This file contains corrections and updates to the printed SuperPaint 3.0 documentation. We urge you to print and carefully read this material before you start working with SuperPaint 3.0. Keep it as a reference and a supplement to your SuperPaint manual. We recommend that you mark the following corrections in your manual. Topics are arranged in page-number order.
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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS
When running under MultiFinder®, suggested memory allocation for color SuperPaint documents is 2500K. More memory may be needed for 16-bit and 32-bit documents, and SuperPaint’s performance can be improved by increasing the memory allocation. For black-and-white documents, the suggested memory allocation is 1100K. To change the memory allocation from the Finder™, click the SuperPaint program icon once to highlight it, choose Get Info from the File menu, and then type the amount of memory you want to allocate to SuperPaint in the Application Memory Size box.
• Installing SuperPaint (Part 1, page 14)
Depending on which files you selected, you will be prompted to insert “Disk 2,” and “Disk 3” (not “Disk 4.”)
• Hiding the grid (Part 4, page 11):
If the document grid is visible (Show grid was selected in the Grids & Rulers dialog box), the grid dots are hidden if Hide Paint Layer (or Hide Draw Layer) is chosen from the View menu.
• Capture Defaults (Part 4, pages 42 and 43):
Tools Palette – The currently selected tool, the current active layer, and the current Paint Brush shape are captured. The radius setting for rounded rectangles is not captured.
Line & Fill Palette – The current Line Fill and Area Fill patterns, which fill display is active, and the current Line Widths settings are captured. The current Transfer Mode is not captured.
View Menu – The active layer is not captured.
Dialog Boxes – Captured: all current settings in the Bezier Settings, AutoTrace Settings, Round Corners, Scale Selection, Rotate Selection, Replicate, Grid & Rulers, and Capture Defaults dialog boxes, the document orientation, the number of sides for the Multigon, whether arrows are used, whether dashes are used, as well as the formats currently selected in the Open dialog box. Not captured: the current settings in the Page Setup dialog box, the current arrow settings, and the current dash settings.
• Virtual Documents (Part 4, page 60):
In general, the fact that part of a virtual document is on disk will not affect your work except when dragging a selection in the Paint layer beyond the working area. If you drag a selection outside of the working area (so that part of the selection is in the virtual area), and paste the selection down, the portion of the selection in the virtual area will be lost. To avoid this problem, change the working area by means of the Show Page dialog box or by scrolling the document, and then drag your selection into a new position.
If you installed the Menu Commands, the Place submenu of the File menu will contain the entries: EPS, Apple® Scanner, ThunderScan® TIFF, MacPaint®, and TIFF (not StartupScreen). Image-acquisition plug-in modules in the SP Pouch folder may not be listed in the Place submenu, depending on the machine. For example, the ThunderScan TIFF and Apple Scanner module will not appear in the Place submenu of black-and-white machines.
• Saving in Other Formats (Part 4, page 90):
Texture – The Selection to Texture dialog box automatically opens the “My Textures” folder contained in the SP Pouch folder, where textures can be conveniently saved.
• StartupScreen (Part 4, page 73):
Note: 16 and 32-bit StartupScreens will not appear on machines without 32-bit QuickDraw™ built into the ROMs such as the SE/30, Mac II, IIx, and IIcx.
For example, you would export an image as an EPS document for use in a color-separation program such as Aldus® PrePrint™, and to a TIFF or an EPS document for placement by page-layout applications such as Aldus® Personal Press™ and Aldus PageMaker®.
Export the entire SuperPaint document to a TIFF or an EPS document. The resolution of the Draw layer is maintained when exported as EPS; however, the resolution of an exported TIFF image is always 72 dpi. The special effects (e.g., texture and gradient fills) are maintained in both document types.
Export a single selected SuperBit object in the Draw layer to a TIFF document at 72 dpi.
Export the selected objects in the Draw layer (including SuperBits objects and text) to an EPS document, and maintain the resolution of the objects.
Note: If there is a combination of bitmapped graphics and object-oriented graphics contained within the EPS texture when it is exported, the EPS file will print as a bitmapped image.
• Textures (Part 4, page 88):
Note: In situations where available memory is low, color Textures are displayed as black and white on screen; however, the color information is retained in the document.
• Gradients (Part 4, page 90):
Note: There is a System 7.0 problem on machines with 32-bit QuickDraw built into the ROMS (ie: SE/30, II, IIx, IIcx) which causes gradients to look banded rather than smooth. The workaround is to use a Transfer Mode other than Opaque. For example, to simulate Opaque, set the Transfer Mode to Transparent (99%).
• Gradients (Part 4, page 92):
When working at a magnification other than normal, the “elastic band” always stretches from the center of the shape in the 1x pane.
• Transfer Modes (Part 4, page 96):
Transfer Modes cannot be applied to text in the Draw layer or to objects in the Draw layer filled with a texture.
