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I'm No Artist!  Part Three by Solomon M. Swift as it originally appeared in April 90 MOAUG newsletter (third part of a series exploring graphics software) NB: you may wish to remove the EDITOR'S NOTE 
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BIT IMAGE GRAPHICS: (continued)
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In addition to the graphics print programs we discussed last month, there is another program called SwiftPRINT. SwiftPRINT is also by DIGITAL EXPRESS (me.) Though it is the software package that I am least proud of, it does offer some useful features.  Nearly each of the graphics print or design utili- ties for ADAM has its own picture storage format. SwiftPRINT will load and and store in virtually any storage format. It does require at least a 64K memory expander.  It will print just one screen or two side-by-side (for a letterhead.) The program has three boldness selections:  draft (one pass), near letter quality (four passes), and laser quality (nine passes).  It will also print using black and grey shading; and it does color printing on an Okimate 20 (though rather slow in the process).  It also has color change and text entry options. [^ISee review in this issue --- Ed.^J]
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GRAPHICS DESIGN:
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PaintMASTER by Strategic Software was the very first multi-featured graphics design program for ADAM.  Loosely modeled after MacPAINT (for the McIntosh) it offers a variety of options with icons to the left of the drawing window.  It does not offer any print options; however, there are now PD contributions that print its pictures on both a dot matrix and on the ADAM daisy wheel (six pages for one screen).
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CLIPPER, by DIGITAL EXPRESS, intro- duced the concept of "clip art" to ADAM.  You can draw, enter text, and change colors within the clip.  The chief function, however, is to "clip" small graphics from larger pictures.  These clips can then be inserted into your own creations silimar to the way a commercial artist works, using a "paste up" box.  These clips can be used in PowerPAINT as well as The Label Works and The Print Works (both by Walters Software).
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SpritePOWER, another package by DIGITAL EXPRESS, offers numerous options for creating sprites. These sprites can be used in your own programs for quick, colorful anima- ted characters (instructions are included for doing this). Also, the sprites can be used in PowerPAINT for stamping the small graphics on your picture making easy borders, brick walls, etc. Another use for the sprites is to design large alphabet characters for stamping in PowerPAINT.  And, you can "capture" sprites from screen pictures from within the program too.
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FontPOWER by DIGITAL EXPRESS lets you design typefaces for use with ADAM.  You can use these in BASIC, your own Z80 programs, and in PowerPAINT.  There are currently nearly three dozen such typefaces available.
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SHAPEMAKER is a public domain con- tribution by Guy Cousineau of AJM Software.  This is, by far, the most versatile program available for creating vectored shape tables. The shapes created can be used in your own BASIC programs (using the DRAW, XDRAW, SCALE, & ROT commands) for animation (vectored shapes are different from sprites in that in- stead of "bit image" graphics, they provide a fast method of HPLOTting designs.  The shapes can also be used in PowerPAINT as paintbrushes for some graphics effects that would not otherwise be possible.  
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Next month we'll take a look at the remaining graphics programs for ADAM and begin exploring the wealth of pre-drawn graphics. 
 
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