when scanning. If you do not want to have a limitation of the scan-width, you simply have to enter a "?". The program Scan&Save has its own input-line in order to limit the scan- width. Similar rules apply to this line, the only difference being that here the width has to be entered in pixel. (2.1) - The pause after horizontal scanning has become much shorter. (I) - You can now leave the demo-program by pressing the left mouse-button. (II) - Demo also changes the colors to black and white before starting. In earlier versions the colors stayed as they were. (III) - The Software-package now also supports Handy-Scanner with resolutions of 200/300/400 dpi. The selected resolution will be tested each time before scanning and then appropiate steps will be taken. If you only have a scanner with a resolution of 200dpi, the programs will not be able to work with the higher resolutions. If you use the resolution of 300 or even 400dpi the image will be too large to be completely shown on screen. Therefore the right border will be missing. Nonetheless Handy-Painter as well as Scan&Save will work with the complete picture. (I) - Also supported is the Personal A4 Scanner (A4, 200dpi). The picture is not completely displayed while scanning. A complete page is about 2400 lines long. In order to be able to scan a complete page you need at leat 1MByte RAM. (III) - Handy-Painter now also supports the Handy-Scanner type 10 (105mm wide, 200/ 300/400dpi resolution) as well as the Mitsumi A4 Scanner (200/300dpi in up to 64 dithering-gray-scales). If you want to use one of these scanners you need the apropriate interface. You can only make full use of these scanners if you have about 1 to 2 MByte RAM. (2.1) - We now also support a color-Handy-Scanner (64mm wide, 90dpi, 4096 colors). If you want to use this scanner you need the above mentioned Interface as well as 1-2MByte RAM. Scan&Save and Demo treat this scanner like a b/w scanner. Handy-Painter additionally has several color-modes implemented that are especially made for the color-scanner (see below). The b/w-mode is still useful if you have simple b/w-drawings. (2.1) - Each of the three programs now tests if a scanner is connected before scanning. You will be warnend if your scanner is not connected. (II) - Handy-Painter now has several new scan-modes besides "Normal" and "Inverse". They are mainly intended for use with the new color-scanner. The modes are referenced by numbers: 1 - 7. You select one of these scan- modes by entering its number in the second line of the scanner-requester. The numbers have the following meaning: 1: Scan using a grey-scale of 16 colors. 2: Scan using 16 predefined colors. 3: Scan using 16 colors that have been adjusted to optimal fit the picture. 4: Scan using 8 colors and dithering (results in 4096 effective colors !) 5: Scan using 32 predefined colors. 6: Scan using 32 colors that have been adjusted to optimal fit the picture. (The modes 5 and 6 can not correctly be displayed by Handy-Painter. We suggest that you instantly save pictures scanned in these modes and continue work on them with a different program). (Modes 1 to 6 need a color-scanner !) 7: Scan using a real grey-scale of 16 colors. This mode only works with a b/w-scanner which is capable of dithering. You must switch the scanner in a grey-scale mode of course. The resolution of the scanner will be divided by 4 (400dpi e.g. will be reduced to 100dpi). After scanning the palette gets appropriately adjusted. Please take care that you have put Handy-Painter in a mode where it can display 4 (or 3) Bit-Layers. We remind you of the large amount of memory and time that working with color needs. (2.1) - During some very time-intensive operations Handy-Painter now displays a message that it is working. (2.2) - In case of a system-error Handy-Painter now tries to manage the cleanup via alerts. Thus it is now possible to save the pictures after a hangup even if Handy-Painter was started from Workbench. (2.2) - Handy-Painter now also supports the PAL-mode because the height of the screen display in interlace-mode is now defined in the file Text.txt. When using English language the predefined contents are ":§|400|". The number 400 can be changed if necessary. The only restrictions are, that: a) Never should less than 400 be entered. b) The number should be a multiple of 8. c) You should never specify more lines than the hardware can manage. (2.2) - In order to faciliate the use of Handy-Painter the two first colors are now temporarily set to default colors during menu operations and most of the requesters. (2.2) - The background of the screen display of Handy-Painter is now drawn with its own color if possible. This is more conenient for the eye, especially when using interlace mode. (2.2) - The menu has been extended by "Show Page". This clears the screen and then displays a complete view of your picture. You can quit this display by either pressing any key or pressing the left mouse-button. (I) - New menu-items are "Color => front" and "Color => back". You can use them to redifine the current foreground- or background-colour. With them you can change the background-colour of a scannend picture or similar things. You only select the background-colour and the chose "Color => front". Now you can change the colour of the background, too. With "Color => back" you can define on colour that remains unchanged while changing colours. These two menu-items are also important if you want to define your own brush because brushes should be defined in the foreground-color. Otherwise mask-effects will occur that may be very interesting but are normally unwanted. Both menu-items need some time, so don't panic. (II) - Another new menu-item is "Load palette". You can use it to reload palettes that are stored on disc without changing anything else in the current picture. (2.1) - A new menu-item is also "Save palette". This menu-item enables you to store the current palette on disc independent of the contents of the picture. You can use this menu-item for making a backup-copy of your palette before changing it. (2.1) - "Gamma correction" is another nwe menu-item. It has been especially designed for pictures which have been digitalized using color scanners. Upon selecting this item the complete palette will be made brighter in order to compensate the usual nonlinearities of color-scanners. (2.1) - The menu-item "Grey correction" enables you to redefine your palette such that it's average is a neutral grey. This menu-item might aid you with pictures that have not the correct colors. (2.1) - A menu-item that works like the color control of you color-TV has been added: "Change color". This menu-item allows you not only to choose between a b/w-picture (0%) or a color-picture (100%) but also to enlarge the contrast between the colors being used (>100%). (2.1) - Another newcomer is the menu-item "- Show copy". It defines if the edit- functions "Copy", "Zoom by scale", "Scale-Zoom/Pattern" and "Pattern => Grey" (see also next point) show their destination-area with a frame (default) or if the result of the function is pre-displayed. This will be important if you want to make one picture out of different parts of scan- in. (II) - A new menu item is "- Smooth". You can use it in order to tell Handy- Painter if it shall use the coloring or a smoothing function when you select the coloring icon. If smoothing is selected each of the pixels next to the cursor will be replaced by that color that is colsest to the average. This function of coures only makes sense if you are in a mode with color (more than one Bit-Layer). (2.1) - The menu-items "Zoom by scale" and "Scale-Zoom/Pattern" are two new edit- functions. They principally make a copy and at the same time zoom the area  Please continue reading in ReadMe2