Workbench Patterns


I've had quite a lot of email about Workbench backdrops this
month: it's good to see so many of you keen to banish the
blue and grey for good. Remember to send in your own
backdrop set-up so that others can see what the Amiga is
capable of.

If you want a high quality image such as the mountains and
stream picture published last month you will either need
access to a very expensive scanner, or do what I did: get it
off a PhotoCD disk. Many chemists and photo dealers will
develop an ordinary 35mm film onto a special PhotoCD CDROM
which most Amiga's can read (with suitable software and
hardware). Unfortunately the service is a little patchy at
times (my local Boots couldn't promise delivery within a
month) but the quality is superb.

A cheaper (and faster) alternative is to use an image
processing program to generate images from scratch. Programs
such as Art Department Professional or Photogenics are
excellent at creating abstract images this these. Remember
to keep the colours muted or you won't be able to read text
over them. Many PD libraries also stock disks of textures
which you can use as a basis of your new backdrop.

wb1.jpb. wb2.jpg, wb3.jgb