@database "fxPAINT.guide" @author "Felix Schwarz" @remark "$VER: fxPAINT Guide 1.0 (31. August 1999)" @node MAIN "fxPAINT 1.0 Documentation" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} fxPAINT 1.0@{FG text}@{BG back} (©1998-99 by Felix Schwarz. All rights reserved.) @{i}@{b}... do it the creative way ...@{ub}@{ui} @{b}Contents@{ub} · @{b}General information@{ub} > @{"About fxPAINT" link ABOUT} > @{"Features" link FEATURES} > @{"Requirements" link REQUIREMENTS} > @{"History" link HISTORY} · @{b}Introduction & Tutorials@{ub} > @{"How fxPAINT works" link HOWWORK} > @{"Drawing fire" link DRAWFIRE} · @{b}Reference@{ub} > @{"Toolbox" link TOOLBOX} > @{"Toolbar" link TOOLBAR} > @{"Pulldown-Menus" link PULLDOWNMENUS} > @{"Effects" link EFFECTOPTIONS} > @{"fxEXTRAs" link FXEXTRAS} > @{"supported formats" link SUPPORTEDFORMATS} · @{b}Support@{ub} > @{"Hints & Tips" link HINTSNTIPS} > @{"Frequently asked questions" link FAQ} > @{"Technical support" link SUPPORT} > @{"Contact" link CONTACT} · @{b}Disclaimer@{ub} > @{"Disclaimer" link DISCLAIMER} @endnode /// "ABOUT" @node ABOUT "About fxPAINT" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} About fxPAINT@{FG text}@{BG back} fxPAINT is the first and only image-processing-software for the AMIGA, that makes consequent use of the AMIGA- hardware and available extensions (especially PPC-boards). That`s why fxPAINT offers you a great functionality and flexibility. It combines several types of programs and is much more than just a traditional painting-package (though it does that job, too). You can organise, convert, view your pictures, create HTML-overviews or print them. Scan them, digitize them, create them .. need a fractal graphic, fire or screenshots ? No problem! fxPAINT can even be used as a workbench-enhancement! No matter whether you are a graphics specialist or a now-and- then user, you will be fascinated by the speed, workflow and extended abilities of fxPAINT. @endnode /// /// "FEATURES" @node FEATURES "Features" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Features@{FG text}@{BG back} · @{b}Support of existing hardware@{ub} > Scanner (using RBM`s ScanQuix) > VLab (not Motion) > graphic tableaus · @{b}Creation of new pictures and textures as basic function@{ub} > Fractals > Fire > Screengrabber · @{b}Full PPC-Support@{ub} > PPC-support was included from the beginning on > Support of WarpUP and PowerUP (ppc.lib) > Open PPC-support allows support for theoretically every (maybe new) PPC-Driver-System · @{b}Optimized printing routines@{ub} > Support for TurboPrint > Support for old printer.device > Support for the new API in AmigaOS 3.5 · @{b}24 Bit-Alpha-Channel@{ub} > Easy usage and choosing > Full control over transparency effects > aimed changing of red-, green- and blue-compentents of an image · @{b}Open and publically documented Plugin-API fxPLUGIN for@{ub} > Loader-Modules > Saver-Modules > Effect-Modules > Displaydrivers > Modules for additional functionality · @{b}Over 70 effects and special effects@{ub} > Effects are being calculated and displayed in realtime > Effects are sorted by categories (-> find wanted effect fast) > Anti "red eyes" > Antique > Black&White > Bluebox > Bumpmapper (3D-Logos with shadows, glow, etc) > Buttonborder > Clone > Colourize > Compose > Convolution > Correction (Brightness, Gamma, R, G, B) > Create border > Create wave > Deinterlace > Draw > Dithering (14 different methods) > Distortion (Radial and quadratic) > Earthquake > Embed/Watermark Plugin (using PHILTH) > Emboss > Explosion-Tile > Fisheye > Gaussian blur > Gradation-curve > Glow > Oil-Painting > Pagecurl > Pixelise > Posterize > Pyro functions > RGB-Shifting > Remove isolated pixels > Replace color > RLE compression optimizer > Rotate > Rubthrough > Scale > Selective Gaussian Blur > Shear > Silhouette > Smooth > Spread > Straw > Supernova > Texture > Tile > TV Lace > ICS Color Correction > Insert brush > Invert/Negative > Lightsource > Lightspeed > Limit RGB > Logic > Maximum > Median > Minimum > MinMax > Mirage > Mirror > Mosaic (replace a picture with smaller ones) > Motion (Blur) > Move > Noise > Waves > Zoom-Blur > etc. · @{b}Extended painting tools@{ub} > Magic Stick (Pantograph)-function > Gradients as basic tool > Smear- and Blur-Tool > usual basic-tools > draw with fire · @{b}integrated picture management with fxALBUM@{ub} > Fast catalogisation of pictures on your HD > directly linked with fxPAINT and therefore has optimal abilities for image manipulation > Printing of overviews > Organisation as catalogues > export as HTML-overviews · @{b}integrated mini-converter fxCONV@{ub} > conversion of several dirs full of pictures with some clicks > conversion from any to any format supported by fxPAINT · @{b}Completly new library of loader- and saver-modules@{ub} > highly optimized > read/write formats like ILBM, PCX, BMP, TARGA, JPEG, YUVN, LJPG, PNM, RGB8, TIFF, IFF24, .. > preview of the JPEG-fractures · @{b}own GUI-System@{ub} > Realisation as BOOPSI-Objects > 24Bit GUI-elements and gradients > GUI contains many pictures > Bubble-Help for easy usage > three user-settable knownledge-degrees > automatic fixation of window-positions > GlowIcon-style > no hacks, patches, etc. · @{b}ARexx-support@{ub} > connect fxPAINT with all your favourite programs! · @{b}AmigaOS 3.5 system enhancement@{ub} > systemconform > allows fast overview of all your graphics > direct linking of Workbench and fxALBUM, fxCONV and fxCONV · @{b}Full AmigaOS 3.5 support@{ub} > OS 3.5 icons > OS 3.5 printer support > OS 3.5 workbench support > OS 3.5 datatype support · @{b}Internal modules@{ub} > fxALBUM > fxCONV > fxIMAGEMAP > fxPLUGINs @endnode /// /// "REQUIREMENTS" @node REQUIREMENTS "Requirements" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Requirements@{FG text}@{BG back} · @{b}Minimal@{ub} > AmigaOS 3.x > CPU: 68020 > RAM: 6 MB > 10 MB harddisk · @{b}Recommended@{ub} > AmigaOS 3.x > CPU: 68040/060 > RAM: 16 MB > 10 MB harddisk or more · @{b}Perfect@{ub} > AmigaOS 3.x > CPU: 68040/060 and PPC or even PPC-only > RAM: 32 MB or more > 20 MB harddisk or more @endnode /// /// "HISTORY" @node HISTORY "History" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} History@{FG text}@{BG back} · @{b}V1.0 (Nov. 1999)@{ub} > initial release at the Cologne Show @endnode /// /// "HOWWORK" @node HOWWORK "How fxPAINT works" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} How fxPAINT works@{FG text}@{BG back} In order to understand the whole documentation, you should first learn how fxPAINT works: @{b}fxPAINT works with several "layers" (from back to front):@{ub} - the picture layer This is what you created or loaded into fxPAINT - the drawing layer (8 Bit) - the alpha layer (24 Bit) These two layers are defining the areas, the effect layer replaces the effect layer. - the effect layer the effect to be calculated on the image @{b}In short:@{ub} fxPAINT creates the image by merging the effect layer and the picture layer using the data of the drawing and alpha-layer. In most cases, this is a simple rubthrough, but in paint-mode, fxPAINT also uses the drawing- and alpha- layer to dynamically calculate the effect layer and merge it in. @{b}Drawing:@{ub} If you draw with fxPAINT, pressing the left mousebutton adds, pressing the right mousebuttons removes the effect at that position. @endnode /// /// "TOOLBOX" @node TOOLBOX "Toolbox" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Toolbox (@{"Pic" link "Pictures/REF_Toolbox.ilbm/main"})@{FG text}@{BG back} The toolbox allows easy access to all the most important tools and modules. The icons from left to right, top to bottom: · @{"Magic stick" link MAGICSTICK} (1) Actives/Deactives the magic stick · @{"Drawing tool" link DRAWTOOLS} selection (2) Click on this button and keep the mousebutton pressed. Now select the drawing tool you want to use and release the mousebutton. · @{b}Colorpicker@{ub} (3) Actives/Deactives the colorpicker. When the color- picker is selected, the next click makes the under- lying color the current color of the current project. · @{"Color manager" link PALETTE} (4) Opens the color manager. · @{"Effect options" link EFFECTOPTIONS} (5) Opens the effect`s options, if any exist. · @{"fxMANAGER" link FXMANAGER} (6) Opens the fxMANAGER. · @{"Brush manager" link BRUSHMANAGER} (7) Opens the brush manager. · @{"Layer toolbox" link LAYERTOOLBOX} (8) Opens the layer toolbox. · @{"fxALBUM" link FXALBUM} (9) Opens the fxALBUM. · @{"Plugin launcher" link PLUGINLAUNCHER} (10) Opens the plugin-launcher. · @{b}Image-chooser@{ub} (11) Click on this button and keep the left mousebutton pressed. Now select the image you want to make the current and release the left mousebutton. · @{b}Alphachannel-chooser@{ub} (12) Click on this button and keep the left mousebutton pressed. Now select the image you want to make the alpha-channel of the current image and release the left mousebutton. · @{b}Alphachannel active@{ub} (13) If this button is active, the alpha-channel for the current image is active. · @{b}Fast Pen-chooser@{ub} (14) Click on this button and keep the left mousebutton pressed. Now select the pen you want to use for the current image and release the left mousebutton. @endnode /// /// "TOOLBAR" @node TOOLBAR "Toolbar" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Toolbar (@{"Pic" link "Pictures/REF_Toolbar.ilbm/main"})@{FG text}@{BG back} The toolbar contains mainly shortcuts to whole-image-operations. From left to right: · Quick @{"create new image" link CREATENEWIMAGE} (1) Click on this button and keep the left mousebutton pressed. Now select the kind of image creator and release the left mousebutton. · @{b}@{"Load new image" link LOADIMAGE}@{ub} (2) A click on this button pops up an ASL-requester. Choose your image and fxPAINT will load it. Also see "@{"supported formats" link SUPPORTEDFORMATS}". · @{"Save image" link SAVEIMAGE} (3) Pops up the save requester. Also see "@{"supported formats" link SUPPORTEDFORMATS}". · @{"Print image" link PRINTIMAGE} (4) - Pops up the printer requester, if you select the higher image. - Sends the image to TurboPrint, if you select the lower image. NOTE: TurboPrint has to be installed for this :) · @{b}Zoom in@{ub} (5) Zooms into the current picture. · @{b}Zoom out@{ub} (6) Zooms out of the current picture. · @{b}Fill layer@{ub} (7) Fills the current layer with intensity 255 (the effect is fully visible). · @{b}Clear layer@{ub} (8) Clears the current layer and fills it with intensity 0 (the effect is fully invisible). · @{b}Undo@{ub} (9) Undos the last drawn change. You can`t undo fixes or operations, that change the size of the picture. · @{b}Redo@{ub} (10) Redos the last drawn change. · @{b}Fix image@{ub} (11) Fixes the image (makes all changes un-undoable) and clears the layer. If the option "Keep layer" is on in the @{"layer toolbox" link LAYERTOOLBOX}, the layer is kept. · @{b}Iconify@{ub} (12) Iconifies the current image to the @{"picture selcection bar" link PICTURESELECTIONBAR}. · @{b}Statusline@{ub} (13) The statusline shows the currently running operation. · @{b}Progressbar@{ub} (14) The progressbar shows the progress of the running operation. @endnode /// /// "PULLDOWNMENUS" @node PULLDOWNMENUS "Pulldown menus" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The pulldown-menus@{FG text}@{BG back} The pulldown-menus offer you fast access to nearly all functions in fxPAINT, especially if you learn some shortcuts. · @{b}Project@{ub} > @{"New" link CREATENEWIMAGE} > @{"Filled" link CREATE_FILLED} > @{"ScanQuix" link CREATE_SCANQUIX} > @{"VHI" link CREATE_VLAB} > @{"Fractal" link CREATE_FRACTAL} > @{"Fire" link CREATE_FIRE} > @{"Grab screen" link CREATE_GRABSCREEN} > @{"Open" link LOADIMAGE} > @{"Save as" link SAVEIMAGE} > @{"Print" link PRINTIMAGE} > @{"Printer" link PRINTIMAGE} > Turboprint > @{"About" link ABOUTREQ} > @{"About plugins" link ABOUTPLUGINS} > @{"Quit" link QUIT} · @{b}Windows@{ub} > @{"Brush manager" link BRUSHMANAGER} > @{"Color manager" link PALETTE} > @{"fxMANAGER" link FXMANAGER} > @{"Layer Toolbox" link LAYERTOOLBOX} > @{"Bevelbox Settings" link BEVELBOX} > @{"Magic Stick settings" link MAGICSTICK} > @{"Position window" link POSITIONWINDOW} > @{"Histogram window" link HISTOGRAM} > @{"Navigator" link NAVIGATOR} · @{b}Operations@{ub} > @{"Picture" link "PICOPERATIONS"} > @{"Rotate" link "PIC_ROTATE"} > @{"Scale" link "PIC_SCALE"} > @{"Shear" link "PIC_SHEAR"} > @{"Create frame" link "PIC_CREATEFRAME"} > @{"Create wave" link "PIC_CREATEWAVE"} > @{"Clone" link "PIC_CLONE"} · @{b}@{"fxEXTRAs" link "FXEXTRAS"}@{ub} > @{"fxALBUM" link "FXALBUM"} > @{"fxCONV" link "fxCONV"} > @{"fxIMAGEMAP" link "fxIMAGEMAP"} > @{"fxPLUGINs" link "PLUGINLAUNCHER"} · @{b}Settings@{ub} > @{"Settings .." link SETTINGS} > @{"Load" link PREFS_IO} > @{"Save (as default)" link PREFS_IO} > @{"Save as.." link PREFS_IO} > @{"Save layout" link PREFS_IO} · @{b}@{"Plugins" link "PLUGINS"}@{ub} @endnode /// /// "DRAWTOOLS" @node DRAWTOOLS "Drawing tools" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Drawing tools (@{"Pic" link "Pictures/REF_PaintMethods.ilbm/main"})@{FG text}@{BG back} fxPAINT offers lots of different drawing tools for every purpose (listed below from left to right). In general, the left mousebutton adds the brush to the layer, the right mouse-button deletes the brush from the layer. Cutting is an exception. If you draw a Bézier-curve, you can begin painting with the left mousebutton and continue with the right one in order to draw parts, even if your next click would no more fit into the window. > @{b}linked freehand paint@{ub} (1) Draws a continous line. You should avoid using this mode when @{"drawing fire" link DRAWFIRE}. > @{b}unlinked freehand paint@{ub} (2) Draws a point everywhere you draw with the mouse. The resulting line may not be continous. > @{b}line@{ub} (3) Draws a line. > @{b}unfilled ellipse@{ub} (4) Draws an unfilled ellipse. If you want to draw a circle, keep the left shift-key pressed while painting. > @{b}filled ellipse@{ub} (5) Draws a filled ellipse. If you want to draw a circle, keep the left shift-key pressed while paiting. > @{b}smear@{ub} (6) This function smears the original picture. @{b}THIS STEP CAN`T BE UNDOED!!