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BeerysBit Software
C O L O R B U R S T 3 0 0 0 (C)1987
Version 0.5
Programmers: Peter D. Beery (Chief)
Andrew B. Beery
Released into Public Domain in Present
form only by BeerysBit A.S.C., Inc.
ColorBurst 3000 is copyrighted by BeerysBit ASC 1987 All rights
reserved. ONLY VERSION 0.5 IS RELEASED TO PUBLIC DOMAIN!
Introduction
So now you have it! The program that you just spent $2.50 to
download is sitting on your hard drive ready to burn a hole in
your monitor and knock your socks off. Let the adventure begin...
...First what is COLORBURST 3000 (CB)? CB is a graphics
enhancement program. It is intended to sit on top of other
graphics packages as a shell. This means that you need not relearn
a whole new set of tools to use CB. We have had very good luck
with Atari's NEOCHROME and EA's DEGAS ELITE. Any graphics package
will work and many are in the public domain.
...Second CB is NOT intended to be a full fledged graphics editor.
It has some limited tools to be used for touch up work and color
dithering/blending. It is not a DEGAS or SPECTRUM 512!(Although it
could be used with either)
...Put simply, COLORBURST allows 50 sets of 16/4 color palettes
per low/med res screen. In addition it allows colors to be
selected from a range of 3375 colors. (15 shades each of red,
green, and blue mixed in any proportion == 3375 colors) This
means that on a low res screen you can have 50x16 colors (800) or
200 colors on a medium res screen, all this with no dithering!!!
(i.e. you don't need to sacrifice resolution to get a "fake" color
by blending two nearby colors.)
...Additionally, CB can call PICSWITCH by John BOCHU directly to
import screens from virtually any source (MAC, AMIGA, IBM etc.)
PICSWITCH also provides wonderful printer and format conversion
support.
...CB can mix resolutions in the same picture. The final version
of CB will allow for a seamless interface with other packages.
Just run CB.PRG, call the 'other.prg' and edit your picture. When
you are happy just hit ALT-HELP and the screen will be saved to a
special CB buffer. Exit the 'other.prg' and you are back in CB.
Hit F10 and the captured screen is restored to actual screen.
...BAD NEWS, version 0.5 does not allow resolution mixing or
medium resolution editting. Dithering tools are not present.No
seamless capture (semi seamless installed). No manual included.
COLORBURST does not work in monochrome <grin>.
...Lets be honest, some CB colors flicker (those with lots of
green) others are very sharp (blue and reds). Only shades between
normal shades (green level 6.5 for example) have the potential to
flicker. If a color flickers too much for you then move the green
level up or down one half shade.
...There are two sets of menus. The TOP menu handles most file
access and program calling functions. The WORK menu allows for
limited editting and style selection. STYLE and ZOOM EDIT in the
EDIT menu will be the most often used.
STYLE allows the selection of a working (drawing) color, line
size, paste mode and fill type. Exit a specific mode by hitting
RETURN. Once out of "change mode" click on FINISHED to leave.
ZOOM EDIT allows fine detail work to be done on a given area.
Select the region by clicking the mouse on the desired area of the
condensed screen. Select the color index by clicking on it. IMPORT
a NEO or DEGAS palette into a range (0-49 == 000-199 lines/screen)
by selecting those buttons. Modify a color mix or line range by
changing the numbers displayed. The colors displayed at any given
time are those of the first 16 colors for a range (non bursted
approximations). To see how a picture looks exit all menu items
and hit the SPACE BAR (once).
HINTS:
Hitting the SPACE enters the CB "BURST MODE" for about 5 seconds.
IT DOES NOT TOGGLE ON/OFF!
FILE FORMAT for a .BST FILE
6400 BYTES PALETTE INFOMATION ( 2 sets of 100 32 byte palettes)
32000 BYTES SCREEN DATA
We will give any and all support we can to programmers wishing to
use our routines in their code (free of charge or license!)
The FINAL version of COLORBURST v1.0 will be enhanced as indicated
above as well as in other ways. The C source will also be provided
on the same disk. Cost will be $39.95 available in mid to late
OCT. Prepaid orders will be filled first. Dealer and distributor
prices available ( HINT CSS and TRIANGLE et al.).
We are available at the following address and phone or on GENIE at
BEERYSBIT or PBEERY9
BeerysBit ASC
8174 Century Circle E, Suite 8
Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317)872-8622 between 10AM-6PM Indiana Time
Other products:
Orion's RUN (ARCADE)................$39.95 now ST
PC BOARD CONSTRUCTION KIT ..........$39.95 6 weeks ST
Programmers MUSIC CONST. KIT (GFA)..$39.95 2 weeks ST
COMICS ON DISK Vol.1 ...............$12.95 now ST/AMIGA
The QUEST for MOLEY (GAME)..........$59.95 8 weeks ST/AMIGA
MAC/IBM
SynthView (MIDI)....................$49.95 now ST
SCORE (Grade book)..................$39.95 now/3 wks IBM/ST