amuser@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Bill Sharp-Smith AUG) (06/10/91)
A couple of months ago, Professional Amiga User (an Aussie mag) printed some
info on DPaint IV which it said would be out around the middle of this year.
I'm surprised 1. To hear of it first in an Aussie mag
2. That I have not heard of it on the 'Net yet.
Does anybody know anything ? The mag mentions the following features :
* Morphing between brushes (Yeah !)
* HAM, productivity mode support
* Better gradients
* other stuff I can't remember, but can find out.
Amiga Users Group of Western Australia.bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm) (06/10/91)
amuser@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Bill Sharp-Smith AUG) writes: > A couple of months ago, Professional Amiga User (an Aussie mag) printed some > info on DPaint IV which it said would be out around the middle of this year. > I'm surprised 1. To hear of it first in an Aussie mag > 2. That I have not heard of it on the 'Net yet. > > Does anybody know anything ? The mag mentions the following features : > > * Morphing between brushes (Yeah !) > * HAM, productivity mode support > * Better gradients > * other stuff I can't remember, but can find out. There was a short blurb in AmigaWorld about it as well. Not much else to say about it yet because I don't have any info. The AmigaWorld article shows a screenshot and a new "color mixer" where you can mix your paint colors to make another color. Other features seem to be a "lightbox" which is much like Disney's Onion Skin where you can see the preceeding or following frame of your animation while working on the current frame. Also is a new 3-D look and some other features. Doesn't seem to be anything ground-breaking however. I guess we will have to wait and see. -- Bob The Graphics BBS 908/469-0049 "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" ============================================================================ InterNet: bobl@graphics.rent.com | Raven Enterprises UUCP: ...rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!bobl | 25 Raven Avenue BitNet: bobl%graphics.rent.com@pucc | Piscataway, NJ 08854 Home #: 908/560-7353 | 908/271-8878
gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) (06/11/91)
From article <XmZB41w164w@graphics.rent.com>, by bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm): > > There was a short blurb in AmigaWorld about it as well. Not much > else to say about it yet because I don't have any info. The > AmigaWorld article shows a screenshot and a new "color mixer" where > you can mix your paint colors to make another color. Other features > seem to be a "lightbox" which is much like Disney's Onion Skin where > you can see the preceeding or following frame of your animation while > working on the current frame. Also is a new 3-D look and some other > features. Doesn't seem to be anything ground-breaking however. I > guess we will have to wait and see. I'm shocked at the amiga community's illiteracy. :) Doesn't ANYONE read .INFO anymore???????? June 1991 .INFO magazine. Preview: Deluxe Paint IV (beta) * menus & requesters now have grayscale shading and 3d buttons. * 5 new Gradient fills available * load/save requesters revamped * ability to define stencils by painting an area * set stencil colors by setting a "tolerance" * Gradient requestor for color ranges and spreads * A new "Translucency" effect * colors moved to a menu of its own * color palette requester added * Colors can now be mixed to create new colors * Palettes of up to 256 colors can now be saved and loaded * Ham paint mode added, modeled after the 256 color mode on IBM * Ham mode gives you a palette of 256 colors to work with * Ability to store and use an alternate brush, and swap between * Metamorph function creates an animbrush given # of frames * Metamorph will morph colors * "LightBox" mode for use with animation: - Display next and/or previous frame simultaneously - Controlled by a new animation control panel, giving a) control over LightBox functions b) VCR-like controls for animation playback ----> Available: August 2nd, 1991 <---- Greg -- All opinions are my own, and not those of my employer. Why? He doesn't know I'm doing this. -Wubba
psygtex@clan.nott.ac.uk (T.Emanuel) (06/11/91)
In article <amuser.676539660@cutmcvax> amuser@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Bill Sharp-Smith AUG) writes: >A couple of months ago, Professional Amiga User (an Aussie mag) printed some >info on DPaint IV which it said would be out around the middle of this year. >I'm surprised 1. To hear of it first in an Aussie mag > 2. That I have not heard of it on the 'Net yet. > >Does anybody know anything ? The mag mentions the following features : > > * Morphing between brushes (Yeah !) > * HAM, productivity mode support > * Better gradients > * other stuff I can't remember, but can find out. > > >Amiga Users Group of Western Australia. In Britain,Commodore User magazine had a large feature on DPaint IV.The morph mode sounds good,they said in the article that you can start with one brush, take another,specify a number of animation frames and the program will fill in the gaps for you,no doubt taking its time.Full HAM mode support is also promised,including HAMINATION,an extension of the current DPaint III animation facilities to HAM mode.There is an increased range of colour range operations, the range feature being given a whole menu to itself.
neil@celia.UUCP (Neil Richmond) (06/13/91)
In article <XmZB41w164w@graphics.rent.com> bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm) writes: > >features. Doesn't seem to be anything ground-breaking however. I >guess we will have to wait and see. > >-- Bob At this point it does not have to be ground breaking, just better. For me the exciting possiblity if some kind of antialiased lines with DPaint functionality is pretty exciting. I hope this will improve thier airbrush. The lack of anti- aliased lines is the only thing that disappoints me about both DPaintIII and The Animation Studio. It is hard to make something look finished when it is full of jaggy lines. My effort in DCTV at smoothing jaggies has been rather fruitless. Anyone have any success in this area? I wonder how their fills will be affected by HAM. Oh, well just gotta wait. neil -- Only 3125 shopping days left till the next millenium! Neil F. Richmond INTERNET: celia!neil@usc.edu Rhythm & Hues Inc. UUCP: ...{ames,hplabs}!lll-tis!celia!neil)