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From: getchell@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (David Getchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Creating Startup Screens
Message-ID: <612@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu>
Date: 2 May 88 19:57:57 GMT
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Reply-To: getchell@obsidian.ma.arizona.edu.UUCP (David Getchell)
Organization: Dept. of Math., Univ. of Arizona at Tucson
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Keywords: startup screens
Summary: It's easy with the right tools!

In article <8445@netsys.UUCP> len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose) writes:
>I am a relative newcomer to Macintosh systems,so please
>bear with me if I ask something silly.
>
>Which program (MacPaint or MacDraw or something else)
>can be used to create startup screens ?
>

Not silly at all.  The two programs that I have had sucess with are ViewPaint
and SuperPaint.  ViewPaint is PD, and I would mail you a copy except that I
can't find it anymore.  Basically what it does is allow you to view a MacPaint
document and select a screenful to make into a startup screen.  You have a fair
amount of flexibility in what you select, but you can't change the picture, so
you also need MacPaint to create the pictures in the first place.

SuperPaint, on the other hand, reads and writes startup screens as one of it's
file types.  The others are it's own, MacPaint, and PICT.  It seems to have
less flexibility about what chunk of picture is used as your startup screen,
but it does have the ability to edit the picture, of course :^).

If you already have and like MacPaint, get hold of ViewPaint and off you go.
On the other hand, if you would have to buy MacPaint, I would rather see you
spend your money on SuperPaint instead.

Just my opinions.

David Getchell

P.S. -- Anybody want to hire an aspiring Mac programmer?  B.A. in C.S. and
        everything!