Short: Demo RELEASED ProVector 3, StylusTracer, etc. Author: Stylus, Inc. Uploader: jblume bix com (Jeff Blume - stylus ezlink com - Stylus, Inc ) Type: gfx/misc Architecture: m68k-amigaos /************** Stylus Demonstration Archive ******************/ I. Copyright Notice The Stylus Demonstration Archive and all files contained in it (except where noted below) are copyright © 1989-1995 by Stylus, Inc. These files may not be distributed in any form other than this archive. II. About the Stylus Demo The Stylus Demo demonstrates the programs included in the Stylus Pro-Pak, a professional software bundle for graphic artists. The Stylus Pro-Pak includes ProVector® 3, a major update of Stylus, Inc.'s structured-drawing program; StylusTracer(tm), an autotracing and image-processing utility; PSImport(tm), a PostScript® import utility for ProVector; and RexxRequest(tm), an ARexx command host for designing Intuition(tm) requesters for ARexx macros. The principal programs included in this demo are the following: ProVector® StylusTracer(tm) RexxRequest(tm) PSImport(tm) and the other import and export drivers from the full release are not included in this archive. The ProVector version provided, ProVectorDEMO, will run on 68000 equipped, stock Amiga computers with OS 2.1 or greater and at least two megs of RAM; however it will sense the presence of 68020 or greater CPU chips, and take advantage of the extended instruction set of these chips for increased performance. The full ProVector package also includes a Motorola 68881 version for faster and more accurate math operations. The greater math accuracy of the the '881 version permits page sizes greater than 32 inches (up to over 15 x 15 miles), as well as the ability to do exceptionally detailed work in high magnifications. For users who do not have a math coprocessor, a Fast Floating Point (FFP) version is also included. This version will provide math accuracy nearly as high as the '881 version, but will not be as fast, since the floating point math is done in software. The full Stylus Pro-Pak also includes drivers to output drawings as IFF-DR2D, Preferences, PostScript® (including Encapsulated PostScript and Color Separations), IFF-ILBM (including 24-bit-color, anti-aliased, super-bitmaps), Adobe Illustrator(tm) and HP-GL compatible devices. There is a special HPGL_Tile driver that will support the maximum page size of virtually all HP-GL compatible devices, as well as tiling for pages larger than the device's maximum. This driver is particularly useful in sign-cutting applications. The Stylus Pro-Pak also includes PSImport, a full PostScript interpreter for importing, viewing, and editing any PostScript graphic into ProVector. HPGLImport provides similar capabilities for HP-GL graphic files. Certain features of ProVector are necessarily disabled in the demo version. The disabled features include all saving and printing operations, and clipboard cutting and copying. Disabled features are indicated by ghosting in the menus. The corresponding ARexx(tm) commands are also disabled. The ARexx interface to ProVector is also limited to operating on two objects at a time. Sample Arexx macros are included. See "Installing the ProVector Demo" at the end of this file. III. Getting Started/Help If you have ARexx loaded on your system, double-click on RexxRequest. Many of the ARexx macros included with the Stylus Pro-Pak use this Rexx Command Host to build Graphic User Interfaces for their operation. Now double-click on the ProVectorDEMO icon. The Display Prefs requester will open. If the use of this requester is unclear, just select OK for now. The Stylus Pro-Pak programs (including this demo) use the standard AmigaGuide(tm) help system to provide on-line help. To get started, choose the Misc/Help menu item or press the Help key. Then select the "Toolbox & Summary of Operations" gadget. This will give you an overview of the use of ProVector. For information about a specific tool or menu operation, simply position the Mouse Pointer over the tool, menu item, or requester, then press the Help key. The StylusTracer auto-tracing utility has similar on-line help. The AmigaGuide files have been abridged for this demonstration release. Thus, some nodes are no longer linked to their corresponding hyper-text nodes. The commercial release includes approximately 500K of AmigaGuide-based documentation. IV. Installing the ProVector Demo When you un-compressed this archive, a directory named Stylus_Demo" along with sub-directories, should have been created. All the programs should run properly, if launched from this directory structure. RexxRequest may be moved to "SYS:WBStartup" or left in the Stylus_Demo directory.. The file, "textfield.gadget," may be copied to "SYS:Classes/Gadgets" or left in the Stylus_Demo directory. V. Summary ProVector comes with a clearly organized, 300 page manual, current to ProVector release 2.1. The AmigaGuide help files document the new features for ProVector 3, as well as virtually every aspect of the Stylus Pro-Pak software. VI. Notes textfield.gadget is © 1994 Mark Thomas "All rights reserved. Used with permission." ProVector is a registered trademark of Stylus, Inc. PSImport, StylusTracer, and RexxRequest are trademarks of Stylus, Inc. Amiga is a registered trademark of Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Intuition, AmigaGuide and AGA are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga, Inc. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. ARexx is a trademark of Wishful Thinking Development Corp.