Art Studio, the Artist and Emulated Meece
Barry Smith
stint with The Artist, I`m longing to a mouse to colour in my crap piccies,
so I`m wondering if anyone knows of a Speccy Emulator that emulates a
Kempston mouse, since I have the version of Art Studio that came with a
Kempston mouse for the Speccy at home.
On a side note, I wasn`t able to find manuals for any of the Speccy art
packages on WOS or NVG. Anyone know where I can find them, or are they just
not available? I also have The Artist for Speccy, so if they`re not
available, I`ll can see about getting the manuals OCR'd.
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The Starglider
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>Hmmm. Been mucking about with Blood`s BMP2SPEC prog, and after a brief
>stint with The Artist, I`m longing to a mouse to colour in my crap piccies,
>so I`m wondering if anyone knows of a Speccy Emulator that emulates a
>Kempston mouse, since I have the version of Art Studio that came with a
>Kempston mouse for the Speccy at home.
>
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Nele Abels-Ludwig
> Hmmm. Been mucking about with Blood`s BMP2SPEC prog, and after a brief
> stint with The Artist, I`m longing to a mouse to colour in my crap piccies,
> so I`m wondering if anyone knows of a Speccy Emulator that emulates a
> Kempston mouse, since I have the version of Art Studio that came with a
> Kempston mouse for the Speccy at home.
X128 does a Kempston mouse emulation. Have never tried it out,
though...
> On a side note, I wasn`t able to find manuals for any of the Speccy art
> packages on WOS or NVG. Anyone know where I can find them, or are they just
> not available?
I'm afraid so. I have started converting the Artstudio manual, but I
have to much workload with my PhD at the moment, to finish it.
> I also have The Artist for Speccy, so if they`re not
> available, I`ll can see about getting the manuals OCR'd.
>
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Barry Smith
>> stint with The Artist, I`m longing to a mouse to colour in my crap
piccies,
>> so I`m wondering if anyone knows of a Speccy Emulator that emulates a
>> Kempston mouse, since I have the version of Art Studio that came with a
>> Kempston mouse for the Speccy at home.
>X128 does a Kempston mouse emulation. Have never tried it out,
>though...
Fantastic - I think I have a copy of that sitting around. Goody!
>> On a side note, I wasn`t able to find manuals for any of the Speccy art
>> packages on WOS or NVG. Anyone know where I can find them, or are they
just
>> not available?
>I'm afraid so. I have started converting the Artstudio manual, but I
>have to much workload with my PhD at the moment, to finish it.
Well, I`ve got too much free time right now, so I was gonna go home and
pick up some stuff tonight, I think, including both manuals, if I can find
em.
Andrew Owen
> Hmmm. Been mucking about with Blood`s BMP2SPEC prog,
I have a program in BASIC that does the same thing. Don't suppose you fancy
writing an export filter for Photoshop?
> and after a brief stint with The Artist, I`m longing to a mouse to colour in
> my crap piccies,
I guess you're not using the Artist 2 then which supports Kempston and AMX
mice.
> so I`m wondering if anyone knows of a Speccy Emulator that emulates a
> Kempston mouse, since I have the version of Art Studio that came with a
> Kempston mouse for the Speccy at home.
X128, as previously mentioned, Warajevo I think, and WinZ80 supports AMX.
> On a side note, I wasn`t able to find manuals for any of the Speccy art
> packages on WOS or NVG. Anyone know where I can find them, or are they just
> not available? I also have The Artist for Speccy, so if they`re not
> available, I`ll can see about getting the manuals OCR'd.
I have no idea. I do quite a lot of porting BMPs to SCRs using my own
software and I've created a modified version of the Artist 2 specifically
for the purpose. You shouldn't need a manual as it's fairly self
explanatory. I hate Art Studio and I can't understand why everyone else
raves about it. If you, or anyone elses, wants a copy email me.
-Andrew
Suzanne Archibald
<ao...@brandnewco.org> wrote:
> on 7/6/00 3:04 am, Barry Smith wrote:
>
> > Hmmm. Been mucking about with Blood`s BMP2SPEC prog,
>
> I have a program in BASIC that does the same thing. Don't suppose you fancy
> writing an export filter for Photoshop?
>
> > and after a brief stint with The Artist, I`m longing to a mouse to colour in
> > my crap piccies,
>
> I guess you're not using the Artist 2 then which supports Kempston and AMX
> mice.
>
> > so I`m wondering if anyone knows of a Speccy Emulator that emulates a
> > Kempston mouse, since I have the version of Art Studio that came with a
> > Kempston mouse for the Speccy at home.
>
> X128, as previously mentioned, Warajevo I think, and WinZ80 supports AMX.