@{ub} However, layers are not supported for this. > @{b}unfilled rectangle@{ub} (7) Draws an unfilled rectangle. If you want to draw a rectangle with equal width and height, keep the left shift-key pressed while painting. > @{b}filled rectangle@{ub} (8) Draws a filled rectangle. If you want to draw a rectangle with equal width and height, keep the left shift-key pressed while painting. > @{b}bevelbox@{ub} (9) The bevelbox-drawing-tool allows you drawing gradients. For more details see "@{"Bevelbox settings" link BEVELBOX}". > @{b}Bézier-curve@{ub} (10) Bézier-curves can be drawn in fxPAINT with three clicks: - first click (and draw!) the start and end-points of the curve - second and third click for two other points the line passes through. > @{b}flood fill@{ub} (11) This flood-fills the LAYER. If you want to select parts of the image, use the @{"magic stick" link "MAGICSTICK"}. > @{b}cut@{ub} (12) Cut and temporarily fix the select area and create a picture from that. @endnode /// /// "SETTINGS" @node SETTINGS "Settings" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Settings@{FG text}@{BG back} There are many different configurations for AMIGA-systems and some are @{b}very@{ub} special. In order to get out the most of your AMIGA, you should start with adjusting the settings for your system. Options: > @{b}Own screen@{ub} If you don`t want fxPAINT to always run on your workbench and you already have selected an alternative screenmode at "Screenmode" select this checkbox. > @{b}Screenmode@{ub} A click on "<" opens a requester with all available screenmodes on your system. If you have a CV PPC or BV PPC, the 24Bit-modes are the fastest modes for 24Bit-graphics-output, for Z3-boards these normally are the 15- and 16bit-modes. If you own a Z2-graphics- board, try out 8- and 15bit-modes - I never owned a Z2-graphics-board and therefore can`t give any real recommandations. It`s hard to recommend any AGA-modes for fxPAINT, but if you don`t own a graphics-board, you might want to try screens with 32, 64 or 256 colors. @{b}NOTE: The minimum-size for screens, so that fxPAINT is still usable is 640x480!@{ub} > @{b}Userstatus@{ub} Set your degree of experience with both the AMIGA and image processing software, here. > @{b}No requesterimages@{ub} If you want to speedup the requesters (especially on AGA-systems, this option is useful) by dropping the nice images, select this. > @{b}Bubble help@{ub} Switch on/off the bubble-help of fxPAINT here. > @{b}fxGUI Effects@{ub} fxPAINT`s GUI looks great and uses full 24bit. However, if you don`t like these effects and want to gear back fxPAINT`s look to a look similiar to the standard OS3.x-look, deselect this. On 8Bit-screens, this has no effect, as fxPAINT then automatically gears down. > @{b}Use CGX curiosity@{ub} CyberGraphX (CGX) has a quite strange feature. Everyone who already had a look at the autodocs of CyberGraphX might have pointed out, that there are different functions for scaled and immediately rendered 24bit-data (ScalePixelArray) and for direct output without scaling (WritePixelArray). If you now believe, that scaling needs more time, you`re wrong - at least for the CV 64/3D. If you check this checkbox, fxPAINT will use the scaling routine without scaling instead of the direct output. To get the best performance for your graphics-board, check, whether that curiosity exists for your board, too. > @{b}Picasso96 workaround@{ub} Picasso96 contains a bug in its CyberGraphX-emulation when emulation ScalePixelArray - the results often look very unpleasant. If you activate this workaround, fxPAINT will work around this bug by replacing this function through a combination of internal scaling and WritePixelArray. > @{b}Keep dimensions@{ub} If this checkbox is checked, fxPAINT will render the graphics in the correct dimensions and aspects on the screen. This affects all picture- and penselection- gadgets as well as the @{"navigator" link NAVIGATOR}. > @{b}Save NewIcons@{ub} If this checkbox is checked, fxPAINT will create thumbnail-icons for every saved image in the newicons- standard. All you need to have installed in LIBS: is the newicon.library, which can be found at fxPAINTCD:Tools/NewIcons/NewIconsV4/Libs/HE/ > @{b}Use tableau@{ub} fxPAINT supports every tableau, that uses the OS 3.x- style of transmitting pressure-data via an extended IntuiMessage-structure with additional information. However, if you don`t have a tableau connected to your AMIGA, switch this off in order to save some micro- seconds while painting. NOTE: All Haage&Partner-drivers (developed by Escena) are supported, as they use the systemconform and officially defined OS 3.x way for tableaus. > @{b}Max. Tableau-Pressure@{ub} Set the maximum tableau-pressure here. Note, that a higher maximum results in a higher sensitivity. > @{b}Max. queued mouse-steps@{ub} If you have a slow AMIGA, that can`t keep up with a flood of mouse- or tableau-inputs, raise the value of this setting. > @{b}PPC merge barrier@{ub} As fxPAINT also has to do context switches in order to pass the mouse-input to the PPC, it can happen, that it is faster to do a small calculation on the 68K instead of doing it on the PPC, flush the caches and switch back. If a 68K-emulation is finally available, the need for a merge-barrier might be at zero, which would result in 100% PPC-usage. The value of the barrier indicates the number of pixels, that have to be changed before the PPC is used. Experiment with different values or set it to zero, if you want to get full PPC usage (which might be slower in some cases). @endnode /// /// "PREFS_IO" @node PREFS_IO "Settings/Load & Save as" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Loading and saving settings@{FG text}@{BG back} > @{b}Load@{ub} Opens a filerequester and lets you load a file with options. > @{b}Save (as default)@{ub} Save the current settings. > @{b}Save as..@{ub} Save the current settings under a given filename. > @{b}Save layout@{ub} Saves the last positions and sizes of the windows of fxPAINT. They will appear in the same size and position the next time you open them. @endnode /// /// "DRAWFIRE" @node DRAWFIRE "Drawing fire" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Drawing fire@{FG text}@{BG back} You can "draw" fire with fxPAINT easier than ever before on the AMIGA or any other platform. Basically, drawing fire is a combination of several modes: > draw with a special, solid pen > draw with "unlinked freehand paint" > draw with a special mode of Paint (see options) > draw with a special combination of colors to create a gradient As I thought, that it`s simply too complicated and time- intensive to set all these settings by hand, I created the "Pyro Plugin" for fxPAINT. This does all the settings for you and offers you maximum comfort. You can select the gradient and the kind of the fire via one click. @{b}An example:@{ub} You want to draw a perfect looking explosion. > Create a blank, black image of 640x480 > Select the Pyro Plugin from the "@{"Plugins" link PLUGINS}"-Menu. > Select the first type of fire (looks like a sponge) > Select the first gradient (yellow) > Now start drawing in the middle of the image and move the pointer in excentric circles round the center of the image. > You should now have created a nice looking explosion. Fix the image. > Now fill the layer, and open the fxMANAGER > Choose the group "Blur" and the effect "Zoom blur" > Fix the image. > Fill the layer. > Now select group "Color transformation" and effect "Correction" > Open the options of the effect > Set the Red-parameter to a value greater zero. 32 and 64 are good worths .. just decide yourself how "hot" your picture shall look. > Fix the image > Find a possible result of this small workshop as @{"fxPAINTCD:Graphics/Pictures/Workshops/Explosion.ppm" link "fxPAINTCD:Graphics/Pictures/Workshops/Explosion.ppm/main"} (Example for 640x480) or @{"fxPAINTCD:Graphics/Pictures/Workshops/Explosion2.ppm" link "fxPAINTCD:Graphics/Pictures/Workshops/Explosion2.ppm/main"} (Example for 320x240) on the CD. @endnode /// /// "EFFECTOPTIONS" @node EFFECTOPTIONS "Effect options" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The effect options@{FG text}@{BG back} The effects are organised in groups. · @{b}Paint@{ub} > @{"Paint" link FX_PAINT} · @{b}Artistic@{ub} > @{"Oil painting" link FX_OILPAINTING} > @{"Buttonborder" link FX_BUTTONBORDER} · @{b}Blur@{ub} > @{"Smooth" link FX_SMOOTH} > @{"Median" link FX_MEDIAN} > @{"Selective Gauss" link FX_SELECTIVEGAUSS} > @{"Zoom blur" link FX_ZOOMBLUR} > @{"Motion" link FX_MOTION} > @{"Gaussian blur" link FX_GAUSSBLUR} > @{"Minimum" link FX_MINIMUM} > @{"Maximum" link FX_MAXIMUM} · @{b}Colortransformation@{ub} > @{"Anti Redeye" link FX_ANTIREDEYE} > @{"Antique" link FX_ANTIQUE} > @{"Black&White" link FX_BLACKNWHITE} > @{"Correction" link FX_CORRECTION} > @{"Dithering" link FX_DITHERING} > @{"Gradation" link FX_GRADATION} > @{"MinMax" link FX_MINMAX} > @{"Posterize" link FX_POSTERIZE} > @{"Replace color" link FX_REPLACECOLOR} > @{"Shift RGB" link FX_SHIFTRGB} > @{"Invert" link FX_INVERT} > @{"Limit RGB" link FX_LIMITRGB} · @{b}Compose@{ub} > @{"Rub through" link FX_RUBTHROUGH} > @{"Texture" link FX_TEXTURE} > @{"Colourize" link FX_COLOURIZE} > @{"Compose" link FX_COMPOSE} > @{"Insert brush" link FX_INSERTBRUSH} > @{"ExploTile" link FX_EXPLOTILE} > @{"Mosaic (of fxALBUM)" link FX_MOSAIC} > @{"Bumpmap" link FX_BUMPMAP} > @{"Logic" link FX_LOGIC} > @{"Bluebox" link FX_BLUEBOX} > @{"Tile" link FX_TILE} · @{b}Distorts@{ub} > @{"Page Curl" link FX_PAGECURL} > @{"Distortion" link FX_DISTORTION} > @{"Wave" link FX_WAVE} > @{"TV Lace" link FX_TVLACE} > @{"Lightspeed" link FX_LIGHTSPEED} > @{"Earthquake" link FX_EARTHQUAKE} > @{"Deinterlace" link FX_DEINTERLACE} > @{"Fisheye" link FX_FISHEYE} · @{b}Light-effects@{ub} > @{"Lightsource" link FX_LIGHTSOURCE} > @{"Supernova" link FX_SUPERNOVA} · @{b}Matrix-Operations@{ub} > @{"Convolution" link FX_CONVOLUTION} > @{"Emboss" link FX_EMBOSS} · @{b}Mirror@{ub} > @{"Shift" link FX_SHIFT} > @{"Mirage" link FX_MIRAGE} > @{"Mirror" link FX_MIRROR} · @{b}Noise@{ub} > @{"Spread" link FX_SPREAD} > @{"Pixelise" link FX_PIXELISE} > @{"Straw" link FX_STRAW} > @{"Noise" link FX_NOISE} > @{"Remove isolated pixels" link FX_REMOVEISOLATED} > @{"RLE compression optimization" link FX_RLECOMPRESS} · @{b}Plugins@{ub} @endnode @node FX_PAINT "Effect options: Paint/Paint" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Paint@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This effect is allows normal painting with the pens. You are able to draw in several different modes @{b}Options@{ub} · Method > Transparency "Plain" drawing with a color. > Fade Drawing with two colors at once. If this is selected, a gradient is created from the currently selected color in @{"color manager" link PALETTE} to the color set in Red/ Green/Blue in this requester. · Red · Green · Blue Sets the color for Method/Fade. @endnode @node FX_OILPAINTING "Effect options: Artistic/Oil painting" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Oil Painting@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This effect performs a special version of the pixelise-effect that works seperatly on the R, G and B-components of the picture. After this operation is done, the picture looks like an oil-painting done by an artist. @{b}Options@{ub} · Size This sets the size of one "rectangle" of the oil-painting. @endnode @node FX_BUTTONBORDER "Effect options: Artistic/Buttonborder" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Buttonborder@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} If you are regularly surfing the web, you might have seen lots of graphic buttons. But their look differs from those of AmigaOS, MacOS, Windows or Linux. Their borders are gradients and that looks cool and 3D. But creating these borders with a conventional image processing software might take some time. That`s why fxPAINT offers a special effect for this. @{b}Options@{ub} · Border Set the width and height of the border here. · Change You have to make a decision on whether your button shall be pressed or released here. A negative value creates a pressed button, a positive value creates a released button. · Gradient Check this checkbox, if you want the beveled 3D effect. @endnode @node FX_SMOOTH "Effect options: Blur/Smooth" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Smooth@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} It`s sometimes needed to smooth an image in order to hide "edges" in the picture or make a montage more realistic. @{b}Options@{ub} · Level The level, the image shall be smoothed by. · Floody mode If this checkbox is checked, the image looks less blurry but is still smoothed. @endnode @node FX_MEDIAN "Effect options: Blur/Median" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Median@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} The median-effect blurs only some parts of the image and makes them look different. Useful for some special effects. @{b}Options@{ub} · Level Set the median-level here. @endnode @node FX_SELECTIVEGAUSS "Effect options: Blur/Selective Gauss" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Selective Gauss@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Sometimes it isn`t possible to scan an image and get a high-quality picture. In most cases, a videocamera and a digitizer is used then. But digitised images contain noise in them making the image unusable for many purposes, e.g. printing them in a magazine. The "selective