jwn@cbuxb.UUCP (James Nippert) (01/06/87)
I'm submitting this again because the address may not have been enough to get a reply back to me. I want to use Atari Artist to draw pictures to use in Movie Maker since Artist uses a tablet vs MMs joysticks. To do this I need the save file formats for Atari Artist and the background and character files for Movie Maker. I'm modestly impressed with what Movie Maker can get out of the 8 bitter, but changing disks and joystick drawing are a pain. Atari Artist does compression of the picture. Jim Nippert cbuxb!jwn
dlm@ho3cad.UUCP (01/07/87)
> I want to use Atari Artist to draw pictures to use in > Movie Maker since Artist uses a tablet vs MMs joysticks. > To do this I need the save file formats for Atari Artist > and the background and character files for Movie Maker. Anyone interested in this should go out and buy a copy of the January issue of ANALOG magazine (#50). THe article on page 33 described just what you need. I am putting the finishing touchs on an ACTION! program to dump Atari Artist/ Micro-Illustrator files to an Epson printer. I'll post it if there is anyone interested. Daryl Monge AT&T Bell Labs UUCP: ...!ihnp4!iheds!dlm CIS: 72717,65
njd@ihuxl.UUCP (DiMasi) (01/14/87)
> > I want to use Atari Artist to draw pictures to use in > > ... > > ... > > I am putting the finishing touchs on an ACTION! program to dump Atari Artist/ > Micro-Illustrator files to an Epson printer. I'll post it if there is > anyone interested. > > Daryl Monge > AT&T Bell Labs I would be interested in seeing such a program posted. I saw an article in an earlier ANALOG issue that contained such a program in BASIC, but so far I have not had the time to try to recode (or even redesign) it in ACTION! (I would also change it to work with my Toshiba P1340 printer, which uses Qume type control codes, according to the manual. Not exactly popular in the world of Atari software, but it prints well.) My current problem is that I >>do not even own<< the Atari Touch Tablet/Micro-Illustrator (or any other T/T or drawing software)! I have only in the past 4 months or so become interested in owning a T/T or drawing software (having nearly abandoned all ambition of writing my own s/w once I realized what all was out there). I had asked for an Atari T/T for Christmas - my wife and I exchanged "wish lists" - but my wife waited until the 11th hour to try to get me one, and after getting through to an Atari mail-order place in Columbus (from whom I had bought my 130XE), was told that "there are no Atari T/Ts available, because Atari is engaged in a lawsuit with the mfr. of the T/T..." (same goes for the Light Pen, but I don't care) and " the T/T has not been available for several months." If ever was heard a discouraging word... Has anyone out there recently bought an Atari T/T? Is there no hope? I haven't seen a Koala Pad advertised for some time, so I wonder if THAT is available anymore either (I think Toys R Us and/or Service Merchandise locally used to carry that "pad"). The January ANALOG article mentioned also refers to a t/t called a "Powerpad". Does anyone know anything about that t/t? I would appreciate hearing about this from anyone who knows anything more. PLEASE reply by MAIL, because I don't get a chance to read news often enough as it is, and I and my fellow "ihuxl-ites" are being moved to a new machine this weekend. Thanks in advance, Nick DiMasi (frusrated would-be "Atari artist") ihnp4!ihuxl!njd (until 1/17 or 1/18, supposedly) ihnp4!ihlpm!njd (after the move)
ekijak@ARDEC.ARPA.UUCP (01/30/87)
I recently saw a drawing-type tablet device for inputting sketches to a home computer. It had a drawing surface and mounted on it was a two-piece arm hinged at the 'shoulder' and 'elbow'. At the 'wrist' was a stylus which you used to trace your sketch. It was available for 8-bit Ataris and Texas Instruments home computers. The Atari version came with software contained in a plug-in cartridge (ROM), so you didn't even need a disk drive! The department store selling it seemed to be trying to get rid of them and the price was about $25. I suspect the 2 'hinges' may have been connected to pots (potentiometers - rotary variable resistors) that fed into the Atari's paddle (joystick) inputs. The software then computed the x,y coordinates of the stylus from the angular rotation of the 'hinges' and the lengths of each arm. This would let you draw a freehand line drawing, and then by using the stylus as a pointer to a menu, perhaps color it. The store is not near my home so I'm not able to go back and get the name of the device and its manufacturer.