[snip]
SSpec (my emulator) did support the Kempston too, and I recall getting
the support working with Art Studio (one of the 3 art packages I
actually bought for the spectrum (and the first) - hey, they all had
their own 'advantages' it wasn't just feature duplication :)
Andrew Owen
> [snip]
>
> SSpec (my emulator) did support the Kempston too, and I recall getting
> the support working with Art Studio (one of the 3 art packages I
> actually bought for the spectrum (and the first) - hey, they all had
> their own 'advantages' it wasn't just feature duplication :)
I admit I'm biased. I bought Artist 2 after struggling with Paint Plus for a
few years. When I got an Atari ST I used NeoChrome which couldn't even draw
circles until I got Dega's Elite. I then moved onto SuperPaint on a Mac
before finally getting to Photoshop, which I used to customise the Artist 2.
My copy now feels more Mac-like (which is what Bo originally intended
according to his interviews). I like the way it works. I find Art Studio
cumbersome. I haven't tried any other art packages on the Spectrum although
I did use Deluxe Paint on Amiga and PC on my friends' computers.
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Alan Maxwell
The Starglider wrote in message ...>>Hmmm. Been mucking about with Blood`s BMP2SPEC prog, and after a brief
>>stint with The Artist, I`m longing to a mouse to colour in my crap
piccies,
>>Kempston mouse, since I have the version of Art Studio that came with a
>>Kempston mouse for the Speccy at home.
>>
I've been wondering that myself. I was away from css for about a year,
during which time Blood evidently disappeared. I've always been curious but
was worried I'd missed something obvious. So what ever happened to Blood
then?
Alan
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Barry Smith
> mice.
>
and it doesn`t seem to support mouse emulation.
> I have no idea. I do quite a lot of porting BMPs to SCRs using my own
> software and I've created a modified version of the Artist 2 specifically
> for the purpose. You shouldn't need a manual as it's fairly self
> explanatory. I hate Art Studio and I can't understand why everyone else
> raves about it. If you, or anyone elses, wants a copy email me.
Well, I wandered on home and picked up my copy of The Artist 1 which I`ve
actually rather gotten to like (it`s pretty good for attribute work, tho the
keyboard is a naff tool for detail) and Art Studio, which I haven`t used in
ages. Left my Speccies there tho - too much like hard work to lug them back
to the flat in the rain, especially when you consider the only fully working
one I still have is a 48k.
Getting slightly off subject here,
(a) My +2a's datacorder is knacked. Wasn`t there a cable for the +2a/+3
that let you use a normal tape deck? Other than the tape deck, it still
works fine, besides some cracks in the case.
(b) The Sinclair 128k I have seems to be working (makes the right clicky
sounds when you press the keys, but the picture is completely knacked (you
can just barely make out the basic shape of the 128k loader, which makes me
think the modulator is knacked. However, I have a whole box full of knacked
speccy 48k motherboards. Anyone know if I can use one of those?
Blimey, just full of questions, ain`t I?
Agh, there`s another one!
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Barry Smith
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Andrew Owen
> (a) My +2a's datacorder is knacked. Wasn`t there a cable for the +2a/+3
> that let you use a normal tape deck? Other than the tape deck, it still
> works fine, besides some cracks in the case.
I may be wrong, but unless the wiring is substantially different than the
128 you should be able to plug a tape deck into the sound out and use that.
> (b) The Sinclair 128k I have seems to be working (makes the right clicky
> sounds when you press the keys, but the picture is completely knacked (you
> can just barely make out the basic shape of the 128k loader, which makes me
> think the modulator is knacked. However, I have a whole box full of knacked
> speccy 48k motherboards. Anyone know if I can use one of those?
I would have thought you'd be better off taking the signal from the RGB out
and wiring it up to a SCART or summat.
-Andrew
William Anderson
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>
> [snip]
>
> I would have thought you'd be better off taking the signal from the RGB
out
> and wiring it up to a SCART or summat.
anyone know of anyplace where such a cable can be _bought_ and not
necessarily made up? I'm looking for 128K+ RGB -> SCART or preferably phono
...
/me is not a cable person - I just trust Maplin catalogue most of the time
:(
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> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 16:45:14 +0100, "William Anderson"
> <ne...@well.egg.chips.beans.spam> sprachen:
>
> > [128K RGB cable]
>
> Failing that, you can probably get Maplin to make one up for you. They
> did me an Atari Lynx power cable for free, tho you'll probably have to
> give them a few quid for a monitor lead. Just make sure you've got the
> right circuit diagram.
there's a pin-out in the 128K manual, so shouldn't be _too_ bad ... ;) I'll
probably give the guys in my local Mappy a buzz later in the week.
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