gauss" effect is a special variant of the gauss-effect, that removes that detects the noise and blurs these areas via a "Gaussian Blur". Note, that this effect is quite slow, but if you`re ready to wait, you`ll get great results. @{b}Options@{ub} · Radius Radius of the "Gaussian Blur", if applied. · Max delta The maximum delta needed to make "Selective Gauss" perform a "Gaussian Blur". @endnode @node FX_ZOOMBLUR "Effect options: Blur/Zoom blur" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Zoom blur@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} You hold an image right before your eyes, then move it away with lightspeed :) .. the image might leave trails as they are known from effect like "Motion Blur", but this time not in a certain direction but towards the middle of the image. This effect is then called "Zoom Blur". @{b}Options@{ub} · Level The level to "Zoom Blur" by. The higher this value, the heavier the effect. · Positiong mode By default, the center of the "Zoom blur" is the middle of the image. However, if you want another position, check this checkbox and perform a mouse- click at the new position. @endnode @node FX_MOTION "Effect options: Blur/Motion" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Motion@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Fast cars leave trails in the air, as our eyes can`t keep up with that speed. This effect is called "Motion Blur", whereas this effect here is a special version called "Motion", using an accelerated version of the "Motion Blur" effect that works in realtime. @{b}Options@{ub} · Level Gives the length of the created trails. @endnode @node FX_ANTIREDEYE "Effect options: Colortransformation/Anti Redeye" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Anti redeye@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Many photographs are made using flashes to shortly enlighten the surrounding and to improve the light situation in the room. Then, the famous "Red eye"- effect is created. This effect is created by our eyes, that are opened too wide to prevent bright light to be reflected. The red you`re seeing is in fact the blood of the people being photographed. To remove this effect, the "Anti Red-Eye"-effect can be used. @{b}Usage@{ub} fxPAINT is not able to decide, whether a red circle is a "red-eye" or a red point. That`s why you have to paint over the eyes with a small pen, then select the "Anti Red-Eye" effect and select a color to replace the red with. @{b}Options@{ub} · Red/Green/Blue Set the color to replace the red with. · Use current color Copy the current value of the color manager as "Red/Green/Blue". · Tolerancy Select the tolerancy of the effect for what has to be considered as red and be replaced. @endnode @node FX_ANTIQUE "Effect options: Colortransformation/Antique" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Antique@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Old grayscale-photographs have a special colortouch. This effect can be created with "Antique" in fxPAINT with a filled layer for the whole image or for selected areas. @{b}Tip:@{ub} Creates good results in combination with "@{"Noise" link FX_NOISE}". @endnode @node FX_BLACKNWHITE "Effect options: Colortransformation/Black&White" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Black&White@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This effect divides the image in black and in white parts. @{b}Options@{ub} · Frontier Any pixel-intensity higher than this frontier is considered white, every pixel-intensity lower or equal this frontier is considered black. @endnode @node FX_CORRECTION "Effect options: Colortransformation/Correction" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Correction@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Especially when scanning, digitising or creating own images, it is often needed to correct the value of one "color-channel" or of the whole image. This effect offers lots of ways to get the aimed result. @{b}Options@{ub} · Brightness · Red/Green/Blue Adjust the brightness of the whole image and/or of a seperate channel. · Gamma Correct the gamma-value of the whole image. · Contrast Adjust the contrast of the whole image. @endnode @node FX_DITHERING "Effect options: Colortransformation/Dithering" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Dithering@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Mr. Gutenberg has made one of the greatest inventions of all times - he made it possible to really produce books instead of copying them by hand. Mr. Gutenberg`s invention also made it possible to print newspapers. But these had a problem: How shall images by printed with only black and white available ? This problem was soluted with dithering which basically simply replaces some pixels by a combination of black and white creating grayscales for the eye. However, we can print in color today, too and still basically use the same princinple to build the image of C, M, Y and K-components. It was quite recently that dithering became popular on computers though today`s graphic chips can display 24Bit without any problem. One reason for this is for sure the internet: The wide-spread file-format GIF allows only 256 colors (and a licence ....). fxPAINT offers you 12 (!) different dithering methods, of which some can really be called an effect. @{b}Options@{ub} · Method > Bayer 16 This one might remind you to the good old times of the A2000, it`s wordprocessors and their poor display-routines. This method was used in most of them. > Bayer 4 A variation of Bayer 16. > Halftone Halftone-ditheirng is heavily used for today`s newspapers. > Rectangular This dithering-method creates a unique dithering, that looks as if you had first created a net on the image and then filled in colors. > Classic The results of this dithering-method always remind me to pop-art. > Ordered I Creates good results in nearly zero time. > Edgy dither This one is not really dithering. It`s a fast method to reduce the number of colors to less than 216. The palette is always the same. > Direct color Similiar to "Edgy dither". > Ordered II Might create better results than "Ordered I". Better in the meaning of "less areas of the image look like they were dithered". > Line diffusion A great and fast dithering method. But check your results twice before fixing. > Error diffusion Good dithering results with better results than "Line diffusion". > Floyd Steinberg This dithering-method creates the best results of all dithering-methods fxPAINT offers. However, it is also the slowest of all. Please keep an eye on the gauge, as you should not trust in your eyes to see any great differences between the original and the "Floyd-Steinberg" result. @{b}Tip:@{ub} Use this one for web-graphics, if you need 256 color images. @endnode @node FX_GRADATION "Effect options: Colortransformation/Gradation" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Gradation@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} "Gradation" allows you to perform a so called "Gradation curve" on your image. These curves are heavily used by graphic professionals to correct certain aspect of an image. @{b}Options@{ub} · Gradientscheme > Gray > Red > Green > Blue Select the channel to modify the gradation curve for. If gray is selected and you make any changes on the curve, the red, green and blue curves are changed, too. · Curve You can modify the curve by hand via mouse. Changes are viewed in realtime, if the @{"realtime" link FXMANAGER}- @{"mode" link FXMANAGER} is selected. · Load/Save Load save a gradation-curve. @endnode @node FX_MINMAX "Effect options: Colortransformation/MinMax" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} MinMax@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Many images (especially scanned images) don`t always use the full 256 levels that could be used. MinMax gets out the minimum and maximum of the image and streches it to the full 256 levels. This makes images brighter and gives them more contrast. @{b}Options@{ub} · Minimal value · Find value The minimal brightness-value. Can be found via "Find value". · Maximal value · Find value The maximal brightness-value. Can be found via "Find value". @endnode @node FX_POSTERIZE "Effect options: Colortransformation/Posterize" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Posterize@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Remind some old programs with bad display-code for truecolor-pictures under OCS ? This effect creates such an effect. @{b}Options@{ub} · Level The level of the effect @endnode @node FX_REPLACECOLOR "Effect options: Colortransformation/Replace color" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Replace color@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This effect replaces a color within a given range. @{b}Options@{ub} · Red · Green · Blue · Use current color The red, green and blue component of the color to replace. · Red · Green · Blue · Use current color The red, green and blue component of the color to use as a replacement. · Tolerancy Set the tolerance within with the color shall be replaced. · Gradient replace If you check this checkbox, the source-color`s intensity is stored and used for the destination- color. @endnode @node FX_SHIFTRGB "Effect options: Colortransformation/Shift RGB" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Shift RGB@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Systems are different. This is especially true for Intel- and Motorola-based machines. They use different ways to store bytes in memory. On Intel-based-machines, RGB-raw- data is stored as 0xBBGGRR whereas it is stored as 0xRRGGBB on Motorola-based machines. In other terms, Motorola uses the Big Endian format and Intel the Little Endian format. E.g. fxPAINT internally uses the Big Endian format. But if you`re reading raw-data, the byte-order might be wrong. This can be corrected with this effect. @{b}Options@{ub} · Shift RGB > RGB->BGR > RGB->BRG > RGB->GBR > RGB->GRB > RGB->RBG Possible exchanges. @endnode @node FX_INVERT "Effect options: Colortransformation/Invert" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Invert@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This effect is also often called "Negative". It creates the negative of an image. @endnode @node FX_LIMITRGB "Effect options: Colortransformation/Limit RGB" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Limit RGB@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} It often makes sense to limit the RGB-values. This effect cuts of values at a certain value. @{b}Options@{ub} · Red · Green · Blue · Use current color The red, green and blue component of the minimum. · Red · Green · Blue · Use current color The red, green and blue component of the maximum. @endnode @node FX_RUBTHROUGH "Effect options: Compose/Rubthrough" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Rubthrough@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This effect is known to everyone who has already worked with a 24bit-image-processor. It allows you to rub through an image below your pointer. @{b}Options@{ub} · Picture Choose the picture to rubthrough · Transparency Set the transparency of the image (shine-through of the original image). · X-Shift · Y-Shift X- and Y-shift of the image to the upper, left corner. · Use as alpha If this checkbox is checked, the picture selected above is also used as alpha-channel. @endnode @node FX_TEXTURE "Effect options: Compose/Texture" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Texture@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Textures are widely known from raytracers. They are the images on the objects. In this case, you can put a texture over your current image. @{b}Options@{ub} · Picture Select the picture to use as texture. · Level The level/intensity of the texturization. · Colored Use the color-information of the texture. @endnode @node FX_COLOURIZE "Effect options: Compose/Colourize" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Colourize@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} You can make an image appear in the currently selected color of the @{"Color Manager" link PALETTE} or of another image. @{b}Options@{ub} · Picture Select the picture, of which the color information shall be used. · Use picture Checking this checkbox makes fxPAINT use the color-information of the selected picture above instead of the color of the @{"Color Manager" link PALETTE}. @endnode @node FX_COMPOSE "Effect options: Compose/Compose" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Compose@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} If you already had a look at the fxALBUM-logo, you might have seen examples of the "Compose"-effect. This effect is one of the mightiest of fxPAINT as it allows you to mask, combine and scale images and add glow and shadow. @{b}Options@{ub} · 2nd picture Select the picture to combine with the current picture. · Mask If you want to mask out certain areas of the 2nd picture via a mask, select your mask-image here. · Width · Height Width and height of the "2nd picture" in percent when blitted on the image. · Use mask · Mask Transparency If you use a mask, you can set the frontier for the mask transparency here. · Shadow strength Set the strength of the shadow here. If you set zero, no shadow is rendered, if 255 is set, a black shadow is rendered. · Shadow softness You can regulate the softness of the shadow here. · Shadow X Move · Shadow Y Move Move the Shadow in X- or Y-direction. · Glow instead of shadow If this is selected, a glow-effect will be added to the contours of the image instead of a shadow. · Positioning mode If this mode is switched on, you can drag around the composed picture in the picture. @endnode @node FX_INSERTBRUSH "Effect options: Compose/Insert brush" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Insert brush@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect blits the currently selected brush into the image. @{b}Options@{ub} · Positioning mode If this mode is switched on, you can drag around the currently selected brush in the picture. @endnode @node FX_EXPLOTILE "Effect options: Compose/ExploTile" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} ExploTile@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Explosions are one of the favourite effects in today`s video-productions. Stunning titling-animations often contain such effects. This effect splits the picture into rectangles and puts them on the picture elsewhere. @{b}Options@{ub} · 2nd picture If you select "2nd picture" as backdrop, you can select the picture to use as backdrop, here. · Backdrop > 2nd picture Render the above selected picture as backdrop. > Black Render the "explosion" on a black backdrop. > White Render the "explosion" on a white backdrop. > Color Render the "explosion" on a back- drop filled with the current color of the picture. · Width/Height Select the width and height of the tiles. · Max X, Max Y Maximum distance in X- and Y-direction from the original position of the tiles. @endnode @node FX_MOSAIC "Effect options: Compose/Mosaic (of fxALBUM)" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Mosaic@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} I saw it first on the movie-banner for "The Trueman Show". A great picture was replaced by many, many smaller ones and if you stepped back one step you were seeing the original again. fxPAINT is the FIRST program on the AMIGA, that can create such effects. However, it would be quite memory-consuming, if all pictures were stored in full resolution in memory. fxPAINT`s special abilities make it possible to reduce the need for much memory and, at the same time store more pictures in memory. fxPAINT has an image-catalogisation-module called @{"fxALBUM" link fxALBUM}. This module has thumbnails of all pictures and therefore allows easy access to them and their content. So, if you select this effect, fxPAINT will first make some calculations for the fxALBUM-entries and then replace the image with the thumbnails. @{b}Options@{ub} · Width/Height Set the width and height of the tiles to replace. @endnode @node FX_BUMPMAP "Effect options: Compose/Bumpmap" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Bumpmap@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} The bumpmapper creates stunning 3D-surface-effects, especially for logos, buttons and webdesign. The idea is, that you provide a picture as surface and fxPAINT renders a light-source on it, drops shadows, adds glow and puts a texture on it, if required. And of course, you can also change the size of the lightsource and whether you want to bevel the surface before calculation. This effect is very very mighty and you can create really lots of different effects, so I recommend to try lots of different settings if you really want to get out the maximum of it. @{b}Options@{ub} · Bumpmap > Bumpmap Select the picture to use as bumpmap here. > Bevel Set the bevel here. Useful to create 3D-letters. > Radius The size of the lightsource can be regulated via its radius. > Invert bumpmap If you want high areas to be rendered as low and low areas rendered as high, check this checkbox. > Positioning mode If active, you can move around the lightsource in realtime. · Texture > Texture Select the texture to put over the bumpmapped areas, here. > Use texture Use the texture instead of the currently selected color for the image. · Mask > Mask If you only want to render in e.g. some letters and want the rest of the image to be unchanged no matter whether you filled the whole layer or not, select the mask to use here. > Use mask Really use the mask selected at "Mask". > Invert mask Invert the mask, so visible areas get invisible and invisible areas get visible. · Effect > Effect You can perform one additional effect, either shadow or glow. Select the one to use, here. > Size Select the softness/size of the effect here. > Active If the effect shall be rendered in, this checkbox needs to be checked. @endnode @node FX_LOGIC "Effect options: Compose/Logic" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Logic@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} There are many ways to detect whether an image was manipulated or changed. This effect offers a simple possibility, but also allows you to add, substract etc. pictures from/to each other, just as if they were a number. @{b}Options@{ub} · 2nd picture · Mode > AND Combine both pictures via AND. > OR Combine both pictures via OR. > XOR Combine both pictures via XOR. > CMP Compare both pictures and view changed areas as black. > Add Add the values of both pictures. > Sub Substract the values of both pictures. > Mult Multiply the values of both pictures. > Div Divide the values of both pictures. @endnode @node FX_BLUEBOX "Effect options: Compose/Bluebox" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Bluebox@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} The bluebox-effect is THE TV-effect of the 90`s. Everytime you watch the news, a bluebox-effect is used to create the backdrop. The speakers are sitting in front of a blue screen in reality and the blue is replaced by the backdrop by a computer. fxPAINT offers excactly this effect with "Bluebox". @{b}Options@{ub} · 2nd picture The 2nd picture, that can be seen instead of the blue or any other color. · Red/Green/Blue/Current color The color (normally blue) to replace with the 2nd picture. · Tolerance As the video-signal contains noise, a certain tolerance has to be offered by the computer. This tolerance can be set here. @endnode @node FX_TILE "Effect options: Compose/Tile" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Tile@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect puts one image again and again on another one. @{b}Options@{ub} · Tilable picture Select the picture to paste again and again on the original picture, here. · Width · Height Width and height of the tiles. @endnode @node FX_PAGECURL "Effect options: Distorts/Page curl" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Page Curl@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect creates an effect that looks like the result of you taking the right, lower corner of a page and drag it to the upper, left corner. fxPAINT adds shadow and a shine to the image, too. @{b}Options@{ub} · Red/Green/Blue/Use current color Set the color of the lighting/shine here. · Size Size of the effect. · Lighting If checked, a lighting/shine is added to the image. @endnode @node FX_DISTORTION "Effect options: Distorts/Distortion" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Distortion@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect stretches the image to its corners. @{b}Options@{ub} · Distortion-algorithm Choose between Radial or Quadratic. @endnode @node FX_WAVE "Effect options: Distorts/Wave" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Wave@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} If you throw a stone in the water, waves are created. Now install a cam excactly over the point, where the stone will hit the surface. "Wave" creates, what your cam might record. @{b}Options@{ub} · Amplitude Set the amplitude the image is "rotated" by between two waves, here. · Wavelength Set the distance between two waves, here. · Phase The phase of the wave can be set here. This allows you to get excactly the result you want to have. · Complete Waving an image would normally leave empty areas. However, fxPAINT offers you to fill these gaps with the image-data around them. Check this checkbox, if you want fxPAINT to fill them. · Positioning mode If this mode is switched on, you can drag around the center of the wave in the picture. @endnode @node FX_TVLACE "Effect options: Distorts/TV Lace" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} TV Lace@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Eye in eye with a TV screen. You don`t see a sharp picture, but lots of lines. Many TV spots show you, what that looks like. "TV Lace" creates such effects. @{b}Options@{ub} · Unlaced Set the height of the unchanged strips. · Laced Set the height of the changed strips. · Change Set the brightness-change of the image, here. Positive values brighten it, negative values. @endnode @node FX_LIGHTSPEED "Effect options: Distorts/Lightspeed" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Lightspeed@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} Adds a lightspeed-effect to the image. so that the image looks as if it has just left behind some rays of light. @{b}Options@{ub} · Max quake The maximum distance from the left side can be set here. @endnode @node FX_EARTHQUAKE "Effect options: Distorts/Earthquake" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Earthquake@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} Moves every line with a certain distance from the left side. @{b}Options@{ub} · Max quake The maximum distance from the left side can be set here. · Use current color Uses the current color to fill the free space on the left, if checked. @endnode @node FX_DEINTERLACE "Effect options: Distorts/Deinterlace" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Deinterlace@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} The PAL-video-signal consists of 50, the NTSC-video- signal of 60 half-frames per second. These are joined to 25 or 30 full-pictures and create a smooth motion. However, when two half-frames are mixed to one full-frame, some disturbing patterns can be created. These can be removed by doubling every 2nd line. @{b}Options@{ub} · Use odd lines If fxPAINT shall double the odd lines, this checkbox should be checked. Otherwhise, fxPAINT doubles the even lines. @endnode @node FX_FISHEYE "Effect options: Distorts/Fisheye" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Fisheye@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This effect makes the picture look as if you had looked on it through the eyes of a fish. @{b}Options@{ub} · Level The level of "fish-eying". · Complete Complete the unchanged areas with the original image. @endnode @node FX_LIGHTSOURCE "Effect options: Light-effects/Lightsource" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Lightsource@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Lightsources are for sure one of the most spectacular effects in fxPAINT. This effect adds a movable light- source of a given color with many options. @{b}Options@{ub} · Radius Controls the size of the lightsource · Rays Adds small rays from the middle of the lightsource. · Glowing ring Adds a glowing ring round the lightsource. · Replace mode Changes the method the lightsource is rendered into the image. Only useful on surfaces, that already have the same or a similiar color. · Positioning mode If this checkbox is checked, you can move around the lightsource in realtime over the image. @endnode @node FX_SUPERNOVA "Effect options: Light-effects/Supernova" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Supernova@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} The supernova-effect can be used quite versatile. You can create stunning explosion effects with it as well as the lights of a car by night. @{b}Options@{ub} · Radius Controls the size of the supernova. · Rays Controls the number of rays that come from the middle of the supernova. · Positioning mode If this checkbox is checked, you can move around the supernova in realtime over the image. @endnode @node FX_CONVOLUTION "Effect options: Matrix-operations/Convolution" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Convolution@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} The convolution-effect is host to at least 22 other effects. It allows the creation of effects via a field of numbers. @{b}How it works@{ub} Convolution means replacing each pixel with a weighted average of the nearby pixels. The weights and the area of the average are determined by the convolution matrix. @{b}Options@{ub} · Field Enter your values, here · 3x3, 5x5, 7x7 The size of the convolution matrix. · Div, Add Divide the weighted result by a value or add something. 0 for Div means no division. · Perform Perform the convolution matrix on the image. · Load/Save Load or save a convolution matrix. @endnode @node FX_EMBOSS "Effect options: Matrix-operations/Emboss" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Emboss@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Emboss makes the image look like a grayscale-line- drawing with dark and light lines. @{b}Options@{ub} · Angle Set the angle the light comes from, here. · Use as texture Also use the image as a texture. @endnode @node FX_SHIFT "Effect options: Mirror/Shift" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Shift@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect shifts the image by an amount of pixels downwards and upwards. @{b}Options@{ub} · X-Shift · Y-Shift The number of pixels to shift the image down- and leftwards. @endnode @node FX_MIRAGE "Effect options: Mirror/Mirage" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Mirage@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Mirage is a special version of the mirror effect and allows interesting mirroring effects in photographs. E.g. a river lying downwards a mountain and reflecting the mountain chain. @{b}Options@{ub} · Position Regulate the Y-position to begin mirroring at. · Level Regulate the level the mirroring is donw by. A value of zero makes the mirrored picture replace the original one. @endnode @node FX_MIRROR "Effect options: Mirror/Mirror" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Mirror@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect mirrors the image vertically and/or horizontally. @{b}Options@{ub} · Mirror vertically · Mirror horizontally Mirror the image round the X- and/or Y-axis. @endnode @node FX_SPREAD "Effect options: Noise/Spread" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Spread@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect spreads the pixels around on the image, moving them away from the original position. @{b}Options@{ub} · Distance The maximum distance a pixel shall be spreaded around. @endnode @node FX_PIXELISE "Effect options: Noise/Pixelise" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Pixelise@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect makes the image nearly look like a Greek mosaic or a picture with a small resolution, that was scaled to a greater size. @{b}Options@{ub} · Pixel-Width · Pixel-Height The width and height of the "pixels"/ "mosaic-stones". @endnode @node FX_STRAW "Effect options: Noise/Straw" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Straw@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} This effect spreads the pixels around on the image, moving them away from the original position and creating a trail from their original position to their new one. This makes the image look like if it consists of straw. @{b}Options@{ub} · Distance Distance between two strawed pixels. · Length Maximum distance from the original pixel. @endnode @node FX_NOISE "Effect options: Noise/Noise" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Noise@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Description@{ub} If your TV-cable is defective, you see noise on your TV-screen. You might also see it, if you perform this effect. @{b}Options@{ub} · Mode > Replace Replaces the original pixel with a grayscale-value. > Addition Adds the grayscale-value to the original pixel-value and makes it look more realistic. · Probability You can set the probability of noise to appear, here. @endnode @node FX_REMOVEISOLATED "Effect options: Noise/Remove isolated pixels" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Remove isolated pixels@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Noised pictures are candidates for this effect. It detects pixels, that don`t fit to their neighbour and replaces them. @{b}Options@{ub} · Level Set the tolerance-level here. @endnode @node FX_GAUSSBLUR "Effect options: Blur/Gaussian blur" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Gaussian blur@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} fxPAINT offers you a wide variety of blur-filters. "Gaussian Blur" is one of the methods used by professionals. It creates far better results than some "normal" blur routine. @{b}Options@{ub} · Radius Radius of the Gaussian blur. @endnode @node FX_MINIMUM "Effect options: Blur/Minimum" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Minimum@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This is not really a blur-method, but the results are very comparable to those of blur-methods. You can define a X- and Y-radius in which fxPAINT shall find a replacement pixel with the lowest intensity. @{b}Options@{ub} · X-radius · Y-radius X- and Y-radius of the filter. @endnode @node FX_MAXIMUM "Effect options: Blur/Maximum" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Maximum@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} This is not really a blur-method, but the results are very comparable to those of blur-methods. You can define a X- and Y-radius in which fxPAINT shall find a replacement pixel with the highest intensity. @{b}Options@{ub} · X-radius · Y-radius X- and Y-radius of the filter. @endnode @node FX_RLECOMPRESS "Effect options: Noise/RLE compression optimizer" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} RLE compression optimizer@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Introduction@{ub} Graphics take up a lot of space when stored on computers. Compared to audio-data, this space is gigantic. This problem existed already years and decades ago and so a simple, but fast and effective compression-method was created: RLE (= Run Length Encoding). E.g. if you a row of pixels 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 this is reduced to: 4 * 1, 2*2, 5, 7*4, 5*8 taking up less memory. This filter (should be performed on the whole image) scans your image for pixels, that are nearly equal. "Nearly" is defined by the tolerance you give this filter. You get good results (50% or more) with values of 1-10 when saving in RLE-formats such as TARGA or IFF-RGB8. Higher values can be used for fun to create strange effects on the image. @{b}Options@{ub} · Tolerance The maximum tolerance to the neighbour pixels. @endnode /// /// "PICOPERATIONS" @node PICOPERATIONS "Operations/Picture" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Operations/Picture@{FG text}@{BG back} The operations available here all (can) change the size of your image and therefore are seperated from all the other effects and operations. @{b}NOTE:@{ub} The layer is lost when one of these operations is performed. @{b}Operations:@{ub} > @{"Rotate" link "PIC_ROTATE"} > @{"Scale" link "PIC_SCALE"} > @{"Shear" link "PIC_SHEAR"} > @{"Create frame" link "PIC_CREATEFRAME"} > @{"Create wave" link "PIC_CREATEWAVE"} > @{"Clone (the exception from above)" link "PIC_CLONE"} @endnode @node PIC_ROTATE "Operations/Picture/Rotate" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Rotate@{FG text}@{BG back} Picture can be rotated with this operation. Options: > @{b}Angle@{ub} The main-angle to rotate the picture by is set here. > @{b}%@{ub} The last two digits of the angle can be set here. You give them in percent. E.g. angle 73° and 50% gives an angle of 73,5° or 73° 30'. > @{b}Preview@{ub} If checked, gives you a small preview on what the image will look like after the rotation. > @{b}Use current color@{ub} If you rotate images, free spaces are created, as pictures are handled only as rectangles. These spaces are filled with black, if this is not checked and with the currently set color in @{"color" link PALETTE} @{"manager" link PALETTE}, if this is checked. > @{b}Perform@{ub} Perform the operation. @endnode @node PIC_SCALE "Operations/Picture/Scale" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Scale@{FG text}@{BG back} Picture can be scaled with this operation. Options: > @{b}Given in@{ub} > @{b}Size@{ub} You can scale pictures by giving the scaling information in different notations: > pixels Absolute number of pixels for width and height > per cent Scale width and height by per cent. E.g. Halfing the size is done by giving 50 twice. > as factor Scale width and height by multiplying them with a given factor. E.g. Trippling the size is done by giving 3 twice. The last two digits of the angle can be set here. You give them in percent. E.g. angle 73° and 50% gives an angle of 73,5° or 73° 30'. > @{b}Keep dimensions@{ub} If checked, the image will keep its proportions and will not be "stretched" or "pressed". > @{b}Keep details@{ub} If checked, fxPAINT performs an additional operation to keep the details of a picture. Check this when scaling screenshots. > @{b}Perform@{ub} Perform the operation. @endnode @node PIC_SHEAR "Operations/Picture/Shear" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Shear@{FG text}@{BG back} Shears an image by a given angle. Options: > @{b}Angle@{ub} The angle to shear the picture by is set here. > @{b}Preview@{ub} If checked, gives you a small preview on what the image will look like after shear- ing. > @{b}Use current color@{ub} If pictures are sheared, free spaces are created, as pictures are handled only as rectangles. These spaces are filled with black, if this is not checked and with the currently set color in @{"color" link PALETTE} @{"manager" link PALETTE}, if this is checked. > @{b}Switch direction@{ub} Normally the angle is employed this way: | / |_/ |/ + if you check this button, it is employed this way: + |\ |_\ | \ In short: Puts the cutting point of the Y-axis and the shear-line from bottom to top, if checked. > @{b}Perform@{ub} Perform the operation. @endnode @node PIC_CREATEFRAME "Operations/Picture/Create frame" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Create frame@{FG text}@{BG back} Creates a frame round a picture. Sometimes it is needed to extend the dimensions of a picture, e.g. if you have made a screenshot and you want to put some text round it. This function was heavily used during the creation process of this fxPAINT documentation. Options: > @{b}X Border@{ub} > @{b}Y Border@{ub} The size of the border to be created around the picture in X- and Y-direction. > @{b}Preview@{ub} If checked, gives you a small preview on what the image will look like after the additional frame. @{b}NOTE:@{ub} The preview is NOT proportional to the image. > @{b}Use current color@{ub} If you rotate images, free spaces are created, as pictures are handled only as rectangles. These spaces are filled with black, if this is not checked and with the currently set color in @{"color" link PALETTE} @{"manager" link PALETTE}, if this is checked. > @{b}Perform@{ub} Perform the operation. @endnode @node PIC_CREATEWAVE "Operations/Picture/Create wave" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Create wave@{FG text}@{BG back} Creates a wave pattern into the picture Options: > @{b}Distance@{ub} > @{b}Amplitude@{ub} The horizontal and vertical amplitude of the wave. > @{b}Preview@{ub} If checked, gives you a small preview on what the image will look like after wave. @{b}NOTE:@{ub} The preview is NOT proportional to the image. > @{b}Use current color@{ub} If you add wave patterns to your images, free spaces are created, as pictures are handled only as rectangles. These spaces are filled with black, if this is not checked and with the currently set color in @{"color manager" link PALETTE}, if this is checked. > @{b}Perform@{ub} Perform the operation. @endnode @node PIC_CLONE "Operations/Picture/Clone" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Clone@{FG text}@{BG back} Creates a 1:1 clone of the image and its layer. @endnode /// /// "NAVIGATOR" @node NAVIGATOR "Navigator" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The Navigator@{FG text}@{BG back} No, there is no crippled version of Netscape(tm)`s famous browser contained in fxPAINT (yet :). This navigator furthermore allows you to navigate your image, if it is either zoomed in or too big to fit on your screen. The window shows a scaled version of the current picture in a sizable window. The part of your image, that is shown in @{b}its@{ub} window is contained in the box, that is displayed on the image. You can move the box with the left mouse-button. If you release the mouse-button, the window of the image jumps to that position. @endnode /// /// "BEVELBOX" @node BEVELBOX "Bevelbox" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Bevelbox@{FG text}@{BG back} The bevelbox tool (also see "@{"Drawing tools" link DRAWTOOLS}") allows you to create gradients not only with colors but also with effects. It creates a gradient on the layer between two different intensities in a certain style. Settings (in Pulldown-menu: Windows/Bevelbox Settings): > @{b}Kind@{ub} (@{"Pic" link "Pictures/REF_Bevelbox.ilbm/main"}) One of the following kinds of gradients: > Horizontal (1) > Vertical (2) > Diagonal (3) > V-Centered (4) > H-Centered (5) > @{b}From@{ub} The source-intensity of the gradient. > @{b}To@{ub} The destination-intensity of the gradient. > @{b}Exchange@{ub} Exchange the "From"- and "To"-values. @endnode /// /// "MAGICSTICK" @node MAGICSTICK "Magic stick" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Magic stick@{FG text}@{BG back} The magic stick is the most useful tool for every professional graphician today. It allows fast, pixel-excact selection of parts of photographs or computer-created images. Basically you select a pixel of the image and fxPAINT selects all pixels, that > are linked with it > have a color, that lies within a settable tolerance The magic stick offers @{b}three ways to perform that selection@{ub}: > clear the whole layer and only select the pixels (no key pressed while clicking) > add the select pixels to the layer (Alt pressed while clicking) > subtract the select pixels from the layer (Shift pressed while clicking) @{b}Options@{ub} (Pulldowmenu: Windows/Magic Stick Settings): > @{b}R, G, B@{ub} Set the red-, green- and blue- tolerance for the selection. > @{b}All@{ub} Set red-, green- and blue- tolerance to the same value set with this slider. @endnode /// /// "POSITIONWINDOW" @node POSITIONWINDOW "Position window" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Position window@{FG text}@{BG back} Many people need pixel-excact image-manipulation or drawing operations. For that purpose, they need the coordinates of the pointer and the width, height of a circle, box, etc. This window contains this information. Note, that W(Width) and H(Height) only show values making sense while you are painting. If you`re not painting, they contains the distance from your last paint-position. @endnode /// /// "HISTOGRAM" @node HISTOGRAM "Histogram" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Histogram window@{FG text}@{BG back} This window offers you a histogram of the selected image. Histograms give you an overview over the distribution of intensities and allow you to take aimed measures to optimize the colors of a picture. Options: > @{b}Image@{ub} Select the image you want to view the histogram of, here. > @{b}Gray/Red/Green/Blue@{ub} Select the channel of which the histogram shall be created. Gray is the average of red, green and blue. > @{b}Histogram@{ub} The histogram itself. Best viewed on high-/truecolor-screens. @endnode /// /// "PALETTE" @node PALETTE "The color manager" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The color manager@{FG text}@{BG back} The color manager helps you to change the current color set for the current image. Its