Fun Paint If you enjoy Amiga graphics but you don't want to invest in a professional paint program, then Fun Paint is just the thing for you. It allows you to create and edit paintings quickly and easily in all the Amiga graphic display modes with up to 4096 different colors. It opens and saves Interchange File Format (IFF) paintings so its compatible with many other Amiga programs.  AmigaPLUS Editor's Note: We have had problems loading some IFF pictures into this program. Because it is so small and can produce simple pictures in such a wide variety of screen modes, we have included it on this disk anyway. Pictures must be exactly the same size as the screen to load into FunPaint Getting Started You can open Fun Paint either directly or by opening a painting previously created by it. If you open it directly, a requester containing a number of different gadgets appears so that you can select a format for your painting. You can open pictures created with other programs (assuming they are the right size) by selecting the picture's icon, holding down the shift key, and double clicking the FunPaint icon The Low-Resolution Mode and High-Resolution Mode Gadgets are for selecting horizontal resolution with High-Resolution Mode having twice as many horizontal lines as Low-Resolution Mode. 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 colors are available with Low-Resolution Mode unless Extra-Halfbrite Mode (64 colors) or Hold-and-Modify Mode (4096 colors) are active. 2, 4, 8, or 16 colors are available with High-Resolution Mode. The Non-Interlace Mode and Interlace Mode Gadgets are for selecting vertical resolution with Interlace Mode having twice as many vertical lines as Non-Interlace Mode. The Extra-Halfbrite Mode Gadget is for selecting a special mode with 32 colors plus an additional 32 that are half as bright as the first 32 for a total of 64 colors. Extra-Halfbrite Mode can't be used with High-Resolution Mode or Hold-and-Modify Mode. Please note that Extra-Halfbrite Mode isn't available on many early Amiga A1000s. If yours doesn't have it, then only 32 colors will seem to be available when it's active. The Hold-and-Modify Mode Gadget is for selecting another special mode that has 16 colors plus an additional 48 that change the amounts of red, green, and blue that are in other colors so that a total of 4096 colors can be displayed at one time. Hold-and-Modify Mode can't be used with High-Resolution Mode or Extra-Halfbrite Mode. After you select the desired combination of modes and colors, select OK to proceed. Painting Several different methods are available to you for painting. The following describes how to use them. To paint freehand with the current color, Freehand must be chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where freehand painting is to begin and hold down the Selection button. Move the Pointer around and release the Selection button when done. To paint lines with the current color, Line must be chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where the line is to begin and hold down the Selection button. Stretch the outline to where the line is to end and release the Selection button. To paint rectangles with the current color, Rectangle must be chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where a corner of the rectangle is to be and hold down the Selection button. Stretch the outline to the size the rectangle is to be and release the Selection button. To paint filled rectangles with the current color, Filled Rectangle must be chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where a corner of the filled rectangle is to be and hold down the Selection button. Stretch the outline to the size the filled rectangle is to be and release the Selection button. To paint ellipses with the current color, Ellipse must be chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where the center of the ellipse is to be and hold down the Selection button. Stretch the outline to the size the ellipse is to be and release the Selection button. To paint filled ellipses with the current color, Filled Ellipse must be chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to where the center of the filled ellipse is to be and hold down the Selection button. Stretch the outline to the size the filled ellipse is to be and release the Selection button. To flood fill enclosed areas with the current color, Flood Fill must be chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the Pointer to the enclosed area to be flood filled and click the Selection button. To get an object from the current painting to be used as the current brush, choose Get Brush from the Paint Menu. Move the pointer to a corner of the object. Hold down the Selection button, stretch the outline to the opposite corner of the object, and release the Selection button. It's possible to cancel getting the object by clicking the Menu button before releasing the Selection button. To paint with the current brush, Brush must be chosen from the Paint Menu. Move the brush to where brush painting is to begin and hold down the Selection button. Move the brush around and release the Selection button when done. Menus The following is a description of all the menu items in Fun Paint. The Project Menu New: Starts a new painting. A requester appears so changes can be made to the format of the new painting. Make any changes then select OK to proceed. Open: Opens a previously saved painting. A requester appears so the name of the painting to be opened can be changed. Type the name in the gadget in the middle of the the requester, then select OK to proceed. Its possible to cancel the opening by selecting Cancel. Save: Saves the current painting. Save As: Saves the current painting. A requester appears so the name of the painting to be saved can be changed. Type the name in the gadget in the middle of the the requester, then select OK to proceed. Its possible to cancel the saving by selecting Cancel. Print: Prints the current painting. Quit: Closes Fun Paint. The Edit Menu Undo: Removes the last change made to the current painting. Clear: Erases everything on the current painting. Title Bar: Turns the Title Bar on or off. An arrow appears next to it when the Title Bar is turned on. Pointer: Turns the Pointer on or off. An arrow appears next to it when the Pointer is turned on. Turning the Pointer on turns the Crosshairs off. Crosshairs: Turns the Crosshairs on or off. An arrow appears next to it when the Crosshairs are turned on. The Crosshairs are a large Pointer alternate that enables painting to be more accurate. Turning the Crosshairs on turns the Pointer off. The Paint Menu Freehand: Used for painting freehand with the current color. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen. Line: Used for painting lines with the current color. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen. Rectangle: Used for painting rectangles with the current color. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen. Filled Rectangle: Used for painting filled rectangles with the current color. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen. Ellipse: Used for painting ellipses with the current color. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen. Filled Ellipse: Used for painting filled ellipses with the current color. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen. Flood Fill: Used for flood filling enclosed areas with the current color. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen. Brush: Used for painting with the current brush. An arrow appears next to it when its chosen. Get Brush: Gets an object from the current painting to be used as the current brush and selects Brush from the Paint Menu. The Palette Menu Choose any of the colors in this menu to change the current color. An arrow appears next to the current color. The first color is the background color. Halfbrite: (only available when Extra-Halfbrite Mode is active) Turns Halfbrite on or off. An arrow appears next to it when Halfbrite is turned on. Halfbrite is when the current color is half as bright as it normally is. HAM Red: (only available when Hold-and-Modify Mode is active) Choose any of the colors in this menu item to make the current color a Hold-and-Modify Red color. Arrows appear next to it and the color when the current color is a Hold-and-Modify Red color. Hold-and-Modify Red colors are colors that hold the amounts of green and blue and modify the amount of red of the pixel to the left of it in paintings. HAM Green: (only available when Hold-and-Modify Mode is active) Choose any of the colors in this menu item to make the current color a Hold-and-Modify Green color. Arrows appear next to it and the color when the current color is a Hold-and-Modify Green color. Hold-and-Modify Green colors are colors that hold the amounts of red and blue and modify the amount of green of the pixel to the left of it in paintings. HAM Blue: (only available when Hold-and-Modify Mode is active) Choose any of the colors in this menu item to make the current color a Hold-and-Modify Blue color. Arrows appear next to it and the color when the current color is a Hold-and-Modify Blue color. Hold-and-Modify Blue colors are colors that hold the amounts of red and green and modify the amount of blue of the pixel to the left of it in paintings. Adjust: Makes a requester appear so adjustments can be made to each color of the palette. Select a color to be adjusted and drag the R, G, and B sliders to change the amount of red, green, and blue in it. Adjust any other colors this way, then select OK to proceed. Its possible to undo all adjustments by selecting Cancel.