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From: joe@lakesys.UUCP (Joe Pantuso)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.graphics
Subject: Digi-Paint
Keywords: Features, NewTek
Message-ID: <496@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 88 05:51:34 GMT
Reply-To: joe@lakesys.UUCP (Joe Pantuso)
Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, WI
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I have recently had the opportunity to play with "Digi-Paint" from NewTek.  I
am *extremely* impressed with this package.  It's shading and blending,
tinting, etc. capabilities are excellent.  It's HAM mode is great (it's
always in HAM mode).  But there seem to be some features missing that I'm used
to having on more primitive paint programs.

1) There is no simple "fill" option, this is that sort where you just take a
paint bucket and click on the middle of a spot you want to fill.

2) Arc, curved line segments.  Not such thing on here.

3) Spray paint.  Not available, it would-be possible to fake a similar effect
but it wouldn't be easy (I don't mean for shading, obviously, I mean for
making little dots of color all over, like a starry sky).

4) Patterns!  In almost all paint programs I've used before you can create
patterns and then draw or fill with them, not here.

5) Not a missing feature but I wish you could not only control the direction
of shading but the DEGREE of shading, without this capability you cannot do
things such as small highlights automatically.

Is it possible the version I've seen is an older version?  I have no idea,
this are minor things compared to the overall quality of the package, but they
are still gripes.

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