function differs a bit from other programs. The functions (from top to bottom, left to right) > @{b}R, G, B@{ub} The Red, Green and Blue parts of the color can be adjusted here. > @{b}g@{ub} Adjust all components (red, green and blue) at once to a certain grayscale-value. > @{b}Use@{ub} The currently selected palette-entry is overwritten with the currently set color. > @{b}Slider@{ub} You can scroll the palette entries here. > @{b}Palette entries@{ub} A click on an entries makes it the current color of the window. > @{b}Load palette@{ub}@{b}@{ub} A click on this button opens a filerequester, in which you can select a fxPAINT-palette-file to be loaded. > @{b}Save palette@{ub} Save the current palette entries as a fxPAINT-palette-file. Select the filename to be created in the filerequester popping up. If you save your palette as Storage/Palettes/Standard.pal, the palette entries are made standard everytime you start fxPAINT. > @{b}Gradient@{ub} This creates a gradient between two palette entries. First select the color which you want to create the gradient from. Then click on this button, so it is selected. Now select the destination color of the gradient and fxPAINT creates the gradient. > @{b}Exchange color@{ub} First select the source-color. Now make the button selected and click on the destination-color and fxPAINT exchanges the colors. @{b}NOTE:@{ub} "Gradient" and "Exchange color" can be used at once. @endnode /// /// "FXMANAGER" @node FXMANAGER "The fxMANAGER" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The fxMANAGER@{FG text}@{BG back} The fxMANAGER gives you easy, fast and well organised access to all the image manipulation-functions of fxPAINT (except the ones, that change the size of the picture - these can be found in the @{"pulldown-menu" link PULLDOWNMENUS} at "Operations/Picture") From top to bottom: > @{b}Realtime mode@{ub} If this checkbox is checked, fxPAINT recalculates the effect for the whole picture after or while a change is made. This mode is switched on by standard for PPC environments. > @{b}The effect-categories@{ub} Select the category of effect you want to apply here to see all available effects for this category. > @{b}The available effects@{ub} All available effects for this category are listed here. The current Plugin-API doesn`t support categorisation of plugins, so you`ll all find them under "Plugins". > @{"Options" link EFFECTOPTIONS} If options exist for the current effect, the respective options-window(s) will open. @endnode /// /// "BRUSHMANAGER" @node BRUSHMANAGER "The Brush Manager" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The Brush Manager (@{"Pic" link "Pictures/REF_BrushManager.ilbm/main"})@{FG text}@{BG back} The Brush Manager is the center for everything regarding brushes, their selection, creation, manipulation and deletion. Functions: > @{"Create new brush" link BRUSH_CREATENEW} (1) Creates a new brush. > @{"Create textbrush" link BRUSH_CREATETEXT} (2) Creates a new brush containing text. > @{"Delete brush" link BRUSH_DELETEBRUSH} (3) Deletes currently selected brush. If it isn`t one of the default-brushes, it is deleted from HD, too. > @{"Perform effect" link BRUSH_PERFORMEFFECT} (4) Perform one or more effect(s) on the currently selected brush. > @{b}Create brush from picture@{ub} (5) Creates a brush from the current picture. > @{b}Create picture from brush@{ub} (6) Creates a picture from the currently selected brush. > @{b}Scroll one step left@{ub} (7) > @{b}Scroll one step right@{ub} (8) > @{b}Currently selected brush@{ub} (9) > @{b}Unselected entry@{ub} (10) > @{b}Selected entry@{ub} (11) @endnode @node BRUSH_CREATENEW "Create new brush" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Create new brush@{FG text}@{BG back} This function creates all the standard-pens in fxPAINT. The pens can be of different kind, size and density and can carry a name. · @{b}Kind@{ub} > Pencil The normal pen-type. > Chalk Create a chalk-pen with that. Don`t use too high densities. > Detailpen Creates a 100% solid, rectangular pen. Size 1 creates a pen, that plots excactly one pixel. > Artist pen > Artist pen II Variations of an artist pen. Don`t use too great sizes. · @{b}Name@{ub} For better orientation, give the pen a name. · @{b}Size@{ub} Set the size of the pen here. · @{b}Density@{ub} Set the density of the pen here. The higher the density, the greater the effect when painting. · @{b}Create@{ub} Finally create the pen with these settings. @endnode @node BRUSH_CREATETEXT "Create new textbrush" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Create new textbrush@{FG text}@{BG back} This function allows you create a brush from a given text in a given font with a given style. You might wonder, why you can`t place the text directly on the picture but have to do this via creating a brush. I decided to solute the problem that way, because it is the smartest and most flexible way to solve it. E.g. if you put the text directly on the picture, you could not add glow-effects or scale and rotate it. · @{b}Text@{ub} Enter the text of the brush here. · @{b}Fontname@{ub} Enter the name of the font to be used here. · @{b}Fontsize@{ub} Enter the size of the font to be used here. · @{b}Choose font@{ub} Choose both font and fontsize via a standard- requester. · @{b}Bold/Italic/Underlined@{ub} Set the style of the text here. · @{b}Antialias@{ub} If you wish to have smooth edges, select this checkbox. @endnode @node BRUSH_DELETEBRUSH "Delete brush" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Delete brush@{FG text}@{BG back} This irreversibly deletes the brush from both disk and memory. If you delete a standard-brush, it will not be deleted from disk. @endnode @node BRUSH_PERFORMEFFECT "Perform effect(s) on brush" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Pen Tools: Perform effect(s) on brush@{FG text}@{BG back} The pen tools allow you to easily modify a brush, e.g. rotate or scale it. You first have to select a brush, then open this window. Now select one of the below described effects and adjust the level. If the preview shows the wanted result, click on "Perform" to really perform the action on your pen. · @{b}Operation@{ub} > Invert Inverts the pen. Level must be 100 to fully invert the picture. > Rotate Rotates the pen. 0 is equal to 0 degrees. 100 is equal to 360 degrees. > Silhouette Create the silhouette of a pen. > Glow Make the pen glow. > Scale (1/10) Scales the pen. The size is changed by a factor, that is calculated by the following formula: factor = level : 10 > Smooth Smooths the pen. · @{b}Level@{ub} Adjusts the level of the operation. · @{b}Perform@{ub} Perform the selected action. @endnode /// /// "LAYERTOOLBOX" @node LAYERTOOLBOX "The Layer Toolbox" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The Layer Toolbox@{FG text}@{BG back} The Layer Toolbox gives you easy access to some essential layer-operations/effects. Currently, the following is available: > @{b}Operations@{ub} All available operations are listed here: > @{"Invert" link LTOOL_INVERT} > @{"Smooth" link LTOOL_SMOOTH} > @{"Transparency" link LTOOL_TRANSPARENCY} > @{"Copy to picture" link LTOOL_COPYTOPICTURE} > @{"Copy from picture" link LTOOL_COPYFROMPICTURE} > @{b}Keep layer@{ub} If this checkbox is checked, fxPAINT keeps the layer-content even after a fix. This e.g. allows you to perform several effects on the same area of an image without having to select it several times. @endnode @node LTOOL_INVERT "Layer Toolbox: Invert" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Layer Toolbox: Invert@{FG text}@{BG back} This inverts the whole paint-layer. @endnode @node LTOOL_SMOOTH "Layer Toolbox: Smooth" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Layer Toolbox: Smooth@{FG text}@{BG back} Smooth opens a window: > @{b}Level@{ub} Set the smooth-level here. > @{b}Perform@{ub} Perform the effect on the layer. > @{b}Cancel@{ub} Cancels the operation. @endnode @node LTOOL_TRANSPARENCY "Layer Toolbox: Transparency" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Layer Toolbox: Transparency@{FG text}@{BG back} There is not really a "transparency" for the layer. Internally the layer can have a high or a low intensity at a certain point. The highest intensity shows the effect at this point, the lowest intensity shows the original image. So, adjusting "transparency" means adjusting the intensity of all points on the layer. Transparency opens a window: > @{b}Level@{ub} Adjust the transparency/intensity by a certain value: - Value > 0 Make the effect more intense. - Value < 0 Make the effect less intense. > @{b}Perform@{ub} Perform the effect on the layer. > @{b}Cancel@{ub} Cancel the operation. @endnode @node LTOOL_COPYFROMPICTURE "Layer Toolbox: Copy from picture" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Layer Toolbox: Copy from picture@{FG text}@{BG back} This operation lets you select a picture of which it creates new layer-content. The colors of the image are all converted to grayscale. @endnode @node LTOOL_COPYTOPICTURE "Layer Toolbox: Copy to picture" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Layer Toolbox: Copy to picture@{FG text}@{BG back} This operation creates a picture from the current layer. In combination with "@{"Copy from picture" link LTOOL_COPYFROMPICTURE}" this allows you to both temporarly store layers or save and load them. @endnode /// /// "FXEXTRAS" @node FXEXTRAS "fxEXTRAs" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} fxEXTRAs@{FG text}@{BG back} Compared with other image-processing and manipulation packages, fxPAINT offers a row of extra-modules, which enhance fxPAINT with new image-processing-facilities. These extra-modules are called fxEXTRAs, of which the following are currently available: > @{"fxALBUM" link "FXALBUM"} > @{"fxCONV" link "fxCONV"} > @{"fxIMAGEMAP" link "fxIMAGEMAP"} > @{"fxPLUGINs" link "PLUGINLAUNCHER"} @endnode /// /// "FXALBUM" @node FXALBUM "fxALBUM" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} fxALBUM - albumize your pictures! (@{"Pic" link "Pictures/REF_fxALBUM.ilbm/main"})@{FG text}@{BG back} fxALBUM catalogises and organizes your pictures for you. The clue about this is, that it is inbuilt in fxPAINT and therefore has optimal links with every other part of fxPAINT, including fxCONV. At the top of the fxALBUM is a row of buttons (from left to right): > @{b}New album@{ub} (1) This deletes all entries in the current album from memory. > @{b}Load album@{ub} (2) A click on this button opens a requester and lets you choose an Album-file. If you already had some entries in the album, you can choose, whether to add the new entries or replace the old ones. > @{b}Save album@{ub} (3) A click on this button opens a requester and lets you choose a filename for the current album. fxALBUM saves RLE-compressed albums - the entries are saved in full 24bit. > @{b}Add file@{ub} (4) Choose an image in a filerequester and add it to the album. > @{b}Add directory@{ub} (5) Choose a directory and add it and all its subdirectories to the album. NOTE: If you don`t supply a drive- or devicename, the path is extended to the full pathname. > @{b}Delete entry@{ub} (6) A click on this button deletes the currently selected entry. > @{b}Load entry@{ub} (7) A click on this button loads the selected image into fxPAINT. > @{b}Add file to fxCONV@{ub} (8) A click on this button adds the currently selected entry`s file to the list of conversion-sources in @{"fxCONV" link "fxCONV"}. > @{"Create HTML-album" link "ALBUM_CREATEHTML"} (9) Lets you save an album in JPEG/HTML-format. Note, that this kind of album can`t be loaded into fxALBUM again. > @{b}Slideshow@{ub} (10) fxALBUM shows all pictures in the best mode available on the system (found via BestModeIDA) as a slideshow. You can break it by clicking with the left mousebutton or by pressing ESC. > @{"Print the album" link "ALBUM_PRINTALBUM"} (11) Print your album with fxALBUM. > @{b}Go back one page@{ub} (12) > @{b}Go back one picture@{ub} (13) > @{b}Go forward one picture@{ub} (14) > @{b}Go forward one page@{ub} (15) As the labels tell already. @endnode @node ALBUM_PRINTALBUM "fxALBUM/Print album" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} fxALBUM/Print album @{FG text}@{BG back} If @{"HTML" link ALBUM_CREATEHTML} is no choice for a system-independant overview for you, or if you want to have an overview over your images even without having the computer switched on, this function of fxALBUM might be of interest for you. Options: > @{b}Use internal dithering@{ub} If you want your album to be printed in an acceptable quality in color, select this. Enabling this option together with "optimize for grayscale" @{b}might@{ub} produce bad results. > @{b}Optimize for grayscale@{ub} If you only want to print your album in grayscales, select this for best quality. > @{b}Print album@{ub} Prints the album. @{b}NOTE:@{ub} OS3.5 is not yet supported for this operation due to the way reliable 24bit-printing is supported. However, this might change with future versions. @endnode @node ALBUM_CREATEHTML "fxALBUM/Create HTML-album" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} fxALBUM/Create HTML-album @{FG text}@{BG back} Lets you save an album in JPEG/HTML-format. Note, that this kind of album can`t be loaded into fxALBUM again. It can be used to easily create a gallery for your homepage or for creating an overview for other platforms. fxALBUM uses tables hyperlinks and JPEGs - nearly every browser supports this in its latest version. Options: > @{b}Output dir@{ub} Select the directory in which the HTML/JPEG-file(s) shall be saved by a click on the "<" gadget. There will be no subdirectories created! > @{b}Thumbnail JPEG Quality@{ub} fxALBUM creates a thumbnail-image for every picture. You can set the quality of this image here. A quality of 40-50% should last for this kind of picture. > @{b}Fullpic JPEG Quality@{ub} fxALBUM converts all the original pictures of the thumbnails to JPEGs. Set the quality of these images here. A quality of 60-75% should create good results in both compression and quality. > @{b}Progress bar@{ub} Shows you, how the works on the creation of the HTML- album are progressing. > @{b}Create HTML-album@{ub} Starts creation of the HTML-album. @endnode /// /// "FXCONV" @node FXCONV "fxCONV" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} fxCONV@{FG text}@{BG back} fxCONV is fxPAINT`s inbuilt mini-converter allowing you to easily convert whole directories and all subdirectories as well as single-pictures fully automatically. Options: > @{b}Source(s)@{ub} All the source-material you gave fxCONV, is listed here. > @{b}Add source@{ub} Adds a source. Selecting a file will end up in its conversion. If you select a directory, fxCONV will convert the contents of this directory and all its subdirectories. > @{b}Remove source@{ub} Removes the currently selected "Source(s)"-entry. > @{b}Output dir@{ub} Select the directory to which all produced output shall be saved, here. Please note, that the directory- structure (e.g. subdirectories) is NOT reconstructed. > @{b}Output format@{ub} Select the format to save the files in, here. > @{b}JPEG Quality@{ub} If the output format is JPEG, you can set the JPEG Quality here. > @{b}Progress bar@{ub} Views the progress of the operation. > @{b}Start conversion@{ub} Starts the conversion. @endnode /// /// "FXIMAGEMAP" @node FXIMAGEMAP "fxIMAGEMAP" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} fxIMAGEMAP@{FG text}@{BG back} fxIMAGEMAP is fxPAINT`s inbuilt Imagemap-creator. Imagemaps are heavily used on today`s homepages. Yahoo!