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From: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Help with DPaint III Brushes!!
Message-ID: <1192@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu>
Date: 26 Nov 90 20:42:40 GMT
Reply-To: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland)
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	This problem I have run into is difficult to describe, so
bear with me.  I just purchased DPaint III so that I could work with
some Hires/Interlaced/Overscan images I scanned with Digiview 4.0.
What I scanned were photographs from various sources (e.g. scanning
electron microscope images), and now I want to "shrink" these full
screen images by a factor of 4 to make brushes out of them.  Simple,
I thought, after reading the DPaint III manual.  Just use the rectangular
brush selection feature and resize the brush using HALVE 2 times.  Well,
here is where I ran into the problem.  The images I am working with are
larger than the viewing area, so I have to scroll down and right to see
part of the image using the arrow keys.  Here is what I did.  I selected
the BRUSH tool, went to the upper right corner of my image (using the 
cross-hairs as a guide), clicked and held the left mouse button, moved
the mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen (this covers about
70-80% of my image), THEN I used the arrow keys (down and right) to move
the viewing area so that I could see the bottom right corner of my image
(with the left mouse button STILL held down), moved the mouse to the 
encompass this corner, then I released the mouse button to PICK UP the 
BRUSH.  This worked EXCEPT for one thing.  When I scrolled the image down
and right to reveal the bottom right corner, a portion of the top and left
of the image became hidden from view, as would be expected.  However, upon
examining my BRUSH image, I noticed that the top/left part of the image
which became hidden JUST before I released the mouse button was NOT 
included in my brush.  Thus, only the portion of the image which was
visible when I released the mouse button became part of the brush.  

	Is there any way to overcome this problem?  Can I "shrink" the
size of an IFF screen WITHOUT having to cut it out as a brush first? 
If so, how?  ANY help would be appreciated.  I need the HIRES/INTERLACE/
OVERSCAN on the imagas for an AmigaVision presentation I am going to
do as a Physical Chemistry Seminar in 2 weeks, so I could use help soon.

I hope this makes sense.  If not, please email me and I will try to explain
further. 

Thanks,

Scott Sutherland
sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu