
	  Welcome to DrawStudio!
	  On your coverdisk is a demo version of DrawStudio,
	  the great new drawing program by Graham and Andy Dean
	  and published by LH Publishing. This demo version is
	  Save, Print and Export disabled but all other functions
	  are fully working. This enables you to play and see all
	  of the great things that DrawStudio can do.


	  IMPORTANT: This is one of only a few major releases
	  on the Amiga and the first from the UK for quite a
	  while. We urge all Amiga users to follow our lead and
	  if you like this program, please support the authors
	  and publisher by purchasing it. If the Amiga is to
	  survive, it needs Amiga owners to take the lead and
	  show their support. - Larry Hickmott, LH Publishing
	  (Em magazine).


	  What is DrawStudio?
	  -------------------
	  DrawStudio is the premier drawing and illustration
	  package for the Amiga range of computers. DrawStudio
	  is an ideal package for many uses, including:

	       - Presentation graphics
	       - World Wide Web page graphics
	       - Poster design
	       - Technical illustrations
	       - Diagrams for reports and dissertations


	  The Authors
	  -----------
	  Andy and Graham Dean are the authors of DrawStudio.
	  Both of them have several years of Amiga programming
	  experience behind them, having written the award
	  winning ImageStudio and TextureStudio packages. In
	  creating DrawStudio, no corners have been cut in
	  producing the highest quality software coding for
	  maximum speed and functionality on the Amiga.

	  Never before seen on the Amiga, DrawStudio contains
	  many features only found in more expensive packages
	  on other platforms. We hope that you enjoy being
	  creative with DrawStudio, but please do not hesitate
	  to contact us if you would like to offer suggestions
	  with improvements you would like to see or features
	  added in future versions.


	  DrawStudio - The best drawing package on the Amiga?
	  ---------------------------------------------------
	  DrawStudio is a drawing and illustration package,
	  which is different from a paint package. Paint
	  packages are the more common form of art programs
	  found on the Amiga, probably due to the powerful
	  graphics chipset that separated the Amiga from the
	  rest of the computers back in the late 1980's.

	  Paint packages are used to "paint" the colours of
	  pixels on the screen, similar to the way a brush is
	  used to apply paint to a canvas. If you want to draw
	  a yellow circle with a paint package, it is easy -
	  simply select yellow and use the circle tool to draw
	  a circle. But what if you want to move the yellow
	  circle after you have drawn it?

	  Some packages allow you to undo the last operation,
	  but what happens if you drew the circle several
	  operations ago or you have now drawn some more shapes
	  over the parts of the circle?

	  With a paint package, all you can essentially do is
	  paint more colours over existing ones - it is
	  difficult or impossible to modify the shapes drawn
	  afterwards.


	  This is where a drawing package comes in. A drawing
	  package, like DrawStudio, will remember that you drew
	  a yellow circle on the page so that should you want
	  to change the circle later you can by just "picking
	  it up" and changing it. You can recolour it, resize
	  it, twist it, fill it, rotate it and many other
	  operations any time you want.

	  The downside to traditional drawing programs is that
	  they tend to have a less exciting range of available
	  shapes and effects than paint packages.

	  DrawStudio blurs the divide between drawing and paint
	  packages by providing all the advantages of a drawing
	  package with many of the creative effects and tools
	  usually only found in paint packages.

	  DrawStudio allows you to bulge, warp, reshape and
	  distort objects as well as apply a wide range of
	  colour effects and fills. By importing and saving in
	  common Amiga bitmap and drawing package formats,
	  using DrawStudio artwork with existing Amiga packages
	  couldn't be easier. DrawStudio uses a standard Amiga
	  interface, making the program easy to use for both
	  new and experienced Amiga owners.


	  Features
	  --------
	  A quick look at some of the program's main features
	  will reveal some of the tools available to you.

	       - Easy to use. A great deal of effort has been
	       placed in making DrawStudio easy to use by both
	       the beginner and the professional. A standard
	       Amiga user interface combined with a wide range
	       of tools provide the capability for all users to
	       produce high quality work.

	       - Wide range of shapes. All the standard shapes
	       are available for drawing with, including lines,
	       curves, circles, ellipses and freehand tools.

	       - Powerful text handling. DrawStudio supports
	       the standard Adobe Type 1 font format, allowing
	       high quality text at any size. Text can be
	       formatted, resized and even warped and
	       distorted.

	       - Full colour support. All the colour
	       information is kept to 24 bits of accuracy
	       within DrawStudio, irrespective of the number of
	       colours on the Amiga's display.

	       - Powerful colour fills. Both the outlines and
	       the fills of objects in DrawStudio can be filled
	       with either a solid colour, a repeating pattern,
	       complex gradient or bitmap image. All colours
	       support transparency, allowing objects to colour
	       the objects below them.

	       - Fast. DrawStudio is written to complement the
	       Amiga's graphics capabilities to the maximum.
	       Almost all the routines have been hand-written
	       by the authors for maximum speed on the Amiga,
	       leading to unparalleled redraw times for complex
	       illustrations.

