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Cloanto Personal Paint
This disk contains a complimentary version of Personal Paint, version
2.1, for the readers of
Amiga Plus
. The software is identical to the
commercial version. The remaining files (pictures, color fonts, data,
Amiga system resources, etc.) have in part been changed to fit on a
single disk. A description of new features of Personal Paint version 4.0
is enclosed, while a special discount upgrade offer to the full 4.0
package appears on the same issue of Amiga Plus. This text can be printed
with a word processor, or by typing the following command in a Shell
window:
Copy PPaint:PPaint.man PRT:
Personal Paint may be launched with a double-click on its Workbench icon,
on any Amiga with 1 Mbyte of RAM (ideally, Chip RAM). In order to fully
exploit the disk capacity, Personal Paint itself has been compressed. On
not so fast systems, decompression may slow down the initial loading of
the program. To create a decompressed executable file, type the following
command in a Shell window:
PPaint:Utilities/Deplode PPaint:PPaint Destination:PPaint
The "Pictures" drawer contains several 256-color images, plus examples of
color reduction, color merge and image processing entirely created with
Personal Paint. The program automatically reduces the number of colors of
an image if the computer on which it is loaded does not have an AGA
(Advanced Graphics Architecture) chip set. In case of color reduction,
the "Settings/Color Remapping/Floyd-Steinberg" option usually gives the
best results. This version of the program does not support display cards
like the Picasso and Retina boards. Version 4.0 does.
It is very easy to explore Personal Paint by choosing from the variety of
menus and gadgets. It is recommended to make a backup copy of the program
disk before experimenting with functions which write data.
The gadgets on the tool bar which is displayed on the left of the screen
may respond differently depending on the pointer's position over the
gadget (upper or lower half), the mouse button which is used (left or
right), and the number of mouse clicks (cycle gadgets). For example, the
tool to the right of the "a" text editing symbol activates the image
processing functions. If it is selected with the right mouse button, a
requester appears to select different image processing options. The area
on which image processing is to be applied can be delimited by dragging
the mouse (i.e. moving it while the left button is held down).
The "Settings/Language" options in this version of Personal Paint can be
used to set the user interface language to either English, German or
Italian.
Personal Paint and the Personal Fonts Maker Color Extensions normally
share the same Personal.font for their user interface. The font itself
has been upgraded a few times. If you have both programs installed, and
experience difficulties because version 2.1 of Personal Paint requires a
different version of the font, just remove the font from your FONTS:
directory. All versions of Personal Paint and PFM2 also search for the
font in their local directories, where the font is normally copied during
automatic installation. Are you still using Topaz 8 for your Workbench
icon texts? Try Personal 8.
For more information on upgrades and other Cloanto products, please
contact the local distributors named at the end of this file. From time
to time, information is mailed directly to users of our packages. To take
advantage of this, don't forget to mail the registration card which comes
with each original product.
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New features of Personal Paint v. 4.0
Support of Retargetable Graphics (Picasso and Retina display cards,
etc.), Autoscroll and many more functions to manage screens and display
modes.
Professional 24-bit printing (Color and Black & White) with undercolor
removal, gamma correction, etc. You won't recognize your printer!
High quality conversion of IFF24, PCX24, HAM & HAM8 to 256 colors. The
result is hard to distinguish from that of an expensive 24-bit display.
Loading of files through Amiga DataTypes (JPEG, BMP etc.)
A collection of third-party utilities, including color fonts, new
HP DeskJet printer drivers (up to four inks) and JPEG DataType, which can
be automatically installed to your hard disk.
Keyboard shortcuts to all user interface gadgets.
Most requesters and color processing functions have been rewritten or
otherwise improved. Hundreds of exciting new features requested by users
have been added. The package comes with a full manual of more than 180
pages (available in English, German, Italian and French), packed with
precious advice, examples and a tutorial chapter.
Cloanto Product Presentation: Personal Write
Personal Write is an extremely fast word processor packed with original
capabilities. It fully exploits unique Amiga characteristics like windows
and multitasking. Personal Write does not limit the number of text
windows which can be displayed at the same time. A built-in spooler can
print even the longest texts in the background, while the program is used
to do other work. Personal Write can encrypt confidential documents,
which become unreadable to unauthorized users, and save disk space by
compressing texts. Personal Write is also a powerful tool for converting
texts into different formats. It can load and save texts combining more
than 25 character sets of the most widely used computers. Control codes
can be added or removed, as required by desktop publishing programs,
Amiga system functions or other hardware and software environments.
Thousands of combinations of printer settings can be selected to make the
best use of features like the PostScript driver, the multistrike print
mode, support for automatic justification with proportional characters
and Personal Fonts Maker fonts. Alphanumerical labels can be used in the
text for mail merge or to reorganize data. Pictures can be loaded and
printed. Keyboard shortcuts and the texts which are displayed can be
redefined to personalize the user interface (which includes stereo sound
effects). An automatic hard disk installation procedure can be selected
with the mouse.
