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- . Welcome to The Cartoon Theater...Series 1.
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- The Cartoon Theater is a library of PCX format, graphic file templates
- containing over 1,200 separate drawing elements of cartoon characters,
- head positions, body positions, props, and the necessary tools to help you
- create a library of files of your own creations.
- The Cartoon Theater has no installation utility and the files are not
- compressed. In this way it is entirely up to the user as to where to store
- this library of files. It is suggested that you make a subdirectory under
- the directory that contains the paint program you will use to manipulate
- these files.
- For example; If you have a paint program under a directory such as
- C:\PBRUSH. You may wish to store these files in that directory under a
- subdirectory called THEATER...to do this;
- 1. At the DOS prompt C:\> type cd\pbrush ( then push enter ).
- 2. At the DOS prompt C:\PBRUSH> type md\theater (then push enter).
- 3. At the DOS prompt C:\PBRUSH> cd\pbrush\theater (then push enter).
- 4. At the DOS prompt (C:\PBRUSH\THEATER>) type copy a:*.* (enter).
- ... Of coarse your drive letter and directory name may differ
- but the basic format remains the same. The basic idea is that it is best
- to store these files out of the way on their own subdirectory under the
- paintbrush programs directory that you will be using them with.
- Be sure to make backup copies of your original Cartoon Theater disks
- and set your original Cartoon Theater disks aside for safe keeping. If you
- are unfamiliar with how to make back up copies of your original disks,
- please refer to the Dos manual or Computer User's Guide that came with
- your system.
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- . The Cartoon Theater - Series 1 is a basic block style of cartooning.
- The original body design is accomplished by combining a series of squares
- and rectangles. Future series of the Cartoon Theater will highlight other
- popular styles of cartooning. Unlike any other " HOW TO " type of
- cartooning program on the market to date, The Cartoon Theater provides
- the user with total access to the utilities necessary to fully understand
- head positioning, size coordination and the one dimensional perspective
- concepts involved with the art of cartooning.
- The versatility of the Cartoon Theater is only limited by your
- imagination. Each individual user can add to this library of files by
- creating new characters, new body positions, props, page layouts, etc.
- The registered user of the Cartoon Theater is granted full
- permission to alter, manipulate or use as is any of the features of the
- Cartoon Theater in any manner they wish. The registered user may publish,
- sell or distribute freely any of the creations that were the result of the
- use of the Cartoon Theater. However, no one is granted the permission to
- make copies of the registered user's version of the Cartoon Theater for
- distribution, publication or sale without the expressed written permission
- from the author of the Cartoon Theater.
- . PC user's, user groups, clubs and BBS's are encouraged to copy and
- distribute the shareware version of the Cartoon Theater Series-1 with it's
- documentation intact with the following limitations...
- 1. The Cartoon Theater logo must remain unchanged.
- 2. The file THEATER1.DOC (this file) must be present on the
- distribution disk.
- . 3. No fees should be charged.
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- . HOW TO USE THE CARTOON THEATER...
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- A cartoonist is a producer, director and playwright all rolled into
- one. The cartoonist sets the stage, designs the costumes and scenery,
- chooses the cast of characters, writes the script and produces the finished
- work. The Cartoon Theater provides literally hundreds of separate drawing
- elements to help make this all possible.
- Only four head positions are shown for each character. You can flip
- the 3/4 and side views of the character's head positions to instantly
- achieve two more head positions for each of the characters. Be sure to
- pay close attention to the direction and size of the collar to match your
- chosen head position. You could use a collar pointing in the opposite direction
- to achieve a " looking over the shoulder" effect.
- Likewise, you can manipulate any of the separate drawing elements
- in this way, such as body positions, props, etc. The page layouts included
- with The Cartoon Theater offer the user with even more versatility.
- . Due to the many variations of printer configurations involved, it is
- the responsibility of the individual user to achieve the desired result when
- sending work to the printer. On the page layouts, whenever possible,
- dimensions are given as a point of reference to be used as a guide to help
- the user achieve the desired result when printing.
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- When using the page layouts take note of the following tips....
- 1. All files were original created in 640 x 200 CGA screen size mode,
- (except for the greeting card layout in the registered user's
- version which is 640 x 400 ).
