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  1. Short:    Paint,Anim from 1 to 24bits
  2. Author:   Halvadjian Georges
  3. Uploader: gothic.fr@free.fr (Halvadjian Georges)
  4. Type:     gfx/edit
  5. Requires: OS 3.0, Minimum 68030 + FPU, Graphics card recommended
  6. Version:  1.3
  7.  
  8. WebPage: HTTP://gothic.fr.free.fr/amiga/index.html
  9.  
  10. French Doc can be found in Aminet: PfPaint_FRA.lha
  11. English Doc can be found in Aminet: PfPaint_ENG.lha
  12.  
  13.  
  14.   Paint, Anim and manipulate pictures from 1bit to 24bits
  15.  
  16.  
  17. -----------------------
  18. |                     |
  19. |    Requirements     |
  20. |                     |
  21. -----------------------
  22.  
  23.  PerfectPaint:(1-8bits)
  24.  ----------------------
  25.     Minimum 68030 + FPU
  26.     Minimum OS 3.0
  27.     Graphics card recommended
  28.  
  29.  PerfectPaintPro:(24bits)
  30.  ------------------------
  31.     Minimum 68030 + FPU
  32.     Minimum OS 3.0
  33.     Graphics card with Cybergraphique or Picasso96
  34.     Render.library recommanded
  35.     Jpeg.library recommended
  36.  
  37.  
  38. ----------------------------------------
  39. |                                      |
  40. |    Some features of PerfectPaint     |
  41. |                                      |
  42. ----------------------------------------
  43.  
  44.      Drawing in 1-24 bits
  45.      Antialiasing
  46.      Spare page
  47.      Stencil
  48.      Symmetry
  49.      Multiple-level undo
  50.      Text with antialiasing, bevel, outline and effects
  51.      Different types of pen
  52.      Animation
  53.      Real-time zooming (1-8bits)
  54.      Arexx
  55.      Brush: Mapping density, Opacity, Smooth border (24bits)
  56.      Several effects
  57.      *Colour:
  58.            - Shade
  59.            - Light
  60.            - Transluency
  61.            - Inverse color
  62.            - False color
  63.            - grey
  64.            - Treshold
  65.            - Airbrush
  66.            - Spray
  67.      *Wrap: 
  68.            - Texture
  69.            - Brush
  70.            - spare
  71.            - Cloud
  72.            - Gradient
  73.      *Distortion:
  74.            - Displace
  75.            - Fish eye lens
  76.            - FlipX
  77.            - FlipY
  78.            - Fractal
  79.            - Ripple
  80.            - Rotate
  81.            - Sin
  82.            - Straw
  83.            - Twirl
  84.            - Wave
  85.      *Convolution
  86.      *Other:
  87.            - Shadow
  88.            - Grain
  89.            .......
  90.  
  91. Read the documentation for more information.
  92.  
  93.  
  94.  
  95.  
  96. ---------------------
  97. |                   |
  98. |    What's New     |
  99. |                   |
  100. ---------------------
  101.  
  102.   PerfectPaint (1-8bits) & PerfectPaintPro (24bits)
  103.   -------------------------------------------------
  104.  
  105.   - Right mouse button on Undo icone: Redo Object
  106.     - Improve Shine Effect
  107.     - Improve popup menus
  108.     - Improve polygone filling
  109.     - Fix a bug with very big antialiasing circle
  110.   - Improve Spray Effect
  111.   - New text effect:
  112.        - Azzaro
  113.        - Emboss
  114.   - New Arexx command
  115.            - pp_UpdateUndoBox (Undo only a part of the picture)
  116.            - pp_GetWidthT (Width of curent text)
  117.            - pp_GetHeightT (Height of current text)
  118.        - pp_freebrush
  119.        - pp_PickBrush
  120.        - pp_ScaleBrush
  121.   - Improve Pick-Brush
  122.       if you pick a brush with shift key, Background color will not be transparent.
  123.   - Improve memory allocation, Now PerfectPaint & PerfectPaintPro are compatible with
  124.     virtual memory (Gigamem, VMM)
  125.  
  126.  
  127.  
  128.   PerfectPaintPro (24bits) only:
  129.   ------------------------------
  130.  
  131.   - Big work on Brush:
  132.        - Load & Save With or without alpha chanel.
  133.        - Effect: Smooth border, Mapping density, Opacity
  134.   - Animation is available
  135.   - New text effect: 
  136.        - Stone
  137.        - Motion_Toolkit
  138.     - SpeedUp undo,brush preview (zoom)
  139.     - little bug fixed with Load&Save Jpeg
  140.     - Improve Compose requester and add a popupmenu for it.
  141.     - Load HAM6 and HAM8 Picture
  142.     - New commands: 'save Render Image' 'Save Render brush' 'Save Render Anim'
  143.         With the help of "render.library" you can reduce nb of colors of
  144.     your picture, brush or animation with various dithering.
  145.     (you need render.library)
  146.     - New arexx command
  147.  
  148.     COMPOSE REQUESTER
  149.         * pp_ComposeReqOn
  150.         * pp_ComposeReqOff
  151.     * pp_Compose
  152.     
  153.     CONVOLUTIONS
  154.     * pp_ConvInit
  155.     * pp_Conv y C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
  156.  
  157.     RENDER REQUESTER
  158.         * pp_RenderReq
  159.     * pp_Render
  160.  
  161.         * pp_BrushOpacity
  162.     * pp_SavePrefs
  163.         * pp_PickBrush x y width height
  164.         * Improve pp_Bsave
  165.     * pp_AskMultiFile
  166.         
  167.  
  168.     - Improve Gif script (Save GIFPicture,GIFBrush,GIFAnimation)
  169.         Now these scripts can work on 24Bits version of Perfectpaint
  170.     - New script: - Save QuickTime movie (you need Jpeg2mov)
  171.                 - Load Postscript (you need Ghostscript)
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  173.