GRAFIX - THE EASY WAY THE ONLY ART TUTOR YOU'LL EVER NEED PROGRAMMED BY SILLY SOFTWARE AVAILIBLE FROM F1 SOFTWARE INTRODUCTION: GRAFIX is a new easy to use Art Tutorial package from Silly Software. It aims to teach the beginner and more experienced person how to design computer art, sprites, and animation. Using a step by step manual and graphics designed by a professional artist you could soon be designing your own professional graphics and animation for your own programs. Over the years various art tutorial programs have followed the same method of teaching computer art. However, some people have found that this method has not helped. The reason being is that this method is found to be difficult. GRAFIX teaches using a new method, removing all the complications of learning art and teaches it - The Easy Way. This method shows you how to design graphics that look nice and are easy to create. GRAFIX also goes one step further than other art tutorial packages by including an animation feature. This teaches you how to design animated sprites, such as walking movements. The animation options show you how a sprite is animated and shows it actually animated. The main program has been designed for easy use. Its just a simple point and click affair. Simply choose a subject to learn by selecting the option on the main menu and a series of pictures take you step by step through it. In the full package of GRAFIX will be various options teaching all different methods of designing graphics as you can see from the main menu. Animation two will teach you how to animate the human walk, Animation four will teach you how to animate animals such as a horse, and Animation three will teach you how to animate a running character. The MISCEL option will show you how to define graphic blocks which can be put together to form platforms which could be used in a game, and other things such as windows and doors. We believe GRAFIX is the best art tutorial package ever released, you will not find another one like it. Whatever you wish to do, we feel GRAFIX will show you what to do. And of course if you need further help then we are quite happy to assist you. All you need do is write. HOW TO GET GRAFIX: The full version of GRAFIX is available now. It includes two disks with sixteen tutorials and a printed manual. The manual allows you to learn more about the subjects taught by GRAFIX by going into greater detail. If you wish to place an order for GRAFIX then write to F1 SOFTWARE at F1 SOFTWARE 1 Lower Mill Close Goldthorpe Rotherham South Yorkshire S63 9BY Tel/Fax 01709 888127 Price £6.99 +75p P&P (UK) £1.00 (Europe) £1.50 (ROW) Please make cheques and postal orders to F1 SOFTWARE Credit Card Sales 01709 888465 (Visa, Visa Delta, Mastercard, Eurocard) HOW TO USE THE GRAFIX DEMO: For this demo we have disenabled some of the options. They are the ones shaded in red. All others can be used. GRAFIX is controlled entirely by the mouse. To choose an option simply move the mouse pointer so that the tip (bottom part) is over the option. Press the left mouse button and GRAFIX will load the option. On all the options there is a menu bar at the bottom of the screen. The MENU option will return you to the main menu. The left and right arrows will move backwards and forwards through the options tutorial pictures. To activate this options, simply move the mouse pointer over them and press the left mouse button. To the left of the menu bar is the present picture number. Each screen gives a short tutorial. The animation option is a little different as the PICTURE part of the menu bar is replaced by an Animate Button. When you come to the end picture of this option you will see a sprite in a dotted box. You can see this sprite animated by moving the mouse pointer over the ANIMATION button and pressing the left mouse button. The word OFF will change to ON and the head sprite will move from side to side. Click on Animation to turn it off. On some of the COLOUR screens the mouse pointer will turn into a magnifying glass. This allows you to look at part of the picture in greater detail. Simply move the glass over the part you wish to examine and the part will magnify itself into the empty box with the plug connected to it.