512 Kbytes of RAM, 1 disk drive required; 1 Mbyte of RAM recommended
Cloanto Product Presentation: Personal Fonts Maker
The Personal Fonts Maker is a powerful tool for designing and processing
fonts. Amiga fonts and fonts created with the Personal Fonts Maker can be
transferred to the printer memory and printed at maximum quality and
speed. The Personal Fonts Maker can output fonts in formats which can be
read by other Amiga programs, by other computers and by a vast range of
differing printers (even 48-pin and laser printers). The program can
handle IFF graphics. It is possible, for example, to work on
typographical fonts input from a scanning device. Repetitive
transformations on characters or entire fonts can be recorded, stored and
executed as macros. A special programming language can be used to define
the format in which fonts are to be saved or sent to a printer. The
Personal Fonts Maker package includes a multitude of original fonts and
support tools like the Printer Driver Modifier, which allows the user to
personalize printer drivers. It is easy - and fun - to work with the
Personal Fonts Maker, thanks to the elegant and intuitive user interface
(with stereo sound effects). The manual is full of examples and
introductory sections for novice users, and comes complete with technical
information for Amiga experts.
512 Kbytes of RAM, 1 disk drive required; 1 Mbyte of RAM recommended
Personal Fonts Maker AGA Color Extensions
The Color Extensions disk adds powerful color font processing
capabilities to the basic package. Most of Personal Paint's editing tools
have been incorporated into the package. For the first time, it is
possible to process fonts in up to 256 colors and no size limit. Among
others, special functions for anti-aliasing (even using an Amiga vector
font as a point of departure) and right-to-left fonts are provided. This
makes it an ideal companion to video applications, and a must in the
titling environment.
1 Mbyte RAM, 1 disk drive required; 1 Mbyte of Chip RAM recommended
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Personal Paint main program, support files and programs, screens,
artwork, documentation and image collection, Copyright © 1992-1994
Cloanto Italia sas. All rights reserved. Cloanto Italia sas authorizes
reproduction and distribution of such unmodified material as it is stored
on the original cover disk for non-profit presentation and testing
purposes until July 31, 1994.
KaraChiselSerif 55 and KaraGranite 55 Copyright © Kara Computer Graphics,
used with permission. The More text viewer is Copyright © 1985-1989
Commodore-Amiga Inc., used under license. Executable file decompression
headers written by Peter Struijk and Albert J. Brouwer. USA Patent Number
4 558 302 used with permission. PostScript Language Copyright © Adobe
Systems Incorporated, used with permission.
Some GIF images were downloaded from public domain sources; other images
were used with permission from commercial third-party collections. The
single pictures may contain additional information on the respective
copyrights and authors. Compilation Copyright © 1992-1994 Cloanto Italia
sas.
Amiga and the Commodore-Amiga logo are registered trademarks of
Commodore-Amiga Inc. Cloanto and the Cloanto logo are registered
trademarks, and Personal Paint, PPaint, Personal Fonts Maker, PFM,
Printer Driver Modifier, PDM, Personal Write and PWrite are trademarks of
Cloanto Italia sas. Coca-Cola and Coke are registered trademarks of The
Coca-Cola Company. ColorFont and ColorText are trademarks of Inter/Active
Softworks. GIF is a trademark of CompuServe Inc., an H&R Block Company.
PCX is a trademark of ZSoft Corp. PostScript is a registered trademark of
Adobe Systems Inc. Please refer to the user manuals for further
information.
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Cloanto Italia sas Tel +39 432 545902
PO Box 118 Fax +39 432 609051
33100 Udine Bbs +39 432 545905
Italy Internet 100145.15@compuserve.com
User and dealer inquiries should be addressed to the national
distributors.
German Area:
Casablanca Multimedia GmbH Tel +49 234 72035
Wiemelhauser Straße 247 a Fax +49 234 72060
D - 44799 Bochum
Great Britain:
Meridian Software Distribution Ltd. Tel +44 81 5433500
East House Fax +44 81 5432255
East Road Industrial Estate
GB - London SW19 1AH
North America:
Haitex Resources, Inc. Tel +1 803 852-0750
PO Box 20609 Fax +1 803 852-0650
USA - Charleston, SC 29413-0609 Bbs +1 803 852-0650
Italy:
CTO spa Tel +39 51 753133
Via Piemonte 7/f Fax +39 51 753418
I - 40069 Zola Predosa
Italy - Mail Order:
Lago snc Tel +39 31 300174
Via Benzi 18 Fax +39 31 300214
I - 22100 Como
Sweden:
ProComp Tel +46 472 70845
Box 46 Fax +46 472 71680
S - 340 36 Moheda Bbs +46 472 71270
French Area:
Adept Marketing Tel +41 21 7022626
Rte. de Renens 1 Fax +41 21 7022629
CH - 1030 Bussigny-prés-Lausanne
Greece:
Multi-RAK Tel +49 234 9489411
Karnassiotis & Radouniklis GBR Fax +49 234 9489444
Prinz-Regent-Straße 70
D - 44795 Bochum
Pacific Rim:
Amadeus Computers Tel +61 2 652-2712
34 Tecoma Drive Fax +61 2 652-1515
Glenorie NSW 2157
Australia
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