Suncom Animation Station, User Manual

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Page 2: ...omg pixelbypixel To add tMto your illustratIOns you can choose between different character sets and type text on the screen With your computer keyboard Deslgnlab even com es with liSown library01popul...

Page 3: ...COLOR BRUSHSET SKETCH BOX FILL BOX2 OVAL OVAL 2 DOTS SPRAY LINE LINES ZOOM SHAPES ME U THESHAPES MENU TEXT WINDOW DISK THE DISK unllTY MENU FORMAT SAVEPICTURE SAVE WINDOW RETURN TO PICTURE LOAD PICTUR...

Page 4: ...wn from the back so you maylaythe padnatorprop it atan angle Asmallswitch atthe lowerrightfront ofthe padallows itto emulate video game functions With the Commodore 64 slide the switch down andboth bo...

Page 5: ...endofthe adaptorandplug the otherendofthe adaptorinto the 16 pin I Oporton the circuitboard SFAI ANllllATIONSTATION WARNINGION THEAPPLEIIAND11 MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPUTER IS I FFBEFORE YOU PLUG IN TH...

Page 6: ...artup PrtJc dufBl ftJr the CDmmtJdDfB 64 1 With the computerturned ONandthe Animation Statidn jJluggedinto the side as describedabove insert the Oesignlab prog am disk into the disk drive and press th...

Page 7: ...plus paintbrush options seven brushes for the Apple seven pre definedbrushes andone user defined brush for the eommodore Each square has aWe andasmallicon that symbolizes the menu option 2 To choose t...

Page 8: ...ISEITHER BLANKOR HAS NOTHINfl ONIT THAT YOU WANT TO SAVE e Press the RETURNkey You willbe askedbythe screen ifyou really want to format Press the Ykey for YES Formatting willproceedautomatically andth...

Page 9: ...made Ready The first step is to clearthe screen IDe sure thatyou have aFORMATTED DATA DISKhandy Title CLEAR CLEAR 1ft 1 Unless you press yourApple computer s ESC key orSPACEbar your Commodore s SPACEb...

Page 10: ...ndcolorto work with The menu willdisappear alldthe screen willclearitselfuntilitis completelyblack The screen willthen automaticallyclearin the coloryou ve chosen N te Coloredbackgroundcan produce ava...

Page 11: ...lected will appearin the COLORicon box 2 Notice the MIXoption atthe bottom right handside ofthe COLOR MENU Any two colors maybe mixedbyplacing the cursorin the MIXsquare pressing a BorrOMBUrrON thenpl...

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Page 13: ...willappear in the COLOR ICONbox Forthe purposes ofthis tutorial however this time let s stick with WHITE Press aBOTTOMBUrrON again to leave the BITOPTIMIZATIONCOLOR MENU b Ifyou choose the REGISTERSEL...

Page 14: ...be donewith the 00bit pattern This willenable you to erase pans ofyour picture as ifyou were actuallyusing apencileraser Title BRUSHSET II R U siiis lllIlt m II I I f I j I 7 1 1 JII III 1 1 The curr...

Page 15: ...aBorrOMBurrONagain to return to the MAINMENU Title BOX 4ii 1 1 Choose the BOXoption Thi n lift the stylus andapulsating rectangle willradiate from the place where you initiallyputthe cursor The box WI...

Page 16: ...lruntilitruns into aboundary You can stop leaks with eitherdots orlines We71get to them later 4 You can also fillthe boxes with texture Go back to the MAIN MENU and select COLOR again This time when t...

Page 17: ...drawing lines allain so go back to COLORandchoose WHITEbefore proceeding to OVAL Pres aBOTTOM BUrrONto return to the MAINMENU Title OVAL I I II I Choose the OVAL option thenplace the cursoron the scre...

Page 18: ...chosen acolor for the dots with the MAIN MENU on the screen choose the DOTS option 2 Place the cursor anywhere on the screen press aBOrrOMBUrrON andadot willappear Repeat the process to make as manyd...

