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From: donw@zehntel (Don White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Photon Paint
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Date: 15 Dec 89 20:35:38 GMT
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     ["But if THIS particular line eater space is at the other end of]
     [the wormhole, then all those disappeared lines will start show-]
     [ing up here.   Oh my!" - dw                                    ]

     I just had occasion to try Photon Paint at a friends house yesterday.
     It is a HAM painting program. At first I was not too impressed. It 
     didn't have anywhere near the bells and whistles I'm used to with
     Dpaint. But after experimenting with it for a while, WOW! It allows
     two techniques which make it VERY good.

     The first is the ability to BLEND. This means that when BLEND is
     activated, whatever you draw is blended into the picture already
     showing. Overlaying filled objects is spectacular.

     The second ability is that you can SET a gradation from light to
     dark when you FILL. In the SET requester, make the gradation get
     brightest in the middle both horizontally and vertically and click
     OK. Select the freehand drawing tool twice so that it will make FILLED
     lines. Turn on BLEND. Draw any shape. You will get a nicely sculpted
     3D looking shape that is brightest in the middle and smoothly fades to
     the background color(s). It is reasonably fast and lets you take easy 
     advantage of the Amigas 4096 colors!!!

     I am going to buy this!     

     Don W.
     Box 271177 Concord, CA. 94527-1177
     zehntel!donw