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--------------------------------------- | 0xPaint 1.2 | by Mikael Sjoberg (Oxidy/Fairlight) | release date 2007-09-09 --------------------------------------- --> DOWNLOAD 0xPaint v1.2 <-- REQUIREMENTS! If you don't have VB6 Run-time on your computer you must install it. 0xPaint also requires the following components: comdlg32.ocx, comctl32.ocx and comct332.ocx. If any of these are missing you will get errors. You can then either manually add them to your computer or if you don't know how, install 0xPaint Component Setup. NEWS! 2007-09-09 0xPaint v1.2 Added the following features: undo, recent, line, continous line, circle, different pens, fullscreen prev, integrated with BMP2SpriteConverter. Several bugs fixed. Renamed to 0xPaint due to change of group. 2005-08-18 WDStudio v1.0 Added a Codenet GUI. Added a FILL function, a toolbar and fixed several bugs in WDPaint. 2005-07-18 WDPaint v0.0 BETA 3 released. Fixed critical bug when running on machines with different national settings. Thanks to random for patiently helping me with testing. Also fixed koala-load with .kla extension. 2005-07-17 WDPaint Component Setup. If you're missing any components you should install this. 2005-07-11 WDPaint v0.0 BETA 2 released. Fixed some background pixeling bugs. Improved vice error handling. Improved loading speed. Optimize char function when setting pixels. Set new zoom position by clicking in the 'Full view'. 2005-06-25 WDPaint v0.0 BETA 1 released.  Screenshot featuring Three Cuddly Rabbits (TM). 1. Preword -------------- 0xPaint has been developed since late 2003 and was initially intended for personal use. However, word spread and I started to get mails and messages on IRC requesting it to be released. And so it was. This is a bitmap editor built mainly for coders, since coders often have specific needs and have to do lots of manual work with the bitmap to make them usable in demos. Most coder specific functions are unfinished at this point. 0xPaint includes CODENET and VICE support, so it's very easy to create compiled compopics either on a D64, or a floppy. Lots of features are requested and will be included when/if I get the time. IMPORTANT! This HELP-FILE in some cases include features not yet implemented. These are indicated with a star. (*) 4. CODENET SUPPORT ---------------------- --- 4.1 What is Codenet? Codenet is a way of transfering data from your PC to your C64. You need Retro Replay and RR-Net. You also need to flash your Retro Replay with Grahams Final Replay ROM, which includes Codenet. Check out: http://www.oxyron.de/html/freplay.html --- 4.2 Codenet related files A folder named SYSTEM should include the following files: codenet.exe - currently v0.2 (c) John "Graham" Selck tass.exe - turbo assembler 1.0 (c) Taboo Productions crush.exe - level crusher v1.1 (c) Taboo Productions decrush.tas - level-crusher v1.0/v1.1 depacker (c) Taboo Productions bmpshow.src - source for the bitmap shower 15x1save.src - source for the 1541/1571/1581 save --- 4.3 Commands You can, either from the menu or from the command prompt, select the following: Show preview on the C64 Save compopic to 1541 Codenet settings Before starting make sure you've configured your network correctly and set the IP for your C64 in 'Codenet settings'. --- 4.4 Editing the bitmapshower source In the SYSTEM folder there is a file named bmpshow.src. This can be edited if you want to customize your bitmap shower. As long as you maintain TASS coding standard, you can do whatever you want. For example adding an IRQ with SID, scrollers and demoeffects. But keep in mind. Compopics are not supposed to contain anything besides the compopic. Objects contained within brackets are modified at compile-time by 0xPaint. Removing them might cause unwanted 0xPaint behaviour. <CC> objects indicate that these rows are only compiled when compiling for codenet, not vice. I might possibly add some alternatives (selectable templates) for bmpshow.src at a later point, potentially making 0xPaint a simple demomaker. --- 4.9 Good to know When watching a preview on the C64 (based on the original bmpshow.src) you can press space to return to codenets receiving state. 