CREATE NEW IMAGE - THIS OPTION WILL LET YOU START
AN IMAGE FROM SCRATCH.  IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY WORKING
ON AN IMAGE, YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SAVE THAT IMAGE.  YOU WILL NEED TO SPECIFY THE X
AND Y IMAGE DIMENSIONS.





LOAD VGA IMAGE - THIS OPTION WILL LOAD AN IMAGE
FROM YOUR CURRENT DRIVE AND DIRECTORY.  THE IMAGE
MUST HAVE A (.VGA) EXTENSION.  256 PAINT WILL AUTO-
MATICALLY DETECT THE PRESENCE OF A PALETTE.  IF YOU
ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN IMAGE, YOU WILL BE GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THAT IMAGE.




CHANGE SETTINGS - THIS OPTION POPS UP A UNIQUE MENU
FOR MODIFYING THE CURRENT 256 PAINT SETTINGS.
PIXEL SIZE AND PATTERN AS WELL AS GRIDDING ARE
INCLUDED.






SAVE VGA IMAGE - THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO SAVE
THE CURRENT IMAGE IN A DISK FILE.  YOU CAN SAVE IT
UNDER A PREVIOUS NAME OR A NEW NAME.  YOU CAN CHOOSE
TO SAVE THE PALETTE WITH THE FILE AS WELL.






RESIZE AN IMAGE - THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO
RESIZE ANY IMAGE WITHIN 200 X 150 DIMENSIONS TO
ANY OTHER SIZE WITHIN 200 X 150.  YOU CAN CROP THE
IMAGE OR SCALE IT TO ITS NEW SIZE.






FILL AREA - THIS OPTION WILL FILL AN ENTIRE REGION
WITH THE CURRENT COLOR.  ALL OF THE AREA FILLED MUST
BE CONTIGUOUS SPACE.







LINE - THIS OPTION WILL DRAW A LINE OF THE CURRENT
COLOR.  YOU WILL SPECIFY BOTH ENDPOINTS.








RECTANGLE - THIS OPTION WILL DRAW A RECTANGLE IN
THE CURRENT COLOR.  YOU WILL SPECIFY THE BOUNDARIES.
YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF MAKING IT SOLID.







CIRCLE - THIS OPTION WILL DRAW A CIRCLE IN THE
CURRENT COLOR.  AFTER SELECTING THE CENTER, YOU WILL
SELECT THE SIZE USING YOUR MOUSE HORIZONTALLY.  YOU
WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF MAKING THE CIRCLE SOLID.






ELLIPSE - THIS OPTION WILL DRAW AN ELLIPSE IN THE
CURRENT COLOR.  AFTER SELECTING THE CENTER, YOU WILL
SELECT THE X AND Y SIZE BY MOVING THE MOUSE BOTH
HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY.  YOU WILL HAVE THE
OPTION OF MAKING THE ELLIPSE SOLID.





POLYGON - THIS OPTION WILL DRAW A POLYGON IN THE
CURRENT COLOR.  YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SELECT NEW
POINTS UNTIL CLICK THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON.  AT THIS
TIME, YOU WILL NEED TO TELL 256 PAINT WHETHER YOU
WISH TO ABORT THE POLYGON DRAW OR CONTINUE.  IF YOU
CONTINUE, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF MAKING THE
POLYGON SOLID.



COLOR REPLACEMENT - THIS OPTION WILL REPLACE EACH
INSTANCE OF A COLOR YOU CHOOSE WITH THE CURRENT
COLOR.  YOU WILL FIRST DELINEATE THE RECTANGULAR
BOUNDARIES TO USE, THEN SELECT THE COLOR TO BE
REPLACED AND THE REPLACEMENT WILL BEGIN.





RANDOM REPLACEMENT - SIMILAR TO COLOR REPLACEMENT,
THIS OPTION REPLACES ONLY A PERCENTAGE OF THE
COLOR YOU WANT REPLACED.  FIRST CHOOSE THE
BOUNDARIES, THEN THE COLOR TO BE REPLACED.  LASTLY,
CHOOSE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE OLD COLOR THAT YOU WANT
TO REPLACE WITH THE NEW COLOR.

 


LOAD PALETTE - THIS OPTION WILL LOAD A PALETTE FROM
DISK.  IF YOU CHOOSE THIS OPTION, THE CURRENT
PALETTE WILL BE SET TO THE PALETTE YOU ARE LOADING.
THIS MAY YEILD BIZARRE RESULTS IF NOT USED PROERLY.
PALETTE FILES ARE SAVED IN FILES WITH A (.PAL)
EXTENSIONS.