• Colors palette in color documents (Part 4, page 120):
Note: The Colors palette on an SE/30 with a black-and-white monitor is not displayed as dithered; instead, the colors are displayed as black or white depending on the hue.
• Text with Patterns (Part 4, page 143):
Configuration & Interaction – Text characters can be filled with the current Area Fill. However, patterns can not be applied to text in the Draw layer of 8-bit, 16-bit, or 32-bit documents.
• 3-D Box (Part 3, page 7; Part 4, page 153):
Produces a three-dimensional box that can be wire frame, solid (press the Option key), or a shaded wire frame (press the Command key). Press both the Option and the Command keys to produce a shaded solid. Uses current Area Fill, Line Fill, and Line Widths.
• AllGon (Part 4, page 154):
The SmearGon and the SprinkleGon effects in the AllGon Settings dialog box are not available in the Draw layer. These effects are available only in the Paint layer.
• Spiral Tool (Part 4, page 158):
The Paint Multiple command does not work with the Spiral tool.
• Paint Bucket (Part 4, page 165):
Modifiers – While working in reduced view, press the Option key and click in the 1x pane to fill only the area in the document window.
• Oval selection tool (Part 4, page 187):
Modifiers – Pressing the Option key while defining an Oval selection does not cause the selection to contract to exclude all areas of white or initial color.
• Transform Commands (Part 4, page 199):
In the Draw layer, all transformations, with the exception of Scale Selection, can be removed from the selected object with the Remove Transformations command. All objects in the Draw layer, with the exception of the objects drawn with the Perpendicular line, Horizontal line, Rounded Rectangle, Rectangle, Oval, Arc and Bubbles can use the “Remove Transformation” command when the Rotate Right, or Rotate Left command is applied.
• Draw layer (Part 4, page 256):
Except in 1-bit (black-and-white) documents, the Draw layer is always 32 bit. Therefore, in the Draw layer of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit documents, you have access to nearly 16.8 million “true” colors. The discussions of color bit depth and dithered colors pertain only to the Paint layer.
• Editing a SuperBits Object (Part 4, page 274):
If the monitor bit depth does not match the document bit depth, or the document is not 1-bit, the program will not display the white lines between the pixels in magnified views (fatbits).
The rulers displayed in the Edit SuperBits window indicate the screen size of the graphic, not its actual size.
• Printing Guidelines (Part 4 page 299):
Draw-layer objects that have been assigned Transfer Modes other than Opaque will not print as they appear on your screen when printing to Postscript Printers. To preview how such objects will look when printed, select all the objects, then choose Opaque from the Transfer Modes pop-up palette. If this effect is not satisfactory, cut all the selected objects to the Paint layer; they will then print with the assigned Transfer Mode(s) as they appear on your screen, but with a loss of resolution.
If your image contains curved Draw-layer objects with textures or gradients as the Line Fill, your printer may not have enough RAM to print it. Bezier curves are the most frequent offenders in this case, but printing capability also depends on the complexity of your image. There are two workarounds to this problem: 1. cut the image to the Paint layer (but be prepared for a loss of resolution); or 2. convert the Bezier segments to polygons (if there are not too many curves, this solution may be satisfactory).
Draw objects filled with very large textures can cause printing problems. To circumvent this problem, either cut the entire object to the Paint layer (with the attendant loss of resolution), or install more RAM in your PostScript® printer.
Draw objects filled with the “peaked” gradient can take a very long time to print; the number of “bands,” or the thickness of the gradient, determine the length of the printing time—the more “bands,” the longer the print time. It is not advisable to print objects filled with the “peaked” gradient in the Draw layer.
White pixels in a Paint-layer image show as transparent when the image is cut to the Draw layer; this is not a problem, except when printing. To avoid an excessively long print time, select the SuperBits object, then select white from the Permanent Fills area on the Line & Fill palette. The bounding box of the image will be filled with white, which may or may not be acceptable to your purpose. In any case, make the bounding box of the SuperBits object as small as possible to cut down on print time. (The same situation will occur if you try to print with the Paint layer on top; whenever appropriate, make sure the Draw layer is on top before printing.)
Draw text that has been filled with a texture or gradient will print very slowly. To work around this problem, you can cut the entire image to the Paint layer (with an attendant loss of resolution, unless you create and edit a SuperBits object from the paint image). In addition, some bitmapped fonts will not print with texture or gradient fills; you may even encounter this problem with certain characters within a bitmapped font.
Aldus, the Aldus logo, PageMaker, PrePrint, Silicon Beach Software, and SuperPaint are registered trademarks and Personal Press is a trademark of Aldus Corporation. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. Apple and MultiFinder are registered trademarks and Finder is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. MacPaint is a registered trademark of the Claris Corporation. Thunderware is a registered trademark of Thunderware, Inc.
