--- = Next Page = Next Line = Quit This text can be printed with a word processor, or by typing the following command in a Shell window: Copy PPaint:ReadMe.txt PRT: --- Cloanto Personal Paint 6.4 This disk contains a complimentary edition of Personal Paint version 6.4 for the readers of Amiga Format. The software is identical to the commercial version. Some files (pictures, data files, languages, etc.) have in part been changed to fit on a single disk. A description of new features of Personal Paint 7 is also enclosed, while a special upgrade offer to the full version 7 package (CD-ROM or floppy disk) appears on the same issue of Amiga Format. Hard Disk Installation To install Personal Paint 6.4 to your hard disk, just open the Workbench window of the destination directory, and drag-and-drop the floppy disk icon into it. Personal Paint does not require any particular Assign instructions to run, although assigning the logical name "PPaint" to the program directory is useful to tell the system where to look for Personal Paint when an artwork file is double-clicked on. If, for example, the "PPaint" drawer is installed in the partition named "Work", you could add the following command to the "S:user-startup" file: Assign PPaint: Work:PPaint Personal Paint also runs directly from the cover disk (without hard disk installation). In order to make the software fit on a single floppy disk, the Personal Paint program file has been compressed using the Imploder software. When you double-click on the "PPaint" program icon, the software is decompressed automatically. If you installed the software to your hard drive, you may want to decompress the program file, so that it can load faster and using less memory (since it does not have to be decompressed each time it is run). To create a decompressed executable file, type the following command in a Shell window (assuming that the software is in "Work:PPaint"): CD Work:PPaint Deplode PPaint Visit Cloanto on the World Wide Web and on Aminet! The Cloanto web site contains the latest news, answers to frequently asked questions, product descriptions, distributor addresses, upgrade information and support files: http://www.cloanto.com The Aminet archives (available on the Internet and on CD-ROM) contain a special Cloanto section in: biz/cloan If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to write us: info@cloanto.com We continue to invest in the Amiga in a very difficult moment. Please support us by using only original software. Thank you. Your Cloanto Team  Personal Paint 7 - Overview of New Features - New and improved file formats, including Photo CD (licensed by Kodak), GIF (licensed by Unisys), BMP (Windows and OS/2), JPEG (not a DataType any more), 24-bit DataTypes and PBM - Professional Internet features like GIF animations, a map editor, and everything needed to achieve maximum image quality in a compact size - Enhanced user interface (pop-up gadgets, different sizes of user interface fonts, NewIcons thumbnails, etc.) - 182 Rexx commands, with scripts directly accessible from the tool bar - New "plug-in" library system makes it possible to add input/output formats (for files, scanners, screens, etc.) and to replace critical Amiga blitter and CPU code with a combination of "virtual blitter" and other logic fully exploiting the different configurations (68040, Phase 5 PowerPC, etc.) - Automatically create directory thumbnails for entire directories - Advanced vector text functions (rotate, antialias, paths, animate, etc.) - CD-ROM edition includes: developer documentation, reorganized online manuals (no addenda - all in the right place), tutorial animations, extended artwork. Another Quality Amiga CD-ROM from Cloanto: Personal Suite This CD-ROM includes Personal Paint 6.4 and Personal Write 4.1 from Cloanto, SBase 4 Personal (from Oxxi), Personal Fonts Maker 1 & 2 (Cloanto), 27 professional colour fonts, an animated font, Cloanto's DirDiff (file synchronization and replication software) and PNG Toolkit, plus ½ Gbyte of pictures, animations, stereograms, stereogram animations, Amiga fonts, printer downloadable fonts and texts. The CD-ROM contains no public domain or shareware software. The commercial titles are the latest versions available, with full AmigaGuide manuals (English and German, with some titles also in Italian and French). Famous Amiga artists like Jim Sachs participated with a selection of their best Amiga art. Also included, a compilation of animations by Eric Schwartz, for the first time in IFF ANIM format. Presenting The Kara Collection CD-ROM It took 10 years of hard work to create the superb art which is contained on this CD-ROM. The Kara Collection includes all packages previously published by Kara Computer Graphics for the Amiga, plus many more, in an exclusive and professional edition reorganized and enhanced by Cloanto. This CD-ROM contains 80 ColorFonts (including effects like brick, glass, chrome, chisel, etc.), 5 AnimFonts (handwriting, rotating characters, static wipes, sparkles, etc.), hundreds of alternate colour palettes, Starfields (moving stars seen from different perspectives), Plaquegrounds (backgrounds such as granite, marble, sand-stone, wood, etc.), and software for special effects in pictures, animations, titling and presentations. All items for solo or combined use. The Kara Collection also includes two software packages developed by Cloanto to manage bitmapped fonts: ColorType for colour fonts and the Personal Fonts Maker for black and white fonts. Both have been acclaimed as the best in their respective fields. To make AnimFonts really easy and enjoyable to use, we created an ARexx program for Personal Paint, which renders any string of characters into animated text. As Kara says, "So long to the laborious task of placing individual letters... This is the way AnimFonts were meant to be!!!" Legal Notes This material is part of a special edition for Amiga Format, and is not freely distributable. Personal Paint main program, support files and programs, screens, artwork, manual and image collection, Copyright © 1992-1995 Cloanto Italia srl (Cloanto), unless otherwise indicated in the files or in the documentation which is part of the commercial distribution published by Cloanto. Parts are licensed from third parties. This compilation is Copyright © 1997 Cloanto Italia srl. All rights reserved. No part of the Personal Paint disk or drawer containing this text may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Cloanto. The default Workbench icons written by Personal Paint are freely distributable. No copyright notice is required when redistributing these icon files. The executable file decompression modules were written by Peter Struijk and Albert J. Brouwer. The PNG compression procedures were inspired by source code of Jean-Loup Gailly. The PostScript Language is Copyright © 1985-1990 Adobe Systems Incorporated. Some images were downloaded from public domain sources; other images were used with permission from commercial third-party collections. The single pictures may contain additional information on the respective copyrights and authors. This software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise. By using the software and data files, you accept the entire risk as to its quality and performance. Cloanto and the Cloanto logo are registered trademarks, and ColorType, Personal Paint, Personal Suite and The Kara Collection are trademarks of Cloanto Italia srl. For additional disclaimers and trademark, patent, copyright and other legal information please refer to the documentation included with the full commercial package, which can be requested via E-mail. All information contained herein is subject to change without notice.