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3 `9.95 Print'n'Plotter Products. 3 PAINT PLUS 2 `12.95 Softek International Ltd. 2 PRESS A KEY 2 GRAPHICS REVIEWS 2 About `144 BRITISH MICRO Ltd. 2 ;"REVIEWS" 2 8(.F000F.( 2 CONCLUSIONS 1 x~G@@@(((( 1 main rouitine 1 THE NEXT PROGRAM ON THIS TAPE!!! 1 STOP THE TAPE 1 RUN THE TAPE 1 LET THE TAPE RUN 1 <<B<~<<><B< 1 <<B<@B<><B< 1 ;"REVIEWS": 1 8Gpp000F.( 1 8(.F600F.( 1 "or circles you have to INPUT theradius or curvature.","","Enclosed shapes can be filled with ink or one of 4 shading patterns." 1 "leaving a trail of 3D brick wallbehind you.","" 1 "end1","00010304 1 "There is an associated set of utilities called the SCREEN 1 "The next page shows a table of scores for all the programs in this review. The maximum mark ineach category is 5. A zero mark indicates that a function is notavailable." 1 "The fill routine can be defined in almost unlimited ways and canproduce amazing efects.","end1" 1 "Like PAINT PLUS, it doesn't drawon the bottom two lines of the screen.","","Value for money 10/10!","end2" 1 "EASE OF USE 1 "About 18 month ago I reviewed the only Spectrum sketch pad program worth considering at thetime - Melbourne Draw. But how does it compare with today's pixel manipulators?" 1 "ATTRIBUTES 1 "1 INTRODUCTION","2 PAINT PLUS","3 THE ARTIST","4 GRAFPAD","5 16/48PAD","6 CONCLUSIONS","Q QUIT" 1 ","SHADE/FILL 1 ","SCALING 1 ","FULL SCREEN 1 ","FLIP/ROTATE 1 "","You pays your money, and you takes your choice." 1 "","You can use the PAINT PLUS 1 "","When you do produce a Spectrum masterpiece, why not send it to us and get your name in Bytes!","end1" 1 "","This package is an updated and slightly improved version of P&P's old ""Paintbox"" program.","","The package is functional, but short on drawing facilities. Youare limited to drawing lines between points. If you want arcs" 1 "","This is the most sophisticated of the software packages.","It has a very powerful airbrush function which alows you easily to define the brush area and spray pattern. Imagine moving a cursor around the screen and" 1 "","There is a magnify by 8 facilitywhich is greatly inferior to the one on Melbourne Draw." 1 "","The overlay mode is a powerful facility which enables you to cut and paste portions of your design. It will even stretch or squeeze sections of screen in either direction." 1 "","The UDG functions are very good.You can have up to 5 banks of UDG's in memory at one time." 1 "","The 90 degree window rotation isunique and the window facilitiesin general make the program veryuseful.","","I found the key layout awkward and the lack of a magnification routine would make me revert to Melbourne Draw for fine work." 1 "","So what do you get for all this money? Well, you get some very sophisticated hardware in the form of an A4 graphics tablet and some excellent software by Jon Ritman." 1 "","Of course `9.95 is a lot to pay for a manual, but this is easilythe best book on screen creationand manipulation on the Spectrumthat I have seen.","" 1 "","It takes time and effort to get the best out of this packeage, but the power is there and it would be hard to do better 1 "","I reviewed this in issue 6 and said that it was the ultimate inSpectrum graphics aids. This is still true. If you are serious about Spectrum graphics then youcan do no better than to invest in a Grafpad." 1 "","All the programs reviewed will allow you to create high res' designs and let you define User Defined Graphics. Although they all do the same job their pricesrange from 1 "","A very important, but commonly overlooked, part of any softwarepackage is the manual. The P+ manual is excellent.","end1" 1 " Melbourne Draw has aged well. For value and ease of use it would still be my choice for most situations." 1 " If you need lots of power you will have to go for ARTIST and if you can justify the expense then buy a Grafpad." 1 " However, you have a perfectly acceptable, but by no means 1 without added hardware.","end2" 1 with this mag toover `140 for he GRAFPAD.","end2" 1 software with the Grafpad (why anyone would want to beats me!) or you might even hack into 1 perfect (Thanks a million!-Ed.) graphics package with 16/48PAD. So why worry?" 1 TO SEE A DEMO SCREEN" 1 MACHINE. This has a selection ofmachine code routines for addingor manipulating screens. If you have been a regular 16/48 readeryou will find nothing new here." 1 = PAINT PLUS",""," 1 = MELBOURNE DRAW" 1 = GRAFPAD",""," 1 = ARTIST",""," 1 = 16/48PAD",""," 1 16/48PAD and change the basic toaccept Grafpad input.","","","What more could you want?" 1 INTRODUCTION