rap@csadfa.oz (Robert Pearson) (08/05/88)
Please could we ask for some decent colour software that can shift between
applications. Even simple 8 colour that can be printed to an imagewriter
with a colour ribbon. The nice painting software is 1000 here much to costly.
I have Canvas, it can have a single colour in a single object, so far
I have not been able to mix colours in one. By using the mask facilities
it is possible to get some nice pictures, but a real 'hasstle'.
It also seems to send the wrong commands to the imagewriter, blue becomes
'purple'? and yellow of course is almost invisible, an imagewriter problem.
I was also using Superspool, but it seemed to remove all colour
information, and still does not (here in Aust) support multifinder.
Also how can text and colour be mixed . Write-now converts
a colour to black and white. I understand that More 1.01C (or 1.1c?) can
type colour headings but mixing text and diagrams ????
Crystal quest works nicely in colour but hardly justifies the extra
cost.
Coral logo seems to work in colour, at least a start, now all it needs
it a lot of work and it could almost compare to the logo on the TI. moving
sprites moving objects, full colours would allow lots of possibilities as well
if they priced it properly some access to an educational market; aspescially
if apple decided that it was time that schools used macs, not appleGS
Some work should allow a HP paintjet printer to interface to the Mac II
much two costly for an individual (here anyway) but this would have
possibilities.
Note that I have only asked that the simple (8) colour software
work correctly. Not even the nicer pixel paint type. I can hardly justify
the money if the simpler ones can not work correctly. There must be a
market for Desktop publishing with colour. Even overheads for lectures
would be better with colour.
Robert Pearson ISD: +61 62 68 8171 STD: (062) 68 8155
Dept. Computer Science Telex: ADFADM AA62030
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