SAVE PALETTE - THIS OPTION WILL SAVE A PALETTE TO
DISK.  THE FILE WILL HAVE A (.PAL) EXTENSION AND WILL
BE EXACTLY 768 BYTES IN SIZE.







MODIFY PALETTE - A VERY POWERFUL TOOL, THIS OPTION
WILL LET YOU MODIFY RGB COMPONENTS OF THE CURRENT
PALETTE FILE.  YOU WILL GO TO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
WORK SCREEN WHERE ALL 256 COLORS ARE DISPLAYED.  YOU
CAN CHANGE VALUES FOR ANY ONE COLOR OR GET 256 PAINT
TO CALCULATE A SMOOTH TREND FROM ONE COLOR TO YET
ANOTHER.  SIMPLY SELECT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE
TREND AND THEN SELECT DO TREND, THE COLORS WILL THEN
BE MODIFIED.  NATURALLY, THE GREATER THE DISTANCE
APART, THE MORE SMOOTH THE TRANSITION.
ZOOM - THIS OPTION LETS YOU ZOOM INTO A SMALLER
PORTION OF THE CURRENT IMAGE.  THIS MAKES PIXEL
EDITING MUCH EASIER ON LARGER IMAGES.  AS YOU BECOME
MORE EXPERIENCED USING 256 PAINT, THIS OPTION IS
VERY USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHERS SUCH AS
HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL FLIPPING.




COPY RECTANGLE - THIS OPTION COPIES A RECTANGULARLY
DEFINED REGION TO ANOTHER LOCATION.  THE ORIGINAL
RECTANGLE IS LEFT ALONE AND THE COPY IS VERBATIM.







MOVE RECTANGLE - THIS OPTION MOVES A RECTANGULARLY
DEFINED REGION TO ANOTHER LOCATION.  THE ORIGINAL
RECTANGLE IS REPLACED WITH A HOLE OF COLOR 0.







OVERLAY RECTANGLE - SIMILAR TO COPY, THIS OPTION
COPIES A RECTANGULARLY DEFINED REGION TO A NEW
LOCATION AND THE ORIGINAL RECTANGLE IS STILL LEFT
ALONE.  THE COPY, HOWEVER, WILL BE LAID DOWN OVER
ITS DESTINATION.  THAT IS, ALL INSTANCES OF COLOR
0 IN THE SOURCE WILL NOT BE COPIED OVER.




ERASE RECTANGLE - THIS OPTION ERASES A RECTANGULARLY
DEFINED REGION.  ALL COLORS WITHIN THE RECTANGLE ARE
REPLACED WITH COLOR 0.







MERGE VGA IMAGE - THIS OPTION LOADS AN IMAGE AND
OVERLAYS IT ONTO THE CURRENT IMAGE.  NATURALLY, THE
CURRENT IMAGE MUST BE LARGER IN X AND Y DIMENSION
THAN THE IMAGE TO MERGE.  IF THE SECOND IMAGE HAS A
PALETTE, IT WILL OVERRIDE THE CURRENT PALETTE.
AFTER SELECTING WHICH IMAGE TO MERGE, YOU WILL THEN
CHOOSE THE DESTINATION, USING A RECTANGLE AS A
GUIDELINE.


HORIZONTAL FLIP - THIS OPTION WILL SIMPLY DO A LEFT-
TO-RIGHT FLIP OF THE IMAGE.








VERTICAL FLIP - THIS OPTION WILL SIMPLY DO A TOP-TO-
BOTTOM FLIP OF THE IMAGE.








COLOR PHASE - THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO
ESTABLISH A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM COLOR A TO B.
YOU WILL FIRST DEFINE THE RECTANGULR REGION TO
PERFORM THE PHASING OVER, THEN CHOOSE THE NUMBER
OF COLORS, THE DIRECTION (HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL),
AND WHETHER THE COLORS DESCEND OR ASCEND. NOTE: THE
COLOR REPLACEMENT OCCURS ONLY ON TOP OF THE CURRENT
COLOR.  FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE ON COLOR 33 AND
CHOOSE AN HORIZONTAL ASCENDING PHASE OF 12 COLORS,
YOU'LL GET A LEFT-TO-RIGHT SWEEP OF COLORS 33 TO 42.
COLOR SUNBURST - THIS OPTION IS VERY SIMILAR TO
THE COLOR PHASE EXCEPT THE AREA YOU DEFINE THE CHANGE
OVER IS A CIRCLE AND THE SWEEP OCCURS IN A RADIAL
MANNER.  AGAIN, THE REPLACEMENTS TAKE PLACE ONLY
OVER THE CURRENT COLOR.