Page 19: ...he cursor To spraya 1hin coat move the cursoronce overthe area you wadfto color To spraya 1hick coat miJvethe cursorseveraltimes overthe same area 2 Nowlet s draw some straightlines Press aBOTTOMBb ON...

Page 20: ...tion then place the cursor anywhere on the screen andpress andrelease a BOTTOMBUTTON 2 Now move the stylus to another pointon the screen and a rubber banding line will arm between the initial cursorpo...

Page 21: ...d willreappear when you touch the padagain 2 Onthe Commodore to move the ZOOMlens to otherareas move the stylus to one ofthe edges ofthe padin the direction you wanNo go andholdit there On the Apple d...

Page 22: ...six willalso change Also ifyou light two pixels in row the area affectedmaychange to white orpastel ConsultyourApple manualfor further details f When you ve made allthe changes you want return to the...

Page 23: ...the numberoftheshape currently being viewed You can scrollthrough the shapes byplacing the cursorin the SHAPENUMBER boxandpressing aBorrOMBurrONtogo forwardar a TOPBUrrON to go backwards b ROTATE Pla...

Page 24: ...ackgroundcolor regardless ofthe color andshape color seleCted 22 3 Nowlet s addone ofthe shapes to yourpicture Selectthe shape the color andthe way you want it to appearon the screen as describedin a...

Page 25: ...gg chevron on the Apple monitor willbecome smaller indicating lower case and press it again to return to upper case leUers 3 Type the textyou want using the computerkeyboard as you would atypewriter 4...

Page 26: ...it aroundon the screen duplicate itanywhere on the screen orsave it on astorage disk to be usedlater on 1 Choo se the WINDOWoption The CUTandPASTEoptions willappear They re called cut and pastei becau...

Page 27: ...andrelease aBOTTOMBUTTONin step 2c above you willautomaticallyga into the PASTEmode Now you can copy the contents ofthe frame in anotherarea ofthe screen save it on adisk orclearthe screen anduse itla...

Page 28: ...o select thatitem Ifyou accidentallyselectan unwanteditem ordecide norto go ahead with an item selected with an Apple press the ESC button10 leave the DISK UTILITYMENU andgo backto the MAIN MENU With...

Page 29: ...ore 64 andpress the RETURNkey Your picture is nowsaved for later use c SAVE WINDOW The clips thatyou cut out with the WINDOW option can also be savedon a disk Use the appropriate ARROWorCURSORkeys to...

Page 30: ...m andyou willreturn to the screen andthe picture you savedwillhave been loadedand willbe on the screen f LOAD WINDOW Ifyou ve savedawindow you can loaditthe same waythat you loadedthe picture you save...

Page 31: ...en the one you wantis highlighted press the RETURNkey The cha ac terset will automaticallyload When loadingis finished selectRETURN TOPICTURE andpresstlie RETURNkeyto go back to the MAINMENU Then sele...

Page 32: ...llappear Scrollthrough the optionslistedandselectthe one thatmatches your system bypressing the RETURNkey This selection willbe storeduntilyou leave the program You willnothave to select amatching pri...

Page 33: ...BOXandpress BOrrOMBUrrONto stanprinting Note You can stopprintingbypressing the ESC keyon anApple orthe RUN STOP key on aCommodore 64 When printing is completed press the ESCkey orthe RUN STOPkey to r...

Page 34: ...com Inc warrants to the originalpurchaserthat the software program enclosed willremainfree from defects in media orcoding for aperiodof30 days Ifthe diske e enclosedshouldfailto boo properlydtlring th...

Page 35: ...Tablet Sty us Instructions Program disk Packaging 3 Do yau plan to purchase supplementalAnimation Station Software Yes No 4 Ifyes to question 3 what type ofSoftware would you like to have Educational...

Page 36: ...itles have you purchased in last 12months 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 up 14 00 you own anyothergraphics tablets Yes No Brand 15 Hours per week computer used 0 1 2 3 4 8 8 12 Over 12 Games Personalproductivity Edu...

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Page 38: ...s are labeled PIC A PIC B etc Decide the picture you want to convert and then load run KOALA CONVERT it will gIVe you a menu to choose from and then convert the program to DESIGNLAB format It Will be...

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