last selected color and the newly selected color
        to the current selection.

     c. Press Shift and click the right mouse button to remove a
        single color from the current selection.

     d. Press Alt and click the right mouse button to remove all colors
        between the last selected color and the newly selected color
        from the current selection.

     For example: Left-click color 4 in the current palette to select it.
     Press Alt and left-click on color 12, colors 4 through 12 should
     all be selected now.  Click Delete: colors 4 through 12 should
     now be empty color cells.

     Use Shift-click to add or delete non-contiguous colors in your
     selection.

 4.  The Metamorph brush size restriction of 250 pixels for the
     width no longer applies. The brush size is now dependent only
     on the amount of memory available.  This means that if you
     have enough memory, you can do full screen metamorphosis.

 5.  There is a new Tooltype to set the offset of the DeluxePaint
     Toolbox and Anim control Panel in extreme overscan.  It is Called
     ToolLimit.  Format: ToolLimit=Min X, Min Y (0), Max X, Max Y

     Min X is the position of the left edge of the Anim Control Panel.
           Accepts values between -1 and 49.
     Min Y is currently ignored, place a zero (0) in its place.
     Max X is the position of the right edge of the Toolbox.
           Ignores values less than 320.
     Max Y is the position of the bottom of the Anim Control Panel.
           Ignores values less than 200.

     Tooltypes are set up in the DPaint Icon Info.  ToolLimit lets
     you set up positions for your Toolbox and Anim Control Panel
     so that, as you work in overscan, your Toolbox and Anim Control
     Panels are visible on the screen.  You should only have to set
     this tooltype once in lo-res maximum overscan as it will scale
     itself in the other modes. (Please read all steps before
     attempting to set the ToolLimit.) The following is an easy way
     to set up your ToolLimit tooltype.

     a. Start DeluxePaint in Lo-Res Max. Overscan (368X241 NTSC)
        or (368X290 PAL).
     b. In the Prefs Menu turn on Coords and OriginUL.
     c. Press F10 to turn off the toolbox and menus; press F9 to turn
        the Menu Bar back on so you can see the coordinates.
     d. On your monitor, place your cursor at a point in the lower
        left corner of the screen.  Make note of the coordinates.
        These coordinates will be your Min X, and Max Y.
     e. Place your cursor at the right edge of the monitor.  Make note
        of the first coordinate, this will be your Max X.
     f. Exit the program and select the Dpaint icon. Choose
        Workbench->Info (under 1.3) or Icons->Information (under 2.0).
     g. Create a new Tooltype, and type in: ToolLimit= (Followed by
        the notes you made) separated by commas.  Here are two
        examples: ToolLimit=20,0,350,220 (recommended for NTSC)
                  ToolLimit=20,0,365,280 (recommended for PAL)

     Note: If you do not want to limit any of the fields, place a -1
           in that field to tell DeluxePaint to use that view's limit.

 6.  A Show check button has been added to the Load Anim requester to hide
     and show anims when loading.  Dpaint will turn off the display
     when the Show button is unchecked.  The default is to show
     anims as they are loaded.

 7.  CTRL-Keypad 0 now resets perspective mode, including the vanishing
     point.  Shift-Keypad 0 still works as documented. See your
     DeluxePaint IV manual, page 276 for more information.

 8.  Cycle paint will now start to paint with your foreground color
     (if it is in the current range) and cycle to the next color
     in the range from there. Previously, Cycle paint would always
     start with the first color in the current range, no matter
     what your current foreground color was.

 9.  DeluxePaint IV does not support Anims with multiple palettes.
     DeluxePaint IV will now warn you when attempting to load this
     type of Anim.

10.  The Alt + Left Amiga keys will now perform a single brush stamp.
     The Alt + Right Amiga keys perform a single brush stamp using
     the background color.  Previously DeluxePaint would Anim Paint
     if these keys were pressed together.

11.  Paint Stencil can now be used to create a fixed stencil that
     will not change as you AnimPaint or use the Move requester.
     Area based stencils will not change on each frame while color
     based stencils (those created with the Make Stencil requester) are
     recomputed for each frame and are based on that frame's colors.

12.  The Caps Lock is now ignored unless you are in Text mode.

13.  The Player program on Art Disk 2 is a new version that fixes
     incompatibilities with PAL machines.

If you would like to print out this ReadMe file to your Printer, load
the file into any text editor or word processor, and follow that
program's instructions for printing a file.


Version 4.0 - 7/91

Thank you for your purchase of DeluxePaint IV for The Amiga Computer.
Please consult your manual for information on making working copies
or installing to a hard drive.

DeluxePaint IV © 1985-1992 Electronic Arts  All Rights Reserved.
DeluxePaint is a registered trademark of Electronic Arts.


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