Megapaint 4.0/graphics/commercial
From: Doug Wokoun (aa384@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Date: 04/04/92-01:51:16 AM Z
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From: aa384@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Doug Wokoun) Subject: Megapaint 4.0/graphics/commercial Date: Sat Apr 4 01:51:16 1992 Taken from: ST Report Online Magazine (#8.11) - March 13, 1992: | | | > MEGAPAINT 4.0 STR Review ".. powerful features found only..." | ======================== | | | | | MEGAPAINT 4.0 | ============= | | | CODEHEAD TECHNOLOGIES | ===================== | | | by Doyle C. Helms | STaff Editor @ STReport | | | In the last installment I covered some of the functions that included, | in case some of you missed it, the system set-up. This is where the user | can configure the MegaPaint to their own particular needs. Loading and | saving of the various file types was covered. Using external modules, one | very powerful feature that allows external programs configured as | "MODULES" to enable MegaPaint to perform many functions not found in the | original version. Printing to various devices were explained and also the | ability to create your own printer driver. The block menu options, sheer, | rotate, cut, copy, paste, move, invert, lasso and more were covered. Most | all of the options are shared with the vector "part" of MegaPaint and are | identical in function and use. I will not cover these functions for the | vector portion again because it would be ever so redundant to do so. | | I admit that I may have gone into a little to much detail covering | some of the tools functions in the last installment. I will try to be a | little more concise (at the cost of finer details) and combine the tools | functions of both "parts" (Vector/Raster) into a more readable format that | is less time consuming for both you and I. | | Let's take a look at the OBJECT commands of MegaPaint. Remember that | these descriptions will apply to both the Vector and Raster portions of | MegaPaint. I will note any differences in use or command and point out to | which the difference will apply. | | Where else would you find point, line, polyline, triangle, rectangle, | rhomboid, parallelogram, polygon, circle, and ellipse together in one | program? Let me not forget that the CIRCLE option also includes CIRCLE | ARC, CIRCLE SECTOR, CIRCLE RING and CIRCLE RING SECTOR! The ELLIPSE option | includes ELLIPSE, ELLIPSE ARC, ELLIPSE SECTOR, ELLIPSE RING and ELLIPSE | RING SECTOR. | | Many of the above mentioned tools can be accessed in several ways. | One is via the drop down menu, another is a keyboard command or through | the previously mentioned POP-UP MENU (user definable). A difference | should be noted here in the raster choices and the vector functions. Once | a RASTER object is placed(pasted down), it is there permanently, like any | other "paint" program. A "VECTOR" object can be moved, re-sized etc. much | like you would find in EasyDraw GEM objects. Let me also note that | objects can be placed via an x/y coordinate input. | | The user will also find the standard "painting" tools such as FILLS, | AIR BRUSH and PAINTBRUSH options. Of course ALL of the choices are | user-definable/adjustable. The fill patterns included with MegaPaint, | approximately 6 sets of 32 fills in each set, are selectable for different | printer set-ups(either pin or laser). | | Let's move onto some of the TEXT handling features of MegaPaint. One | of the first drawbacks I found with this powerful program is the native | TEXT format. SIGNUM fonts. The availability of SIGNUM fonts in this | country (U.S.A./North America) is dismal. From all that I have heard and | read about SIGNUM in Europe is that it is a excellent TEXT processing | program. Luckily, the CODEHEAD TECHNOLOGY folks have released a MODULE | that allow the use of CALAMUS fonts to be loaded in as SYMBOLS. MegaPaint | allows TEXT to be entered as an ASCII file or through its own text editor. | If you choose to LOAD a text file, the user must define a TEXT area via | the mouse. If the loaded text exceeds the defined area, the text will be | cut. The user must then redefine the text area and try again. The text | editor has standard editing capabilities, cursor control etc. Once the | user "pastes" the text down, that is it. The text cannot be move or | redefined. Upon "pasting" the text the user is given the option of | selecting the text to JUSTIFIED, CENTERED (LEFT or RIGHT) or CANCEL. One | small feature of the TEXT function allows the creation of TEXT FIELDS for | database information. I have not tried the feature called "SERIES | LETTERS" from within MegaPaint, but the manual states that the TEXT FIELDS | can be used to produce flyers etc. and use the TEXT FIELDS to | automatically insert pertinent information within the information such as | personalized names and information. | | The VECTOR portion of MegaPaint allows the importation of a raster | image so that the user can trace the object. The raster image is loaded | in at either 25%,50% or 75% so the user can easily see contrast between | the "background" image and the trace lines. The tracing of objects is NOT | automatic like Avant Vektor or Silhouette, but is manually done by the | user. the tracing option allows use of Bezier curves and or polylines. | | | Well I believe you have some indication now of the power and ease of | use that MegaPaint offers the user in production of professional graphics. | CODEHEAD TECHNOLOGIES is continually adding to the MODULE library for | further power increases and the support offered by CODEHEAD TECHNOLOGY is | unsurpassed by any other software distribution company in the North | American continent. If you need or want a professional graphic/DTP | editing package for the ST/STe/TT then this product is definitely worth | the price (well below $200.00 US Retail). The combination of features | found in this one program are without equal on any platform for the price. | CODEHEAD/MegaPaint brings new life to the old saying, "POWER WITHOUT THE | PRICE"... | | CODEHEAD TECHNOLOGIES | P.O. Box 74090 | Los Angeles, CA 90004 | (213) 386-5735 | | -- Doug Wokoun (aa384@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) - - - Atari SIG
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