nschultz@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ned W. Schultz) (04/17/91)
I've had my Toaster for a while but have not used ToasterPaint much. Just tonight I noticed that some of the tool buttons (e.g., polygon/ straight line, circle, elipse) do not show up on my screen. However, they do work using the keyboard equivs. I also seem to have at least one button that is not in the manual (filled freehand?). I have version 1.0 of ToasterPaint and my manuals are 1.0 also. They have some of the photos included, but a number are missing. I have 6 megs of memory. So...I am wondering if I have the latest version of the program? if I have the latest version of the manuals? if this is a memory problem that would not be there if I had 7 megs? Seems odd that the tools would work, but the buttons would not be there. Anyone know? Ned Schultz nschultz@polyslo.calpoly.edu
mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) (04/17/91)
In article <280beb73.5092@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> nschultz@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Ned W Schultz) writes: >I've had my Toaster for a while but have not used ToasterPaint much. >Just tonight I noticed that some of the tool buttons (e.g., polygon/ >straight line, circle, elipse) do not show up on my screen. Seems odd >that the tools would work, but the buttons would not be there. > >Anyone know? ToasterPaint has two modes, 1x and 2x. Everything works in 2x mode but when you go to 1x, many of the functions disappear. I never tried the keyboard equivs in 1x to see if they would work. The reason for 2x mode is because Toaster Paint uses a HAM image which can't display 768 x 480 all at once. The 1x mode tosses out every other pixel and scanline (hence many of the tools and functions have been crippled). I only rarely use ToasterPaint anymore and generally turn to DCTV Paint. Unfortunately, DCTV doesn't save IFF24 brushes so I must save off all my brush maps for Lightwave in ToasterPaint (which tends to mangle odd brush dimensions). %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~% % ` ' Mark Thompson CONCURRENT COMPUTER % % --==* RADIANT *==-- mark@westford.ccur.com Principal Graphics % % ' Image ` ...!uunet!masscomp!mark Hardware Architect % % Productions (508)392-2480 (603)424-1829 & General Nuisance % % % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~