(tm/R) is only one of the famous examples: The button-bar on the top of this homepage allows easy access to all of its most important areas. If you haven`t already introduced imagemaps to your homepage, this is your chance! Options: > @{b}Name@{ub} Enter the name of the image-map here. Never use the same name for two image-maps in one HTML-source. > @{b}Areas@{ub} All rectangle areas of the imagemap are listed here. If you select an entry and then draw a box (click on the upper, left corner of your aimed area, keep the left mouse button pressed and drag it down to the bottom, right corner) in the right part of the window, the values are displayed here. > @{b}Add@{ub} Adds another area. > @{b}Delete@{ub} Deletes the currently selected area from the list. > @{b}Link to@{ub} Set the destination-link of the area in "browser-notation", e.g.: http://www.innovative-web.de/ or ftp://www.innovative-web.de/ Of course, other domains do exist and are possible, too .. > @{b}Target(frame)@{ub} If you homepage uses frames, every frame has a name: [..] [..] .. in this example this frame in special has the name DocuView. Enter the name of the destination-frame here, and fxPAINT will expand the saved imagemap-HTML-code for this. If you don`t use frames or you don`t want to link to another frame, leave this field empty. > @{b}Save@{ub} Save the HTML-sourcecode for the imagemap to a file you can choose in the poping filerequester. @endnode /// /// "PLUGINS" @node PLUGINS "Plugins" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Plugins@{FG text}@{BG back} fxPAINT supports a wide array of different plugins. Plugins for fxPAINT that can: · add loaders- and savers · add effects · enhance the program with > a driver for tabletts not conform to OS 3.x specifications > a mousewheel-driver > custom display-routines > toolboxes > anything you might think of The Plugins normally run in the internal multi- tasking of fxPAINT and can be found in the Plugins- Drawer. Help, a short description and more can be found in the "@{"About Plugins" link ABOUTPLUGINS}"-Requester @endnode /// /// "PLUGINLAUNCHER" @node PLUGINLAUNCHER "The pluginlauncher" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The pluginlauncher@{FG text}@{BG back} The pluginlauncher displays all launchable plugins in this list (attention: NOT all launchable plugins are displayed in the pulldown-menu, as the authors of the plugins have to add a special flag during initialization .. so some plugins can only be launched from here). Select one and click on @{b}Launch@{ub} to launch the plugin. See also: @{"Plugins" link PLUGINS} @endnode /// /// "CREATENEWIMAGE" @node CREATENEWIMAGE "Create new image" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Create new image@{FG text}@{BG back} fxPAINT offers you the ability to automatically create images of predefined kinds: > @{"Filled" link CREATE_FILLED} > @{"ScanQuix" link CREATE_SCANQUIX} > @{"VLab" link CREATE_VLAB} > @{"Fractal" link CREATE_FRACTAL} > @{"Fire" link CREATE_FIRE} > @{"Grab screen" link CREATE_GRABSCREEN} @endnode @node CREATE_FILLED "Create a blank, filled image" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Create a blank, filled image@{FG text}@{BG back} You can create a "blank" image here, that has exactly one color. > @{b}Standard sizes@{ub} You can choose a standard-size here. > @{b}Size@{ub} If you don`t want to use standard-sizes, enter your required dimensions here > @{b}Use current color@{ub} Fills the image with the currently used color @endnode @node CREATE_SCANQUIX "Scan an image" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} ScanQuix - scan an image@{FG text}@{BG back} ScanQuix today is the scanner standard on the AMIGA because of its open API via a device. In order to scan an image, first choose your scanner in the window, that pops up. Then set the rest of the options as you`re used to. When scanning has finished, the new pictures is available as a thumbnail in the @{"picture selection bar" link PICTURESELECTIONBAR}. @endnode @node CREATE_VLAB "Digitise a picture via VHI" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} VHI - digitise a picture via your digitiser@{FG text}@{BG back} VHI is the new standard for video-digitiser-drivers introduced by Innovative. You only need to have installed the VHI-driver for your board and then select it. For VLab-users: You will require V10 of vlab.library installed in Libs: in order to have support for the VLab from fxPAINT. Find this version on the fxPAINT-CD as fxPAINTCD:Demos/VLRec_NG/Libs/vlab.library The options: > @{b}VHI driver@{ub} Select the correct driver for your digitiser here. > @{b}Input@{ub} Choose the input the signal comes from, here. Note, that the preview does only work for the first three. > @{b}Size@{ub} The capture size. Has to be reduced for NTSC. > @{b}Preview@{ub} If this checkbox is switched on, you get a preview of the incoming videosignal on the right side of the window. > @{b}Interlace@{ub} If this checkbox is enabled, fxPAINT will grab to halfpictures and merge them into one - this results in a high-quality grab. > @{b}Lum. Filter@{ub} Switch on/off the luminance filter > @{b}Chrom. Filter@{ub} Switch on/off the chrominance filter > @{b}Videorecorder@{ub} This checkbox has to be checked, if the signal comes from a videorecorder. > @{b}NTSC@{ub} This checkbox has to be checked, if the incoming signal is from an NTSC-source. The preview might not work in NTSC- mode on VLab-boards. > @{b}Grab frame@{ub} Make a grab of the currently incoming frame. @endnode @node CREATE_FRACTAL "Fractal" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Fractal - create fractal graphics via fxPAINT@{FG text}@{BG back} Fractal graphics are for sure one of the oldest, slowest and most exciting areas in computer graphics (if you have a PPC, fxPAINT will show you, that fractals can be fast, too: even realtime). Options: > @{b}Kind@{ub} Select the kind of fractal to create, here. You can currently choose from - Mandelbrot (the classic one) - Julia - Tristar - Phoenix Mandel (really impressing) > @{b}Width@{ub} > @{b}Height@{ub} Change the width and height of the destination image > @{b}Iterations@{ub} Number of iterations. The higher the number, the more detailed the resulting graphics. > @{b}Reset@{ub} Resets the zoom-area to the defaults. > @{b}The preview@{ub} Click into the preview to zoom into the fractal at that point. @endnode @node CREATE_FIRE "Fire" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Fire - don`t burn the screen@{FG text}@{BG back} fxPAINT can create flaming infernos for you - not only with special fire-tools but also as ready-to-go images. Note, that this effect was designed for resolutions around 320x256. Options: > @{b}Size@{ub} Enter your width and height here > @{b}Fade type@{ub} Fade 1 fades a bit stronger, Fade 2 fades the flames less strong > @{b}Fade level@{ub} The higher this value the lower the flames > @{b}Heat@{ub} The higher this value, the wilder the flames. Heat=0 is a special case. > @{b}Preview@{ub} Creates a preview and scales it down to fit in the preview area. > @{b}Create@{ub} Creates the flames as a picture. @endnode @node CREATE_ "Fire" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Fire - don`t burn the screen@{FG text}@{BG back} fxPAINT can create flaming infernos for you - not only with special fire-tools but also as ready-to-go images. Note, that this effect was designed for resolutions around 320x256. Options: > @{b}Size@{ub} Enter your width and height here > @{b}Fade type@{ub} Fade 1 fades a bit stronger, Fade 2 fades the flames less strong > @{b}Fade level@{ub} The higher this value the lower the flames > @{b}Heat@{ub} The higher this value, the wilder the flames. Heat=0 is a special case. > @{b}Preview@{ub} Creates a preview and scales it down to fit in the preview area. > @{b}Create@{ub} Creates the flames as a picture. @endnode @node CREATE_GRABSCREEN "Grab screen" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Grab screen@{FG text}@{BG back} fxPAINT has a screengrabber built in that works with P96, CGX, AGA, ECS and OCS. > @{b}The listview@{ub} The window`s listview lists all screens by their names. Selecting one will preview it in the right part of the window. > @{b}Refresh@{ub} Refreshes the preview of the selected screen. > @{b}Grab@{ub} Create a new picture with the content of the screen. @endnode /// /// "LOADIMAGE" @node LOADIMAGE "The load image requester" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Load image@{FG text}@{BG back} Opens an ASL-requester. Select the image you want to load into fxPAINT, here @endnode /// /// "SAVEIMAGE" @node SAVEIMAGE "The save image requester" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The save image requester@{FG text}@{BG back} After this requester has opened, you can select an image to save and the format to save it in. Some formats offer additional options. Have a look at "@{"supported formats" link SUPPORTEDFORMATS}", too. @endnode /// /// "PRINTIMAGE" @node PRINTIMAGE "Print image" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Print image@{FG text}@{BG back} You can do high-quality printouts with fxPAINT even on OS3.0. However, the results get stunning with OS3.5 and a OS3.5-adapted printerdriver. fxPAINT makes use of the new OS3.5-functions and creates a different requester for that one. Some functions are missing under OS 3.5-requester and some under OS 3.0-requester. Options: > @{b}Unit (OS 3.5+ only)@{ub} Select the printer.device unit to print to, here. OS 3.5 allows to use 10 different printers without changing the preferences each time. > @{b}Resolution@{ub} Select the resolution in which you want to print your image. A value of zero always makes fxPAINT use the default-settings from the preferences. If you use other values, the resolution is displayed below. > @{b}Center horizontally@{ub} Centers the image horizontally. > @{b}Use internal dithering (OS 3.1 or earlier only)@{ub} This enables internal floyd-steinberg-dithering in order to optimize the printing results on older machines. > @{b}Optimize for grayscale (OS 3.0 or earlier only)@{ub} This optimizes the image for grayscale-printing. > @{b}Maxmize dimensions@{ub} Print out the picture as huge as possible. A rotation is excluded from these measures. > @{b}Print@{ub} Finally print the image. @endnode /// /// "PICTURESELECTIONBAR" @node PICTURESELECTIONBAR "Picture selection bar" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Picture selection bar@{FG text}@{BG back} This bar is very useful, if you have lots of graphics loaded into fxPAINT. It displays all pictures currently in memory in the form of thumbnails. The currently selected picture is drawn selected, all others unselected. fxPAINT offers more than just this basic functionality: > @{b}"Iconify" the selection bar@{ub} A click on the bar on the left side "iconifys the whole selection bar to that smaller bar. > @{b}Mass-Iconify/Mass-Uniconify pictures@{ub} If you perform a click on a thumbnail with the left mouse- button, fxPAINT uniconifies the image, if its window isn`t open already. If it is already open, it`s brought to the front. You can iconify a picture by first activating the bar with a single left-mousebutton-click on a still unused area. Then perform clicks with the right mouse-button to iconify the pictures to their thumbnail. @endnode /// /// "ABOUTREQ" @node ABOUTREQ "The about requester" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} The about requester@{FG text}@{BG back} This requester contains: > the version-number > the compilation-date > the copyright-notice(s) > the extensions found on the system > the inbuilt loaders and savers > the inbuilt fxEXTRAs > a small realtime-created animation, if you have a PPC-board installed If you contact us for support, please don`t forget to have the version-number and compilation-date ready for telling us. @endnode /// /// "ABOUTPLUGINS" @node ABOUTPLUGINS "About plugins" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} About plugins@{FG text}@{BG back} This requester gives you detailed information on the installed plugins, their usage (if the help- file(s) came with the plugin), version, author and task. Just select the plugin from the list you want to get information to. Some first information is then presented to you in the lower listview and the logo (if existant) is shown in the left, upper corner. If help is available, the help-gadget is enabled and a click on it shows the documentation/special helpfile to the plugin. If you have a PPC-board, you might also like the realtime-animation on the left border. @endnode /// /// "SUPPORTEDFORMATS" @node SUPPORTEDFORMATS "Supported formats" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Supported image-formats@{FG text}@{BG back} @{FG shine}For reading:@{FG text} · @{b}BMP@{ub} Supported: OS/2 and Windows. 