- 2. Be sure to remove all dimensions and instructions from the page
- layout before sending work to the printer.
- 3. Be sure to replace titles with titles of your own creation and
- don't forget to add your own initials on the lower right hand
- corner after the copyright symbol.
- 4. The single panel, 3-panel and 4-panel newspaper comic strip
- layouts and the sign page layouts were originally designed for
- landscape orientation printing. This may not be necessary
- depending on your particular printer configuration and the
- computer paint program you use to manipulate the Cartoon Theater.
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- . OTHER TIPS... When bringing separate elements together, such as a
- character's head, a collar, a body and some props, some things will overlap
- others and the pixels will have to be cleaned up. For example...whenever
- you attach a head and a collar to a body, the shoulder line will have to be
- erased. ( see sample-1.pcx). Likewise, if you add furniture, some of it is
- bound to be blocked from view. If the part that is supposed to be blocked
- from view is showing through a pant leg or other object, the pixels will
- have to be cleaned up.
- And don't forget...the names used to identify the cartoon
- characters are arbitrary names and you may change them as you see fit. A
- painstaking effort has been taken to label files so that they can be
- identified by their titles. You may change these titles or names to anything
- you'd like.
- ALSO...The files contained in the Cartoon Theater Series-1 can be
- printed out on your printer and used as stencils on a light table to
- produce high quality, pen and ink, camera ready artwork for a more
- professional approach.
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- . WHAT THE REGISTERED USER GETS...
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- The registered user's version of The Cartoon Theater Series-1
- includes...
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- 1. Over 130 files containing over 1,200 separate drawing elements
- scaled to three different sizes.
- 2. Two casts of characters with 28 distinct cartoon characters and
- head positions scaled to three different sizes.
- 3. 18 files of over 470 drawing elements of utilities to help create
- your own cartoon character head and body positions.
- 4. 12 files of props containing over 75 separate elements including
- dogs, cats, birds, furniture, etc.
- 5. 50 files of body positions scaled to 3 different sizes for a total
- of over 500 body positions.
- 6. 12 page layouts include newspaper comic strips, greeting cards,
- signs and 6 sample finished cartoons to be used as a reference on
- how to compile these separate elements into a finished work.
- 7. Registered user's will be notified with price break incentives of
- future series releases of The Cartoon Theater.
- 8. Registered user's are granted simultaneous all rights to the
- material contained in the Cartoon Theater.
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- The Cartoon Theater Series-1 was created by a former free-lance,
- editorial cartoonist whose work has been published in a major American
- daily newspaper, has formally syndicated a weekly newspaper game feature
- and has over 20 years experience in free-lance commercial artwork.
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- Last,but not least...The copywritten logo of the Cartoon Theater
- which appears in it's entirety on the lower left panel of the greeting
- card layout page on the registered user's version, is the sole property
- of it's creator and may not be used in whole or in part without the
- expressed written permission from the author.
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- DISCLAIMER & WARRANTEE INFO...
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- The Cartoon Theater Series-1 is protected by the copyright laws of
- the United States. The Cartoon Theater Series-1 is sold on an "as is" basis.
- The disk or disks on which The Cartoon Theater is recorded is warranted to
- be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of 30 days upon
- receipt of this program. The sole and exclusive remedy in the event of a
- defect in material and workmanship under normal use within the 30 day time
- frame is expressedly limited to replacement of the defective item.
- No guarantees are either expressed or implied as to the ability of
- this program to fulfill any intended purpose and the author of The Cartoon
- Theater will assume no liabilities for direct, indirect, incidental,
- accidental, or consequential damages as a result of the use of this program
- or the disks on which it is recorded. Depending on your state and federal
- laws some of the above limitations may not apply to you.
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- THE CARTOON THEATER SERIES-1
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- CGA VERSION....5 1/4" 360k ( 4 disk set )
- VGA VERSION.... 3.5 " 1.44mb ( 1 disk )
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- Send check or money order in U.S. funds for $20.00
- make check payable to: PAUL HUFFMAN
- P.O. Box 202
- Exeter, NH
- 03833
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- Program to be shipped to: NAME ____________________________
- Street ____________________________
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