RDraw V1.48 ----------- © 30-3-1991 Paul Dodd Written by Paul Dodd Written using AMOS Introduction ------------ This art program is easy to use athough it can be a little slow at times. If you find any bugs or you have any sugestions please write to me about them. The whole of RDraw is run by the icon bar execpt for the undo which is the key. On this disk is an example picture in the directory (see load) The icon strip -------------- This is the strip that comes up whenever you press the right mouse button. The strip comes up where your mouse pointer is. The left mouse button works on all the icons and the right mouse button works on a few. To quit you must hold the left mouse button on the quit icon and then press the right. The colour bar -------------- Select any colour from this with the left mouse button to use in your drawing operations. The colour you have selected will apear in the box to the right of it. The sideways question mark -------------------------- Click the left mouse button on this and then select the colour you want to draw with. There is a little bug in this which should be sorted out by the next version. The dotty line -------------- Click on this with the left mouse button and then draw with the left mouse button. to undo The joined up line ------------------ Click on this with the left mouse button and then draw with the left mouse button. to undo The strait line --------------- Click on this with the left mouse button. To draw strait lines click again and hold the left mouse button and while still holding it move it and realese when you are satisfied with the line. to undo The ray ------- This ones very pretty. ahh. Click on the icon with the left mouse button. To draw a ray click and hold the left mouse button and move your mouse in a circle. Then realese the left bouse button. for undo The circle ---------- Click on the left for an empty circle click and on the right for a filled circle. To draw the circle hold down the left mouse button and move it and then let go. to undo The oval -------- Same as circle exept it draws an oval to undo The poly line ------------- Bit useles and this might have to go on future versions. Click on the icon with the left mouse button. Use the left mouse button. Press the right mouse button when finished. for undo The square ---------- Click on the left for and unfilled square and on the right for a filled square. Do the same as the circle and oval but you have a square. If you click on the filled square with the right mouse button you can get interesting effects. Just thought I would add that for a laugh for undo The box with the blobs in ------------------------- What ever blob you click on will become your brush which you can draw with or use with the spray can. The blob will be the colour which you have selected using the colour bar. There is no way of getting a bob which is your background colour so you will have to use the thing below if you want one. The black square inside the box with the blobs in ------------------------------------------------- If you click on this with the left mouse button you can get an erraser of what ever size you want upto 100. This is essencial even though its a bit simple. for undo _ _ The icon that looks like this | | ----------------------------- |_ _| With this you can define your own brush. Click on it with the left mouse button. Use the same techneqe as the square to draw around what you want your brush to be. You can draw with this or use it with the spray can. You will be able to see through the background colour because a mask will be in operation. The pencil ---------- This enables you to draw with your bob. Click on it with the left mouse button and then draw with the left mouse button. When ever you use this a mask will be in operation(That means you will be able to see through the background colour(I think I've said that before someware)) for undo. The spray can ------------- Clicking the right mouse button on this enables you to set the limits for the spray. Clicking the left mouse button on this icon and then clicking with the left mouse button enables you to spray with your current brush. This is quite effective with some brushes. for undo The paint can ------------- Click the left mouse button on this icon. Where ever you click the left mouse button will paint with the current colour. sorry but this is realy slow because I think there is either a bug in ramos or most probabaly a bug in my program. I hope to get it faster in future versions. for undo The A icon ---------- Click the right mouse button on this to set what you want the writing to look like. Press the right Mouse button to get back to menu. Click the left mouse button on this and then click the left mouse button where you want the cursor to be. The delete key and the cursor keys dont work but these !WILL! be in operation on the next version. For undo hold down the left mouse button and press The magnifi glass ----------------- This is an extremaly useful tool. It covers most the screen when it is enlarged. Click the left mouse button on its icon, and then place the box over the area to be magnified. To the bottom right there is a little picture that shows you what it looks like scaled down to its original size. Above that is the colour bar that you can select your colours from. When you have finished either press for undo or press the right mouse button if you are happy. On later versions I hope to have more than just one magnification. for undo CLR --- This clears the screen with the background colour. If you want to change the background colour use the RGB. for undo About ----- Tells you my address and about the program. By the way if your wondering why its called RDraw. Its the first name that came into my head. Quit ---- Hold down the left mouse button and press the right to quit this brilliant program. ! Warning ! no requester asking you if you want to leave or not. This will be on the next version. Load ---- Click the left mouse button on its icon and a file selector comes up down the middle are all the names of the files and directorys. To scroll down and up these use the arrows on the right. Try to load the example picture. Click on and that directory will come up. Double click on . Pretty rubish picture isnt it. If you think you can do better look at the notes near the end. This loads a picture from the disk. for undo sorry but the current colour cycling setings arnt loaded. On future versions I hope to add this. Save ---- Saves a picture onto disk. Sorry but the current colour cycling settings arnt saved. On future versions I hope to add this. Kill ---- Deletes a file from the disk. (Dosent have to be a picture) --------------------------------------------------------------- Soon you will be able to load, save and kill brushes. You may also be able to load a marble background of any colour. --------------------------------------------------------------- RGB --- Click the left mouse button on this. A scaled down drawing of your picture will appear in the middle. To the left is a colour bar. To the right is sliders for changing the amount of Red, Green and Blue in each colour. takes you back to the origianal colours before you chose RGB takes you back to the picture enables you to copy one colour to another. gives you the origianal palette enables you to change how many colours on the screen on the time at the same time. enables you to set the colour cycle> tests the colour cycle going up tests the colour cycle going down Cyc --- Click on this to learn how to operate the colour cycling. Und --- Click on this to learn more about the undo feature. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This program is public domain but you must include this documentation if you distribute it. For a compleate listing of this program in AMOS basic and the latest version please send me a cheque for £5.00 made out to Paul Dodd. Please State Version Number. On future versions to be realesed the folowing features should be in operation. * = Next Version to be realesed. *MUCH FASTER (As the main screen isnt in Double Buffering) *64 colours (Extra Half Brite Mode) (American Spelling) *Cursor keys working when writing (quite useful) *Ability to have a nice little red rainbow (Totaly useless) *Ability to load a marble background of any colour (hmmm) Icons when saving pictures (very useful) Mouse coordinates (quite useful) More fonts (Useful) *3D boxes and circles using different colours (Pretty) Load and Save brushes (very useful) *Flipping and Stretching of parts of screen (very useful) !Please, Please can someone tell me how to print a screen in AMOS! Here is my address. Paul Dodd Hillside Odstock Salisbury Wilts SP5 4JE ENGLAND If you want a print out of this documentation please send me £1.00. Please State Version Number. Please write to me about any bugs that you find and can you include the error number please (if there is one). |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |If you have drew a realy good picture using RDraw why not send it in | |and it might be included on the next version. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| Letters will be replied to if a S.A.E is included. By the way look out for the following programs by me. Tscetch..Childrens art program Qsound..A stupid little piano program Wilbert..A Game They may be on the same disk together. Goodbye and happy programing or drawing or what ever the case may be. Just thought I would add this at the end. Thanks to:- 'Francois dontknowhissecondname' for programing AMOS 'Mandarin' for publishing AMOS 'SONY' for making good T.V's 'New Image PD' for having a good PD liberary. 'Commodore' for making the C64 (oh. and the amiga) 'Star' for making good printers 'DPaint' for helping me make RDraw (hmmm) 'The Computer Place' for repairing my amiga. 'Johnation Fairhurst' for testing this program 'Neighbours' for giving me inspiration (Did you know Paul on neighbous has an A500) Thats it. Goodbye. O wone last thin. Plese excuse mi spelin.