getchell@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (David Getchell) (05/03/88)
In article <8445@netsys.UUCP> len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose) writes: >I am a relative newcomer to Macintosh systems,so please >bear with me if I ask something silly. > >Which program (MacPaint or MacDraw or something else) >can be used to create startup screens ? > Not silly at all. The two programs that I have had sucess with are ViewPaint and SuperPaint. ViewPaint is PD, and I would mail you a copy except that I can't find it anymore. Basically what it does is allow you to view a MacPaint document and select a screenful to make into a startup screen. You have a fair amount of flexibility in what you select, but you can't change the picture, so you also need MacPaint to create the pictures in the first place. SuperPaint, on the other hand, reads and writes startup screens as one of it's file types. The others are it's own, MacPaint, and PICT. It seems to have less flexibility about what chunk of picture is used as your startup screen, but it does have the ability to edit the picture, of course :^). If you already have and like MacPaint, get hold of ViewPaint and off you go. On the other hand, if you would have to buy MacPaint, I would rather see you spend your money on SuperPaint instead. Just my opinions. David Getchell P.S. -- Anybody want to hire an aspiring Mac programmer? B.A. in C.S. and everything!
berger@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Theresa Berger) (05/05/88)
O.K., next question about startup screens from a different source:
How do you make the startup screen stick around as the background on your
desktop? I know it can be done, since I've seen disks that do it, but the
owners of said disks don't know how it was done ("Whatshisname our Mac whiz
set it up, but he graduated" or some such). I've heard that ResEdit can
accomplish this, but I'm not sure how. I've also been told that there are
P.D./Shareware utilities out there for this purpose. Any info appreciated.
T.B.xxiaoye@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (xiaoxia ye) (05/05/88)
Macpaint 5.0 can save files in the StartupScreen format -- a small add-on feature besides snapshot, magic eraser, multiple window opening, etc. Xiao **************************************************************** xxiaoye@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson) (05/19/88)
Yes, you can use Resedit to make your start up screen remain to be your desktop screen. You must have a disk that already does this first. Using Resedit,open the system(in system folder of working disk) and then open INIT. You should find an init called "StartupDesk". If not, then this disk does not keep the start up screen. Select the init and copy it(command c or copy under edit). Close this disk and open your disk and find the same location. Paste(command v or paste under edit) the init into place and close up again. This should work. Was that clear enough? E-mail me if not. ____________________________________________________________________________ |R. Scott V. Paterson '90 RSVP@ELEAZAR.EDU | |Dartmouth College RSVP@DARTCMS1.BITNET | |H.B. 3149 Dartmouth College Kiewit Computation Center | |Hanover N.H. 03755 Systems Operator | |__________________________________________________________________________|