5. VICE SUPPORT ------------------- --- 5.1 What is VICE? VICE is the best C64 emulator around. For more information check out http://www.viceteam.org --- 5.2 What do I need to do? 1) Install VICE on your PC. 2) Set the path in 'VICE settings'. 3) Select command --- 5.3 Commands You can, either from the menu or from the command prompt, select the following: Show preview in VICE Create compopic executable as PRG Create D64 containing compopic PRG VICE settings --- 5.4 Editing the bitmapshower source In the SYSTEM folder there is a file named bmpshow.src. This can be edited if you want to customize your bitmap shower. As long as you maintain TASS coding standard, you can do whatever you want. For example adding an IRQ with SID, scrollers and demoeffects. But keep in mind. Compopics are not supposed to contain anything besides the compopic. Objects contained within brackets are modified at compile-time by 0xPaint. Removing them might cause unwanted 0xPaint behaviour. <CC> objects indicate that these rows are only compiled when compiling for codenet, not vice. I might possibly add some alternatives (selectable templates) for bmpshow.src at a later point, potentially making 0xPaint a simple demomaker. --- 5.9 Good to know The PRG and the D64 on the PC will always be named exactly as the source picture. The PRG contained inside the D64 however is another story. If nothing is entered in 'PRG Name' in 'VICE settings' the PRG will be named as the source picture (left 16 characters only). If something is entered, it will override the source name. Note that spaces are converted to punctuations. 7. HOW-TO-USE ----------------- --- 7.1 Windows 0xPaint consists of the following windows: BMP view - The complete bitmap. Colors - The palette. Char data - Extensive bit and color information about the current char. Command prompt - I/O-functions, Assembler functions, and 0xPaint-functions. Zoom - The zoom mode. Pens - Different pens Fullscreen view - View image 2x2 --- 7.1.1 BMP view The complete bitmap. --- 7.1.2 Colors The left section shows the 16 available colors. The right section depends on whether any 0xPint-functions are activated or not. IF (NO 0xPaint FUNCTION IS ACTIVATED) THEN The two large boxes in the right part of this window indicates what color will be used when pressing the left or right mouse button. Left button = The foremost color Right button = The backmost color ELSE IF (MOUSECOPY IS ACTIVATED) THEN The char to copy is shown in the box. END IF Press 1-8, q-i for keyboard shortcuts to the colors. --- 7.1.3 Char data [11] Char col - The color represented by the bit pair 11. ($5800-$5bff) [10] Col 1 - The color represented by the bit pair 10. [$5c00-$5fff) %00001111 [01] Col 2 - The color represented by the bit pair 01. [$5c00-$5fff) %11110000 [00] Bgcol - Background color --- 7.1.4 Command Prompt Undocumented features. --- 7.1.5 Zoom n:1 zoom mode. Move around in the zoom window with Arrow keys - one char at the time CTRL+arrow keys - one screen at the time HOME,END,PGUP,PGDN - maximum top,bottom,left,right --- 7.2 Features BLOCKFILL Write BF ON in the Command Prompt or (*) enable Block Fill in the menu. When you click in the zoom window, the entire char will be replaced with a block of your selected color. MOUSECOPY Write MC ON in the Command Prompt or (*) enable Mouse Copy in the menu. Right-click in the zoom window to copy a char, and left-click to paste. * INTERPOLATE When drawing in normal mode, use interpolate to fill in the gaps between the two adjacent pixels. FILL Flood fill. LINE Draw a line between two points. CONTINOUS LINE Draw a line between two points, and keep the end point of the first line as starting point for the second. CIRCLE Draws the base of a circle. 8. ERROR CODES ------------------ Undocumented. E. FINAL WORDS ----------------- Bug reports, and feedback is always welcome. Find me on IRC in #c-64 (IRCNet). F. KNOWN BUGS! ------------------ |
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