To avoid any confusion, we'd like to inform you that our company recently changed its name from Addiction Interactive to Norbyte.
Rainbow Painter is a unique painting and photo retouching program for the Macintosh.
The unregistered version lets you try all features, with the exception of some effects and the export function.
Any pictures you produce in the unregistered version are saved internally, and can be exported when you have registered.
Awards
Honored with FileFarm's Cream of the Crop Award.
Top Ratings
FileDudes (5 dudes), TuCows (5 cows) and TuKids (5 points).
Other Achievements
Selected as one of CNET Download's Picks.
Selected as the Pick of the Week at About.com.
Features
*Innovative design.
*Unique user interface.
*Edit and view a picture in multiple windows simultaneously with individual magnifications and layer controls.
*Up to 8 image layers with alpha/opacity channels.
*More than 60 different effects and tools to use on your pictures.
*Mask layer with special sets of tools and operations/effects.
*Three different studios, where you may rearrange and add windows as you like.
*Imports/exports Jpeg and PICT images, as well as a few other formats.
This Application Is Shareware!
(Go to http://www.rainbowpainter.com or read 'How To Register', for details about registering Rainbow Painter)
You're welcome to evaluate this demo for 30 days, then you have to register or delete it from your disk.
The shareware fee is only 20 US Dollars.
Some of the 'Picture Effects' are locked in the demo, and so is the 'Export' function, but your work is still auto-saved in the 'Portfolio'.
You are not allowed to spread any registered copies of this application.
What You'll Get In The Registered Version
* The annoying "Unregistered" alerts will disappear.
* All 'Picture Effects' will be unlocked.
* The 'Export' function will be unlocked.
* You will feel a lot better about yourself, knowing that you have supported the concept of shareware.
System Requirements
Macintosh or MacOS compatible with PowerPC and 'Thousands' or 'Millions' of colors,
and at least 10Mb of free hard disk space.
No special system extensions are required, Rainbow will even run after a clean boot (shift), but you need Quicktime if you want to import a PICT file.
Known Incompatibilities
No support for multiple screens.
Can't run from CD.
Don't change resolution or color depth, while Rainbow is running.
Try to avoid using virtual memory, as this will slow down Rainbow's startup procedures and its general performance.
Bugs
If this program doesn't work properly for you, please let us know (if you don't, chances are no one will).
Please report any problems to: support@norbyte.com
Before You Start
Switch to 'Millions' or 'Thousands' of colors.
Please hide the control strip (if you have one).
If you're going to work on large pictures with many layers, it's a good idea to assign more memory to Rainbow Painter (in the Finder, choose 'Get Info' after selecting 'RainbowPainter', then increase the 'Preferred size').
Always Remember
When using Rainbow Painter, always remember that the 'Esc' key brings up the main menu.
Manual And Help
The manual is accessible from the main menu (press 'Esc').
You can also find a brief tutorial if you go to: http://www.rainbowpainter.com
Press the 'Help' key or 'F15' or 'Command-Space' to get information about whatever is underneath the mouse pointer (if any info is available, that is).
About The User Interface
The desktop you see when you start the program is called a 'Studio'.
You can travel between three different studios in the main menu (press 'Esc').
Any changes you do to the studios (i.e. if you close a window) will be saved
when you quit the program (which is done in the main menu, or by pressing 'Command-q').
In the top right corner of every window there's a button to rotate/change the contents of that window.
Think of it as three windows on top of each other, where you use this button to bring up the next window.
If you want to change the size or placement etc of the window, or replace one of its three contents, click on the screwdriver button in the top left corner of the window.
If you see any empty space in the studio (i.e. after you have closed a window), just click in the void and a new window will appear.
Use the screwdriver button mentioned above to adjust the window.
About Rainbow Painter
Forget the load-paint-save routine you're used to.
In Rainbow all your current work is inside the 'Portfolio', which is loaded and saved
automatically.
When you're completely finished with a painting/photo/collage you 'Export' (one of the
'Picture Operations') it. The picture file can then be found in the 'Exports' folder when
you quit the program.
If you want to import a picture, just place the image file(s) in the 'Imports' folder and then start Rainbow.
Only place COPIES of the picture files in that folder, since the program will automatically keep the folder clean by destroying the file(s) after the import.
Please read 'Imports.TXT' for further information.
