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- MetaCreations Painter Classic (tm)
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- Thank you for trying the Painter Classic demo CD! This
- demo version contains all the great Natural-Media features
- of the full product. However, when using the demo version
- you will not be able to save or print your artwork.
- In addition, the full retail version includes hundreds of
- pieces of additional content in the form of photos,
- brushes, paper textures, nozzles, color blendings, lighting
- and patterns.
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- We have created an electronic version (Acrobat PDF) of the
- step-by-step Tutorial Guide. We strongly suggest you print
- this guide and work through the step by step lessons. They
- will provide a good overview of the program. Please note
- that when working through the Tutorial, you will not be
- able to save your artwork.
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- TO ORDER
- ...or for more information...
- Call 800-846-0111 or visit
- http://www.metacreations.com
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- This Read Me file contains important information about
- your new software. You don't have to read this
- information now, but after you've installed and looked
- around the program, review the following information.
- It will help you get the most out of Painter Classic.
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- CONTENTS
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- - UNDERSTANDING PAINTER CLASSIC
- - COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
- - TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- UNDERSTANDING PAINTER CLASSIC
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- PAINTER CLASSIC'S INTERFACE
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- Painter Classic's interface is organized across a series
- of main menus and a set of floating palettes. There are
- four main floating palettes: the Tools palette, Brushes
- palette, Art Materials palette and Controls palette.
- Utilize the User Guide and take the time to explore what
- each of these palettes can do.
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- PAINTER CLASSIC'S BRUSHES
- It is the incredible Natural-Media(r) brush engine that
- separates the Painter family of products from all other
- graphics programs. If you spend a little time investigating
- how the brush engine works, Painter Classic will open up
- as the most incredible art program you have ever used.
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- SEAMLESS TILING
- Seamless tiling makes Web projects a snap with an easy star
- switch right on the document window. You can utilize an
- existing image or develop your own within a small area,
- then repeat it perfectly over the entire Web page.
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- IMAGE HOSES AND CLONING
- The image hose paints with a variety of changing images.
- Experiment with the images and thevariations you can use.
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- NOZZLES
- The Image Hose Nozzles work differently with different variants.
- Experiment to see the effects.
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- TEAR-OFF TOOLS
- Don't overlook the new Tear-off Tools. Grab any brush
- (like the Pencil) and drag it off the palette. Presto.
- You've created a custom palette. You can drag any
- of the tools onto a custom palette.
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- SCRIPTING
- Scripts allow you to record every action you make in Painter
- Classic. Scripts are similar to video tape. You can record
- and play them back at any time from the Script palette.
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- The recording process is simply a matter of clicking record,
- then Stop and then naming the script. When you're done, the
- script appears in the palette.
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- To erase a script, select delete from the pop-up menu at the
- bottom of the palette. Select the script you want deleted and
- click delete.
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- COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
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- - Painter Classic only supports the Photoshop 3.0 plug-in API
- (not 4.0). Plug-ins, like Alien Skin Eye Candy, which
- require the Photoshop 4.0 filter API will not work
- with Painter.
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- - Several Adobe Photoshop 4.0 plug-ins are designed to work
- only with Photoshop. They will appear in the Painter menus,
- but will not run.
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- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- When you purchase Painter Classic, Technical Support is free*
- to registered users of Painter Classic.
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- There are many easy options to obtain technical support for
- questions about installation, configuration or functionality.
- You will find the answers to most of your questions within the
- pages of this User Guide.
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- Creative Support
- If you have questions regarding creative technique, please refer
- to our message boards and mail lists on our website:
- www.metacreations.com
- This area is available to you to meet and talk with other users
- of Painter Classic to share knowledge, technique, and inspiration.
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- * MetaCreations does not currently charge for technical support
- for Painter Classic. The only expense to the user is the
- telephone toll charges.
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- Note: MetaCreations reserves the right to change its support
- policies at any time.
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- (C)1998 MetaCreations Corporation. All rights reserved.
- MetaCreations Classic Painter is a trademark and Natural-Media
- is a registered trademark of MetaCreations Corporation.
- MetaCreations Painter is covered by U.S. Patent No. 5,347,620.
- Licensed under U.S. Patent No. 4,558,302 and foreign counterparts.
- This product is covered by one or more patents owned by Scitex
- Corporation LTD. This product contains PhotoDisc Images
- (C) 1996 PhotoDisc, Inc. QuickTime and Macintosh are registered
- trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Photoshop and Illustrator are
- registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. Windows is a
- registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. All other product
- brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks
- of their respective holders.
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