24Bit-Bitmaps supported. · @{b}TARGA@{ub} Supported: Uncompressed and compressed, all codecs. · @{b}TIFF@{ub} Supported codecs: > PackBits > ThunderScan > NeXT > CCITT RLE > CCITT RLE/W > CCITT Group 3 > CCITT Group 4 > ISO JBIG > SGILog > SGILog24 > LZW (ready, but not linked in, because of the need for a licence, that we don`t own) · @{b}JPEG/JFIF@{ub} Supported: All codecs and formats, including progressive JFIFs. · @{b}LJPG@{ub} Supported: All codecs. · @{b}PCX@{ub} Supported: All codecs. · @{b}PNM@{ub} Supported: PGM and PPM. · @{b}IFF-RGB8@{ub} Supported: All codecs. · @{b}IFF-ILBM@{ub} Supported: 1-8Bit, 24Bit supported. HAM6, HAM8 not supported. · @{b}IFF-YUVN@{ub} Supported: All codecs. @{FG shine}For saving:@{FG text} · @{b}BMP@{ub} Supported: Windows BMP · @{b}JPEG/JFIF@{ub} Supported: Different quality-settings · @{b}PNM (P5/P6)@{ub} Supported: P5 (grayscale) and P6 (truecolor) · @{b}TARGA (24Bit)@{ub} Supported: RLE-Compression · @{b}IFF-RGB8@{ub} Supported: RLE-Compression · @{b}IFF-ILBM 24@{ub} @endnode /// /// "QUIT" @node QUIT "Quit fxPAINT" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Quit fxPAINT@{FG text}@{BG back} If you haven`t entered a higher userstatus, fxPAINT first opens a yes/no-requester, whether you really want to quit fxPAINT. Note, that all open and unsaved pictures in memory as well as all unsaved changes to these will be lost. @endnode /// /// "DISCLAIMER" @node DISCLAIMER "Disclaimer" @{fg shine}@{bg fill} Disclaimer@{fg text}@{bg back} The following notices are related to the contents of the fxPAINT CD-ROM, the CD-ROM you can find this document on. You may only use this CD-ROM if you do completly agree with this document. @{fg shine}@{bg fill} Copyrights and patents@{fg text}@{bg back} The fxPAINT CD-ROM is NOT a collection of freely distributable material. No file from this CD may be freely distributed without the written permission of Felix Schwarz. The files of this fxPAINT CD-ROM are copyrighted ©1998-1999 Felix Schwarz if this isn`t stated another way in this document or in the files themselves. There are no licences existing to (re-)produce this CD-ROM. Innovative, c/o Felix Schwarz, Am Gründla 3, 91074 Herzogenaurach is the one and only company that may produce this CD- ROM. No part of this CD-ROM may be reproduced in any way without previous written permission from Felix Schwarz what includes but is not limited to magnetic, biologic, optical, chemical, mechanic and acustic reproduction and all other systems to copy, distribute, transfer, save and work. You may also not make a "safety copy". Without written permission of Felix Schwarz, no part may be translated in any speech or computer-speech, language or computerlanguage. @{fg shine}@{bg fill} Further copyright-notices@{fg text}@{bg back} Amiga Workbench, Installer, AmigaGuide Copyright ©1985-1993 Commodore-Amiga Inc. (©1995 transfered to Escom AG) (AmigaGuide software is provided "AS-IS" and subject to change; no warranties are made. All use is at your own risk. No liability or responsibility is assumed.) Parts of the JPEG/LJPG-code base on the work of the "Independent JPEG Group". The ppc.library and ppcdiss.library are ©1997-99 phase 5 digital products. The fxPAINT-Logo is ©1999 FelixS/ Innovative. The NewIcon V4-Package is ©1997-1999 Eric Sauvageau, Phil Vedovatti, Ariel Magnum, Roger McVey and Nicola Salmoria. Installer and AmigaGuide are property of the current owners of the rights on the AMIGA. These are not responsible for any damages, that result from usage of this software. The rotation routines and most dithering-routines in fxPAINT are ©1998-99 by Stefan Diener and used under licence. The contents of the fxPAINTCD:Tools/ICS/- directory is ©1999 by Wolf Faust and are used under licence. All trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. The "Metal Shiny" and "Glow24" iconset is (c)1999 by Thomas Claus. The content of the directory fxPAINTCD:Tools/FrameMachine/ is (c)1999 by Stefan Robl @{fg shine}@{bg fill} Responsibility@{fg text}@{bg back} The fxPAINT CD-ROM 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 performance and quality. Neither Felix Schwarz nor Innovative or any other party involved in the creation, production or delivery of the software and data files shall be liable for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or incidental damages, including without limitation damages for loss of profits, loss of use or loss of anticipated costs, expenses or damages, and any data or information which may be lost or rendered inaccurate, even if Innovative or Felix Schwarz is advised of the possibility of such damages. The documents and artwork included in the fxPAINT CD-ROM were prepared with great care. They may reflect personal opinions of the authors, which are not necessarily shared by Innovative or Felix Schwarz, who cannot assume any responsibility for their contents, nor for mistakes and misprints. Nothing in these documents should be regarded as legal counsel. If you require legal or other expert assistance, you should consult a professional advisor. The fxPAINT CD-ROM may contain technology relating to strategic products controlled by export or import control laws of the producing and/or exporting or importing countries. The CD-ROM or any portion thereof should not be exported (or reexported, or imported) without authorization from the appropriate authorities in accordance with such laws. All information is subject to change without notice. @{fg shine}@{bg fill} General notes@{fg text}@{bg back} "Innovative" is always equal to "Innovative, c/o Felix Schwarz, Am Gründla 3, D-91074 Herzogenaurch, Germany" "Author" is always equal to "Felix Schwarz". "fxPAINT, fxPAINT CD-ROM, etc." are always equal. @endnode /// /// "SUPPORT" @node SUPPORT "Technical support" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Technical support@{FG text}@{BG back} The technical support for fxPAINT is done by Innovative. You can contact us the following ways after you have checked the @{"FAQ" link FAQ} (there`s one on the Web, too): @{b}EMail:@{ub} fxpaint-support@innovative-web.de @{b}WWW:@{ub} http://www.innovative-web.de/ (several open forums might help you) @{b}Snail- Mail:@{ub} Innovative c/o Felix Schwarz Am Gründla 3 D-91074 Herzogenaurach Germany @{b}Phone:@{ub} +49 (0)9132/3400 (Monday to Friday, 14:00 to 18:00 GMT+1) @{b}Fax:@{ub} +49 (0)69/791247970 @endnode /// /// "CONTACT" @node CONTACT "Contacing Innovative" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Contacting Innovative@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}EMail:@{ub} info@innovative-web.de (Product-Information) support@innovative-web.de (Support in General) sales@innovative-web.de (Sales, dealers write to this adress) order@innovative-web.de (Customers wanting to place an order write here) felix@innovative-web.de (The fxPAINT-author) @{b}WWW:@{ub} http://www.innovative-web.de/ (several open forums might help you) @{b}Snail- Mail:@{ub} Innovative c/o Felix Schwarz Am Gründla 3 D-91074 Herzogenaurach Germany @{b}Phone:@{ub} +49 (0)9132/3400 (Monday to Friday, 14:00 to 18:00 GMT+1) @{b}Fax:@{ub} +49 (0)69/791247970 @endnode /// /// "FAQ" @node FAQ "Frequently asked questions" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Frequently asked questions@{FG text}@{BG back} @{b}Question:@{ub} I have a tableau-driver installed, but fxPAINT does not use the pressure data. @{b}Answer:@{ub} There are three possibilities, why this doesn`t work: a) you haven`t enabled tableau-support in the @{"settings" link SETTINGS}. b) your driver does not submit the pressure-data via the documented, systemconform way of AmigaOS 3.x but via a special port-construction c) your driver doesn`t submit the pressure-data at all. If b) is the case and you have the developer documentations, you might want to write a tablett-driver-plugin for fxPAINT. Contact felix@innovative-web.de for details, on how to create one. Known, incompatible drivers: · none Known, compatible drivers: · All drivers available from Haage&Partner/Escena. · WACOM_150.lha @{b}NOTE:@{ub} If fxPAINT shall get the pressure-data, you have to set the tooltype INPUT_EVENT of the driver`s icon (Wacom) in WBStartup to TABLET. If you set PIXEL, the pressure-data won`t be submitted to fxPAINT. @{b}Question:@{ub} Why is GIF and LZW-TIFF not supported ? @{b}Answer:@{ub} A licence for the LZW-compression-method currently is quite expensive, even if you only wanted to create a freeware loader/saver. It is too expensive (beginning with 5000 US$) to justify a support at this time. However, reading GIF is possible via the GIF-datatype of AmigaOS 3.5 and reading LZW-TIFFs is possible with the datatypes available on Aminet. @{b}Question:@{ub} fxPAINT crashes on my WarpUP-system. @{b}Answer:@{ub} There are some things you should pay attention to when running fxPAINT under WarpUP: 1) Get the latest version of WarpUP installed (V4.0 or later), older versions contain a bug that crash fxPAINT when running under WarpUP. 2) Don`t use fxPAINT the way, that you first terminate the ppc.library and then run fxPAINT. This simply won`t work. 3) If you`re using ppc.library-Emulation by Frank Wille, please use V0.6d or later, as otherwhise fxPAINT will crash, as it can`t detect the emulation then and uses a ppc.library-version which crashes, because the emulation still isn`t a full implementation. 4) The fxWARP.library has to be in LIBS: 5) Check our site`s download section for a patch: http://www.innovative-web.de/ @{b}Question:@{ub} Argh! I don`t get the message of the fire-tutorial!! @{b}Answer:@{ub} Switch to fxPAINTCD:Graphics/Videos/ and double-click on fire_ws.avi to see how it works. @{b}Question:@{ub} I`m using Picasso96 and the GUI looks "a bit" strange. @{b}Answer:@{ub} Picasso96 has a bug in its CyberGraphX-emulation. Activate the workaround in the @{"settings" link SETTINGS} and don`t use the option "Use CGX curiosity". @{b}Question:@{ub} BUG! BUG! I can choose from the menus but they don`t react!! @{b}Answer:@{ub} You`re most likely using MagicMenu. This hack doesn`t have a proper implementation of the LendMenus()-command of intuition.library. You will notice, that the shortcuts (which are basically the same as if you would use the pulldown-menu) are still intact and working for all windows - they have not been patched by MagicMenu. Maybe the author of MagicMenu adds support for this command in his next version released. @{b}Question:@{ub} I didn`t find an answer to a question here. What shall I do now ? @{b}Answer:@{ub} Please check the FAQs at http://www.innovative-web.de/ on the fxPAINT-homepage (you get there from the products page). If you didn`t find an answer, @{"contact" link CONTACT} us (EMail is prefered). @endnode /// /// "HINTSNTIPS" @node HINTSNTIPS "Hints & Tips" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Hints & Tips@{FG text}@{BG back} · @{"How to speedup fxPAINT" link HINTS_SPEEDUP} · @{"Keep the plugins-dir up-to-date" link HINTS_UPTODATE} @endnode @node HINTS_SPEEDUP "How to speedup fxPAINT" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} How to speedup fxPAINT@{FG text}@{BG back} fxPAINT already is very fast, but you can speed it up even more, if you configure it correctly: · @{b}The display routines@{ub} > CyberGraphX (CGX) has a quite strange feature. Everyone who already had a look at the autodocs of CyberGraphX might have pointed out, that there are different functions for scaled and immediately rendered 24bit-data (ScalePixelArray) and for direct output without scaling (WritePixelArray). If you now believe, that scaling needs more time, you`re wrong - at least for the CV 64/3D. So if you check the "CGX Curiosity"-checkbox in the @{"Settings" link SETTINGS}, fxPAINT will use the scaling routine without scaling instead of the direct output. To get the best performance for your graphics-board, check, whether that curiosity exists for your board, too. · @{b}The GUI@{ub} > fxPAINT`s GUI is unique under the AMIGA`s programs. However, drawing such a GUI also needs a minimal amount of time. If you don`t need 24Bit-gradients, you can switch off "fxGUI-Effects" in the @{"Settings" link SETTINGS}. · @{b}The CPU(s)@{ub} > Optimize the PPC-Merge-Barrier. See @{"Settings" link SETTINGS}. > Install an optimized version for your 68K-CPU. > Make sure, two binaries are in fxPAINT`s subdirectory PPC, if you have a PPC. > Under WarpUP, fxPAINT is a little bit slower. This is not a disadvantage of WarpUP, which works at least as fast as the ppc.lib or even faster, but of vbcc, with which fxPAINT for WarpUP was compiled. However, speed might improve under WarpUP in future, when another compiler is used. @endnode @node HINTS_UPTODATE "Keep the plugin-directory up-to-date" @{BG fill}@{FG shine} Keep the plugin-directory up-to-date@{FG text}@{BG back} In order to get the best out of fxPAINT and your AMIGA, keep the contents of your plugin-directory up-to-date. A special Plugin-Page with links to all available Plugins for fxPAINT can be found on our website at http://www.innovative-web.de/: · First click on the AMIGA-Logo · Click on "Products" · Click on the fxPAINT-Logo · Select "Plugins" from the navigation-bar on top. @endnode ///