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MagniPaint V3.3
(C) Copyright 1991-93 By Blueview Software.
All Rights Reserved.
DISCLAIMER
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Blueview Software will not be liable for any damage that may
result from the use of this program. This program comes with NO
WARRANTY written or implied. Use this program at your own risk :)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Inc. Windows is a registered trade mark of Microsoft Inc.
REQUIREMENTS
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IBM Compatible Machine
Mouse
VGA/SVGA card
DOS 3.3 or higher (or any Compatible DOS)
LICENSING
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You are granted a 30 day evaluation period to use MagniPaint,
if you find that MagniPaint is a valuable tool and expect to use it
beyond the evaluation period, then you are expected to register. The
cost of registering MagniPaint is $20.00. U.S. ($24.00 Cdn) See
ORDER.TXT.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
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If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions,
Blueview Software can be contacted through several means.
BBS - Baudeville BBS (416) 283-0114
- Leave message to NICK ONOUFRIOU in the main conference.
Shareware Conferences - RIME, INTELEC, NANET, CITY2CITY, FIDONET,
and ILINK. Leave message to NICK ONOUFRIOU.
Internet: nick.onoufriou@bville.gts.org
nick.onoufriou@canrem.com
Fido net-mail: 1:250/304
1:229/15
Surface Mail - Blueview Software
2300 Lawrence Ave. East BOX 80551
Scarborough, Ontario
CANADA M1P 2R0
NOTE: All mail _will_ be answered. If you do not receive a reply
within a few days please try again, mail does get lost.
INTRODUCTION
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MagniPaint is a graphic editor for creating and manipulating
small graphic images. MagniPaint is capable of handling graphics up
to 100 X 100 pixels in size with 16 or 256 colors. The popular PCX
format is supported along with the BMP and ICO format used
by MS Windows programs.
GETTING STARTED
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If you have not yet tried the program, please try it now, this
will allow you to get a better understanding for the proceeding
information.
The MagniPaint display is divided into five areas, the top
left corner contains the actual size image of the icon, the far
right contains a zoom image of the icon, the lower left contains
a box with the 'MP' letters, above that is the tool box, and at the
lower right is the color box. All drawing and editing is done in
the zoom area.
SELECTING COLORS
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To select a color move the mouse pointer in color box area,
point to one of the colors and press the left mouse button.
SELECTING TOOLS
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To select any of the tools move the mouse pointer in the tool
box area, point to one of the tools and press the left mouse
button.
TOOL DESCRIPTION
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-Open : Read image file
(see USING THE FILE REQUESTER)
(see CHANGING FORMATS)
-Save : Save Image to file
(see CHANGING FORMATS)
(see USING THE FILE REQUESTER)
-Dot : Point where to plot dot, press left mouse
button.
-Line : Point where to plot the starting end of
the line and press left mouse button, move pointer
to extend the line, release button.
-Square : Point where to plot the starting corner
of the square and press left mouse button, move
pointer to expand the square, release button.
-Filled Square : Same as square.
-Circle : Point where the centre of the circle
will be and press left mouse button, move pointer to
expand the circle, release button.
-Filled Circle : Same as circle.
-Spray : Point where to spray dots and press left mouse
button, release button.
-Size : Changes the size of the zoom area.
-Mode : Switches graphic modes (640X480X16 OR 640X480X256)
-Paint : Point to area that you want painted and press left
mouse button, release button.
-Undo : Removes the last thing you plotted.
-Grid : Toggles the grid in the zoom box.
-CLR : Clears the display.
-Exit : Allows you to exit the program.
-View : Allows you to view your image in different
resolutions.
-Clip : Point where to mark the starting corner
of the clip area and press left the left mouse
button, move pointer to expand the clip area, release
button.
-Open : Reads file into the clipped area.
-Save : Saves image area that is clipped.
-HFLIP : Flips the image horizontally
-VFLIP : Flips the image vertically.
-Up : Scrolls the image up.
-Down : Scrolls the image down.
-Left : Scrolls the image to the left.
-Right : Scrolls the image to the right.
CHANGING FILE FORMATS
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By moving the mouse pointer over the SAVE or OPEN gadget and
pressing the RIGHT mouse button you are given a list of file
formats. Select a format and press the OK gadget.
BMP - Windoes BMP format
ICO - Windows Icon Format
Remember when saving in this format that only
the first 32 X 32 pixels starting from the
left top corner will be saved. If you clip save
the file and its less than 32 X 32 the image
will be padded to 32 X 32.
PCX - Used By PC Paintbrush and other popular
programs. Images that are larger than 100 X 100
pixels will be truncated.
A NOTE TO REGISTERED USERS
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Thank you for registering MagniPaint. Your key file (MP.KEY)
should be placed in the same directory as your MP.EXE file in order
to deactivate the registration reminders. Your key file is encoded with
your name and address and should not be redistributed in any form. Please
disregard the next paragraph if you have already registered MagniPaint.
REGISTERING MAGNIPAINT
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Why should you register MagniPaint?
When you register MagniPaint your letting us know your using
this program and would like to see similar programs released
by this method. It also allows us to devote more time
making the program better if we are provided with an incentive to
do so. Upon registering you will receive the latest and greatest
version of MagniPaint and a 'KEY' file that removes the reminders
for registration from the current and any future versions of the
program.
If you have decided that this program is worth registering please
print a copy of ORDER.TXT or VISAORDR.TXT and fill it out.