ANTI-ALIASING - THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO CREATE
A SMOOTHER BREAK BETWEEN COLORS.  YOU SPECIFY A
RECTANGULAR REGION TO PERFORM THE ROUTINE ON, THEN
256 PAINT WILL REPLACE ALL OCCURENCES OF THE CURRENT
COLOR IN THE REGION WITH APPROXIMATION COLORS. THESE
APPROXIMATION COLORS ARE BASED ON CLOSEST-FIT COLORS
BETWEEN THE RGB COMPONENTS OF THE COLORS TO THE
SIDES OF THE CURRENT PIXEL.  THIS ROUTINE TAKES SOME
GETTING USED TO.  TRY IT ON LINES SEPARATED BY TWO
COLORS ON EITHER SIDE, FOR EXPERIMENTATION.
INTERPOLATION - PERHAPS THE MOST POWERFUL ROUTINE,
THIS OPTION IS TOO DETAILED TO DESCRIBE HERE IN-
DEPTH. BASICALLY, THIS ROUTINE ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE A
MULTI-COLORED TRANSITION FROM ONE N-SIDED POLYGON TO
ANOTHER.  LIKE MOST OF THE HIGH-LEVELED ROUTINES IN
THIS PROGRAM, YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO USE
THIS FEATURE BY READING 256DEMO.DOC AND TRYING THE
WALK-THRU.


CALL 256 PLUS - 256 PLUS IS A SET OF ROUTINES AND
EXAMPLE CODE THAT WILL MAKE 256 PAINT EVEN MORE
POWERFUL THAN IT ALREADY IS.  256 PLUS IS AVAILABLE
ONLY TO REGISTERED USERS OF 256 PAINT.  FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT 256 PLUS AND REGISTERING, PLEASE
REFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION FILE FOR 256 PAINT.




UNDO - THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO UNDO THE LAST
ACTION PERFORMED IF IT IS NOT A SPECIAL ACTION, SUCH
AS ZOOM OR IMAGE RESIZING.  DRAW A LINE AND GIVE IT A
TRY, IT CAN REALLY SAVE YOU AT TIMES.  OF COURSE,
THERE IS NO REAL SUBSTITUTE FOR SAVING OFTEN.





HELP - YOU JUST ACTIVATED THE COMMAND-SPECIFIC HELP
OFFERED WITH 256 PAINT.  PRESSING THE LEFT BUTTON ON
THIS ICON WILL GIVE YOU OVERALL INFORMATION
PERTAINING TO 256 PAINT, PRESSING THE RIGHT MOUSE
BUTTON ON OTHER ICONS IN THE MENU WILL GIVE YOU
COMMAND-SPECIFIC HELP FOR THE DESIRED COMMAND.




EXIT - THIS OPTION EXITS 256 PAINT AND RETURNS YOU
TO DOS.  IF YOU HAVE AN IMAGE ACTIVE AND HAVE MADE
CHANGES, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO SAVE.







LOAD PCX IMAGE - THIS OPTION WILL LOAD A PCX IMAGE
INTO 256 PAINT SO THAT YOU MAY MAKE CHANGES.  ONLY
256 COLOR PCX IMAGES CAN BE IMPORTED IN THIS MANNER.







SAVE PCX IMAGE - THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO SAVE
THE CURRENT IMAGE IN THE PCX IMAGE FORMAT.








SELECT A FONT - THIS OPTION WILL LET YOU CHOOSE A 
FONT TO USE WHEN ADDING TEXT TO YOUR IMAGE WITH THE
ADD TEXT OPTION.  256 PAINT REQUIRES THAT THE FONT
FILES (THOSE WITH A .CHR EXTENSION) BE FOUND IN
THE SAME DIRECTORY AS 256PAINT.EXE.





ADD TEXT - THIS OPTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO ENTER TEXT
AND ADD IT TO YOUR IMAGE.  ONLY TWO .CHR FILES COME
WITH 256 PAINT, FOR MORE FILES YOU SHOULD LOCATE 
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN BGI TOOLBOX RELEASED BY BORLAND
INTERNATIONAL.  THESE FILES ARE FREE SO LONG AS THE
GUIDELINES STATED IN THE TOOLBOX DOCUMENTATION ARE
ADHERED TO.




