Paste Command Help Information     *

The Paste command is used to overlay
a range of contours' pen numbers
with the pattern in the holding
register.

The Paste command is intended to be
used in conjunction with the Cut and
Copy commands.  These commands can
be used to create complex repeating
patterns in the pens of a project's
contours.

Perform these steps to use the Paste
command:

  1. Click contour "A"'s pen, if
     necessary, to set the current
     contour.

  2. Click the Paste command gadget.

  3. Click contour "B"'s pen.

The pen numbers from contour "A"
through contour "B" are overlayed
with the pattern in the holding
register.

If the number of contours between
contour "A" and contour "B" is
shorter than the pattern in the
holding register, then only part of
the pattern in the holding register
is used.

If the number of contours between
contour "A" and contour "B" is
longer than the pattern in the
holding register, then the pattern
repeats as many times as necessary
to fill the distance from "A" to
"B".

One thing to note is that it is easy
to create a mirror image of a pen
pattern with diligent use of the
Copy and Paste commands.  Here is an
example of how to create a mirrored
pattern.

  1. Click contour 15's pen to make
     contour 15 the current contour.

  2. Click the Copy command gadget,
     and then click contour 0's pen.

  3. Again click contour 15's pen to
     make contour 15 the current
     contour.

  4. Click the Paste command gadget,
     and then click contour 30's
     pen.

This sequence of events should
create a mirrored image of contour
15 to 0's pens in contours 15 to 30
pen's.

Many of the preset Mandelbrot and
Julia pictures built into this
program were created using
repeating mirrored patterns.

There is another gadget in the
Contour Palette, that is quite
useful when pasting, called the Mod
gadget.  The Mod gadget is a numeric
string gadget that effects the
spacing of pens pasted from the
holding register.

If the Mod gadget is one, then every
pen in a range of pens is affected
when doing a Paste.  If the Mod
gadget is two, then every other pen
in a range of pens is affected  when
doing a Paste.

When used properly, the Mod gadget,
in conjunction with the Paste
command, can create some very nice
effects.

The preset named "Sea Horse" is a
nice example of odd pens are green,
and even pens are blue.  The
even/odd effect was created using
the Mod gadget (with a Mod of two.)

The Mod gadget also affects the Cut
and Copy commands, but the utility
there is much lower.