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Article #6908Re: comicworks ( comment on previous message + description/review )
From: Tim Smith
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1986 02:41
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1986 02:41
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comment on previous posting:
The airbrush has 96 sizes ( 1 to 96 pixels ). Ten sizes are selectable
by pressing 1,2...,9,0. You get the other sizes by using the '+' and
'-' keys to increment/decrement the size.
It is published by Mindscape. It was written by MacroMind ( MusicWorks,
VideoWorks, etc ) and Mike Saenz ( the comic book "Shatter" ).
description/review:
A document consists of one or more pages. Within pages you place
panels ( a panel may cross a page boundry ). Within panels you
place easels and balloons.
An easel is a place where you place graphics, and a balloon is a place
where you place text.
The things you may do to an easel are a superset of what you can
do in Macpaint.
The text in balloons may have font/size/style changes, and may be
edited. The style options are a superset of those in MacPaint.
Think of easels and balloons as objects. You may have 64 objects
in each panel. You specify the ordering of the objects.
You can specify how each easel is drawn. The options are
Matte, Copy, Or, Xor, BIC, NotCopy, NotOr, NotXor, NotBIC.
Most of the annoying "features" of Macpaint seem to be gone.
For example, you can edit brush shapes. The spray can is
replaces with an airbrush, with 96 sizes, and 4 speeds.
If you need the spray can, it is available from the keyboard.
Windows may be resized and scrolled. You can use the marquee
to select things larger than the window - it will scroll to keep
the cursor in view.
FatBits works much nicer. FatBits splits the window in two, one
side with a normal view, one side with FatBits ( you may select
from three different sizes of FatBits ). You may work in either
the FatBits side or the regular side.
ThinBits. Like FatBits, but goes the other way. Only one size
is available. Again, all the tools work in either side.
--
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