Atari Touch Tablet, Owner'S Manual

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Page 3: ...iArtist Your Key to Computer Art 4 Using the ATARI Touch Tablet with AtariArtist 5 Making Menu Selections 6 Drawing a Picture 8 Unleashing AtariArtist Graphics 9 Additional Infonnation on the Features II Saving Loading a Picture 18 Creating a Sample Drawing 19 ...

Page 4: ...h Tablet CONTROL BUTTON Used to make menu selections or as trigger buttons for video games CONTROL BUTTON STYLUS CONTROL BUTTON TABLET FACE Clear plastic overlay protects tablet surface lets you trace over pictures ...

Page 5: ...sshairs on the screen to vanish The two control buttons on the Touch Tablet and the one on the stylus act like fire buttons on other controllers They are used in conjunction with the stylus and the Touch Tablet s drawing surface to make menu selections or begin an activity moving from a menu to a picture drawing a line choosing a par ticular color or erasing the screen With one exception see page ...

Page 6: ...rtist give you access to 128 colors and 12 pre designed patterns in 128 colors let you magnify any portion of your drawings to modify your work dot by dot on your TV screen or draw perfect circles squares and straight lines You can also file the pictures you draw to diskette or cassette then use them again later with other pictures On the following pages you ll learn how easy it is to operate this...

Page 7: ...ake a menu selection or draw a line for example you must first touch the stylus or other writing tool to the Touch Tablet surface then press one of the three control buttons Except when using the DRAW and POINT features you must then press one of the three control buttons Except when using the DRAW and POINT features you must then press a control button again when you re finished drawing to lay yo...

Page 8: ...f the control buttons on the tablet Pressing the space bar on your computer also takes you back and forth between the menu and your picture even when your stylus is on the tablet surface The AtariArtist Menu The AtariArtist menu consists of six horizontal rows of boxes Each box contains a picture showing what the feature does so anyone including children who can t read can use it To make a menu se...

Page 9: ...o display the menu if you know which key you want just press it With two exceptions the features in the top three rows cannot be used simultaneously if you select DRAW after you ve selected RAYS for example you ll override RAYS The MAGNIFY and MIRROR features however can work in tandem with one another or with any of the other menu selections You can magnify a section of a circle or ray or create ...

Page 10: ...ve selected DISC you ll see a rubber banded see page 11 cir cle expand across the screen as you slide the stylus across the tablet 3 3 Press a control button again to lay in the DISC if you don t press a control button after drawing the figure it ll shift position when you touch the stylus to the Touch Table surface again or disappear when you remove the stylus and press any of the control buttons...

Page 11: ...te points on H the Touch Tablet surface press a con trol button and AtariArtist will draw lines from point to point using the end point of one line as the starting point for another RRYS Unleashing AtariArtist Graphics RAYS R Lets you draw a fan like burst of lines from any point on the screen FILL F Lets you fill an enclosed area a face in the middle of your TV screen for instance with a splash o...

Page 12: ...x of the pictures on the disk and lets you for mat a disk MAGNIFY Z Lets you enlarge the area around your stylus to eight times normal size then returns the enlarged picture to the normal size Color enLi c MIRROR M Lets you create duplicate but opposing images on your TV screen by mirroring or reflecting your movements on the Touch Tablet as you draw COLOR MENU C Lets you select from 128 colors an...

Page 13: ...ed FILL The cursor indicates when you are in FILL by dlsplaymg FILL beneath it Put the cursor inside the area and over the color to be changed Pixels to be filled must adjoin the starting pixel either vertically or horizontally Adclitionallnformation on the Features After the starting pixel has been altered an ad joining pixel of the same colors becomes the new star ting point The process continue...

Page 14: ...ke FILL you can use the BOX and DISC features to fill a solid color over a pattern These features are helpful for erasing areas of the screen because the color within a box or disc covers everything within the perimeters of the figure drawn to erase an area choose the background color as your current color then enclose the area to be erased with a box or disc ERASE This feature erases the entire e...

Page 15: ... to move the cursor over the filename of the picture you want and press a control button The picture will load and automatically be displayed on your TV screen MAGNIFY Since MAGNIFY works with all of the AtariArtist features it s ideal for doing detailed work or making corrections particularly erasing small areas in your picture When the picture is magnified each small square of color represents a...

Page 16: ...lect FRAME and MIRROR or type V and M on your keyboard from the main menu Then select A ALL 4 Way from the Mir ror menu to move from the menu to the electronic can vas Touch the stylus to the table surface then press a control button to see four identical dots on your TV screen Slide the stylus up and to the left on the tablet surface and you ll see four identical sets of rubber banded boxes Movin...

Page 17: ... at the right of the Color Menu As you switch from one color register to another you ll note that the arrows beside the Color and Level guides move up and down and that the colors and brightness within the vertical bars change These arrows indicate the Color or Level you re currently using For example the default color in color register 3 is a blue made up of Level 4 Color g You can select any of ...

Page 18: ...tylus from the tablet sur face and pressing a control button or the space bar Draw a box filled with the color from register 2 by touching the stylus to the tablet surface and pressing a control button then sliding the stylus to a second point you ll see the rubber band lines follow your stylus and pressing a control button again to see the box ex pand with color Now call up the Color Menu it s ea...

Page 19: ...es mov ing the Level guide from 0 to 15 When your picture is the color you want press a control button to lock the color in Repeat this pro cedure to change any of the other colors in your drawing When making corrections additions or erasing it s important remember that you re replacing pixels rather than erasing them To erase a pixel use the Color Menu to select the color of your picture s backgr...

Page 20: ...ure automatically into your computer You can now pick up where you left off add a burst of color change colors etc PROGRAM RECORDER When you re ready to save your picture insert a blank cassette tape into the recorder and press the tape counter reset button to set it to 000 Use the stylus and a control button to select Storage on the main menu then S Save Picture on the secondary menu or type S th...

Page 21: ...original i e default colors before you begin To ensure you re using the right colors use your stylus and a control button to select the Color Menu then select D Default Colors with either the stylus and a control button or your computer keyboard Then return to the main menu lift the stylus from the tablet surface and press a control button or the space bar Creating a Sample Drawing 1 Use the stylu...

Page 22: ...tains and press a control button to turn the peaks a deep blue color the fill process takes place as you watch 8 Go back to the main menu press a control button or the space bar with the stylus off the tablet and first select DISC then color register 1 you can use either the stylus and a control button or type Q then Ion your keyboard to make these selec tions 9 Return to the canvas and select a c...

Page 23: ...w keeping the lines parallel to finish the drawing You can now save the picture to cassette or diskette add trees birds a stream or erase it and start over Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the product documentation in this manual However because we are con stantly improving and updating our computer software and hardware Atari Inc is unable to guarantee the accuracy of printed ...

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